Network Security Jobs in Manchester

Network Security
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 147 57
Rank change year-on-year -7 -90 +144
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 14 69 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.61% 1.32% 5.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.98% 12.06% 29.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12 62 42
10th Percentile £26,775 £47,500 £49,050
25th Percentile £45,375 £48,438 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,263
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -11.67% +16.71%
75th Percentile £76,319 £65,800 £71,625
90th Percentile £87,749 £73,425 £87,000
North West median annual salary £55,375 £54,250 £53,000
% change year-on-year +2.07% +2.36% -2.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

Network Security 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 281 572 923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.25% 10.90% 19.22%
Number of salaries quoted 143 443 402
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £29,285
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,431 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
North West median annual salary £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 18 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
Salford +14 2 £76,092 +52.18% 2
Wigan - 2 £26,000 - 2
Network Security
North West

Network Security
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure AKS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Cloudflare
2 1 (7.14%) GCP
2 1 (7.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 1 (7.14%) IaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Firewall
2 6 (42.86%) WAN
3 5 (35.71%) SD-WAN
4 4 (28.57%) VPN
5 3 (21.43%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (21.43%) LAN
6 2 (14.29%) Broadband
6 2 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (14.29%) TACACS
6 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (7.14%) DHCP
7 1 (7.14%) DNS
7 1 (7.14%) IPsec
7 1 (7.14%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
7 1 (7.14%) VLAN
7 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
1 4 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Network Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Junior
4 1 (7.14%) Network Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Network Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Network Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Technician
4 1 (7.14%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) 802.1X
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (7.14%) Life Science
2 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Security Architecture
3 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 3 (21.43%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) Zero Trust
5 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Information Assurance
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Network Management
5 2 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (14.29%) SABSA
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Bicep
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (21.43%) CCNP
3 2 (14.29%) CCIE
3 2 (14.29%) CCNA
3 2 (14.29%) CISSP
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) CCSA
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) JNCIA
4 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NCSC
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Istio
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
4 1 (7.14%) Google
4 1 (7.14%) Hitachi
4 1 (7.14%) Juniper
4 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.14%) Ubiquiti