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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 38 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 -18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 356 145 163
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.68% 6.10% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 6.84% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 255 73 79
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,050 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,272 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +9.33% -13.26%
75th Percentile £76,250 £69,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £45,750 £54,793
% change year-on-year +31.15% -16.50% -5.53%

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 5,796 2,121 3,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.14% 89.19% 84.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,351 1,190 1,619
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,309
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.61% -8.53%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +14 16 £50,000 -9.09% 8
Salford -10 15 £27,500 -64.39% 5
Stockport -4 6 £62,500 +108.33% 11
Altrincham +4 5 £40,000 +45.45%
Bury +7 3 £29,000 - 1
Wigan - 3 £45,000 - 2
Sale +5 2 £62,500 -
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 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.53%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 57 (16.01%) Azure
2 44 (12.36%) AWS
2 44 (12.36%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (5.34%) SaaS
4 17 (4.78%) GCP
5 15 (4.21%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 10 (2.81%) Mimecast
6 10 (2.81%) Serverless
7 7 (1.97%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.40%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.84%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.84%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.84%) IaaS
12 2 (0.56%) Akamai
12 2 (0.56%) Cloudflare
12 2 (0.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.74%) Unified Communications
2 11 (3.09%) VoIP
3 10 (2.81%) DNS
3 10 (2.81%) Firewall
3 10 (2.81%) Internet
4 7 (1.97%) DHCP
4 7 (1.97%) VLAN
5 5 (1.40%) VPN
5 5 (1.40%) Wireless
6 4 (1.12%) Network Security
6 4 (1.12%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.84%) DKIM
7 3 (0.84%) DMARC
7 3 (0.84%) FTP
7 3 (0.84%) HTTP
7 3 (0.84%) PBX
7 3 (0.84%) SNMP
7 3 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.28%) Big Data
3 1 (0.28%) Chroma
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 9 (2.53%) Snyk
2 4 (1.12%) GitLab
3 3 (0.84%) Git
3 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.56%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.28%) Maven
5 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 83 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 38 (10.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.06%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.49%) Marketing
6 15 (4.21%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.93%) Finance
7 14 (3.93%) Retail
8 8 (2.25%) Law
9 6 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.40%) Legal
10 5 (1.40%) Police
11 4 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Advertising
12 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Banking
13 1 (0.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 59 (16.57%) Senior
2 57 (16.01%) Analyst
3 51 (14.33%) Consultant
4 39 (10.96%) Security Consultant
5 38 (10.67%) Architect
6 36 (10.11%) Security Analyst
7 34 (9.55%) Security Architect
8 31 (8.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 26 (7.30%) Senior Analyst
10 23 (6.46%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 23 (6.46%) Lead
11 22 (6.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 17 (4.78%) Operations Manager
12 17 (4.78%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
12 17 (4.78%) Senior Security Analyst
13 15 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 15 (4.21%) Marketing Manager
13 15 (4.21%) Security Manager
14 14 (3.93%) IT Manager
14 14 (3.93%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.97%) Terraform
2 4 (1.12%) React
2 4 (1.12%) REST
3 3 (0.84%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.84%) JSON
3 3 (0.84%) LDAP
3 3 (0.84%) pgvector
3 3 (0.84%) PostGIS
3 3 (0.84%) SAML
4 2 (0.56%) .NET
4 2 (0.56%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (0.56%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.56%) Vue
5 1 (0.28%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.28%) Node.js
5 1 (0.28%) OAuth
5 1 (0.28%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.28%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.74%) Security Posture
2 18 (5.06%) Operational Technology
3 17 (4.78%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.21%) Driving Licence
4 15 (4.21%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.65%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (2.81%) Cyberattack
6 10 (2.81%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Licensing
9 5 (1.40%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.40%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.40%) Cybercrime
9 5 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.84%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.58%) Windows
2 11 (3.09%) Mac OS
3 8 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.69%) Linux
5 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (17.98%) AI
2 42 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (11.24%) Incident Response
4 37 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (9.55%) DevOps
5 34 (9.55%) Information Security
6 30 (8.43%) Security Architecture
7 29 (8.15%) Cloud Security
8 28 (7.87%) Risk Management
9 26 (7.30%) IT Strategy
10 24 (6.74%) CI/CD
10 24 (6.74%) Security Operations
11 23 (6.46%) SIEM
12 22 (6.18%) Mentoring
13 21 (5.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 20 (5.62%) Decision-Making
15 19 (5.34%) Data Protection
15 19 (5.34%) Service Delivery
15 19 (5.34%) Vulnerability Management
16 18 (5.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.34%) Python
2 14 (3.93%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.97%) Bash
4 4 (1.12%) Go
4 4 (1.12%) SQL
5 3 (0.84%) C#
5 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.84%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.56%) Java
7 1 (0.28%) Ada
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (10.11%) Security Cleared
2 33 (9.27%) SC Cleared
3 30 (8.43%) Degree
4 13 (3.65%) CISM
5 12 (3.37%) CISSP
6 10 (2.81%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.81%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (2.53%) CompTIA CySA+
8 8 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.40%) CEH
10 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.12%) CISA
10 4 (1.12%) CRISC
10 4 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.84%) GCIH
11 3 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.84%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (13.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (7.58%) NIST
3 22 (6.18%) GRC
4 17 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (4.21%) GDPR
6 12 (3.37%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.40%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.84%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.84%) NCSC
8 3 (0.84%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.56%) QA
10 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.28%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 12 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.97%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.97%) Docker
3 6 (1.69%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.56%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.12%) Nessus
4 3 (0.84%) Ansible
4 3 (0.84%) cPanel
4 3 (0.84%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.84%) Plesk
4 3 (0.84%) Podman
5 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.56%) SCCM
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 99 (27.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.93%) CrowdStrike
3 13 (3.65%) Palo Alto
4 11 (3.09%) Adobe
4 11 (3.09%) Apple
5 9 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.53%) Tenable
6 8 (2.25%) Tanium
7 6 (1.69%) ForeScout
7 6 (1.69%) VMware
8 4 (1.12%) Cisco
8 4 (1.12%) Google
8 4 (1.12%) YouTube
9 3 (0.84%) Acronis
9 3 (0.84%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.84%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.84%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.84%) Thales
9 3 (0.84%) Veeam
9 3 (0.84%) WatchGuard