Security Management Job Trends in Manchester

Security Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Security Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 155 131
Rank change year-on-year +34 -24 -9
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 10 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.36% 0.18% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.19% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 10
10th Percentile £37,450 £34,100 £32,275
25th Percentile £38,750 - £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £35,000 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -31.11% +6.39%
75th Percentile £55,563 £57,500 £65,938
90th Percentile £61,875 £59,000 £77,375
North West median annual salary £40,500 £35,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.71% -30.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,233 2,565 2,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 81.23% 93.14% 92.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 1,204 1,652
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,996
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Security Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Security Management
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Security Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Security Management

Security Management
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Management in Manchester

Security Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) Azure
3 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (50.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
1 5 (50.00%) SSL
1 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (50.00%) VLAN
1 5 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Technician
2 5 (50.00%) Support Technician
3 2 (20.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Compliance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Security Compliance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Information Security
1 8 (80.00%) Information Security Management
2 6 (60.00%) ISMS
2 6 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (50.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Application Packaging
5 1 (10.00%) Communications Security
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) ITSM
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (10.00%) Service Management
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) CCNA
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (50.00%) DBS Check
3 3 (30.00%) CISM
3 3 (30.00%) CRISC
4 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (10.00%) CISA
5 1 (10.00%) CISSP
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GRC
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 22301
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Autotask
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) VMware