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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 49 40
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 119 152 164
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.21% 4.03% 6.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.94% 4.74% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 75 74 113
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,250 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.91% -3.33%
75th Percentile £69,250 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £86,375 £84,056
North West median annual salary £45,750 £55,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year -16.82% -4.76% +0.43%

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 2,004 3,207 2,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 87.70% 85.00% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,195 1,502 1,948
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,991 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,725 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%

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 22 October 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 22 October 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 - 7 £27,500 - 2
Stockport +9 6 £30,000 -40.00% 3
Salford +14 5 £77,217 +53.49% 5
Bolton +8 4 £55,000 - 11
Oldham +1 2 - - 2
Stalybridge - 2 - -
Bury - 2 - - 2
Dukinfield - 2 - -
Heywood - 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 5 (4.20%) CMS
1 5 (4.20%) SharePoint
1 5 (4.20%) WordPress
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.68%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.84%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Sage 200
2 3 (2.52%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 27 (22.69%) Azure
2 17 (14.29%) AWS
3 12 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.72%) SaaS
5 6 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (5.04%) GitHub
6 5 (4.20%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.20%) IaaS
6 5 (4.20%) OCI
6 5 (4.20%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.20%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.20%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.68%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.84%) dbt
8 1 (0.84%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.56%) Network Security
2 7 (5.88%) VPN
3 6 (5.04%) Internet
4 5 (4.20%) DMZ
4 5 (4.20%) Firewall
4 5 (4.20%) STUN
4 5 (4.20%) VLAN
4 5 (4.20%) VoIP
5 2 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.68%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.68%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (1.68%) TACACS
5 2 (1.68%) WAN
6 1 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.20%) Power BI
1 5 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.68%) MySQL
4 1 (0.84%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (6.72%) Git
2 1 (0.84%) JIRA
General
1 49 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 37 (31.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 28 (23.53%) Legal
4 25 (21.01%) Law
5 18 (15.13%) Finance
6 11 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (7.56%) Multimedia
8 5 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.20%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.36%) Retail
10 3 (2.52%) Billing
10 3 (2.52%) German Language
10 3 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.84%) Banking
12 1 (0.84%) Local Government
12 1 (0.84%) Marketing
12 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (15.97%) Architect
2 11 (9.24%) Senior
3 9 (7.56%) Security Engineer
3 9 (7.56%) Trainee
4 8 (6.72%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 7 (5.88%) Lead
6 6 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) Applications Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) Applications Support
7 5 (4.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
7 5 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) Infrastructure Support
7 5 (4.20%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) IT Support
7 5 (4.20%) Senior Architect
7 5 (4.20%) Senior Enterprise Architect
7 5 (4.20%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
7 5 (4.20%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.08%) HTML
2 7 (5.88%) CSS
3 5 (4.20%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (3.36%) REST
5 3 (2.52%) Web Services
6 2 (1.68%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.68%) Node.js
7 1 (0.84%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.84%) D3.js
7 1 (0.84%) Django
7 1 (0.84%) Plotly
7 1 (0.84%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.97%) Cyberattack
2 11 (9.24%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.72%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.04%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (4.20%) Driving Licence
5 5 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.20%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.52%) Blog
6 3 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.52%) IoT
6 3 (2.52%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.52%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.84%) Cybercrime
8 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.84%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.84%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.92%) Windows
2 8 (6.72%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.88%) Linux
4 5 (4.20%) Debian
4 5 (4.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (19.33%) Line Management
2 19 (15.97%) Creative Thinking
2 19 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (13.45%) Mentoring
3 16 (13.45%) Software Licensing
4 15 (12.61%) AI
5 12 (10.08%) Information Security
5 12 (10.08%) SIEM
6 11 (9.24%) Process Improvement
7 10 (8.40%) Customer Engagement
7 10 (8.40%) Time Management
8 9 (7.56%) IT Strategy
8 9 (7.56%) Security Architecture
9 8 (6.72%) Incident Response
9 8 (6.72%) Security Operations
10 7 (5.88%) Decision-Making
10 7 (5.88%) DevOps
10 7 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
10 7 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (5.88%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.92%) Python
2 9 (7.56%) JavaScript
3 6 (5.04%) SQL
4 4 (3.36%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.52%) R
5 3 (2.52%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 21 (17.65%) Degree
2 9 (7.56%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.72%) A+ Certification
3 8 (6.72%) Azure Certification
4 7 (5.88%) AWS Certification
4 7 (5.88%) CISSP
4 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (4.20%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (3.36%) CEH
7 4 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.52%) AAT
8 3 (2.52%) ACCA
8 3 (2.52%) CCNP
8 3 (2.52%) CIMA
8 3 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.68%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.68%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (19.33%) NCSC
2 21 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (9.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (7.56%) NIST
5 8 (6.72%) GDPR
6 5 (4.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (4.20%) GLBA
6 5 (4.20%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.68%) GRC
7 2 (1.68%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.68%) QA
7 2 (1.68%) SLA
8 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.84%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 5 (4.20%) Kamailio
2 4 (3.36%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.84%) Nessus
Vendors
1 40 (33.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.24%) Adobe
2 11 (9.24%) Apple
3 10 (8.40%) Palo Alto
4 8 (6.72%) Sage
5 7 (5.88%) Oracle
6 5 (4.20%) iManage
6 5 (4.20%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.36%) Splunk
8 3 (2.52%) Cisco
8 3 (2.52%) Ping Identity
9 2 (1.68%) AlienVault
9 2 (1.68%) Dell
9 2 (1.68%) SAP
10 1 (0.84%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.84%) Google
10 1 (0.84%) Juniper
10 1 (0.84%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.84%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.84%) VMware