IISP Job Trends in Manchester

Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for IISP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IISP 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.013% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.096% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

IISP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,044 778 923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 13.67% 32.73% 23.63%
Number of salaries quoted 680 311 395
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £33,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.21% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £79,840
North West median annual salary £55,303 £48,293 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.52% -3.41% -13.04%

IISP
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IISP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

IISP job vacancy trend in Manchester

IISP
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IISP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IISP

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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 1 (100.00%) IIS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP