Security Operations Jobs in Manchester

Security Operations (SecOps)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 180 191
Rank change year-on-year -13 +11 -8
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 21 60 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.40% 1.23% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 1.27% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14 45 57
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +7.76% -3.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £72,125 £97,290 £80,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £55,250
% change year-on-year -30.77% +17.65% -7.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,479 4,718 5,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.37% 96.54% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,415 2,540 3,578
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £32,097
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,707 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Manchester

Security Operations
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 Operations within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
Stockport - 3 £60,000 -
Wigan - 1 - -
Bolton - 1 £27,500 -
Security Operations
North West

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 2 (9.52%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) AWS
3 4 (19.05%) SaaS
4 3 (14.29%) IaaS
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (14.29%) PaaS
5 1 (4.76%) Azure AKS
5 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (9.52%) Network Security
3 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.76%) tcpdump
3 1 (4.76%) WAN
3 1 (4.76%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Burp Suite
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Law
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Security Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) IT Security Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Security Manager
5 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Developer
5 2 (9.52%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Information Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Information Security Manager
6 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.76%) IT Security Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Junior
6 1 (4.76%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Junior Security Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) AngularJS
1 2 (9.52%) CSS
1 2 (9.52%) HTML
1 2 (9.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (9.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (9.52%) CMDB
3 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) CSOC
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) SIEM
2 8 (38.10%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (38.10%) Incident Response
3 7 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 7 (33.33%) Information Security
3 7 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (23.81%) Change Management
5 5 (23.81%) Problem Management
6 4 (19.05%) Analytics
6 4 (19.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (19.05%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (19.05%) Data Management
6 4 (19.05%) Data Security
6 4 (19.05%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (14.29%) Data Privacy
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (14.29%) Runbook
7 3 (14.29%) Security Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) CISSP
2 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.76%) APMP
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) CEH
3 1 (4.76%) CISM
3 1 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) GCIA
3 1 (4.76%) GCIH
3 1 (4.76%) GSEC
3 1 (4.76%) MBA
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) NIST
2 8 (38.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (38.10%) PCI DSS
3 6 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (14.29%) GDPR
5 1 (4.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.76%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) CSIRT
1 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.76%) Darktrace
3 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.76%) Symantec