SIEM Jobs in Manchester

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring SIEM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SIEM over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 205 160
Rank change year-on-year +63 -45 +6
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 20 25 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.87% 0.43% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.51% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 15 22 40
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,968 £75,750
North West median annual salary £66,250 £47,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +39.47% -18.10% +10.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

SIEM 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 2,183 4,922 4,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.08% 83.78% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,231 3,570 2,488
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -9.19% +5.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in Manchester

SIEM
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for SIEM in Manchester

SIEM
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SIEM in Manchester

SIEM
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 June 2025. 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
Bolton -6 6 £75,000 +172.73% 5
Salford - 1 £57,500 -
SIEM
North West

SIEM
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 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (5.00%) GCP
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) Firewall
1 8 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (10.00%) DNS
2 2 (10.00%) HTTP
2 2 (10.00%) SMTP
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) DB2
1 1 (5.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Architect
1 6 (30.00%) Security Architect
2 5 (25.00%) SOC Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Security Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Presales Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Incident Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Incident Responder
5 2 (10.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Security Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) SIEM Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Threat Hunter
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Operational Security Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Security Presales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) JSON
1 1 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Management Information System
1 9 (45.00%) Security Posture
2 6 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (30.00%) Social Media
2 6 (30.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (15.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (10.00%) Blog
4 2 (10.00%) Cyberattack
4 2 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (5.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (70.00%) Incident Response
2 14 (70.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (45.00%) Cloud Security
4 9 (45.00%) Information Security
5 8 (40.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 7 (35.00%) Identity Management
6 7 (35.00%) Security Architecture
7 6 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (30.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (30.00%) Data Protection
7 6 (30.00%) DevSecOps
7 6 (30.00%) Information Assurance
7 6 (30.00%) Proactive Management
7 6 (30.00%) Risk Analysis
7 6 (30.00%) Risk Management
7 6 (30.00%) TOGAF
8 5 (25.00%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
2 10 (50.00%) CEH
2 10 (50.00%) CISSP
3 8 (40.00%) CISM
4 6 (30.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (30.00%) CISA
4 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (30.00%) DBS Check
4 6 (30.00%) Master's Degree
5 4 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (5.00%) GCIA
6 1 (5.00%) GCIH
6 1 (5.00%) MCSA
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (45.00%) NIST
3 6 (30.00%) GDPR
4 4 (20.00%) SLA
5 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) QRadar
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.00%) Nessus
2 1 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) AlienVault
2 4 (20.00%) Splunk
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Cloudera
3 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.00%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) IBM
3 1 (5.00%) Imperva
3 1 (5.00%) Juniper
3 1 (5.00%) Netskope
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.00%) Proofpoint
3 1 (5.00%) Rapid7
3 1 (5.00%) Tenable
3 1 (5.00%) Zscaler