SIEM Job Trends in Manchester

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SIEM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 136 121
Rank change year-on-year +8 -15 +62
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 6 23 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.22% 0.84% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.90% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 6 20 19
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £44,785 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,192 £72,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +28.32% -1.74%
75th Percentile £79,502 £77,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £85,625 - £85,750
North West median annual salary £60,000 £53,904 £47,000
% change year-on-year +11.31% +14.69% -18.26%

All Process & 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 2,245 2,564 2,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 81.49% 93.10% 92.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 1,201 1,656
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £34,483
25th Percentile £35,111 £40,000 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,250 £86,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SIEM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

SIEM job vacancy trend in Manchester

SIEM
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SIEM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SIEM

SIEM
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in Manchester over the 6 months to 30 December 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 30 December 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 +9 1 £35,000 -53.33% 10
Salford +3 1 £69,384 +37.92% 3
SIEM
North West

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (16.67%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Proactive Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Use Case
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (16.67%) GCIA
1 1 (16.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (16.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) Zscaler