Cybersecurity Job Trends in Manchester

Cybersecurity
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 40 47
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 -15
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 372 136 165
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.87% 5.72% 4.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.39% 6.39% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 259 66 78
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £35,875
25th Percentile £45,897 £30,000 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -16.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £86,666 £88,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £48,092 £54,793
% change year-on-year +24.76% -12.23% -7.95%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,822 2,129 3,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.22% 89.49% 83.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,394 1,191 1,665
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,875 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £84,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton +13 16 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Salford -10 15 £27,500 -64.39% 7
Stockport -4 6 £62,500 +108.33% 9
Altrincham +2 5 £40,000 +45.45% 1
Bury +7 3 £29,000 - 1
Wigan - 3 £45,000 - 4
Sale +5 2 £62,500 - 1
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.23%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 66 (17.74%) Azure
2 53 (14.25%) AWS
3 43 (11.56%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (5.65%) GCP
5 16 (4.30%) SaaS
6 14 (3.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (3.49%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.49%) Serverless
8 8 (2.15%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.88%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.08%) GitHub
12 4 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.08%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.81%) Datadog
13 3 (0.81%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.54%) Akamai
14 2 (0.54%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.45%) Unified Communications
2 11 (2.96%) Firewall
2 11 (2.96%) VoIP
3 10 (2.69%) Internet
4 8 (2.15%) DNS
5 7 (1.88%) VLAN
6 5 (1.34%) DHCP
6 5 (1.34%) VPN
6 5 (1.34%) Wireless
7 4 (1.08%) Network Security
7 4 (1.08%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.81%) DKIM
8 3 (0.81%) DMARC
8 3 (0.81%) FTP
8 3 (0.81%) HTTP
8 3 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.81%) PBX
8 3 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.27%) SNMP
9 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.27%) Big Data
3 1 (0.27%) Chroma
3 1 (0.27%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.27%) MySQL
3 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.27%) Pinecone
3 1 (0.27%) Power BI
3 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.27%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (3.23%) Snyk
2 5 (1.34%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.08%) GitLab
4 3 (0.81%) Git
5 2 (0.54%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.27%) Maven
6 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 88 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (5.11%) Retail
4 18 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (4.84%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.30%) Finance
5 16 (4.30%) Marketing
6 15 (4.03%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.23%) Law
8 9 (2.42%) Police
9 6 (1.61%) Legal
9 6 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.81%) Advertising
11 3 (0.81%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.27%) Aviation
12 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 73 (19.62%) Senior
2 60 (16.13%) Analyst
3 47 (12.63%) Consultant
4 40 (10.75%) Architect
5 39 (10.48%) Security Consultant
6 38 (10.22%) Security Analyst
7 36 (9.68%) Security Architect
8 33 (8.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 30 (8.06%) Senior Analyst
10 24 (6.45%) Lead
11 23 (6.18%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 21 (5.65%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 20 (5.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 20 (5.38%) Security Manager
14 19 (5.11%) Security Engineer
15 18 (4.84%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
15 18 (4.84%) Senior Security Analyst
16 17 (4.57%) Operations Manager
17 15 (4.03%) Marketing Manager
18 14 (3.76%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.42%) Terraform
2 6 (1.61%) Regular Expression
3 4 (1.08%) React
3 4 (1.08%) REST
4 3 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.81%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.81%) JSON
4 3 (0.81%) LDAP
4 3 (0.81%) pgvector
4 3 (0.81%) PostGIS
5 2 (0.54%) .NET
5 2 (0.54%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (0.54%) Vue
6 1 (0.27%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.27%) Blazor
6 1 (0.27%) OAuth
6 1 (0.27%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.45%) Security Posture
2 21 (5.65%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.57%) Operational Technology
4 16 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.03%) Cyberattack
5 15 (4.03%) Driving Licence
6 14 (3.76%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (3.23%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.15%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.88%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.61%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Licensing
11 5 (1.34%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.34%) Cybercrime
11 5 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (0.81%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.26%) Windows
2 11 (2.96%) Mac OS
3 7 (1.88%) Linux
4 6 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (18.28%) AI
2 42 (11.29%) Incident Response
2 42 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (9.68%) DevOps
5 32 (8.60%) Information Security
6 31 (8.33%) Security Architecture
7 30 (8.06%) Cloud Security
8 29 (7.80%) CI/CD
8 29 (7.80%) IT Strategy
9 28 (7.53%) Risk Management
9 28 (7.53%) SIEM
10 26 (6.99%) Mentoring
10 26 (6.99%) Security Operations
11 21 (5.65%) Security Testing
11 21 (5.65%) Software Licensing
12 20 (5.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (5.38%) Technology Strategy
12 20 (5.38%) Vulnerability Management
13 19 (5.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.18%) Python
2 18 (4.84%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.42%) Bash
4 4 (1.08%) Go
4 4 (1.08%) SQL
5 3 (0.81%) C#
5 3 (0.81%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.81%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.54%) Java
7 1 (0.27%) Ada
7 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (10.75%) Security Cleared
2 37 (9.95%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.53%) Degree
4 14 (3.76%) AWS Certification
5 13 (3.49%) CISM
6 12 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (3.23%) CISSP
7 11 (2.96%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.69%) CompTIA CySA+
8 10 (2.69%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.61%) CEH
11 4 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.08%) CISA
11 4 (1.08%) CRISC
11 4 (1.08%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.81%) GCIH
13 2 (0.54%) CISMP
13 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (13.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (8.06%) NIST
3 26 (6.99%) GRC
4 18 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (4.57%) GDPR
6 15 (4.03%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.61%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.81%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.81%) NCSC
8 3 (0.81%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.54%) QA
10 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 13 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (2.42%) Docker
3 5 (1.34%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.08%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.08%) Nessus
5 3 (0.81%) Ansible
5 3 (0.81%) cPanel
5 3 (0.81%) Grafana
5 3 (0.81%) Plesk
5 3 (0.81%) Podman
5 3 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.54%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 109 (29.30%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.11%) CrowdStrike
3 16 (4.30%) Palo Alto
4 14 (3.76%) Adobe
4 14 (3.76%) Apple
5 12 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.23%) Tenable
6 8 (2.15%) ForeScout
6 8 (2.15%) Tanium
7 4 (1.08%) Google
7 4 (1.08%) VMware
7 4 (1.08%) YouTube
8 3 (0.81%) Acronis
8 3 (0.81%) Cisco
8 3 (0.81%) NETGEAR
8 3 (0.81%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.81%) SonicWALL
8 3 (0.81%) Splunk
8 3 (0.81%) Veeam
8 3 (0.81%) WatchGuard