Security Operations Analyst Job Trends in Manchester

Security Operations Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in Manchester is £63,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 182 177
Rank change year-on-year +32 -5 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.042% 0.025% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.026% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,750 £26,250 £31,057
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £27,500 £32,114
Median % change year-on-year +130.91% -14.37% -22.15%
75th Percentile £65,250 £28,750 £33,170
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £63,500 £27,500 £34,807
% change year-on-year +130.91% -20.99% -15.62%

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 2,151 3,850 2,637
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 94.52% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 2,200 2,125
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £34,572
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £82,500 £84,034
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in Manchester

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Security Operations Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Security Operations Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Meter
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK

Security Operations 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared