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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 39 47
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 -14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 370 137 177
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.86% 5.77% 4.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.38% 6.46% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 259 68 86
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,475 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,897 £30,000 £39,063
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 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £86,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £48,092 £55,000
% change year-on-year +24.76% -12.56% -7.60%

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 5,795 2,120 3,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.17% 89.26% 83.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,388 1,197 1,709
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,650 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,750
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 £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 26 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 26 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 +14 16 £50,000 -9.09% 7
Salford -13 15 £27,500 -64.39% 5
Altrincham +4 5 £40,000 +45.45%
Stockport -3 5 £62,500 +108.33% 16
Bury +7 3 £29,000 - 1
Wigan - 3 £45,000 - 6
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 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.24%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 65 (17.57%) Azure
2 51 (13.78%) AWS
3 43 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (5.41%) GCP
5 15 (4.05%) SaaS
6 13 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (3.51%) Entra ID
6 13 (3.51%) Serverless
7 8 (2.16%) Mimecast
8 7 (1.89%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.08%) GitHub
11 4 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.08%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.81%) Datadog
12 3 (0.81%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.81%) IaaS
13 2 (0.54%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.49%) Unified Communications
2 11 (2.97%) Firewall
2 11 (2.97%) VoIP
3 10 (2.70%) Internet
4 8 (2.16%) DNS
5 7 (1.89%) VLAN
6 5 (1.35%) DHCP
6 5 (1.35%) VPN
6 5 (1.35%) 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 (1.35%) 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 (3.24%) Snyk
2 5 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.81%) Git
3 3 (0.81%) GitLab
4 2 (0.54%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.27%) Maven
5 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 88 (23.78%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (4.86%) Public Sector
4 17 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.59%) Finance
4 17 (4.59%) Retail
5 15 (4.05%) Marketing
5 15 (4.05%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.24%) Law
7 9 (2.43%) Police
8 6 (1.62%) Legal
8 6 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.81%) Advertising
10 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.27%) Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (20.00%) Senior
2 61 (16.49%) Analyst
3 47 (12.70%) Consultant
4 40 (10.81%) Architect
5 39 (10.54%) Security Analyst
5 39 (10.54%) Security Consultant
6 36 (9.73%) Security Architect
7 34 (9.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 30 (8.11%) Senior Analyst
9 25 (6.76%) Lead
10 23 (6.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 21 (5.68%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 19 (5.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 19 (5.14%) Security Manager
13 18 (4.86%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
13 18 (4.86%) Senior Security Analyst
14 17 (4.59%) Security Engineer
15 16 (4.32%) Operations Manager
16 15 (4.05%) Junior
16 15 (4.05%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.89%) Terraform
2 6 (1.62%) Regular Expression
3 4 (1.08%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.08%) React
3 4 (1.08%) REST
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
4 3 (0.81%) Vue
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%) Spring
5 2 (0.54%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.27%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.27%) OAuth
6 1 (0.27%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.22%) Security Posture
2 21 (5.68%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.59%) Operational Technology
4 16 (4.32%) Cyberattack
5 15 (4.05%) Driving Licence
5 15 (4.05%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (3.24%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.16%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.89%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.62%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Licensing
11 5 (1.35%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.35%) Cybercrime
11 5 (1.35%) 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 (7.30%) Windows
2 11 (2.97%) Mac OS
3 6 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.35%) Linux
5 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (17.57%) AI
2 39 (10.54%) Incident Response
2 39 (10.54%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (8.92%) DevOps
5 31 (8.38%) Information Security
5 31 (8.38%) Security Architecture
6 29 (7.84%) SIEM
7 28 (7.57%) Cloud Security
7 28 (7.57%) IT Strategy
7 28 (7.57%) Risk Management
8 26 (7.03%) Mentoring
9 25 (6.76%) CI/CD
9 25 (6.76%) Security Operations
10 21 (5.68%) Security Testing
10 21 (5.68%) Software Licensing
11 20 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (5.14%) Technology Strategy
12 19 (5.14%) Threat Modelling
12 19 (5.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.14%) Python
2 18 (4.86%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.89%) Bash
4 4 (1.08%) SQL
5 3 (0.81%) C#
5 3 (0.81%) Java
6 2 (0.54%) Go
6 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.54%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.27%) Ada
7 1 (0.27%) C++
7 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (10.54%) Security Cleared
2 36 (9.73%) SC Cleared
3 26 (7.03%) Degree
4 14 (3.78%) AWS Certification
5 13 (3.51%) Azure Certification
5 13 (3.51%) CISM
6 12 (3.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (3.24%) CISSP
7 11 (2.97%) CompTIA CySA+
7 11 (2.97%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (1.89%) CEH
9 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.08%) CISA
10 4 (1.08%) CRISC
10 4 (1.08%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.81%) GCIH
12 2 (0.54%) OSCP
12 2 (0.54%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (8.11%) NIST
3 26 (7.03%) GRC
4 18 (4.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (4.32%) GDPR
6 15 (4.05%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.62%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.81%) NCSC
8 3 (0.81%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.54%) QA
10 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 13 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.89%) Docker
3 5 (1.35%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.08%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.35%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.08%) Nessus
4 3 (0.81%) cPanel
4 3 (0.81%) Grafana
4 3 (0.81%) Plesk
4 3 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.54%) Ansible
5 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.54%) Podman
5 2 (0.54%) SCCM
6 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 110 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.14%) CrowdStrike
3 16 (4.32%) Palo Alto
4 14 (3.78%) Adobe
4 14 (3.78%) Apple
5 12 (3.24%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.24%) Tenable
6 10 (2.70%) ForeScout
7 8 (2.16%) Tanium
8 4 (1.08%) VMware
9 3 (0.81%) Acronis
9 3 (0.81%) Cisco
9 3 (0.81%) Datto
9 3 (0.81%) Google
9 3 (0.81%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.81%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.81%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.81%) Splunk
9 3 (0.81%) Veeam
9 3 (0.81%) WatchGuard