Security Specialist Jobs in Manchester

Security Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Security Specialist salary in Manchester is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2024.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 222 231
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 10 15 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.17% 0.33% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.36% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 29
10th Percentile £46,039 £52,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £46,674 £60,110 £63,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £66,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -26.67% +53.02%
75th Percentile £58,750 £68,000 -
90th Percentile £64,000 £72,000 -
North West median annual salary £50,000 £66,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -24.24% -26.67% +53.02%

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 5,681 4,133 5,641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 91.93% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,201 2,572 3,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £43,750 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,968 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Manchester

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Manchester

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in Manchester over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in Manchester

Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Bury - 4 £50,000 -
Stockport - 1 - -
Security Specialist
North West

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 2024, Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
3 4 (40.00%) AWS
3 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (30.00%) Application Security
4 3 (30.00%) NIST
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) GDPR
4 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (30.00%) OWASP
4 3 (30.00%) Ubuntu
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (30.00%) SELinux
4 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (30.00%) Kali Linux
4 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (30.00%) Smart Energy

Security Specialist 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 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) AWS
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (10.00%) IaaS
4 1 (10.00%) PaaS
4 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security
3 2 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Mandarin Language
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (30.00%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Kali Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Ubuntu
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (30.00%) Application Security
3 3 (30.00%) OWASP
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 2 (20.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) Offensive Security
4 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Static Application Security Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (10.00%) Fintech
5 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (10.00%) SDLC
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) OSCP
2 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCA
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (30.00%) GDPR
2 3 (30.00%) NIST
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (10.00%) NCSC
3 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (10.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Terminal Services
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (30.00%) SELinux
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) Rapid7