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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 45 45
Rank change year-on-year +19 0 -20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 324 151 260
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.28% 6.65% 4.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.32% 6.98% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 214 92 184
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,313 £36,019
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,030 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,875 £95,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.29%

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 4,424 2,162 4,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.03% 95.20% 82.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,501 1,230 3,674
10th Percentile £32,775 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,159
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.46% -8.05%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,000 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -9.09%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +9 16 £50,000 -33.33% 3
Salford -9 11 £100,000 +57.62% 10
Bury +8 4 £92,482 - 1
Stockport +4 2 £32,500 -15.03% 3
Altrincham +4 2 £40,000 - 5
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 13 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.70%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 88 (27.16%) Azure
2 48 (14.81%) AWS
3 34 (10.49%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.56%) GCP
5 15 (4.63%) SaaS
6 14 (4.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (4.01%) Serverless
8 12 (3.70%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.85%) GitHub
11 5 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.54%) IaaS
11 5 (1.54%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.54%) PaaS
12 4 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.93%) Datadog
13 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.62%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.72%) Firewall
2 17 (5.25%) Unified Communications
3 15 (4.63%) VLAN
4 14 (4.32%) DNS
5 11 (3.40%) DHCP
6 10 (3.09%) VPN
7 7 (2.16%) Internet
7 7 (2.16%) VoIP
8 5 (1.54%) Network Security
9 4 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.93%) DKIM
10 3 (0.93%) DMARC
10 3 (0.93%) LAN
10 3 (0.93%) PBX
10 3 (0.93%) WAN
10 3 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.31%) LTE
11 1 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.31%) MySQL
1 1 (0.31%) Neo4j
1 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.31%) Pinecone
1 1 (0.31%) Power BI
1 1 (0.31%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (3.70%) Snyk
2 4 (1.23%) Git
2 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.62%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.62%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) GDB
4 1 (0.31%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.31%) WinDbg
General
1 87 (26.85%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (6.79%) Law
4 16 (4.94%) Marketing
5 15 (4.63%) Finance
6 13 (4.01%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.09%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.78%) Multimedia
8 9 (2.78%) Retail
9 8 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (2.16%) Legal
11 6 (1.85%) Police
12 4 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.23%) French Language
12 4 (1.23%) Local Government
12 4 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.93%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.93%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 57 (17.59%) Senior
2 51 (15.74%) Analyst
3 33 (10.19%) Architect
3 33 (10.19%) Security Analyst
3 33 (10.19%) Security Architect
4 31 (9.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 24 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (6.17%) Lead
7 19 (5.86%) Junior
7 19 (5.86%) Junior Analyst
8 18 (5.56%) Security Engineer
9 17 (5.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 17 (5.25%) Security Manager
10 16 (4.94%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 16 (4.94%) Junior Security Analyst
11 15 (4.63%) Ethical Hacker
11 15 (4.63%) IT Support
11 15 (4.63%) Marketing Manager
12 14 (4.32%) Consultant
13 13 (4.01%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.85%) Regular Expression
1 6 (1.85%) REST
2 5 (1.54%) CSS
2 5 (1.54%) HTML
3 4 (1.23%) .NET
3 4 (1.23%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.23%) React
4 3 (0.93%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.93%) AWS CDK
4 3 (0.93%) NestJS
4 3 (0.93%) Node.js
4 3 (0.93%) Vue
5 2 (0.62%) Middleware
5 2 (0.62%) Spring
5 2 (0.62%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.31%) MERN Stack
6 1 (0.31%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.48%) Cyberattack
2 20 (6.17%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.63%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.32%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.40%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.40%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.09%) Operational Technology
7 9 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.16%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.16%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.85%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.23%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.23%) Cybercrime
10 4 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.23%) Social Media
11 3 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.72%) Windows
2 19 (5.86%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.85%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (1.23%) Linux
5 3 (0.93%) Android
5 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (18.21%) AI
2 45 (13.89%) Mentoring
3 27 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (7.41%) Cloud Security
4 24 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (7.41%) DevOps
5 23 (7.10%) CI/CD
5 23 (7.10%) Incident Response
6 22 (6.79%) Ethical Hacking
7 19 (5.86%) Information Security
7 19 (5.86%) IT Strategy
7 19 (5.86%) Security Testing
7 19 (5.86%) Software Licensing
7 19 (5.86%) Threat Modelling
8 18 (5.56%) Cost Optimisation
8 18 (5.56%) SIEM
9 17 (5.25%) DevSecOps
9 17 (5.25%) Service Delivery
10 16 (4.94%) Agile
11 15 (4.63%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.41%) Python
2 14 (4.32%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.40%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.85%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.54%) Bash
5 5 (1.54%) SQL
6 4 (1.23%) C++
6 4 (1.23%) Java
7 2 (0.62%) C#
8 1 (0.31%) Ada
8 1 (0.31%) C
8 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.31%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 34 (10.49%) Azure Certification
2 25 (7.72%) CompTIA Security+
3 24 (7.41%) CEH
4 18 (5.56%) AWS Certification
4 18 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
4 18 (5.56%) Degree
5 12 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 12 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
5 12 (3.70%) Security Cleared
6 10 (3.09%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.47%) CISSP
7 8 (2.47%) DBS Check
8 7 (2.16%) CISM
9 6 (1.85%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.93%) CCNA
11 3 (0.93%) CISA
11 3 (0.93%) CRISC
11 3 (0.93%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (5.56%) NIST
3 17 (5.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (5.25%) GRC
4 13 (4.01%) PCI DSS
5 12 (3.70%) GDPR
6 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.23%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.31%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 14 (4.32%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (3.40%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.85%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.54%) Docker
5 3 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.47%) Terraform
3 5 (1.54%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.93%) cPanel
4 3 (0.93%) Grafana
4 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.93%) Plesk
4 3 (0.93%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 104 (32.10%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.57%) ForeScout
3 20 (6.17%) Apple
4 19 (5.86%) CrowdStrike
5 17 (5.25%) Adobe
6 12 (3.70%) Palo Alto
6 12 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.70%) Tenable
7 3 (0.93%) Acronis
7 3 (0.93%) Cisco
7 3 (0.93%) Datto
7 3 (0.93%) Meraki
7 3 (0.93%) NETGEAR
7 3 (0.93%) SonicWALL
7 3 (0.93%) Tanium
7 3 (0.93%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (0.93%) Veeam
7 3 (0.93%) VMware
7 3 (0.93%) WatchGuard
8 2 (0.62%) Google