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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 46 47
Rank change year-on-year +20 +1 -22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 332 150 247
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.30% 6.40% 4.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.29% 6.79% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 220 93 176
10th Percentile £32,375 £25,313 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,040 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,617
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,000 £95,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.29%

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 4,556 2,209 4,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.73% 94.28% 83.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,612 1,269 3,556
10th Percentile £32,775 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -9.48%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,164 £81,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £51,564 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.66% +3.13% -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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +10 18 £50,000 -33.33% 4
Salford -6 14 £100,000 +57.62% 9
Bury +8 5 £92,482 -
Stockport +5 2 £32,500 -15.03% 2
Altrincham +4 2 £40,000 - 4
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 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 12 (3.61%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 81 (24.40%) Azure
2 44 (13.25%) AWS
3 35 (10.54%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.12%) GCP
5 16 (4.82%) SaaS
6 13 (3.92%) Serverless
7 12 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (2.71%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.51%) GitHub
9 5 (1.51%) IaaS
9 5 (1.51%) PaaS
10 4 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.20%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.90%) Datadog
11 3 (0.90%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.93%) Firewall
2 19 (5.72%) Unified Communications
3 13 (3.92%) VLAN
4 11 (3.31%) DNS
5 8 (2.41%) DHCP
5 8 (2.41%) VoIP
5 8 (2.41%) VPN
6 6 (1.81%) Internet
7 5 (1.51%) Network Security
8 4 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.90%) DKIM
9 3 (0.90%) DMARC
9 3 (0.90%) LAN
9 3 (0.90%) PBX
9 3 (0.90%) WAN
9 3 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.30%) LTE
10 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.30%) MySQL
1 1 (0.30%) Neo4j
1 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.30%) Pinecone
1 1 (0.30%) Power BI
1 1 (0.30%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (3.61%) Snyk
2 4 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.90%) Git
4 2 (0.60%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.60%) GitLab
5 1 (0.30%) GDB
5 1 (0.30%) JIRA
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.30%) WinDbg
General
1 86 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 31 (9.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (6.63%) Law
4 16 (4.82%) Marketing
5 15 (4.52%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.22%) Finance
7 13 (3.92%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.71%) Retail
9 8 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (2.11%) Legal
10 7 (2.11%) Multimedia
11 6 (1.81%) Police
12 4 (1.20%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.20%) French Language
12 4 (1.20%) Local Government
12 4 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.90%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.90%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (0.90%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 57 (17.17%) Senior
2 50 (15.06%) Analyst
3 35 (10.54%) Security Analyst
4 33 (9.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 31 (9.34%) Architect
5 31 (9.34%) Security Architect
6 26 (7.83%) Senior Analyst
7 21 (6.33%) Consultant
8 20 (6.02%) Lead
8 20 (6.02%) Security Consultant
9 19 (5.72%) Junior
9 19 (5.72%) Junior Analyst
10 18 (5.42%) Security Engineer
11 17 (5.12%) Security Manager
12 16 (4.82%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 16 (4.82%) Junior Security Analyst
13 15 (4.52%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 15 (4.52%) Ethical Hacker
13 15 (4.52%) Marketing Manager
14 14 (4.22%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.81%) Regular Expression
1 6 (1.81%) REST
2 4 (1.20%) .NET
2 4 (1.20%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.20%) CSS
2 4 (1.20%) HTML
2 4 (1.20%) React
3 3 (0.90%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.90%) AWS CDK
3 3 (0.90%) NestJS
3 3 (0.90%) Node.js
3 3 (0.90%) Vue
4 2 (0.60%) Spring
4 2 (0.60%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.30%) MERN Stack
5 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.33%) Cyberattack
2 17 (5.12%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.52%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.22%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.92%) Security Posture
6 11 (3.31%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.31%) Operational Technology
7 9 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.11%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.81%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Licensing
11 4 (1.20%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.20%) Cybercrime
11 4 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.20%) Social Media
12 3 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.93%) Windows
2 16 (4.82%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.81%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (1.20%) Linux
5 3 (0.90%) Android
5 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (16.87%) AI
2 43 (12.95%) Mentoring
3 27 (8.13%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (7.53%) Cloud Security
5 24 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (7.23%) DevOps
5 24 (7.23%) Incident Response
6 23 (6.93%) CI/CD
7 21 (6.33%) Ethical Hacking
7 21 (6.33%) Information Security
8 19 (5.72%) IT Strategy
8 19 (5.72%) Security Testing
8 19 (5.72%) SIEM
8 19 (5.72%) Threat Modelling
9 17 (5.12%) DevSecOps
9 17 (5.12%) Risk Management
9 17 (5.12%) Service Delivery
9 17 (5.12%) Software Licensing
10 16 (4.82%) Agile
10 16 (4.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.93%) Python
2 13 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.01%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.81%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.51%) Bash
5 5 (1.51%) SQL
6 4 (1.20%) C++
6 4 (1.20%) Java
7 2 (0.60%) C#
8 1 (0.30%) Ada
8 1 (0.30%) C
8 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.30%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 33 (9.94%) Azure Certification
2 24 (7.23%) CompTIA Security+
3 23 (6.93%) CEH
4 19 (5.72%) Degree
5 18 (5.42%) CompTIA CySA+
6 15 (4.52%) Security Cleared
7 14 (4.22%) AWS Certification
8 13 (3.92%) SC Cleared
9 12 (3.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.01%) CISSP
11 9 (2.71%) CISM
11 9 (2.71%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (2.41%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.51%) A+ Certification
13 5 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (1.20%) CISA
14 4 (1.20%) CRISC
14 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.90%) CCNA
15 3 (0.90%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (6.33%) NIST
3 17 (5.12%) GRC
4 15 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (3.92%) GDPR
6 12 (3.61%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.20%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.60%) NCSC
10 2 (0.60%) QA
11 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.30%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.30%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.51%) Docker
5 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (2.41%) Terraform
2 5 (1.51%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.90%) cPanel
3 3 (0.90%) Grafana
3 3 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.90%) Plesk
3 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (30.42%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.34%) ForeScout
3 19 (5.72%) CrowdStrike
4 17 (5.12%) Apple
5 14 (4.22%) Adobe
6 12 (3.61%) Palo Alto
6 12 (3.61%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.61%) Tenable
7 4 (1.20%) Tanium
8 3 (0.90%) Acronis
8 3 (0.90%) Cisco
8 3 (0.90%) Datto
8 3 (0.90%) Google
8 3 (0.90%) Meraki
8 3 (0.90%) NETGEAR
8 3 (0.90%) SonicWALL
8 3 (0.90%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (0.90%) Veeam
8 3 (0.90%) VMware
8 3 (0.90%) WatchGuard