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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 33 47
Rank change year-on-year +30 +14 -18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 609 141 211
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 14.14% 6.89% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.19% 7.22% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 140 110 167
10th Percentile - £25,313 £36,118
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +13.04% -3.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,984
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £95,300
North West median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% - -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 3,173 1,953 4,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.67% 95.45% 87.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,142 1,251 3,253
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 29 March 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 29 March 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 - 35 £32,500 - 1
Salford +7 22 £100,000 +73.91% 3
Bolton +14 21 £50,000 -33.33% 4
Bury - 16 £92,482 -
Cheadle +1 14 - - 3
Wigan - 14 - - 4
Stalybridge - 13 - -
Dukinfield - 13 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 13 - - 1
Oldham +2 12 - -
Rochdale - 12 - - 1
Altrincham - 12 - - 1
Heywood - 12 - -
Littleborough - 12 - -
Sale - 11 - - 1
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 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (1.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 410 (67.32%) Cloud Computing
2 90 (14.78%) Azure
3 44 (7.22%) AWS
4 25 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (2.96%) GitHub
6 17 (2.79%) Entra ID
7 12 (1.97%) SaaS
8 10 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (0.82%) GCP
9 5 (0.82%) PaaS
10 4 (0.66%) IaaS
10 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.49%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.33%) iPaaS
13 1 (0.16%) Datadog
13 1 (0.16%) dbt
13 1 (0.16%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 421 (69.13%) Internet
2 25 (4.11%) Firewall
3 16 (2.63%) VLAN
4 14 (2.30%) DHCP
4 14 (2.30%) DNS
5 13 (2.13%) VPN
6 5 (0.82%) WAN
7 4 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (0.66%) LAN
7 4 (0.66%) VoIP
8 3 (0.49%) Network Security
9 1 (0.16%) LTE
9 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (0.66%) Neo4j
2 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (2.79%) Git
2 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.16%) GDB
2 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.16%) JIRA
2 1 (0.16%) JMeter
2 1 (0.16%) Locust
2 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.16%) WinDbg
General
1 475 (78.00%) Social Skills
2 421 (69.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 404 (66.34%) Banking
4 32 (5.25%) Multimedia
5 20 (3.28%) Finance
6 14 (2.30%) Law
7 10 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (1.64%) Public Sector
8 9 (1.48%) Legal
9 6 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.66%) French Language
11 3 (0.49%) Billing
11 3 (0.49%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.49%) Local Government
11 3 (0.49%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.49%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.33%) Retail
12 2 (0.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 314 (51.56%) Lecturer
2 32 (5.25%) Trainee
3 27 (4.43%) Analyst
4 18 (2.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 18 (2.96%) Security Analyst
5 17 (2.79%) Architect
5 17 (2.79%) Security Architect
6 16 (2.63%) IT Support
6 16 (2.63%) Junior
6 16 (2.63%) Junior Analyst
6 16 (2.63%) Junior Security Analyst
7 15 (2.46%) Senior
8 13 (2.13%) Head of Security
9 12 (1.97%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 12 (1.97%) Head of Cybersecurity
9 12 (1.97%) IT Engineer
9 12 (1.97%) Support Engineer
10 11 (1.81%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (1.64%) Ethical Hacker
11 10 (1.64%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.28%) CSS
1 20 (3.28%) HTML
2 4 (0.66%) AngularJS
2 4 (0.66%) MERN Stack
2 4 (0.66%) React
3 3 (0.49%) .NET
3 3 (0.49%) AWS CDK
3 3 (0.49%) NestJS
3 3 (0.49%) Node.js
3 3 (0.49%) REST
4 2 (0.33%) Middleware
5 1 (0.16%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 406 (66.67%) IoT
2 16 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 11 (1.81%) Cyberattack
3 11 (1.81%) Driving Licence
4 9 (1.48%) Public Cloud
5 8 (1.31%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.15%) Blog
7 6 (0.99%) Cloud Native
8 5 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.82%) Social Media
9 4 (0.66%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.66%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.66%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.49%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.49%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.33%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.33%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.33%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.16%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.61%) Windows
2 19 (3.12%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.15%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.66%) Linux
5 3 (0.49%) Android
5 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (70.11%) AI
2 405 (66.50%) Machine Learning
3 402 (66.01%) User Experience
3 402 (66.01%) Web Development
4 57 (9.36%) Mentoring
5 27 (4.43%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (4.11%) Ethical Hacking
7 18 (2.96%) Information Security
8 15 (2.46%) Line Management
9 14 (2.30%) Agile
10 13 (2.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (2.13%) Customer Service
10 13 (2.13%) Risk Management
11 12 (1.97%) Incident Response
11 12 (1.97%) Project Management
11 12 (1.97%) Service Delivery
12 11 (1.81%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 11 (1.81%) Time Management
13 10 (1.64%) Cost Optimisation
13 10 (1.64%) FinOps
Programming Languages
1 27 (4.43%) JavaScript
2 26 (4.27%) Python
3 9 (1.48%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.31%) R
5 7 (1.15%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.82%) Java
6 5 (0.82%) SQL
7 4 (0.66%) C
8 3 (0.49%) C++
9 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.16%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 426 (69.95%) Degree
2 403 (66.17%) Master's Degree
2 403 (66.17%) Postgraduate
3 402 (66.01%) PhD
4 46 (7.55%) Azure Certification
5 34 (5.58%) CompTIA Security+
6 27 (4.43%) AWS Certification
6 27 (4.43%) CEH
7 22 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.61%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (2.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 17 (2.79%) CompTIA CySA+
9 14 (2.30%) A+ Certification
10 9 (1.48%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.31%) CISSP
11 8 (1.31%) PMP
11 8 (1.31%) Security Cleared
12 6 (0.99%) CISM
13 4 (0.66%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.64%) NIST
4 7 (1.15%) GRC
4 7 (1.15%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.82%) GDPR
6 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.33%) GLBA
7 1 (0.16%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.16%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.16%) QA
7 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (2.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.99%) Docker
3 5 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (0.66%) Terraform
4 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.16%) Grafana
Vendors
1 79 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.27%) ForeScout
3 13 (2.13%) Apple
4 9 (1.48%) Adobe
5 5 (0.82%) Cisco
6 4 (0.66%) Meraki
6 4 (0.66%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (0.49%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.33%) iManage
8 2 (0.33%) Splunk
8 2 (0.33%) Spotify
8 2 (0.33%) VMware
9 1 (0.16%) Juniper
9 1 (0.16%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.16%) PayPal
9 1 (0.16%) Veeam
9 1 (0.16%) Zscaler