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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 38 46
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 -15
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 366 137 178
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 4.82% 5.78% 4.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.33% 6.47% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 257 68 86
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,475 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,544 £30,000 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +9.33% -15.48%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,000 £86,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £59,250 £49,750 £54,897
% change year-on-year +19.10% -9.37% -7.78%

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 5,784 2,116 3,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.11% 89.25% 83.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,390 1,200 1,726
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,250 £84,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 16 £50,000 -9.09% 7
Salford -11 15 £27,500 -64.39% 5
Altrincham +5 5 £40,000 +45.45%
Stockport -3 5 £62,500 +108.33% 15
Bury +7 3 £29,000 - 1
Sale +5 2 £62,500 - 1
Wigan - 2 £45,000 - 6
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 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.28%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 65 (17.76%) Azure
2 50 (13.66%) AWS
3 43 (11.75%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (5.46%) GCP
5 15 (4.10%) SaaS
6 13 (3.55%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (3.55%) Entra ID
6 13 (3.55%) Serverless
7 8 (2.19%) Mimecast
8 7 (1.91%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.09%) GitHub
11 4 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.09%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.82%) Datadog
12 3 (0.82%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.82%) IaaS
13 2 (0.55%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.56%) Unified Communications
2 11 (3.01%) Firewall
2 11 (3.01%) VoIP
3 9 (2.46%) Internet
4 8 (2.19%) DNS
5 7 (1.91%) VLAN
6 5 (1.37%) DHCP
6 5 (1.37%) VPN
6 5 (1.37%) Wireless
7 4 (1.09%) Network Security
7 4 (1.09%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.82%) DKIM
8 3 (0.82%) DMARC
8 3 (0.82%) FTP
8 3 (0.82%) HTTP
8 3 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.82%) PBX
8 3 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.27%) SNMP
9 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.27%) Big Data
3 1 (0.27%) Chroma
3 1 (0.27%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.27%) MySQL
3 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.27%) Pinecone
3 1 (0.27%) Power BI
3 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.27%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (3.28%) Snyk
2 5 (1.37%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.82%) Git
3 3 (0.82%) GitLab
4 2 (0.55%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.27%) Maven
5 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 86 (23.50%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (4.92%) Public Sector
4 17 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.64%) Finance
5 16 (4.37%) Retail
6 15 (4.10%) Marketing
6 15 (4.10%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.28%) Law
8 8 (2.19%) Police
9 6 (1.64%) Legal
9 6 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.82%) Advertising
11 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 74 (20.22%) Senior
2 60 (16.39%) Analyst
3 47 (12.84%) Consultant
4 40 (10.93%) Architect
5 39 (10.66%) Security Analyst
5 39 (10.66%) Security Consultant
6 36 (9.84%) Security Architect
7 34 (9.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 30 (8.20%) Senior Analyst
9 25 (6.83%) Lead
10 23 (6.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 21 (5.74%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 18 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 18 (4.92%) Security Manager
12 18 (4.92%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
12 18 (4.92%) Senior Security Analyst
13 16 (4.37%) Security Engineer
14 15 (4.10%) Junior
14 15 (4.10%) Marketing Manager
14 15 (4.10%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.64%) Regular Expression
1 6 (1.64%) Terraform
2 4 (1.09%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.09%) React
2 4 (1.09%) REST
3 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.82%) JSON
3 3 (0.82%) LDAP
3 3 (0.82%) pgvector
3 3 (0.82%) PostGIS
3 3 (0.82%) Vue
4 2 (0.55%) .NET
4 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (0.55%) Spring
4 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.27%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.27%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.28%) Security Posture
2 21 (5.74%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.64%) Operational Technology
4 15 (4.10%) Cyberattack
4 15 (4.10%) Driving Licence
4 15 (4.10%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (3.28%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.19%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (1.91%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.64%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Licensing
10 5 (1.37%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.37%) Cybercrime
10 5 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.82%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.10%) Windows
2 11 (3.01%) Mac OS
3 6 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.37%) Linux
5 2 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (17.76%) AI
2 39 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (9.56%) Incident Response
5 33 (9.02%) DevOps
6 31 (8.47%) Security Architecture
7 30 (8.20%) Information Security
8 28 (7.65%) IT Strategy
8 28 (7.65%) Risk Management
9 27 (7.38%) Cloud Security
9 27 (7.38%) SIEM
10 26 (7.10%) Mentoring
11 25 (6.83%) CI/CD
12 23 (6.28%) Security Operations
13 21 (5.74%) Security Testing
13 21 (5.74%) Software Licensing
14 19 (5.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 19 (5.19%) Technology Strategy
14 19 (5.19%) Threat Modelling
15 18 (4.92%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.19%) Python
2 18 (4.92%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.91%) Bash
4 4 (1.09%) SQL
5 3 (0.82%) C#
5 3 (0.82%) Java
6 2 (0.55%) Go
6 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.27%) Ada
7 1 (0.27%) C++
7 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (10.11%) Security Cleared
2 34 (9.29%) SC Cleared
3 26 (7.10%) Degree
4 13 (3.55%) AWS Certification
4 13 (3.55%) Azure Certification
4 13 (3.55%) CISM
5 12 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 12 (3.28%) CISSP
6 11 (3.01%) CompTIA CySA+
6 11 (3.01%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (1.91%) CEH
8 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.09%) CISA
9 4 (1.09%) CRISC
9 4 (1.09%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.82%) GCIH
11 2 (0.55%) CISMP
11 2 (0.55%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (8.20%) NIST
3 26 (7.10%) GRC
4 17 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (4.37%) GDPR
6 14 (3.83%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.64%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.82%) NCSC
8 3 (0.82%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.55%) QA
10 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 13 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.91%) Docker
3 5 (1.37%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.09%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.09%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.09%) Nessus
4 3 (0.82%) cPanel
4 3 (0.82%) Grafana
4 3 (0.82%) Plesk
4 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.55%) Ansible
5 2 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.55%) Podman
5 2 (0.55%) SCCM
6 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 109 (29.78%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.92%) CrowdStrike
3 16 (4.37%) Palo Alto
4 14 (3.83%) Adobe
4 14 (3.83%) Apple
5 12 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.28%) Tenable
6 10 (2.73%) ForeScout
7 8 (2.19%) Tanium
8 4 (1.09%) VMware
9 3 (0.82%) Acronis
9 3 (0.82%) Cisco
9 3 (0.82%) Datto
9 3 (0.82%) Google
9 3 (0.82%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.82%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.82%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.82%) Splunk
9 3 (0.82%) Veeam
9 3 (0.82%) WatchGuard