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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 36 49
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 -17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 361 167 196
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.33% 6.68% 4.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.17% 7.30% 5.36%
Number of salaries quoted 253 100 127
10th Percentile £32,300 £25,313 £37,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -7.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,359
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £95,000
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 5,032 2,287 3,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.26% 91.44% 81.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,956 1,328 2,409
10th Percentile £32,888 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,500
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 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 8 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% 8
Salford -3 20 £100,000 +44.13% 4
Bury +8 6 £60,741 - 1
Altrincham +9 5 £40,000 - 7
Stockport -1 2 £32,500 +8.33% 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 10 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.32%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 79 (21.88%) Azure
2 48 (13.30%) AWS
3 40 (11.08%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.71%) GCP
4 17 (4.71%) SaaS
5 13 (3.60%) Azure Sentinel
5 13 (3.60%) Serverless
6 11 (3.05%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.66%) IaaS
8 6 (1.66%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.39%) GitHub
9 5 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.39%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.39%) PaaS
10 3 (0.83%) Datadog
10 3 (0.83%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.09%) Unified Communications
2 17 (4.71%) Firewall
3 12 (3.32%) VoIP
4 9 (2.49%) VLAN
5 7 (1.94%) DNS
5 7 (1.94%) Internet
6 5 (1.39%) Network Security
7 4 (1.11%) DHCP
7 4 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.11%) VPN
7 4 (1.11%) WAN
8 3 (0.83%) DKIM
8 3 (0.83%) DMARC
8 3 (0.83%) FTP
8 3 (0.83%) LAN
8 3 (0.83%) PBX
8 3 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.55%) HTTP
9 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.11%) 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 (3.32%) Snyk
2 5 (1.39%) 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 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (5.82%) Law
4 17 (4.71%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.43%) Marketing
6 15 (4.16%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.60%) Finance
8 11 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (2.49%) Retail
10 7 (1.94%) Legal
11 6 (1.66%) Police
12 5 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.11%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.11%) Local Government
14 3 (0.83%) Advertising
14 3 (0.83%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 61 (16.90%) Analyst
2 60 (16.62%) Senior
3 44 (12.19%) Security Analyst
4 40 (11.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 35 (9.70%) Consultant
6 32 (8.86%) Architect
7 30 (8.31%) Senior Analyst
8 29 (8.03%) Security Consultant
9 28 (7.76%) Security Architect
10 24 (6.65%) Lead
11 23 (6.37%) Junior
12 21 (5.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 18 (4.99%) Junior Analyst
13 18 (4.99%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
13 18 (4.99%) Senior Security Analyst
14 17 (4.71%) Security Engineer
15 16 (4.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 16 (4.43%) Security Manager
16 15 (4.16%) Junior Security Analyst
16 15 (4.16%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.66%) Regular Expression
2 5 (1.39%) REST
3 4 (1.11%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.11%) React
4 3 (0.83%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.83%) JSON
4 3 (0.83%) pgvector
4 3 (0.83%) PostGIS
4 3 (0.83%) Vue
5 2 (0.55%) .NET
5 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (0.55%) Spring
5 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.28%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.28%) Blazor
6 1 (0.28%) NestJS
6 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.09%) Cyberattack
2 19 (5.26%) Security Posture
3 16 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.88%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.32%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.94%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.94%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.66%) Cybercrime
10 6 (1.66%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Licensing
11 4 (1.11%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.11%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.11%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.11%) Social Media
12 3 (0.83%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.48%) Windows
2 10 (2.77%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.49%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.66%) Linux
5 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.83%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (16.62%) AI
2 37 (10.25%) Mentoring
3 32 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (8.31%) DevOps
5 29 (8.03%) Incident Response
6 28 (7.76%) Information Security
7 27 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (7.48%) SIEM
8 24 (6.65%) Cloud Security
8 24 (6.65%) Risk Management
9 23 (6.37%) IT Strategy
10 22 (6.09%) CI/CD
11 21 (5.82%) Software Licensing
12 20 (5.54%) Agile
12 20 (5.54%) Security Architecture
12 20 (5.54%) Security Testing
13 19 (5.26%) Threat Modelling
14 17 (4.71%) Data Science
14 17 (4.71%) DevSecOps
14 17 (4.71%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.99%) Python
2 14 (3.88%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.39%) Bash
4 4 (1.11%) C++
5 3 (0.83%) C#
5 3 (0.83%) Java
5 3 (0.83%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.55%) SQL
7 1 (0.28%) Ada
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.28%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 30 (8.31%) Security Cleared
2 29 (8.03%) Azure Certification
3 28 (7.76%) SC Cleared
4 26 (7.20%) Degree
5 21 (5.82%) CEH
6 20 (5.54%) CompTIA Security+
7 17 (4.71%) CompTIA CySA+
8 13 (3.60%) AWS Certification
9 12 (3.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (2.77%) CISSP
11 9 (2.49%) CISM
12 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.39%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.11%) CISA
13 4 (1.11%) CRISC
13 4 (1.11%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.83%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (6.93%) NIST
3 22 (6.09%) GRC
4 19 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (4.16%) GDPR
6 14 (3.88%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.66%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.55%) NCSC
9 2 (0.55%) QA
10 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 13 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.94%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.66%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.39%) Docker
5 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.94%) Terraform
3 5 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.11%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.11%) Nessus
5 3 (0.83%) cPanel
5 3 (0.83%) Grafana
5 3 (0.83%) Plesk
5 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 112 (31.02%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.48%) ForeScout
3 19 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
4 17 (4.71%) Apple
5 16 (4.43%) Palo Alto
6 14 (3.88%) Adobe
7 12 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.32%) Tenable
8 8 (2.22%) Tanium
9 4 (1.11%) VMware
10 3 (0.83%) Acronis
10 3 (0.83%) Cisco
10 3 (0.83%) Google
10 3 (0.83%) NETGEAR
10 3 (0.83%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.83%) SonicWALL
10 3 (0.83%) Splunk
10 3 (0.83%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (0.83%) Veeam
10 3 (0.83%) WatchGuard