Cybersecurity Jobs in Manchester

Cybersecurity
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 43 28
Rank change year-on-year +17 -15 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 173 247 453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 8.12% 4.83% 9.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.54% 5.56% 9.42%
Number of salaries quoted 98 183 184
10th Percentile £25,313 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,343 £38,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -3.40% -7.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,125 £95,750 £76,250
North West median annual salary £54,793 £52,084 £62,000
% change year-on-year +5.20% -15.99% +3.33%

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 2,025 4,439 4,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.03% 86.82% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 3,402 2,563
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,920 £69,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Manchester.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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
Bolton +7 31 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Oldham - 8 £26,500 - 1
Altrincham +2 4 - - 4
Dukinfield - 4 - -
Stalybridge - 4 - -
Stockport - 4 - - 7
Salford +12 3 £39,500 -31.30% 1
Bury +4 3 - - 11
Heywood - 3 - -
Rochdale +8 2 - - 1
Cheadle +5 2 £75,000 +50.00% 1
Sale +2 2 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 - - 4
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.73%) CMS
2 2 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.16%) WordPress
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 14 (8.09%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (8.09%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 29 (16.76%) Azure
2 18 (10.40%) AWS
3 9 (5.20%) Cloud Computing
3 9 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.89%) GCP
5 3 (1.73%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.16%) AWS KMS
6 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.16%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.16%) IaaS
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.58%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.58%) IBM Cloud
7 1 (0.58%) PaaS
7 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.98%) Firewall
2 16 (9.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (4.62%) DNS
4 5 (2.89%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.31%) DHCP
5 4 (2.31%) Network Security
6 3 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.16%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (1.16%) HTTP
7 2 (1.16%) Internet
7 2 (1.16%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.16%) SMTP
7 2 (1.16%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (1.16%) TACACS
7 2 (1.16%) VPN
7 2 (1.16%) WAN
8 1 (0.58%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.58%) LAN
8 1 (0.58%) VoIP
8 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.73%) MySQL
2 2 (1.16%) Big Data
2 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.16%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 15 (8.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.58%) Git
2 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 60 (34.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 56 (32.37%) Social Skills
3 54 (31.21%) Legal
4 48 (27.75%) Law
5 40 (23.12%) Finance
6 30 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (10.40%) Banking
8 8 (4.62%) Retail
9 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.16%) Marketing
11 1 (0.58%) Electronics
11 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (14.45%) Architect
2 19 (10.98%) Senior
3 16 (9.25%) Security Architect
4 14 (8.09%) Head of Delivery
4 14 (8.09%) Head of IT
5 12 (6.94%) Security Manager
6 9 (5.20%) Analyst
6 9 (5.20%) Azure Architect
6 9 (5.20%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (5.20%) Software Engineer
6 9 (5.20%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (4.62%) Senior Architect
7 8 (4.62%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 6 (3.47%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (3.47%) AWS Software Engineer
9 6 (3.47%) Security Analyst
9 6 (3.47%) Service Manager
10 5 (2.89%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.94%) Software Packaging
2 9 (5.20%) Node.js
3 8 (4.62%) REST
3 8 (4.62%) Web Services
4 6 (3.47%) React
5 4 (2.31%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.16%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.16%) CSS
6 2 (1.16%) Django
6 2 (1.16%) HTML
6 2 (1.16%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.16%) scikit-learn
6 2 (1.16%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.58%) .NET
7 1 (0.58%) EDI
7 1 (0.58%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (29.48%) Cyberattack
2 28 (16.18%) Social Media
3 23 (13.29%) Security Posture
4 17 (9.83%) Management Information System
5 14 (8.09%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (8.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.16%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.16%) Hackathon
7 2 (1.16%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.58%) CSOC
8 1 (0.58%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.72%) Windows
2 14 (8.09%) Windows Vista
3 8 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.89%) Linux
5 3 (1.73%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.73%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (35.26%) Line Management
2 50 (28.90%) Creative Thinking
3 47 (27.17%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (24.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (22.54%) Computer Science
6 34 (19.65%) Agile
7 32 (18.50%) Cloud Security
8 29 (16.76%) Information Security
9 28 (16.18%) Risk Management
10 27 (15.61%) Incident Response
11 25 (14.45%) Vulnerability Management
12 24 (13.87%) Software Engineering
13 22 (12.72%) SIEM
14 21 (12.14%) Security Architecture
15 20 (11.56%) Data Protection
15 20 (11.56%) Process Improvement
16 19 (10.98%) Collaborative Working
16 19 (10.98%) ITIL
16 19 (10.98%) Scrum
17 18 (10.40%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.83%) Python
2 9 (5.20%) TypeScript
3 6 (3.47%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.89%) Java
5 4 (2.31%) C#
5 4 (2.31%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.73%) Kotlin
6 3 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.16%) Bash
7 2 (1.16%) C++
7 2 (1.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 57 (32.95%) Degree
2 28 (16.18%) DBS Check
3 23 (13.29%) CISSP
4 22 (12.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (12.14%) CISM
6 18 (10.40%) Master's Degree
7 17 (9.83%) CEH
7 17 (9.83%) CISA
8 16 (9.25%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (8.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (8.09%) PMI Certification
9 14 (8.09%) PMP
10 7 (4.05%) CRISC
11 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.73%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.73%) Security Cleared
13 2 (1.16%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (1.16%) SANS
13 2 (1.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (27.75%) NCSC
2 29 (16.76%) NIST
3 28 (16.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (11.56%) GDPR
5 7 (4.05%) COBIT
6 5 (2.89%) QA
7 3 (1.73%) GRC
8 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.16%) SLA
9 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.58%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.58%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.58%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 8 (4.62%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.73%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.73%) Autotask
1 3 (1.73%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.16%) QRadar
3 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (20.81%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.36%) Adobe
2 11 (6.36%) Apple
3 7 (4.05%) Ping Identity
4 6 (3.47%) Google
5 3 (1.73%) Cisco
5 3 (1.73%) IBM
5 3 (1.73%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.16%) AlienVault
7 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.58%) Intel
7 1 (0.58%) Juniper
7 1 (0.58%) Netskope
7 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.58%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.58%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.58%) Samsung
7 1 (0.58%) Sophos
7 1 (0.58%) VMware
7 1 (0.58%) Zscaler