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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 33 50
Rank change year-on-year +3 +17 -17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 363 145 158
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.73% 6.19% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.19% 6.96% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 263 73 75
10th Percentile £33,000 £28,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,647 £30,000 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +9.33% -13.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £83,090
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 5,869 2,082 3,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.50% 88.90% 84.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,373 1,191 1,553
10th Percentile £32,750 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%

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 13 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 13 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% 6
Salford -6 15 £27,500 -64.39% 4
Stockport -2 6 £62,500 +108.33% 7
Altrincham +4 5 £40,000 +45.45% 1
Bury +6 3 £29,000 - 1
Wigan - 3 £45,000 - 2
Sale +5 2 £62,500 -
Cheadle -3 1 - - 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 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.93%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.98%) Azure
2 47 (12.95%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (11.57%) AWS
4 21 (5.79%) SaaS
5 16 (4.41%) Entra ID
5 16 (4.41%) GCP
6 11 (3.03%) Mimecast
7 9 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (2.20%) Serverless
9 7 (1.93%) OneDrive
9 7 (1.93%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.10%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (1.10%) IaaS
11 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.83%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.55%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.55%) dbt
13 2 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.61%) Unified Communications
2 11 (3.03%) DNS
2 11 (3.03%) Firewall
2 11 (3.03%) VoIP
3 10 (2.75%) Internet
4 8 (2.20%) DHCP
4 8 (2.20%) VLAN
5 6 (1.65%) VPN
5 6 (1.65%) Wireless
6 5 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.10%) Network Security
7 4 (1.10%) SNMP
8 3 (0.83%) DKIM
8 3 (0.83%) DMARC
8 3 (0.83%) FTP
8 3 (0.83%) HTTP
8 3 (0.83%) PBX
8 3 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.55%) Power BI
3 1 (0.28%) Big Data
3 1 (0.28%) Chroma
3 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
3 1 (0.28%) Pinecone
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.28%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 7 (1.93%) Snyk
2 6 (1.65%) GitLab
3 4 (1.10%) Git
4 3 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.55%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.28%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.28%) JIRA
6 1 (0.28%) Maven
6 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 84 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (6.06%) Public Sector
4 21 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.41%) Marketing
6 15 (4.13%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.86%) Finance
8 12 (3.31%) Retail
9 8 (2.20%) Law
10 7 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Police
12 3 (0.83%) Advertising
12 3 (0.83%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.83%) Legal
12 3 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Banking
13 1 (0.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 58 (15.98%) Senior
2 56 (15.43%) Analyst
3 53 (14.60%) Consultant
4 40 (11.02%) Security Consultant
5 37 (10.19%) Architect
6 33 (9.09%) Security Analyst
6 33 (9.09%) Security Architect
7 29 (7.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 26 (7.16%) Senior Analyst
9 24 (6.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 24 (6.61%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 24 (6.61%) Lead
10 17 (4.68%) Operations Manager
11 16 (4.41%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 16 (4.41%) Senior Security Analyst
12 15 (4.13%) Marketing Manager
13 14 (3.86%) IT Manager
13 14 (3.86%) Security Engineer
14 12 (3.31%) Junior
14 12 (3.31%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.48%) Terraform
2 6 (1.65%) React
3 5 (1.38%) REST
4 4 (1.10%) JSON
4 4 (1.10%) SAML
5 3 (0.83%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.83%) LDAP
5 3 (0.83%) Node.js
5 3 (0.83%) pgvector
5 3 (0.83%) PostGIS
6 2 (0.55%) .NET
6 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.55%) Spring
6 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.55%) Vue
7 1 (0.28%) Blazor
7 1 (0.28%) CSS
7 1 (0.28%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.61%) Security Posture
2 20 (5.51%) Operational Technology
3 17 (4.68%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.41%) Driving Licence
5 15 (4.13%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (4.13%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.75%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.20%) Cyberattack
7 8 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Licensing
9 5 (1.38%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.38%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.38%) Cybercrime
9 5 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.83%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (0.83%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.83%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.83%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.99%) Windows
2 11 (3.03%) macOS
3 10 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.93%) Linux
5 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (17.63%) AI
2 44 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (11.29%) Incident Response
4 37 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (9.92%) DevOps
6 35 (9.64%) Information Security
7 30 (8.26%) Risk Management
7 30 (8.26%) Security Architecture
8 29 (7.99%) Cloud Security
9 25 (6.89%) Decision-Making
9 25 (6.89%) IT Strategy
9 25 (6.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (6.61%) CI/CD
10 24 (6.61%) Mentoring
11 23 (6.34%) Security Operations
11 23 (6.34%) Service Delivery
12 22 (6.06%) SIEM
13 21 (5.79%) ITIL
14 20 (5.51%) Platform Engineering
14 20 (5.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.51%) Python
2 13 (3.58%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.93%) Bash
3 7 (1.93%) SQL
4 5 (1.38%) Go
4 5 (1.38%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.38%) TypeScript
5 3 (0.83%) C#
5 3 (0.83%) Java
6 1 (0.28%) Ada
6 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (10.47%) Security Cleared
2 35 (9.64%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.82%) Degree
4 13 (3.58%) CISM
5 12 (3.31%) CISSP
6 9 (2.48%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.20%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.20%) CompTIA CySA+
7 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.65%) CISA
9 6 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.38%) CRISC
11 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.10%) CEH
11 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.10%) PhD
11 4 (1.10%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (7.71%) NIST
3 21 (5.79%) GRC
4 17 (4.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (3.86%) GDPR
6 9 (2.48%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.10%) NCSC
7 4 (1.10%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.83%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.55%) COBIT
9 2 (0.55%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.55%) QA
10 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.28%) ITGC
System Software
1 11 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.20%) Docker
3 8 (2.20%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.83%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.38%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.10%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.10%) Nessus
5 3 (0.83%) Ansible
5 3 (0.83%) cPanel
5 3 (0.83%) Plesk
5 3 (0.83%) Podman
6 2 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.55%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 101 (27.82%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.86%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (3.03%) Palo Alto
4 9 (2.48%) Adobe
4 9 (2.48%) Apple
5 8 (2.20%) Tanium
5 8 (2.20%) VMware
6 7 (1.93%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.93%) Tenable
7 5 (1.38%) Cisco
7 5 (1.38%) Google
7 5 (1.38%) YouTube
8 4 (1.10%) ForeScout
8 4 (1.10%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.10%) Veeam
9 3 (0.83%) Aruba
9 3 (0.83%) Datto
9 3 (0.83%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.83%) Thales
9 3 (0.83%) Zscaler