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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 46 39
Rank change year-on-year +42 -7 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 560 135 152
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 19.55% 5.06% 5.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.52% 5.40% 6.59%
Number of salaries quoted 115 69 114
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,200 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -40.80% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £69,250 £77,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £88,900 £93,750 £84,056
North West median annual salary £40,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -26.36% -4.35% -1.99%

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 2,284 2,498 2,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.72% 93.66% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 1,169 1,842
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -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 11 January 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 11 January 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 - 36 £30,000 - 16
Altrincham - 17 £27,500 -
Salford +13 16 £70,079 +39.30% 1
Bolton +22 15 £41,250 -45.00% 12
Cheadle - 14 - - 2
Wigan - 14 - - 6
Stalybridge - 13 - -
Dukinfield - 13 - -
Bury - 13 - - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne - 13 - -
Heywood - 12 - -
Littleborough - 12 - -
Oldham - 12 - -
Rochdale - 12 - -
Sale - 11 - -
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 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.89%) WordPress
3 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 407 (72.68%) Cloud Computing
2 70 (12.50%) Azure
3 46 (8.21%) AWS
4 21 (3.75%) GitHub
5 20 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.68%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.14%) SaaS
8 8 (1.43%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.07%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.89%) IaaS
10 5 (0.89%) OCI
10 5 (0.89%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.54%) GCP
12 2 (0.36%) dbt
12 2 (0.36%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 423 (75.54%) Internet
2 12 (2.14%) Firewall
3 11 (1.96%) VLAN
3 11 (1.96%) VPN
4 7 (1.25%) DHCP
4 7 (1.25%) DNS
5 6 (1.07%) VoIP
6 5 (0.89%) DMZ
6 5 (0.89%) STUN
7 3 (0.54%) Network Security
8 2 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.36%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.36%) WAN
9 1 (0.18%) LAN
9 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.07%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.89%) Power BI
3 4 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.54%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 21 (3.75%) Git
2 2 (0.36%) JIRA
3 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.18%) JMeter
3 1 (0.18%) Locust
General
1 459 (81.96%) Social Skills
2 431 (76.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 404 (72.14%) Banking
4 32 (5.71%) Multimedia
5 21 (3.75%) Finance
6 11 (1.96%) Legal
7 10 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (1.25%) Law
9 6 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.89%) Public Sector
11 4 (0.71%) Billing
11 4 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.54%) German Language
12 3 (0.54%) Retail
13 1 (0.18%) Marketing
13 1 (0.18%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 314 (56.07%) Lecturer
2 32 (5.71%) Trainee
3 25 (4.46%) Architect
4 19 (3.39%) Senior
5 17 (3.04%) Analyst
6 13 (2.32%) Security Architect
7 11 (1.96%) Developer
7 11 (1.96%) Software Developer
7 11 (1.96%) Trainee Developer
7 11 (1.96%) Trainee Software Developer
8 10 (1.79%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 10 (1.79%) IT Support
9 9 (1.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (1.61%) Support Engineer
10 8 (1.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 8 (1.43%) Lead
10 8 (1.43%) Security Analyst
10 8 (1.43%) Senior Architect
11 7 (1.25%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (1.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.64%) HTML
2 21 (3.75%) CSS
3 5 (0.89%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (0.54%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.54%) MERN Stack
4 3 (0.54%) React
5 2 (0.36%) Middleware
6 1 (0.18%) Django
6 1 (0.18%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 406 (72.50%) IoT
2 20 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 10 (1.79%) Data Centre
4 9 (1.61%) Driving Licence
4 9 (1.61%) Operational Technology
4 9 (1.61%) Public Cloud
5 7 (1.25%) Blog
6 5 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (0.54%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (0.54%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.18%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.18%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.18%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.18%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.57%) Windows
2 14 (2.50%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.07%) Linux
3 6 (1.07%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.89%) Debian
5 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (76.61%) AI
2 403 (71.96%) Machine Learning
3 402 (71.79%) User Experience
3 402 (71.79%) Web Development
4 41 (7.32%) Mentoring
5 23 (4.11%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (4.11%) Software Licensing
6 15 (2.68%) Customer Engagement
6 15 (2.68%) Information Security
6 15 (2.68%) Time Management
7 14 (2.50%) Process Improvement
8 12 (2.14%) Line Management
9 11 (1.96%) Ethical Hacking
10 10 (1.79%) Cost Optimisation
10 10 (1.79%) FinOps
10 10 (1.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (1.79%) Service Delivery
11 9 (1.61%) Client Onboarding
11 9 (1.61%) DevOps
12 8 (1.43%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.46%) Python
2 24 (4.29%) JavaScript
3 10 (1.79%) R
4 9 (1.61%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.43%) SQL
6 4 (0.71%) Java
7 3 (0.54%) C
7 3 (0.54%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 425 (75.89%) Degree
2 403 (71.96%) Postgraduate
3 402 (71.79%) Master's Degree
3 402 (71.79%) PhD
4 31 (5.54%) AWS Certification
5 29 (5.18%) Azure Certification
6 23 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (3.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 20 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
9 16 (2.86%) A+ Certification
10 15 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
11 11 (1.96%) CEH
12 8 (1.43%) CISSP
13 7 (1.25%) PMP
13 7 (1.25%) Security Cleared
14 5 (0.89%) CISM
14 5 (0.89%) CompTIA CySA+
15 4 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.71%) CRISC
15 4 (0.71%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (1.61%) NIST
4 7 (1.25%) GDPR
4 7 (1.25%) GRC
5 6 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.07%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.89%) GLBA
6 5 (0.89%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.18%) NCSC
7 1 (0.18%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.89%) Docker
2 5 (0.89%) Kamailio
3 4 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.18%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 70 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.39%) Apple
3 18 (3.21%) Adobe
4 8 (1.43%) Palo Alto
5 5 (0.89%) ForeScout
5 5 (0.89%) iManage
5 5 (0.89%) Oracle
5 5 (0.89%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.54%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.54%) Sage
7 2 (0.36%) Cisco
7 2 (0.36%) Dell
7 2 (0.36%) Spotify
7 2 (0.36%) VMware
8 1 (0.18%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.18%) Juniper
8 1 (0.18%) Splunk
8 1 (0.18%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.18%) Veeam
8 1 (0.18%) Zscaler