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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 43 45
Rank change year-on-year +31 +2 -18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 461 151 253
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.74% 6.81% 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.82% 7.11% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 197 89 186
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,040 £38,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,667 £95,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.29%

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 4,259 2,125 4,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 71.50% 95.81% 83.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,224 1,200 3,523
10th Percentile £32,875 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £81,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +12 15 £50,000 -33.33% 5
Stockport +10 15 £32,500 -15.03% 2
Salford -3 15 £100,000 +57.62% 3
Bury +8 8 £92,482 - 1
Altrincham +6 6 £40,000 - 9
Wigan - 6 - - 4
Ashton-under-Lyne +5 5 - -
Dukinfield +5 5 - - 1
Heywood +4 5 - -
Cheadle +4 5 - -
Stalybridge +4 5 - -
Rochdale -2 5 - - 1
Sale +8 4 - -
Oldham +5 4 - - 2
Littleborough - 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 13 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.60%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 162 (35.14%) Cloud Computing
2 100 (21.69%) Azure
3 55 (11.93%) AWS
4 29 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (4.12%) GCP
6 15 (3.25%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 12 (2.60%) Serverless
9 10 (2.17%) GitHub
10 9 (1.95%) SaaS
11 6 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.08%) IaaS
12 5 (1.08%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.08%) PaaS
13 4 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (0.65%) Datadog
14 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.43%) iPaaS
15 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 164 (35.57%) Internet
2 25 (5.42%) Firewall
3 16 (3.47%) VLAN
4 15 (3.25%) DNS
4 15 (3.25%) Unified Communications
5 13 (2.82%) DHCP
6 12 (2.60%) VPN
7 5 (1.08%) VoIP
8 4 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.87%) Network Security
8 4 (0.87%) WAN
9 3 (0.65%) LAN
10 2 (0.43%) DKIM
10 2 (0.43%) DMARC
10 2 (0.43%) PBX
10 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.22%) LTE
11 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (0.43%) Neo4j
2 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.22%) Power BI
2 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (2.60%) Snyk
2 6 (1.30%) Git
3 4 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.43%) GitLab
5 1 (0.22%) GDB
5 1 (0.22%) JIRA
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) WinDbg
General
1 241 (52.28%) Social Skills
2 192 (41.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 153 (33.19%) Banking
4 22 (4.77%) Law
5 20 (4.34%) Finance
6 14 (3.04%) Multimedia
7 13 (2.82%) Marketing
8 10 (2.17%) Public Sector
9 9 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (1.95%) Retail
10 8 (1.74%) Legal
11 6 (1.30%) Police
12 5 (1.08%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.87%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.87%) French Language
13 4 (0.87%) Local Government
13 4 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.65%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.65%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (0.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 122 (26.46%) Lecturer
2 52 (11.28%) Senior
3 48 (10.41%) Analyst
4 34 (7.38%) Architect
4 34 (7.38%) Security Architect
5 28 (6.07%) Security Analyst
6 26 (5.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 20 (4.34%) Lead
8 19 (4.12%) Junior
8 19 (4.12%) Junior Analyst
9 18 (3.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 18 (3.90%) Junior Security Analyst
9 18 (3.90%) Security Engineer
9 18 (3.90%) Security Manager
10 17 (3.69%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (3.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 15 (3.25%) Ethical Hacker
11 15 (3.25%) IT Support
11 15 (3.25%) Senior Architect
11 15 (3.25%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.95%) CSS
1 9 (1.95%) HTML
2 6 (1.30%) Regular Expression
3 4 (0.87%) AngularJS
3 4 (0.87%) React
3 4 (0.87%) REST
4 3 (0.65%) .NET
4 3 (0.65%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.65%) AWS CDK
4 3 (0.65%) NestJS
4 3 (0.65%) Node.js
5 2 (0.43%) MERN Stack
5 2 (0.43%) Middleware
5 2 (0.43%) Spring
5 2 (0.43%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.43%) Vue
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 153 (33.19%) IoT
2 22 (4.77%) Cyberattack
2 22 (4.77%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.25%) Data Centre
4 12 (2.60%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.39%) Cloud Native
6 9 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (1.95%) Operational Technology
7 7 (1.52%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.30%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.87%) Cybercrime
10 4 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.87%) Social Media
11 3 (0.65%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.65%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.42%) Windows
2 20 (4.34%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.30%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.87%) Linux
5 3 (0.65%) Android
5 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (45.99%) AI
2 156 (33.84%) Machine Learning
3 154 (33.41%) User Experience
4 153 (33.19%) Web Development
5 53 (11.50%) Mentoring
6 24 (5.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (5.21%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (4.99%) Ethical Hacking
8 22 (4.77%) CI/CD
8 22 (4.77%) Cost Optimisation
8 22 (4.77%) DevOps
9 21 (4.56%) Incident Response
9 21 (4.56%) Software Licensing
10 20 (4.34%) Cloud Security
11 19 (4.12%) FinOps
11 19 (4.12%) IT Strategy
11 19 (4.12%) Security Testing
11 19 (4.12%) Threat Modelling
12 17 (3.69%) DevSecOps
12 17 (3.69%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.86%) Python
2 16 (3.47%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.04%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.08%) Bash
4 5 (1.08%) Java
4 5 (1.08%) SQL
4 5 (1.08%) TypeScript
5 4 (0.87%) C++
6 3 (0.65%) R
7 2 (0.43%) C
8 1 (0.22%) Ada
8 1 (0.22%) C#
8 1 (0.22%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 167 (36.23%) Degree
2 154 (33.41%) Master's Degree
3 153 (33.19%) PhD
3 153 (33.19%) Postgraduate
4 40 (8.68%) Azure Certification
5 30 (6.51%) CompTIA Security+
6 27 (5.86%) AWS Certification
7 25 (5.42%) CEH
8 19 (4.12%) CompTIA CySA+
9 14 (3.04%) Network+ Certification
9 14 (3.04%) Security Cleared
10 12 (2.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (2.39%) SC Cleared
12 10 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.74%) DBS Check
14 7 (1.52%) A+ Certification
14 7 (1.52%) CISM
15 6 (1.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (1.30%) CISSP
16 5 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.77%) GRC
2 21 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (3.69%) PCI DSS
5 14 (3.04%) NIST
6 10 (2.17%) GDPR
7 5 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.87%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.22%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 16 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (3.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.30%) Docker
3 6 (1.30%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.74%) Terraform
3 6 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.65%) Grafana
4 3 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.43%) cPanel
5 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.43%) Plesk
6 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 105 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.16%) ForeScout
3 24 (5.21%) Apple
4 21 (4.56%) Adobe
5 19 (4.12%) CrowdStrike
6 12 (2.60%) Palo Alto
6 12 (2.60%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.60%) Tenable
7 3 (0.65%) Cisco
7 3 (0.65%) Meraki
7 3 (0.65%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (0.65%) Veeam
7 3 (0.65%) VMware
8 2 (0.43%) Acronis
8 2 (0.43%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.43%) Datto
8 2 (0.43%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.43%) NETGEAR
8 2 (0.43%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.43%) WatchGuard