SANS Job Trends in Manchester

SANS Institute
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 158 142
Rank change year-on-year +28 -16 +94
Permanent jobs citing SANS 1 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.036% 0.073% 0.089%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.10% 0.21% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £61,625 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,188 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +2.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,688 £71,250
90th Percentile - £64,875 £75,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.96% +2.00% +8.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 991 945 555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 36.05% 34.31% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 331 396 383
10th Percentile £24,500 £30,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,625 £82,500
North West median annual salary £47,842 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.42% -4.66% -3.67%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

SANS job vacancy trend in Manchester

SANS
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SANS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SANS

SANS
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 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001