Cybersecurity Jobs in Manchester

Cybersecurity
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 47 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 -26 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 153 241 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 6.02% 4.26% 10.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.53% 5.10% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 94 167 177
10th Percentile £25,313 £36,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £40,010 £38,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -7.60% -8.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,968 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,625 £95,300 £76,250
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -9.84% -2.40%

All Process and 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 2,343 4,725 3,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 92.21% 83.45% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 3,321 2,477
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £33,524
25th Percentile £37,750 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Manchester.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

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 12 July 2025. 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 +9 26 £75,000 +36.36% 13
Oldham +5 8 £26,500 -
Salford +17 6 £63,442 +10.33% 3
Stockport +15 5 £38,250 -23.50% 14
Altrincham -7 4 - -
Dukinfield - 4 - -
Stalybridge - 4 - -
Bury +4 3 - - 2
Heywood - 3 - - 1
Rochdale +11 2 - -
Sale - 2 - - 1
Cheadle - 2 £75,000 - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 - -
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.23%) CMS
2 3 (1.96%) Apache Solr
2 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (9.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.27%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.96%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.80%) Azure
2 13 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (7.84%) AWS
4 5 (3.27%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.96%) Cloudflare
5 3 (1.96%) GCP
5 3 (1.96%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.31%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.31%) IaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.65%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.65%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.54%) Firewall
2 8 (5.23%) Network Security
3 6 (3.92%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (3.27%) DNS
5 3 (1.96%) DHCP
5 3 (1.96%) VPN
5 3 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.31%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.31%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.31%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (1.31%) TACACS
6 2 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.31%) VoIP
6 2 (1.31%) WAN
7 1 (0.65%) DMZ
7 1 (0.65%) STUN
7 1 (0.65%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.27%) MySQL
2 3 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.31%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.65%) GIS
4 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (9.15%) JIRA
2 3 (1.96%) Git
General
1 55 (35.95%) Social Skills
2 54 (35.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 51 (33.33%) Legal
4 48 (31.37%) Law
5 39 (25.49%) Finance
6 14 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (7.84%) Banking
8 6 (3.92%) Retail
9 3 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.96%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Marketing
11 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Local Government
11 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (9.15%) Head of Delivery
1 14 (9.15%) Head of IT
2 13 (8.50%) Architect
3 10 (6.54%) Security Architect
3 10 (6.54%) Senior
4 9 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 9 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
4 9 (5.88%) Software Engineer
5 8 (5.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 8 (5.23%) Security Manager
6 7 (4.58%) AWS Engineer
6 7 (4.58%) AWS Software Engineer
7 6 (3.92%) SOC Engineer
8 5 (3.27%) Lead
8 5 (3.27%) Security Engineer
9 4 (2.61%) Help Desk Support
9 4 (2.61%) Help Desk Support Technician
9 4 (2.61%) Help Desk Technician
9 4 (2.61%) Support Technician
10 3 (1.96%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.84%) Software Packaging
2 9 (5.88%) Node.js
2 9 (5.88%) REST
3 8 (5.23%) Web Services
4 4 (2.61%) React
5 3 (1.96%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.96%) CSS
5 3 (1.96%) HTML
6 2 (1.31%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.31%) Django
7 1 (0.65%) D3.js
7 1 (0.65%) EDI
7 1 (0.65%) FreeSWITCH
7 1 (0.65%) Plotly
7 1 (0.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (32.03%) Cyberattack
2 20 (13.07%) Social Media
3 11 (7.19%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.58%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (2.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.31%) Blog
8 2 (1.31%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.65%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.65%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.65%) NHS
9 1 (0.65%) PKI
9 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.11%) Windows
2 11 (7.19%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.23%) Linux
4 6 (3.92%) Windows Vista
5 3 (1.96%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.96%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.65%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (39.87%) Line Management
2 50 (32.68%) Creative Thinking
3 33 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (18.30%) Computer Science
5 27 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (16.99%) Agile
7 22 (14.38%) Cloud Security
7 22 (14.38%) Software Engineering
8 19 (12.42%) ITIL
9 18 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
9 18 (11.76%) Incident Response
9 18 (11.76%) Information Security
9 18 (11.76%) Project Management
9 18 (11.76%) Risk Management
9 18 (11.76%) Security Architecture
10 17 (11.11%) Project Delivery
10 17 (11.11%) Scrum
10 17 (11.11%) SIEM
10 17 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
11 15 (9.80%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.80%) Python
2 9 (5.88%) TypeScript
3 7 (4.58%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.96%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.31%) C#
5 2 (1.31%) C++
5 2 (1.31%) Java
5 2 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.31%) PHP
6 1 (0.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (31.37%) Degree
2 20 (13.07%) DBS Check
3 14 (9.15%) PMI Certification
3 14 (9.15%) PMP
4 13 (8.50%) CISSP
5 12 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (6.54%) CISM
7 9 (5.88%) Master's Degree
7 9 (5.88%) Security Cleared
8 8 (5.23%) CEH
8 8 (5.23%) CISA
8 8 (5.23%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (4.58%) SC Cleared
10 6 (3.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (2.61%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (2.61%) CRISC
13 3 (1.96%) A+ Certification
13 3 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (1.31%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (33.33%) NCSC
2 24 (15.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (10.46%) NIST
4 12 (7.84%) GDPR
5 4 (2.61%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.61%) SLA
6 3 (1.96%) COBIT
6 3 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.96%) QA
7 2 (1.31%) GRC
8 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 10 (6.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.96%) Docker
3 1 (0.65%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 3 (1.96%) Autotask
2 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.31%) QRadar
3 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.65%) Nessus
3 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (18.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.58%) Ping Identity
3 5 (3.27%) Google
3 5 (3.27%) Sage
4 4 (2.61%) AlienVault
5 3 (1.96%) Cisco
5 3 (1.96%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.96%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.96%) Splunk
6 2 (1.31%) Adobe
6 2 (1.31%) Apple
6 2 (1.31%) Oracle
6 2 (1.31%) SAP
7 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.65%) Juniper
7 1 (0.65%) Netskope
7 1 (0.65%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.65%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.65%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.65%) Samsung