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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 42 45
Rank change year-on-year +38 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 563 133 163
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 18.14% 5.06% 5.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.16% 5.37% 5.76%
Number of salaries quoted 116 68 130
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,175 £36,217
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,063 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £69,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,125 £93,750 £87,750
North West median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% -4.35% -3.40%

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 2,431 2,477 2,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 78.32% 94.29% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,487 1,170 2,325
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,991 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,548
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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
Stockport - 36 £30,000 - 7
Altrincham - 17 £27,500 -
Salford +14 16 £70,079 +7.81% 2
Bolton +22 15 £41,250 -45.00% 13
Cheadle - 14 - - 1
Wigan - 14 - -
Stalybridge - 13 - -
Dukinfield - 13 - -
Bury - 13 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 13 - -
Heywood - 12 - -
Littleborough - 12 - -
Oldham - 12 - -
Rochdale - 12 - -
Sale - 11 - -
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 12 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.89%) WordPress
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 410 (72.82%) Cloud Computing
2 74 (13.14%) Azure
3 49 (8.70%) AWS
4 24 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (3.73%) GitHub
6 17 (3.02%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.13%) SaaS
8 8 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (1.42%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.07%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.89%) OCI
10 5 (0.89%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.53%) GCP
11 3 (0.53%) IaaS
11 3 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (0.36%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.36%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 423 (75.13%) Internet
2 15 (2.66%) Firewall
3 13 (2.31%) VLAN
3 13 (2.31%) VPN
4 11 (1.95%) DHCP
4 11 (1.95%) DNS
5 4 (0.71%) VoIP
6 3 (0.53%) DMZ
6 3 (0.53%) STUN
7 2 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.36%) Network Security
7 2 (0.36%) WAN
8 1 (0.18%) LAN
8 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (0.89%) Power BI
2 4 (0.71%) Neo4j
2 4 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 21 (3.73%) Git
2 2 (0.36%) JIRA
3 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.18%) JMeter
3 1 (0.18%) Locust
General
1 466 (82.77%) Social Skills
2 424 (75.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 404 (71.76%) Banking
4 33 (5.86%) Multimedia
5 24 (4.26%) Finance
6 13 (2.31%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (1.95%) Legal
8 7 (1.24%) Law
9 5 (0.89%) Billing
9 5 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (0.89%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.53%) French Language
11 3 (0.53%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.53%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.53%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.36%) Retail
13 1 (0.18%) German Language
13 1 (0.18%) Marketing
13 1 (0.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 314 (55.77%) Lecturer
2 33 (5.86%) Trainee
3 21 (3.73%) Architect
4 18 (3.20%) Analyst
5 17 (3.02%) Senior
6 15 (2.66%) Security Architect
7 14 (2.49%) IT Support
8 12 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 11 (1.95%) Developer
9 11 (1.95%) Software Developer
9 11 (1.95%) Support Engineer
9 11 (1.95%) Trainee Developer
9 11 (1.95%) Trainee Software Developer
10 9 (1.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 9 (1.60%) Lead
10 9 (1.60%) Security Analyst
11 8 (1.42%) IT Engineer
11 8 (1.42%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (1.42%) Senior Architect
12 7 (1.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.15%) HTML
2 24 (4.26%) CSS
3 4 (0.71%) AngularJS
3 4 (0.71%) MERN Stack
3 4 (0.71%) React
4 3 (0.53%) .NET
4 3 (0.53%) FreeSWITCH
5 2 (0.36%) AWS CDK
5 2 (0.36%) Middleware
5 2 (0.36%) NestJS
5 2 (0.36%) Node.js
5 2 (0.36%) REST
6 1 (0.18%) Django
6 1 (0.18%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 406 (72.11%) IoT
2 23 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 11 (1.95%) Driving Licence
3 11 (1.95%) Operational Technology
4 9 (1.60%) Public Cloud
5 7 (1.24%) Blog
6 6 (1.07%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.07%) Data Centre
7 5 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.53%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.53%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.53%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.36%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.36%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.18%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.91%) Windows
2 16 (2.84%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.42%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.71%) Linux
5 3 (0.53%) Android
5 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.53%) Debian
5 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (75.49%) AI
2 406 (72.11%) Machine Learning
3 402 (71.40%) User Experience
3 402 (71.40%) Web Development
4 46 (8.17%) Mentoring
5 30 (5.33%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (2.84%) Process Improvement
7 15 (2.66%) Information Security
7 15 (2.66%) Service Delivery
8 14 (2.49%) Software Licensing
9 13 (2.31%) Line Management
10 12 (2.13%) Ethical Hacking
11 11 (1.95%) Time Management
12 10 (1.78%) Cost Optimisation
12 10 (1.78%) FinOps
13 9 (1.60%) Client Onboarding
13 9 (1.60%) Customer Engagement
13 9 (1.60%) Incident Response
14 8 (1.42%) Project Management
14 8 (1.42%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (5.33%) JavaScript
2 29 (5.15%) Python
3 10 (1.78%) R
4 9 (1.60%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.60%) SQL
5 6 (1.07%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.89%) Java
7 4 (0.71%) C
8 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 422 (74.96%) Degree
2 403 (71.58%) Postgraduate
3 402 (71.40%) Master's Degree
3 402 (71.40%) PhD
4 31 (5.51%) AWS Certification
5 30 (5.33%) Azure Certification
6 23 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (3.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 21 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
8 17 (3.02%) Network+ Certification
9 16 (2.84%) A+ Certification
10 12 (2.13%) CEH
11 8 (1.42%) Security Cleared
12 7 (1.24%) CISSP
12 7 (1.24%) CompTIA CySA+
12 7 (1.24%) PMP
13 5 (0.89%) CISM
13 5 (0.89%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.71%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.71%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
1 16 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.60%) NIST
3 7 (1.24%) GDPR
3 7 (1.24%) GRC
4 6 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (0.89%) GLBA
5 5 (0.89%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.71%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.36%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.18%) NCSC
8 1 (0.18%) QA
8 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.07%) Docker
3 4 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.53%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.07%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.53%) Terraform
4 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 68 (12.08%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.13%) Apple
3 11 (1.95%) Adobe
4 6 (1.07%) ForeScout
5 5 (0.89%) iManage
5 5 (0.89%) Oracle
6 3 (0.53%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.53%) Sage
6 3 (0.53%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.36%) Cisco
7 2 (0.36%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.36%) Spotify
7 2 (0.36%) VMware
8 1 (0.18%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.18%) Dell
8 1 (0.18%) Juniper
8 1 (0.18%) PayPal
8 1 (0.18%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.18%) Veeam
8 1 (0.18%) Zscaler