Cybersecurity Manager Jobs in the North West

Cybersecurity Manager
England > North West

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in the North West is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 285 293
Rank change year-on-year +18 +8 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 22 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.27% 0.061% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.064% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 17 5 2
10th Percentile £47,950 £52,600 £65,800
25th Percentile - - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £55,000 £78,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -29.94% +25.60%
75th Percentile £59,750 - £85,500
90th Percentile £66,500 - £88,800
England median annual salary £64,627 £68,500 £66,000
% change year-on-year -5.65% +3.79% -12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 7,322 9,328 6,990
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 94.60% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,119 7,169 4,082
10th Percentile £27,449 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £69,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the North West

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the North West.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the North West

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in the North West

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Lancashire - 14 £54,793 -
Manchester +59 7 £67,500 +22.73%
Merseyside +39 1 £58,500 +12.50%
Cybersecurity Manager
England

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Cybersecurity Manager 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 North West region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (54.55%) Information Security
2 12 (54.55%) CISSP
2 12 (54.55%) CISM
2 12 (54.55%) Management Information System
3 10 (45.45%) Degree
3 10 (45.45%) Service Catalogue
4 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (18.18%) Business Case
6 4 (18.18%) NIST
6 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 3 (13.64%) B2B
7 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
8 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
8 2 (9.09%) OWASP
8 2 (9.09%) Azure
8 2 (9.09%) COBIT
8 2 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
8 2 (9.09%) Finance
8 2 (9.09%) Data Management
8 2 (9.09%) HTTP
8 2 (9.09%) SANS
8 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (4.55%) Internal Audit
9 1 (4.55%) Threat Detection
9 1 (4.55%) Samsung
9 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) HTTP
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) VoIP
General
1 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
2 1 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (4.55%) NHS
2 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (54.55%) Information Security
3 10 (45.45%) Service Catalogue
4 4 (18.18%) Business Case
4 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.64%) B2B
5 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
6 2 (9.09%) Data Management
6 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
6 2 (9.09%) OWASP
6 2 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
7 1 (4.55%) Decision-Making
7 1 (4.55%) Incident Response
7 1 (4.55%) Internal Audit
7 1 (4.55%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.55%) Product Management
7 1 (4.55%) Security Operations
7 1 (4.55%) SIEM
7 1 (4.55%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) CISM
1 12 (54.55%) CISSP
2 10 (45.45%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (18.18%) NIST
3 2 (9.09%) COBIT
3 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Google
2 1 (4.55%) Monzo
2 1 (4.55%) Samsung
2 1 (4.55%) Splunk