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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 39 49
Rank change year-on-year +10 +10 -20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 362 157 180
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.11% 6.32% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.80% 7.00% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 257 89 109
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,313 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £95,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £49,750 £54,793
% change year-on-year +15.58% -9.20% -8.68%

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 5,324 2,242 3,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 75.19% 90.29% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,145 1,320 2,143
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
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 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%

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 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 29 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 +18 20 £50,000 -33.33% 3
Salford -8 19 £27,500 -60.37% 5
Bury +8 5 £29,000 -
Altrincham +8 5 £40,000 +45.45% 1
Sale +5 2 £62,500 - 1
Stockport -2 2 £32,500 +8.33% 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 14 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.31%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 74 (20.44%) Azure
2 50 (13.81%) AWS
3 43 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (4.97%) GCP
4 18 (4.97%) SaaS
5 14 (3.87%) Entra ID
6 13 (3.59%) Serverless
7 11 (3.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (2.21%) Mimecast
9 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (1.93%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.38%) GitHub
11 5 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.38%) IaaS
12 4 (1.10%) PaaS
12 4 (1.10%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.83%) Datadog
13 3 (0.83%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.63%) Unified Communications
2 16 (4.42%) Firewall
3 14 (3.87%) VoIP
4 10 (2.76%) VLAN
5 8 (2.21%) DNS
5 8 (2.21%) Internet
6 5 (1.38%) DHCP
6 5 (1.38%) Network Security
6 5 (1.38%) VPN
7 4 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.10%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.10%) WAN
7 4 (1.10%) Wireless
8 3 (0.83%) DKIM
8 3 (0.83%) DMARC
8 3 (0.83%) FTP
8 3 (0.83%) HTTP
8 3 (0.83%) LAN
8 3 (0.83%) PBX
8 3 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
3 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.28%) Pinecone
3 1 (0.28%) Power BI
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.28%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (3.31%) Snyk
2 5 (1.38%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.83%) Git
3 3 (0.83%) GitLab
4 2 (0.55%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.28%) GDB
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.28%) WinDbg
General
1 89 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (4.97%) Public Sector
4 16 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.42%) Law
5 15 (4.14%) Finance
5 15 (4.14%) Marketing
5 15 (4.14%) Telecoms
6 10 (2.76%) Retail
7 7 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.66%) Legal
8 6 (1.66%) Police
9 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.83%) Advertising
10 3 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.83%) Local Government
10 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.83%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 67 (18.51%) Senior
2 63 (17.40%) Analyst
3 44 (12.15%) Security Analyst
4 43 (11.88%) Consultant
5 39 (10.77%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 36 (9.94%) Security Consultant
7 35 (9.67%) Architect
8 31 (8.56%) Security Architect
9 30 (8.29%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (7.18%) Lead
11 21 (5.80%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 20 (5.52%) Junior
13 18 (4.97%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
13 18 (4.97%) Senior Security Analyst
14 16 (4.42%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 16 (4.42%) Security Manager
15 15 (4.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 15 (4.14%) Junior Analyst
15 15 (4.14%) Marketing Manager
15 15 (4.14%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.66%) Regular Expression
1 6 (1.66%) Terraform
2 4 (1.10%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.10%) React
2 4 (1.10%) REST
3 3 (0.83%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.83%) JSON
3 3 (0.83%) LDAP
3 3 (0.83%) pgvector
3 3 (0.83%) PostGIS
3 3 (0.83%) Vue
4 2 (0.55%) .NET
4 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (0.55%) Spring
4 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.28%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.28%) OAuth
5 1 (0.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.52%) Security Posture
2 19 (5.25%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.97%) Cyberattack
4 15 (4.14%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.59%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.31%) Data Centre
7 11 (3.04%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (3.04%) Operational Technology
8 7 (1.93%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.66%) Cybercrime
9 6 (1.66%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Licensing
10 5 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.10%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.10%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.83%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.46%) Windows
2 11 (3.04%) Mac OS
3 9 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.66%) Linux
5 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.83%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (16.85%) AI
2 37 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (8.56%) Mentoring
4 30 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (8.29%) DevOps
5 28 (7.73%) Incident Response
5 28 (7.73%) Information Security
6 27 (7.46%) IT Strategy
6 27 (7.46%) SIEM
7 25 (6.91%) Risk Management
8 24 (6.63%) Cloud Security
9 23 (6.35%) Security Architecture
10 22 (6.08%) CI/CD
11 21 (5.80%) Software Licensing
12 20 (5.52%) Security Testing
13 19 (5.25%) Threat Modelling
14 17 (4.70%) Agile
14 17 (4.70%) Data Science
14 17 (4.70%) DevSecOps
14 17 (4.70%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.97%) Python
2 16 (4.42%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.38%) Bash
4 4 (1.10%) C++
4 4 (1.10%) SQL
5 3 (0.83%) C#
5 3 (0.83%) Java
6 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.28%) Ada
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.28%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 31 (8.56%) Security Cleared
2 29 (8.01%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.73%) Degree
4 22 (6.08%) Azure Certification
5 16 (4.42%) CompTIA CySA+
6 15 (4.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (3.87%) CEH
8 13 (3.59%) AWS Certification
9 12 (3.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (2.76%) CISM
10 10 (2.76%) CISSP
11 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.10%) CISA
13 4 (1.10%) CRISC
13 4 (1.10%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.83%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (6.91%) NIST
3 23 (6.35%) GRC
4 16 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (4.14%) PCI DSS
6 14 (3.87%) GDPR
7 6 (1.66%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.55%) NCSC
10 2 (0.55%) QA
11 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 13 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.93%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.93%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.38%) Docker
4 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.10%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.10%) Nessus
4 3 (0.83%) cPanel
4 3 (0.83%) Grafana
4 3 (0.83%) Plesk
4 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 111 (30.66%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.52%) CrowdStrike
2 20 (5.52%) ForeScout
3 17 (4.70%) Apple
4 16 (4.42%) Palo Alto
5 14 (3.87%) Adobe
6 12 (3.31%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.31%) Tenable
7 8 (2.21%) Tanium
8 4 (1.10%) Cisco
8 4 (1.10%) Meraki
8 4 (1.10%) VMware
9 3 (0.83%) Acronis
9 3 (0.83%) Datto
9 3 (0.83%) Google
9 3 (0.83%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.83%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.83%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.83%) Veeam
9 3 (0.83%) WatchGuard