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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 37 46
Rank change year-on-year +12 +9 -24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 354 166 200
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.30% 6.60% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.17% 7.20% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 248 100 131
10th Percentile £32,425 £25,313 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,734
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £95,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 4,938 2,307 3,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.00% 91.69% 81.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,887 1,342 2,466
10th Percentile £32,650 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £41,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £83,313
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -5.45%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 22 £50,000 -33.33% 10
Salford -3 20 £100,000 +57.62% 3
Bury +8 6 £60,741 - 1
Altrincham +7 4 £40,000 - 6
Stockport -1 2 £32,500 -4.76% 4
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 9 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.39%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 80 (22.60%) Azure
2 47 (13.28%) AWS
3 38 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.80%) GCP
5 16 (4.52%) SaaS
6 13 (3.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (3.67%) Serverless
7 10 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.69%) IaaS
9 6 (1.69%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.41%) GitHub
10 5 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.41%) PaaS
11 4 (1.13%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.85%) Datadog
12 3 (0.85%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.93%) Unified Communications
2 17 (4.80%) Firewall
3 11 (3.11%) VoIP
4 8 (2.26%) VLAN
5 6 (1.69%) DNS
5 6 (1.69%) Internet
6 5 (1.41%) Network Security
7 4 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.13%) WAN
8 3 (0.85%) DHCP
8 3 (0.85%) DKIM
8 3 (0.85%) DMARC
8 3 (0.85%) LAN
8 3 (0.85%) PBX
8 3 (0.85%) VPN
8 3 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.56%) FTP
10 1 (0.28%) HTTP
10 1 (0.28%) SNMP
10 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.28%) MySQL
2 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.28%) Pinecone
2 1 (0.28%) Power BI
2 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.28%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (3.39%) Snyk
2 5 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.85%) Git
3 3 (0.85%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.28%) GDB
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.28%) WinDbg
General
1 87 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 39 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (6.50%) Law
4 16 (4.52%) Marketing
4 16 (4.52%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.24%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.39%) Finance
7 10 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (2.54%) Retail
9 7 (1.98%) Legal
10 6 (1.69%) Police
11 4 (1.13%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.13%) Local Government
11 4 (1.13%) Multimedia
11 4 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.85%) Advertising
13 2 (0.56%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (16.95%) Analyst
1 60 (16.95%) Senior
2 44 (12.43%) Security Analyst
3 41 (11.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 34 (9.60%) Consultant
5 30 (8.47%) Architect
5 30 (8.47%) Senior Analyst
6 29 (8.19%) Security Consultant
7 26 (7.34%) Security Architect
8 23 (6.50%) Junior
8 23 (6.50%) Lead
9 21 (5.93%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 19 (5.37%) Junior Analyst
11 18 (5.08%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 18 (5.08%) Senior Security Analyst
12 17 (4.80%) Security Engineer
13 16 (4.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 16 (4.52%) Junior Security Analyst
13 16 (4.52%) Security Manager
14 15 (4.24%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.69%) Regular Expression
2 5 (1.41%) REST
3 4 (1.13%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.13%) React
4 3 (0.85%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.85%) Vue
5 2 (0.56%) .NET
5 2 (0.56%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (0.56%) JSON
5 2 (0.56%) pgvector
5 2 (0.56%) PostGIS
5 2 (0.56%) Spring
5 2 (0.56%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.28%) CrewAI
6 1 (0.28%) Faiss
6 1 (0.28%) LangGraph
6 1 (0.28%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.28%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.21%) Cyberattack
2 18 (5.08%) Security Posture
3 14 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.39%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.39%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.11%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.54%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.98%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.69%) Cybercrime
9 6 (1.69%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (1.13%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.13%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.13%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.13%) Social Media
11 3 (0.85%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.06%) Windows
2 10 (2.82%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.98%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.69%) Linux
5 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (16.38%) AI
2 38 (10.73%) Mentoring
3 30 (8.47%) DevOps
3 30 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (8.19%) Incident Response
5 27 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (7.63%) SIEM
6 26 (7.34%) Information Security
7 24 (6.78%) Cloud Security
7 24 (6.78%) Risk Management
8 22 (6.21%) CI/CD
8 22 (6.21%) IT Strategy
9 20 (5.65%) Agile
9 20 (5.65%) Security Testing
9 20 (5.65%) Software Licensing
10 19 (5.37%) Threat Modelling
11 18 (5.08%) Ethical Hacking
11 18 (5.08%) Security Architecture
12 17 (4.80%) DevSecOps
12 17 (4.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.08%) Python
2 13 (3.67%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.41%) Bash
4 4 (1.13%) C++
5 3 (0.85%) C#
5 3 (0.85%) Java
5 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.85%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.56%) SQL
7 1 (0.28%) Ada
7 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.28%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 30 (8.47%) Azure Certification
2 28 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.06%) Degree
5 22 (6.21%) CEH
5 22 (6.21%) CompTIA Security+
6 18 (5.08%) CompTIA CySA+
7 13 (3.67%) AWS Certification
8 12 (3.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.82%) CISSP
10 9 (2.54%) CISM
11 5 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.41%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.13%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.13%) CISA
12 4 (1.13%) CRISC
12 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (7.06%) NIST
3 21 (5.93%) GRC
4 18 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (4.24%) GDPR
6 13 (3.67%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.69%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.56%) NCSC
9 2 (0.56%) QA
10 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 13 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.98%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.41%) Docker
4 4 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.98%) Terraform
3 5 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.13%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.13%) Nessus
5 3 (0.85%) cPanel
5 3 (0.85%) Grafana
5 3 (0.85%) Plesk
5 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 111 (31.36%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.91%) ForeScout
3 19 (5.37%) CrowdStrike
4 17 (4.80%) Apple
5 16 (4.52%) Palo Alto
6 14 (3.95%) Adobe
7 12 (3.39%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.39%) Tenable
8 8 (2.26%) Tanium
9 4 (1.13%) VMware
10 3 (0.85%) Acronis
10 3 (0.85%) Cisco
10 3 (0.85%) Datto
10 3 (0.85%) Google
10 3 (0.85%) NETGEAR
10 3 (0.85%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.85%) SonicWALL
10 3 (0.85%) Splunk
10 3 (0.85%) Veeam
10 3 (0.85%) WatchGuard