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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 26 43
Rank change year-on-year +22 +17 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 672 172 243
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 13.07% 8.24% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.86% 8.63% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 170 97 181
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,040 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -3.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £94,430 £78,000 £95,750
North West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -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 3,763 1,992 4,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.17% 95.40% 86.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,578 1,266 3,402
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.18% +9.59% -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 26 April 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 April 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
Stockport +8 35 £32,500 - 2
Salford +4 24 £100,000 +153.16% 6
Bolton +13 21 £50,000 -33.33% 2
Bury +4 16 £92,482 - 2
Cheadle +4 14 - - 2
Wigan - 14 - - 2
Dukinfield +1 13 - - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne 0 13 - - 4
Stalybridge 0 13 - - 1
Rochdale +3 12 - - 1
Altrincham +1 12 - - 1
Heywood +1 12 - - 1
Oldham 0 12 - - 4
Littleborough - 12 - - 1
Sale 0 11 - - 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 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.89%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 411 (61.16%) Cloud Computing
2 110 (16.37%) Azure
3 56 (8.33%) AWS
4 26 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (2.53%) Entra ID
5 17 (2.53%) GitHub
6 15 (2.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (1.93%) GCP
8 10 (1.49%) SaaS
9 6 (0.89%) Serverless
10 5 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.74%) IaaS
10 5 (0.74%) PaaS
11 4 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.45%) Datadog
12 3 (0.45%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.30%) iPaaS
14 1 (0.15%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 420 (62.50%) Internet
2 26 (3.87%) Firewall
3 16 (2.38%) VLAN
4 14 (2.08%) DHCP
4 14 (2.08%) DNS
5 13 (1.93%) VPN
6 6 (0.89%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.74%) WAN
8 4 (0.60%) LAN
8 4 (0.60%) VoIP
9 3 (0.45%) Network Security
10 1 (0.15%) LTE
10 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (0.60%) Neo4j
2 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (1.93%) Git
2 6 (0.89%) Snyk
3 4 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) GDB
4 1 (0.15%) JIRA
4 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.15%) WinDbg
General
1 495 (73.66%) Social Skills
2 437 (65.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 403 (59.97%) Banking
4 26 (3.87%) Multimedia
5 21 (3.13%) Finance
6 19 (2.83%) Law
7 9 (1.34%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (1.34%) Retail
8 8 (1.19%) Legal
9 7 (1.04%) Marketing
10 6 (0.89%) Police
10 6 (0.89%) Public Sector
11 5 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.60%) French Language
13 3 (0.45%) Billing
13 3 (0.45%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.45%) Local Government
13 3 (0.45%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (0.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 314 (46.73%) Lecturer
2 42 (6.25%) Analyst
2 42 (6.25%) Senior
3 27 (4.02%) Security Analyst
4 26 (3.87%) Trainee
5 25 (3.72%) Architect
5 25 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 25 (3.72%) Security Architect
6 21 (3.13%) Junior
6 21 (3.13%) Junior Analyst
6 21 (3.13%) Junior Security Analyst
7 17 (2.53%) IT Support
8 16 (2.38%) Security Engineer
9 15 (2.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 15 (2.23%) Ethical Hacker
9 15 (2.23%) Security Manager
10 13 (1.93%) Head of Security
11 12 (1.79%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 12 (1.79%) IT Engineer
11 12 (1.79%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.38%) CSS
1 16 (2.38%) HTML
2 6 (0.89%) AngularJS
2 6 (0.89%) React
2 6 (0.89%) Regular Expression
3 4 (0.60%) MERN Stack
4 3 (0.45%) .NET
4 3 (0.45%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.45%) AWS CDK
4 3 (0.45%) NestJS
4 3 (0.45%) Node.js
4 3 (0.45%) REST
5 2 (0.30%) Middleware
5 2 (0.30%) Spring
5 2 (0.30%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.30%) Vue
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 402 (59.82%) IoT
2 22 (3.27%) Cyberattack
2 22 (3.27%) Onboarding
3 11 (1.64%) Driving Licence
4 10 (1.49%) Data Centre
5 9 (1.34%) Cloud Native
5 9 (1.34%) Public Cloud
6 8 (1.19%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.19%) Operational Technology
7 7 (1.04%) Algorithms
8 6 (0.89%) Blog
8 6 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (0.89%) Low-Code
8 6 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.74%) Social Media
10 4 (0.60%) Cybercrime
10 4 (0.60%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.45%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.57%) Windows
2 18 (2.68%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.04%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.74%) Linux
5 3 (0.45%) Android
5 3 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (66.52%) AI
2 405 (60.27%) Machine Learning
3 402 (59.82%) User Experience
3 402 (59.82%) Web Development
4 61 (9.08%) Mentoring
5 28 (4.17%) Ethical Hacking
5 28 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (2.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (2.83%) Incident Response
7 18 (2.68%) Cost Optimisation
8 16 (2.38%) Agile
8 16 (2.38%) SIEM
8 16 (2.38%) Software Engineering
9 15 (2.23%) FinOps
9 15 (2.23%) Information Security
9 15 (2.23%) Software Licensing
10 14 (2.08%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (1.93%) CI/CD
11 13 (1.93%) Customer Service
11 13 (1.93%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (4.91%) Python
2 23 (3.42%) JavaScript
3 15 (2.23%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.04%) TypeScript
5 6 (0.89%) Java
5 6 (0.89%) R
6 5 (0.74%) SQL
7 4 (0.60%) C
7 4 (0.60%) C++
8 3 (0.45%) Bash
9 1 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 421 (62.65%) Degree
2 403 (59.97%) Master's Degree
2 403 (59.97%) Postgraduate
3 402 (59.82%) PhD
4 51 (7.59%) Azure Certification
5 39 (5.80%) CompTIA Security+
6 30 (4.46%) AWS Certification
6 30 (4.46%) CEH
7 22 (3.27%) CompTIA CySA+
8 20 (2.98%) Network+ Certification
9 18 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (2.08%) Security Cleared
11 13 (1.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 12 (1.79%) A+ Certification
13 10 (1.49%) SC Cleared
14 8 (1.19%) CISM
14 8 (1.19%) CISSP
14 8 (1.19%) DBS Check
15 7 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (1.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (2.38%) GRC
3 16 (2.38%) PCI DSS
4 12 (1.79%) NIST
5 7 (1.04%) GDPR
6 5 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.60%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.15%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.19%) Docker
4 5 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.89%) Terraform
4 4 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.45%) Grafana
5 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 104 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.36%) ForeScout
3 19 (2.83%) Apple
4 15 (2.23%) Adobe
5 14 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (1.04%) Palo Alto
7 6 (0.89%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.89%) Tenable
8 5 (0.74%) Cisco
9 4 (0.60%) Meraki
9 4 (0.60%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (0.45%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.15%) Juniper
11 1 (0.15%) Splunk
11 1 (0.15%) Spotify
11 1 (0.15%) Veeam
11 1 (0.15%) VMware
11 1 (0.15%) Zscaler