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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 35 44
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 -22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 353 166 212
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.33% 6.60% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.20% 7.20% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 248 100 141
10th Percentile £32,425 £25,313 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 4,900 2,307 3,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.94% 91.69% 82.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,857 1,340 2,597
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £69,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,808 £83,600
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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +11 22 £50,000 -33.33% 9
Salford -2 20 £100,000 +57.62% 3
Bury +8 6 £60,741 - 1
Altrincham +10 4 £40,000 - 6
Stockport 0 2 £32,500 -4.76% 3
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 9 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.40%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 80 (22.66%) Azure
2 46 (13.03%) AWS
3 37 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.82%) GCP
5 16 (4.53%) SaaS
6 13 (3.68%) Serverless
7 12 (3.40%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (2.83%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.70%) IaaS
9 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.42%) GitHub
10 5 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.42%) PaaS
11 4 (1.13%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.13%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.85%) Datadog
12 3 (0.85%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.95%) Unified Communications
2 17 (4.82%) Firewall
3 11 (3.12%) VoIP
4 8 (2.27%) VLAN
5 6 (1.70%) DNS
5 6 (1.70%) Internet
6 5 (1.42%) Network Security
7 4 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.13%) WAN
8 3 (0.85%) DHCP
8 3 (0.85%) DKIM
8 3 (0.85%) DMARC
8 3 (0.85%) LAN
8 3 (0.85%) PBX
8 3 (0.85%) VPN
8 3 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.57%) FTP
10 1 (0.28%) HTTP
10 1 (0.28%) SNMP
10 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.28%) MySQL
2 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.28%) Pinecone
2 1 (0.28%) Power BI
2 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.28%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (3.40%) Snyk
2 5 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.85%) Git
3 3 (0.85%) GitLab
4 2 (0.57%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.28%) GDB
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.28%) WinDbg
General
1 87 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 38 (10.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (6.52%) Law
4 16 (4.53%) Marketing
4 16 (4.53%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.25%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.12%) Finance
7 9 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (2.55%) Retail
8 7 (1.98%) Legal
9 6 (1.70%) Police
10 4 (1.13%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.13%) Local Government
10 4 (1.13%) Multimedia
10 4 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.85%) Advertising
11 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.57%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (17.00%) Senior
2 58 (16.43%) Analyst
3 42 (11.90%) Security Analyst
4 39 (11.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 34 (9.63%) Consultant
6 30 (8.50%) Architect
6 30 (8.50%) Senior Analyst
7 29 (8.22%) Security Consultant
8 26 (7.37%) Security Architect
9 23 (6.52%) Junior
9 23 (6.52%) Lead
10 21 (5.95%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 19 (5.38%) Junior Analyst
12 18 (5.10%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
12 18 (5.10%) Senior Security Analyst
13 17 (4.82%) Security Engineer
14 16 (4.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 16 (4.53%) Junior Security Analyst
14 16 (4.53%) Security Manager
15 15 (4.25%) Ethical Hacker
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.70%) Regular Expression
2 5 (1.42%) REST
3 4 (1.13%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.13%) React
4 3 (0.85%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.85%) Vue
5 2 (0.57%) .NET
5 2 (0.57%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (0.57%) JSON
5 2 (0.57%) pgvector
5 2 (0.57%) PostGIS
5 2 (0.57%) Spring
5 2 (0.57%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.28%) CrewAI
6 1 (0.28%) Faiss
6 1 (0.28%) LangGraph
6 1 (0.28%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.28%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.52%) Cyberattack
2 18 (5.10%) Security Posture
3 14 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.40%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.40%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.12%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.70%) Cybercrime
8 6 (1.70%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Licensing
9 4 (1.13%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.13%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.13%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.13%) Social Media
10 3 (0.85%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.80%) Windows
2 10 (2.83%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.70%) Linux
3 6 (1.70%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (16.43%) AI
2 38 (10.76%) Mentoring
3 30 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (8.22%) DevOps
5 28 (7.93%) Incident Response
6 26 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (7.37%) SIEM
7 25 (7.08%) Information Security
8 24 (6.80%) Cloud Security
9 23 (6.52%) Risk Management
10 22 (6.23%) CI/CD
10 22 (6.23%) IT Strategy
11 20 (5.67%) Agile
11 20 (5.67%) Security Testing
11 20 (5.67%) Software Licensing
12 19 (5.38%) Ethical Hacking
12 19 (5.38%) Threat Modelling
13 18 (5.10%) Security Architecture
14 17 (4.82%) DevSecOps
14 17 (4.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.10%) Python
2 13 (3.68%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.42%) Bash
4 4 (1.13%) C++
5 3 (0.85%) C#
5 3 (0.85%) Java
5 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.85%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.57%) SQL
7 1 (0.28%) Ada
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.28%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 31 (8.78%) Azure Certification
2 27 (7.65%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.37%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.80%) Degree
5 22 (6.23%) CEH
5 22 (6.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 16 (4.53%) CompTIA CySA+
7 13 (3.68%) AWS Certification
8 12 (3.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.83%) CISSP
10 9 (2.55%) CISM
11 5 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.42%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.13%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.13%) CISA
12 4 (1.13%) CRISC
12 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (7.08%) NIST
3 21 (5.95%) GRC
4 17 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (3.97%) GDPR
6 13 (3.68%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.42%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.57%) NCSC
9 2 (0.57%) QA
10 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 13 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.98%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.42%) Docker
4 4 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.98%) Terraform
3 4 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.13%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.85%) cPanel
4 3 (0.85%) Grafana
4 3 (0.85%) Nessus
4 3 (0.85%) Plesk
4 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 111 (31.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.22%) ForeScout
3 19 (5.38%) CrowdStrike
4 17 (4.82%) Apple
5 15 (4.25%) Palo Alto
6 14 (3.97%) Adobe
7 12 (3.40%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.40%) Tenable
8 8 (2.27%) Tanium
9 4 (1.13%) VMware
10 3 (0.85%) Acronis
10 3 (0.85%) Cisco
10 3 (0.85%) Datto
10 3 (0.85%) Google
10 3 (0.85%) NETGEAR
10 3 (0.85%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.85%) SonicWALL
10 3 (0.85%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (0.85%) Veeam
10 3 (0.85%) WatchGuard