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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 49 33
Rank change year-on-year +13 -16 +4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 143 172 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 6.03% 4.24% 7.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.74% 5.12% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 74 88 153
10th Percentile £26,775 £37,500 £40,350
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,154 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +9.66% -15.74% -8.42%
75th Percentile £68,813 £67,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,333 £91,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £48,500 £54,793 £59,526
% change year-on-year -11.49% -7.95% +3.52%

All Process and 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 2,121 3,358 2,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 89.46% 82.77% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 1,784 2,084
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,988 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% -8.99% +4.76%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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
Altrincham - 9 £27,500 -
Stockport +18 8 £30,000 -40.00% 5
Salford +18 6 £73,300 +45.70% 7
Bolton +6 6 £55,000 - 6
Oldham +3 4 - -
Dukinfield - 4 - -
Stalybridge - 4 - -
Heywood - 3 - - 1
Bury - 3 - - 1
Rochdale - 2 - -
Sale - 2 - -
Cheadle - 1 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 - -
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.20%) CMS
2 5 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.50%) WordPress
3 3 (2.10%) Apache Solr
3 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Sage 200
2 3 (2.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 24 (16.78%) Azure
2 18 (12.59%) AWS
3 14 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.59%) OneDrive
5 6 (4.20%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (4.20%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.20%) IaaS
6 5 (3.50%) OCI
6 5 (3.50%) Power Automate
6 5 (3.50%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.50%) SaaS
6 5 (3.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 4 (2.80%) GitHub
8 3 (2.10%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.70%) dbt
9 1 (0.70%) GCP
9 1 (0.70%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.29%) Network Security
2 7 (4.90%) VPN
3 5 (3.50%) DMZ
3 5 (3.50%) STUN
3 5 (3.50%) VLAN
3 5 (3.50%) VoIP
4 4 (2.80%) Firewall
4 4 (2.80%) Internet
5 3 (2.10%) DHCP
5 3 (2.10%) DNS
5 3 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.40%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.40%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.40%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (1.40%) TACACS
6 2 (1.40%) WAN
7 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.50%) Power BI
1 5 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (2.10%) MySQL
4 1 (0.70%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Git
2 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 65 (45.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 53 (37.06%) Legal
3 51 (35.66%) Law
4 48 (33.57%) Social Skills
5 15 (10.49%) Finance
6 8 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.20%) Multimedia
7 6 (4.20%) Retail
8 5 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.10%) Billing
9 3 (2.10%) German Language
10 2 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.40%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.70%) Local Government
11 1 (0.70%) Marketing
11 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (13.29%) Architect
2 14 (9.79%) Senior
3 9 (6.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 8 (5.59%) IT Manager
4 8 (5.59%) IT Support
5 7 (4.90%) Security Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) Lead
6 6 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) Software Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) Trainee
7 5 (3.50%) AWS Engineer
7 5 (3.50%) AWS Software Engineer
7 5 (3.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (3.50%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
7 5 (3.50%) Infrastructure Support
7 5 (3.50%) Senior Enterprise Architect
7 5 (3.50%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
7 5 (3.50%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.99%) HTML
2 7 (4.90%) REST
2 7 (4.90%) Web Services
3 5 (3.50%) CSS
3 5 (3.50%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (3.50%) Node.js
4 2 (1.40%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.70%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.70%) D3.js
5 1 (0.70%) Django
5 1 (0.70%) EDI
5 1 (0.70%) Plotly
5 1 (0.70%) React
5 1 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (33.57%) Cyberattack
2 11 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.20%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (3.50%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.50%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.10%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.10%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.40%) Blog
7 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.40%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.70%) Cybercrime
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.70%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.70%) PKI
8 1 (0.70%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.19%) Windows
2 11 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.59%) Linux
3 8 (5.59%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.50%) Debian
5 3 (2.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (36.36%) Line Management
2 48 (33.57%) Creative Thinking
3 19 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (11.19%) Software Licensing
5 15 (10.49%) Artificial Intelligence
6 13 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 11 (7.69%) Cloud Security
7 11 (7.69%) Incident Response
7 11 (7.69%) Process Improvement
7 11 (7.69%) Security Architecture
7 11 (7.69%) SIEM
8 10 (6.99%) Identity Access Management
8 10 (6.99%) Security Operations
9 9 (6.29%) Agile
9 9 (6.29%) Customer Engagement
9 9 (6.29%) IT Strategy
9 9 (6.29%) Time Management
10 8 (5.59%) Information Security
10 8 (5.59%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 8 (5.59%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.49%) Python
2 8 (5.59%) JavaScript
3 6 (4.20%) SQL
3 6 (4.20%) TypeScript
4 3 (2.10%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.40%) R
6 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 18 (12.59%) Degree
2 10 (6.99%) A+ Certification
3 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (5.59%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.20%) CISSP
5 6 (4.20%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.50%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.50%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.50%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (2.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (2.80%) CEH
7 4 (2.80%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.10%) AAT
8 3 (2.10%) ACCA
8 3 (2.10%) CCNP
8 3 (2.10%) CIMA
8 3 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.40%) CCIE
9 2 (1.40%) CISM
9 2 (1.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (36.36%) NCSC
2 20 (13.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (4.90%) NIST
5 6 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (4.20%) GDPR
6 5 (3.50%) ISO 9001
7 3 (2.10%) QA
8 2 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.40%) GLBA
8 2 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.40%) SLA
9 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.70%) GRC
9 1 (0.70%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 5 (3.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.50%) Kamailio
2 3 (2.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.10%) Autotask
3 1 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.70%) Nessus
3 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (30.07%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.69%) Adobe
2 11 (7.69%) Apple
3 10 (6.99%) Palo Alto
4 8 (5.59%) Sage
5 7 (4.90%) Oracle
6 6 (4.20%) Ping Identity
7 5 (3.50%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.10%) Cisco
8 3 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.10%) Splunk
9 2 (1.40%) AlienVault
9 2 (1.40%) Dell
9 2 (1.40%) Google
9 2 (1.40%) iManage
9 2 (1.40%) SAP
10 1 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.70%) Netskope
10 1 (0.70%) Tenable
10 1 (0.70%) Zscaler