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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 34 49
Rank change year-on-year +3 +15 -14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 367 145 160
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.76% 6.21% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.21% 6.98% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 268 73 77
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,125 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +7.84% -12.07%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £87,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £45,750 £54,793
% change year-on-year +31.15% -16.50% -5.53%

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 5,906 2,076 3,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.54% 88.87% 84.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,396 1,191 1,555
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,229 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.72% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -5.45%

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 15 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 15 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 +12 18 £50,000 -9.09% 4
Salford -10 15 £27,500 -64.39% 3
Stockport -2 7 £62,500 +108.33% 3
Altrincham +3 5 £40,000 +45.45%
Bury +6 3 £29,000 -
Wigan - 3 £45,000 - 2
Sale +5 2 £62,500 -
Cheadle -3 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 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.91%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.80%) Azure
2 48 (13.08%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (11.72%) AWS
4 21 (5.72%) SaaS
5 17 (4.63%) Entra ID
6 16 (4.36%) GCP
7 11 (3.00%) Mimecast
8 9 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.18%) Serverless
10 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (1.91%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.91%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.09%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.09%) IaaS
13 3 (0.82%) GitHub
13 3 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.82%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.54%) Amazon ECS
14 2 (0.54%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.54%) Unified Communications
2 11 (3.00%) DNS
2 11 (3.00%) Firewall
2 11 (3.00%) VoIP
3 10 (2.72%) Internet
4 8 (2.18%) DHCP
4 8 (2.18%) VLAN
5 6 (1.63%) VPN
5 6 (1.63%) Wireless
6 5 (1.36%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.09%) Network Security
7 4 (1.09%) SNMP
8 3 (0.82%) DKIM
8 3 (0.82%) DMARC
8 3 (0.82%) FTP
8 3 (0.82%) HTTP
8 3 (0.82%) PBX
8 3 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.54%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.54%) Power BI
4 1 (0.27%) Big Data
4 1 (0.27%) Chroma
4 1 (0.27%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.27%) MySQL
4 1 (0.27%) Pinecone
4 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.27%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 7 (1.91%) GitLab
1 7 (1.91%) Snyk
2 5 (1.36%) Git
3 4 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.54%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.27%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.27%) JIRA
5 1 (0.27%) Maven
5 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 83 (22.62%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (5.99%) Public Sector
4 21 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.36%) Marketing
6 15 (4.09%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.81%) Finance
8 13 (3.54%) Retail
9 8 (2.18%) Law
10 7 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.09%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.09%) Police
12 3 (0.82%) Advertising
12 3 (0.82%) Legal
12 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.27%) Aviation
13 1 (0.27%) Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (16.08%) Senior
2 55 (14.99%) Analyst
3 53 (14.44%) Consultant
4 40 (10.90%) Security Consultant
5 38 (10.35%) Architect
6 34 (9.26%) Security Architect
7 32 (8.72%) Security Analyst
8 28 (7.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 26 (7.08%) Senior Analyst
10 25 (6.81%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 24 (6.54%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 24 (6.54%) Lead
12 17 (4.63%) Operations Manager
13 16 (4.36%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
13 16 (4.36%) Senior Security Analyst
14 15 (4.09%) Marketing Manager
15 14 (3.81%) IT Manager
15 14 (3.81%) Security Engineer
16 13 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 13 (3.54%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.72%) Terraform
2 7 (1.91%) React
3 6 (1.63%) REST
4 4 (1.09%) JSON
4 4 (1.09%) Node.js
4 4 (1.09%) SAML
5 3 (0.82%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.82%) LDAP
5 3 (0.82%) pgvector
5 3 (0.82%) PostGIS
5 3 (0.82%) Spring
5 3 (0.82%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.54%) .NET
6 2 (0.54%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.54%) CSS
6 2 (0.54%) HTML
6 2 (0.54%) RESTful
6 2 (0.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.54%) Security Posture
2 20 (5.45%) Operational Technology
3 17 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.36%) Driving Licence
5 15 (4.09%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (4.09%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.72%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.91%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.63%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Licensing
10 5 (1.36%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.36%) Cybercrime
10 5 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.82%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.82%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.82%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.90%) Windows
2 11 (3.00%) macOS
3 10 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.18%) Linux
5 4 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (17.44%) AI
2 45 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (11.17%) Incident Response
4 38 (10.35%) DevOps
5 37 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (9.81%) Information Security
7 31 (8.45%) Risk Management
7 31 (8.45%) Security Architecture
8 30 (8.17%) Cloud Security
9 26 (7.08%) CI/CD
9 26 (7.08%) Decision-Making
9 26 (7.08%) IT Strategy
10 25 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (6.54%) Mentoring
11 24 (6.54%) Security Operations
12 23 (6.27%) Service Delivery
13 22 (5.99%) SIEM
14 21 (5.72%) ITIL
14 21 (5.72%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (5.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 21 (5.72%) Python
2 13 (3.54%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.18%) Bash
3 8 (2.18%) SQL
4 6 (1.63%) Go
4 6 (1.63%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.63%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.09%) Java
6 3 (0.82%) C#
7 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.27%) Ada
8 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (10.90%) Security Cleared
2 37 (10.08%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.72%) Degree
4 13 (3.54%) CISM
5 12 (3.27%) CISSP
6 8 (2.18%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.91%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.91%) CompTIA CySA+
8 6 (1.63%) CISA
9 5 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.36%) CRISC
10 4 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.09%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.09%) PhD
10 4 (1.09%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.82%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (13.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (7.90%) NIST
3 22 (5.99%) GRC
4 17 (4.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (3.81%) GDPR
6 10 (2.72%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.09%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.09%) NCSC
7 4 (1.09%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.82%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.54%) COBIT
9 2 (0.54%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.54%) QA
10 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) ITGC
System Software
1 11 (3.00%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.72%) Docker
3 8 (2.18%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.82%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.63%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.09%) Ansible
4 4 (1.09%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.09%) Nessus
4 4 (1.09%) Podman
5 3 (0.82%) cPanel
5 3 (0.82%) Plesk
6 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.54%) SCCM
7 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 101 (27.52%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.81%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (3.00%) Palo Alto
4 9 (2.45%) Adobe
4 9 (2.45%) Apple
5 8 (2.18%) Tanium
5 8 (2.18%) VMware
6 7 (1.91%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.91%) Tenable
7 5 (1.36%) Cisco
7 5 (1.36%) Google
7 5 (1.36%) YouTube
8 4 (1.09%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.09%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.09%) Thales
8 4 (1.09%) Veeam
9 3 (0.82%) Acronis
9 3 (0.82%) Aruba
9 3 (0.82%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.82%) Zscaler