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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 48 38
Rank change year-on-year +43 -10 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 556 139 148
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 19.97% 5.00% 6.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.42% 5.37% 7.05%
Number of salaries quoted 112 70 109
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,900 £41,300
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,188 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -40.80% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £69,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,975 £87,500 £84,245
North West median annual salary £42,500 £54,793 £59,526
% change year-on-year -22.44% -7.95% +2.97%

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 2,277 2,588 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 81.79% 93.03% 92.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,334 1,217 1,674
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,390 £85,500 £84,989
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +0.22%

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 December 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 26 December 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
Stockport - 36 £30,000 - 24
Altrincham - 17 £27,500 - 1
Salford +15 16 £70,079 +39.30% 3
Bolton +22 15 £41,250 -45.00% 23
Cheadle - 14 - - 2
Wigan - 14 - - 6
Stalybridge - 13 - -
Dukinfield - 13 - -
Bury - 13 - - 2
Ashton-under-Lyne - 13 - - 1
Heywood - 12 - -
Littleborough - 12 - -
Oldham - 12 - - 2
Rochdale - 12 - - 1
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 8 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.90%) WordPress
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.18%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 407 (73.20%) Cloud Computing
2 66 (11.87%) Azure
3 43 (7.73%) AWS
4 19 (3.42%) GitHub
5 17 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (2.34%) Entra ID
7 11 (1.98%) SaaS
8 7 (1.26%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.08%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.90%) IaaS
10 5 (0.90%) OCI
10 5 (0.90%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.36%) dbt
12 2 (0.36%) GCP
12 2 (0.36%) PaaS
13 1 (0.18%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 421 (75.72%) Internet
2 10 (1.80%) Firewall
2 10 (1.80%) VLAN
2 10 (1.80%) VPN
3 6 (1.08%) VoIP
4 5 (0.90%) DHCP
4 5 (0.90%) DMZ
4 5 (0.90%) DNS
4 5 (0.90%) STUN
5 3 (0.54%) Network Security
6 2 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.36%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.36%) WAN
7 1 (0.18%) LAN
7 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.08%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (0.90%) Power BI
3 3 (0.54%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 20 (3.60%) Git
2 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.18%) JMeter
2 1 (0.18%) Locust
General
1 458 (82.37%) Social Skills
2 433 (77.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 404 (72.66%) Banking
4 29 (5.22%) Multimedia
5 21 (3.78%) Finance
6 10 (1.80%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (1.80%) Legal
7 7 (1.26%) Law
8 6 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.90%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.72%) Billing
10 4 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.54%) German Language
11 3 (0.54%) Retail
12 1 (0.18%) Marketing
12 1 (0.18%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 314 (56.47%) Lecturer
2 29 (5.22%) Trainee
3 20 (3.60%) Architect
4 18 (3.24%) Senior
5 17 (3.06%) Analyst
6 11 (1.98%) Lead
7 9 (1.62%) Developer
7 9 (1.62%) IT Support
7 9 (1.62%) Software Developer
7 9 (1.62%) Trainee Developer
7 9 (1.62%) Trainee Software Developer
8 8 (1.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 8 (1.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (1.44%) Security Analyst
8 8 (1.44%) Senior Architect
8 8 (1.44%) Support Engineer
9 6 (1.08%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (1.08%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (1.08%) Security Architect
10 5 (0.90%) Junior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.32%) HTML
2 19 (3.42%) CSS
3 5 (0.90%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (0.54%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.54%) MERN Stack
4 3 (0.54%) React
5 1 (0.18%) Django
5 1 (0.18%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 406 (73.02%) IoT
2 18 (3.24%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.16%) Data Centre
4 9 (1.62%) Public Cloud
5 8 (1.44%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.26%) Blog
7 5 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.54%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.54%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (0.54%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.18%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.18%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.18%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.18%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.18%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.42%) Windows
2 13 (2.34%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.26%) Linux
4 6 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.90%) Debian
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (77.70%) AI
2 403 (72.48%) Machine Learning
3 402 (72.30%) User Experience
3 402 (72.30%) Web Development
4 38 (6.83%) Mentoring
5 25 (4.50%) Software Licensing
6 22 (3.96%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (3.06%) Customer Engagement
7 17 (3.06%) Time Management
8 14 (2.52%) Information Security
9 13 (2.34%) Process Improvement
10 11 (1.98%) Line Management
11 10 (1.80%) Cost Optimisation
11 10 (1.80%) Ethical Hacking
11 10 (1.80%) FinOps
12 9 (1.62%) Client Onboarding
12 9 (1.62%) DevOps
12 9 (1.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 9 (1.62%) Service Delivery
13 8 (1.44%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.32%) Python
2 23 (4.14%) JavaScript
3 10 (1.80%) R
4 8 (1.44%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.44%) SQL
5 4 (0.72%) Java
6 3 (0.54%) C
6 3 (0.54%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 427 (76.80%) Degree
2 403 (72.48%) Postgraduate
3 402 (72.30%) Master's Degree
3 402 (72.30%) PhD
4 29 (5.22%) AWS Certification
5 27 (4.86%) Azure Certification
6 21 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (3.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 19 (3.42%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (2.70%) A+ Certification
9 13 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (1.80%) CEH
11 9 (1.62%) Security Cleared
12 8 (1.44%) CISSP
13 7 (1.26%) PMP
14 5 (0.90%) CISM
14 5 (0.90%) CompTIA CySA+
14 5 (0.90%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.72%) CRISC
15 4 (0.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (1.62%) NIST
4 7 (1.26%) GRC
5 6 (1.08%) GDPR
6 5 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.90%) GLBA
6 5 (0.90%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.18%) NCSC
8 1 (0.18%) QA
8 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.08%) Docker
3 5 (0.90%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
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 12 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.18%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 68 (12.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.78%) Apple
3 20 (3.60%) Adobe
4 10 (1.80%) Palo Alto
5 5 (0.90%) ForeScout
5 5 (0.90%) iManage
5 5 (0.90%) Oracle
5 5 (0.90%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.54%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.54%) Sage
7 2 (0.36%) Cisco
7 2 (0.36%) Dell
7 2 (0.36%) Spotify
7 2 (0.36%) VMware
8 1 (0.18%) CrowdStrike
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