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 23 December 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
23 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
128 |
- |
144 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Engineer |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester |
0.037% |
- |
0.048% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.041% |
- |
0.050% |
| 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 |
2,426 |
2,639 |
1,991 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
89.26% |
93.98% |
95.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,523 |
1,276 |
1,597 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,500 |
£35,000 |
£32,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£36,875 |
£41,250 |
£42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
-4.35% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£71,750 |
£71,250 |
£72,433 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£85,000 |
£85,000 |
| North West median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,890 |
£54,750 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.75% |
-7.05% |
+4.29% |
