Principal Security Engineer
North West > Manchester
The median Principal Security Engineer salary in Manchester is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 October 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
29 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
146 |
- |
159 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Engineer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester |
0.043% |
- |
0.040% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.047% |
- |
0.042% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£82,500 |
- |
£71,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£85,000 |
- |
£87,500 |
| 75th Percentile |
£87,500 |
- |
£103,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| North West median annual salary |
£85,000 |
- |
£87,500 |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title |
2,147 |
3,486 |
2,385 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
92.34% |
94.73% |
96.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,353 |
1,787 |
1,941 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,250 |
£33,000 |
£34,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£35,000 |
£41,250 |
£43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£50,000 |
£55,000 |
£59,526 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-9.09% |
-7.60% |
+8.23% |
| 75th Percentile |
£70,000 |
£70,000 |
£72,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£83,850 |
£84,056 |
| North West median annual salary |
£48,500 |
£50,000 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-3.00% |
-9.09% |
+4.76% |
