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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 40 50
Rank change year-on-year +11 +10 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 364 141 173
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.85% 5.95% 4.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.39% 6.66% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 253 72 86
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,425 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,544 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +9.33% -15.48%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,250 £68,438
90th Percentile £98,000 £87,999 £92,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £54,793
% change year-on-year +26.32% -13.31% -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 5,700 2,116 3,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.90% 89.36% 82.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,346 1,201 1,788
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £30,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,309
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.61% -8.53%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +12 16 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Salford -12 15 £27,500 -62.48% 8
Altrincham +4 5 £40,000 +45.45%
Bury +6 3 £29,000 -
Stockport -5 3 - - 15
Sale +4 2 £62,500 -
Wigan - 1 - - 5
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 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.30%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 69 (18.96%) Azure
2 52 (14.29%) AWS
3 41 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (5.77%) GCP
5 16 (4.40%) SaaS
6 13 (3.57%) Serverless
7 12 (3.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (3.30%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.20%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.92%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.10%) GitHub
11 4 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.10%) IaaS
11 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.10%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.82%) Datadog
12 3 (0.82%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.59%) Unified Communications
2 12 (3.30%) Firewall
3 11 (3.02%) VoIP
4 8 (2.20%) DNS
4 8 (2.20%) Internet
5 7 (1.92%) VLAN
6 5 (1.37%) DHCP
6 5 (1.37%) Network Security
6 5 (1.37%) VPN
7 4 (1.10%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.10%) Wireless
8 3 (0.82%) DKIM
8 3 (0.82%) DMARC
8 3 (0.82%) FTP
8 3 (0.82%) HTTP
8 3 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.82%) PBX
8 3 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.55%) 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 (3.30%) Snyk
2 4 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.82%) Git
3 3 (0.82%) GitLab
4 2 (0.55%) Claude Code
General
1 88 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 43 (11.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (5.22%) Public Sector
4 17 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.67%) Finance
5 15 (4.12%) Marketing
5 15 (4.12%) Retail
5 15 (4.12%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.30%) Law
7 7 (1.92%) Police
8 6 (1.65%) Legal
8 6 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.82%) Advertising
9 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 74 (20.33%) Senior
2 61 (16.76%) Analyst
3 47 (12.91%) Consultant
4 41 (11.26%) Security Analyst
5 39 (10.71%) Security Consultant
6 38 (10.44%) Architect
7 36 (9.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 34 (9.34%) Security Architect
9 30 (8.24%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (7.14%) Lead
11 23 (6.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 18 (4.95%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 18 (4.95%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
12 18 (4.95%) Senior Security Analyst
13 17 (4.67%) Junior
14 16 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 16 (4.40%) Security Engineer
14 16 (4.40%) Security Manager
15 15 (4.12%) Marketing Manager
16 14 (3.85%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.65%) Regular Expression
1 6 (1.65%) Terraform
2 4 (1.10%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.10%) React
2 4 (1.10%) REST
3 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.82%) JSON
3 3 (0.82%) LDAP
3 3 (0.82%) pgvector
3 3 (0.82%) PostGIS
3 3 (0.82%) Vue
4 2 (0.55%) .NET
4 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (0.55%) Spring
4 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.27%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.27%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.04%) Security Posture
2 20 (5.49%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.40%) Cyberattack
4 15 (4.12%) Driving Licence
4 15 (4.12%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.85%) Operational Technology
6 13 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (3.30%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.65%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Licensing
10 5 (1.37%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.37%) Cybercrime
10 5 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.82%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.82%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.14%) Windows
2 11 (3.02%) Mac OS
3 6 (1.65%) Linux
3 6 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (17.86%) AI
2 38 (10.44%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (9.07%) DevOps
5 30 (8.24%) Incident Response
6 29 (7.97%) IT Strategy
6 29 (7.97%) Mentoring
7 28 (7.69%) Risk Management
7 28 (7.69%) Security Architecture
8 27 (7.42%) SIEM
9 25 (6.87%) CI/CD
9 25 (6.87%) Cloud Security
9 25 (6.87%) Information Security
10 21 (5.77%) Software Licensing
11 20 (5.49%) Security Testing
12 19 (5.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (5.22%) Technology Strategy
12 19 (5.22%) Threat Modelling
13 18 (4.95%) Roadmaps
14 17 (4.67%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.22%) Python
2 18 (4.95%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.92%) Bash
4 4 (1.10%) SQL
5 3 (0.82%) C#
5 3 (0.82%) Java
6 2 (0.55%) C++
6 2 (0.55%) Go
6 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
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 36 (9.89%) Security Cleared
2 33 (9.07%) SC Cleared
3 26 (7.14%) Degree
4 16 (4.40%) Azure Certification
5 14 (3.85%) CISM
6 13 (3.57%) AWS Certification
6 13 (3.57%) CISSP
6 13 (3.57%) CompTIA CySA+
6 13 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (3.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (2.75%) CEH
9 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.10%) CISA
10 4 (1.10%) CRISC
10 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.82%) GCIH
12 2 (0.55%) CISMP
12 2 (0.55%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (7.97%) NIST
3 24 (6.59%) GRC
4 17 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (4.12%) GDPR
5 15 (4.12%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.65%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.82%) NCSC
8 3 (0.82%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 13 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.92%) Docker
3 5 (1.37%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.10%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.10%) Nessus
4 3 (0.82%) cPanel
4 3 (0.82%) Grafana
4 3 (0.82%) Plesk
4 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.55%) Ansible
5 2 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.55%) Podman
5 2 (0.55%) SCCM
6 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 109 (29.95%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.95%) CrowdStrike
3 16 (4.40%) Palo Alto
4 14 (3.85%) Adobe
4 14 (3.85%) Apple
4 14 (3.85%) ForeScout
5 12 (3.30%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.30%) Tenable
6 8 (2.20%) Tanium
7 4 (1.10%) VMware
8 3 (0.82%) Acronis
8 3 (0.82%) Datto
8 3 (0.82%) Google
8 3 (0.82%) NETGEAR
8 3 (0.82%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.82%) SonicWALL
8 3 (0.82%) Splunk
8 3 (0.82%) Veeam
8 3 (0.82%) WatchGuard
8 3 (0.82%) YouTube