Security Analyst Jobs in Manchester

Security Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Security Analyst salary in Manchester is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 187 223
Rank change year-on-year +32 +36 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 10 33 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.44% 0.63% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.67% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4 29 21
10th Percentile £45,653 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,073 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.78% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile - £62,750 £56,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -6.25% +2.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

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 2,047 4,917 4,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.38% 92.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,257 3,795 2,590
10th Percentile £31,450 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,047 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,700 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% -4.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,340 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Manchester

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Manchester

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in Manchester

Security Analyst
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 16 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
Cheadle - 1 £75,000 -
Security Analyst
North West

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 5 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (30.00%) CISSP
5 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (30.00%) NIST
6 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (20.00%) Community of Practice
6 2 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
6 2 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Register
6 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) SIEM
6 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (20.00%) Azure
6 2 (20.00%) AWS
6 2 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree

Security Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
1 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (20.00%) SMTP
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
General
1 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (20.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Community of Practice
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
5 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) SIEM
5 2 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) C++
1 1 (10.00%) Go
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) CEH
2 2 (20.00%) CISM
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Qualys