Information Assurance Jobs in Manchester

Information Assurance
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Information Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 217 239
Rank change year-on-year +65 +22 -13
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 10 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.45% 0.037% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.043% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 5
10th Percentile £71,701 £39,500 £40,400
25th Percentile £72,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -28.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £88,333 £60,500 -
North West median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% -21.43% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Information Assurance 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 2,112 4,618 4,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.48% 84.84% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,188 3,482 2,473
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,875 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in Manchester

Information Assurance
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Information Assurance in Manchester

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in Manchester over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Assurance in Manchester

Information Assurance
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 30 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 £75,000 - 1
Salford - 3 £82,801 - 1
Information Assurance
North West

Information Assurance
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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
1 7 (70.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Architect
1 10 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Principal Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Principal Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
1 7 (70.00%) Security Posture
1 7 (70.00%) Self-Motivation
1 7 (70.00%) Social Media
1 7 (70.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 10 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 10 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 9 (90.00%) Risk Analysis
3 7 (70.00%) Cloud Security
3 7 (70.00%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (70.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (70.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (70.00%) Data Protection
3 7 (70.00%) DevSecOps
3 7 (70.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 7 (70.00%) Identity Management
3 7 (70.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (70.00%) Proactive Management
3 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (70.00%) SIEM
3 7 (70.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (30.00%) Architectural Patterns
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 7 (70.00%) CEH
1 7 (70.00%) CISA
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (70.00%) CISM
1 7 (70.00%) CISSP
1 7 (70.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (70.00%) DBS Check
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
1 7 (70.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (100.00%) NIST
2 7 (70.00%) GDPR
3 3 (30.00%) NCSC
4 2 (20.00%) QA