Cybersecurity Jobs in the North West

Cybersecurity
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 31 27
Rank change year-on-year -31 -4 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 381 583 668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.88% 5.64% 8.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.09% 6.95% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 180 459 303
10th Percentile £25,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,807 £41,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,022 £52,084 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% -15.99% +3.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £73,550
90th Percentile £84,400 £85,250 £96,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -11.54% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Cybersecurity 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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,486 8,394 7,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.93% 81.13% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,793 6,316 3,841
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North West

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the North West

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North West

Cybersecurity
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Manchester 0 152 £65,000 +18.18% 372
Lancashire -58 134 £49,723 -4.53% 90
Cheshire -2 79 £42,500 -29.17% 205
Merseyside -19 13 £26,500 -42.70% 90
Cumbria -73 5 £33,849 -51.64% 6
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.79%) CMS
4 2 (0.52%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (3.67%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (3.67%) Trello
2 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 38 (9.97%) Azure
2 32 (8.40%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (6.04%) AWS
4 8 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (1.57%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.31%) GCP
7 3 (0.79%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.52%) AWS KMS
8 2 (0.52%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.26%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.26%) IaaS
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.61%) Firewall
2 15 (3.94%) DNS
3 11 (2.89%) DHCP
4 10 (2.62%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (2.62%) Network Security
5 7 (1.84%) Internet
5 7 (1.84%) WAN
6 6 (1.57%) LAN
7 5 (1.31%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (1.31%) VLAN
7 5 (1.31%) VoIP
8 4 (1.05%) HTTP
8 4 (1.05%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.05%) VPN
9 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.52%) Modbus
10 2 (0.52%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.52%) SMTP
10 2 (0.52%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.79%) MySQL
1 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.26%) Big Data
3 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 16 (4.20%) JIRA
2 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 176 (46.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 176 (46.19%) Legal
2 172 (45.14%) Law
3 71 (18.64%) Social Skills
4 44 (11.55%) Finance
5 32 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (3.67%) Banking
8 11 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.62%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.10%) Automotive
10 8 (2.10%) Retail
11 6 (1.57%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.79%) Marketing
12 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.79%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.52%) Electronics
13 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (7.09%) Security Manager
1 27 (7.09%) Systems Engineer
2 22 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 21 (5.51%) Senior
4 15 (3.94%) Head of IT
5 14 (3.67%) Head of Delivery
6 13 (3.41%) Architect
7 12 (3.15%) Security Architect
7 12 (3.15%) Technical Support
8 11 (2.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 11 (2.89%) Security Engineer
8 11 (2.89%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (2.89%) Software Engineer
9 9 (2.36%) Analyst
9 9 (2.36%) Support Specialist
10 8 (2.10%) Lead
11 7 (1.84%) AWS Engineer
11 7 (1.84%) AWS Software Engineer
11 7 (1.84%) Support Engineer
12 6 (1.57%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.15%) Software Packaging
2 11 (2.89%) REST
2 11 (2.89%) Web Services
3 10 (2.62%) Node.js
4 7 (1.84%) React
5 5 (1.31%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.79%) CSS
6 3 (0.79%) HTML
7 2 (0.52%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.52%) Django
7 2 (0.52%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.52%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.52%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.26%) .NET
8 1 (0.26%) D3.js
8 1 (0.26%) EDI
8 1 (0.26%) Node-RED
8 1 (0.26%) Plotly
8 1 (0.26%) RESTful
8 1 (0.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 177 (46.46%) Cyberattack
2 28 (7.35%) Management Information System
3 21 (5.51%) Social Media
4 20 (5.25%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.31%) Robotics
7 5 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.05%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.79%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.52%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (0.52%) Blog
10 2 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.52%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.52%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.35%) Windows
2 18 (4.72%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.15%) Linux
4 7 (1.84%) Windows Vista
5 5 (1.31%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.79%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.26%) Android
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (48.56%) Line Management
2 174 (45.67%) Creative Thinking
3 60 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (15.22%) Agile
5 43 (11.29%) Information Security
6 40 (10.50%) Systems Engineering
7 38 (9.97%) Computer Science
7 38 (9.97%) Risk Management
8 36 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (7.35%) Incident Response
10 26 (6.82%) MODAF
10 26 (6.82%) SysML
10 26 (6.82%) UML
11 25 (6.56%) Cloud Security
11 25 (6.56%) Software Engineering
12 24 (6.30%) ITIL
13 23 (6.04%) Vulnerability Management
14 22 (5.77%) Security Architecture
14 22 (5.77%) SIEM
15 20 (5.25%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.82%) MATLAB
2 17 (4.46%) Python
3 11 (2.89%) TypeScript
4 7 (1.84%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.31%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.79%) Java
7 2 (0.52%) C#
7 2 (0.52%) C++
7 2 (0.52%) PHP
8 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.26%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 95 (24.93%) Degree
2 37 (9.71%) BPSS Clearance
3 29 (7.61%) CISM
3 29 (7.61%) CISSP
4 27 (7.09%) DBS Check
5 14 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.67%) PMI Certification
5 14 (3.67%) PMP
6 12 (3.15%) CEH
6 12 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (3.15%) Security Cleared
7 11 (2.89%) CISA
8 10 (2.62%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.10%) CRISC
9 8 (2.10%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.05%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (1.05%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (46.46%) NCSC
2 34 (8.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (8.14%) NIST
4 12 (3.15%) GDPR
5 9 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.84%) QA
7 6 (1.57%) COBIT
8 5 (1.31%) SLA
9 3 (0.79%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.79%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.52%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.52%) GRC
10 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.26%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (7.61%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.89%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.31%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Docker
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.79%) Autotask
3 2 (0.52%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.52%) QRadar
4 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (12.34%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.25%) Cisco
3 10 (2.62%) Fortinet
3 10 (2.62%) Meraki
4 9 (2.36%) Ping Identity
4 9 (2.36%) SonicWALL
4 9 (2.36%) WatchGuard
5 7 (1.84%) VMware
6 5 (1.31%) Google
7 4 (1.05%) AlienVault
8 3 (0.79%) Acronis
8 3 (0.79%) Kaseya
8 3 (0.79%) Sage
8 3 (0.79%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.79%) Splunk
9 2 (0.52%) Juniper
9 2 (0.52%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.26%) AVEVA
10 1 (0.26%) Netskope
10 1 (0.26%) Rockwell