Security Operations Jobs in Manchester

Security Operations (SecOps)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 202 188
Rank change year-on-year +56 -14 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 13 21 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.58% 0.41% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.47% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 44
10th Percentile £60,300 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,875 £45,000 £49,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £58,750 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% -7.84% +21.43%
75th Percentile £76,250 £62,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £72,125 £97,290
North West median annual salary £60,500 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +34.44% -30.77% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Security Operations 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 2,124 4,475 4,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.20% 86.37% 96.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,298 3,415 2,525
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,857 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Manchester

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Manchester

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Manchester

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (7.69%) AWS KMS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure AKS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) IaaS
3 1 (7.69%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) GitLab
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
3 1 (7.69%) Health Technology
3 1 (7.69%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
1 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
1 2 (15.38%) IT Security Manager
1 2 (15.38%) Security Manager
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Platform Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Developer
2 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Head of Operations
2 1 (7.69%) Head of Security
2 1 (7.69%) Lead
2 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Risk Management
2 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (46.15%) Information Security
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Incident Response
5 4 (30.77%) Agile
5 4 (30.77%) Coaching
5 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
5 4 (30.77%) Privileged Access Management
5 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
7 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
7 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (15.38%) Threat Detection
8 1 (7.69%) Cost Management
8 1 (7.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineering
8 1 (7.69%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Go
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CRISC
2 2 (15.38%) CISM
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) CISA
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) NIST
2 4 (30.77%) COBIT
3 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (15.38%) GDPR
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (7.69%) GRC
5 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) AlienVault
1 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Rapid7
1 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow