IPsec Job Trends in Manchester

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring IPsec skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 152 143
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 +91
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 2 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.072% 0.18% 0.087%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% 2.13% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £46,400 - -
25th Percentile £46,625 £40,500 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £41,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% -0.61% +17.86%
75th Percentile £49,125 £57,500 £43,125
90th Percentile £49,200 £75,500 -
North West median annual salary £48,500 £41,750 £41,250
% change year-on-year +16.17% +1.21% -17.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

IPsec falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 577 235 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 20.74% 8.62% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 133 133 225
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,500 £27,600
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £45,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% -12.62% +8.42%
75th Percentile £58,750 £71,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £83,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

IPsec job vacancy trend in Manchester

IPsec
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IPsec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing IPsec

IPsec
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto