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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 30 30
Rank change year-on-year -30 0 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 403 566 669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.12% 5.76% 8.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.35% 6.95% 8.92%
Number of salaries quoted 202 451 303
10th Percentile £25,750 £36,250 £36,350
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £52,084 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -15.99% +1.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £73,025
90th Percentile £83,960 £87,500 £96,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -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 7,537 8,141 7,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.72% 82.81% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,112 6,183 3,906
10th Percentile £26,943 £27,500 £30,791
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 £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 9 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 9 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 +7 167 £65,000 +17.81% 131
Lancashire -42 138 £47,683 -8.45% 71
Cheshire +8 80 £42,500 -29.17% 38
Merseyside -7 15 £45,000 +2.86% 9
Cumbria -78 5 £32,000 -54.29% 10
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 12 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.74%) CMS
3 3 (0.74%) Confluence
4 2 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.50%) WordPress
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 14 (3.47%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (3.47%) Trello
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.74%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 47 (11.66%) Azure
2 34 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (5.71%) AWS
4 9 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (1.74%) GCP
6 6 (1.49%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.74%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.50%) AWS KMS
8 2 (0.50%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.50%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.25%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.25%) IaaS
9 1 (0.25%) IBM Cloud
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 40 (9.93%) Firewall
2 18 (4.47%) DNS
3 17 (4.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (2.98%) DHCP
5 10 (2.48%) Internet
5 10 (2.48%) LAN
5 10 (2.48%) WAN
6 9 (2.23%) Network Security
6 9 (2.23%) VoIP
7 8 (1.99%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.74%) VLAN
8 7 (1.74%) VPN
9 5 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.99%) HTTP
11 2 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.50%) SMTP
11 2 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.50%) TACACS
11 2 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.74%) MySQL
1 3 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.50%) Big Data
2 2 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.50%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.50%) Power BI
3 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (4.47%) JIRA
2 4 (0.99%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.25%) Git
3 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
General
1 182 (45.16%) Legal
2 177 (43.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 172 (42.68%) Law
4 77 (19.11%) Social Skills
5 46 (11.41%) Finance
6 40 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (5.96%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (4.47%) Banking
9 10 (2.48%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.23%) Retail
11 8 (1.99%) Automotive
11 8 (1.99%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.24%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.99%) Electronics
14 3 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.74%) Marketing
15 2 (0.50%) Public Sector
16 1 (0.25%) Billing
16 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (6.70%) Security Manager
2 24 (5.96%) Systems Engineer
3 23 (5.71%) Senior
4 22 (5.46%) Architect
4 22 (5.46%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 18 (4.47%) Security Architect
6 15 (3.72%) Head of IT
7 14 (3.47%) Analyst
7 14 (3.47%) Head of Delivery
8 13 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 13 (3.23%) Security Engineer
9 12 (2.98%) Technical Support
10 9 (2.23%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (2.23%) Software Engineer
10 9 (2.23%) Support Specialist
11 8 (1.99%) Security Analyst
11 8 (1.99%) Security Specialist
11 8 (1.99%) Technical Specialist
12 7 (1.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (1.49%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.98%) Software Packaging
2 9 (2.23%) Node.js
3 8 (1.99%) REST
3 8 (1.99%) Web Services
4 6 (1.49%) React
5 4 (0.99%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.50%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.50%) CSS
6 2 (0.50%) Django
6 2 (0.50%) HTML
6 2 (0.50%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.50%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.50%) scikit-learn
6 2 (0.50%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.25%) .NET
7 1 (0.25%) EDI
7 1 (0.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 176 (43.67%) Cyberattack
2 35 (8.68%) Management Information System
3 31 (7.69%) Security Posture
4 29 (7.20%) Social Media
5 15 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (3.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.24%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.24%) Robotics
8 4 (0.99%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.50%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.50%) CCTV
10 2 (0.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.50%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.50%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.50%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.44%) Windows
2 19 (4.71%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.47%) Windows Vista
4 12 (2.98%) Linux
5 5 (1.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.74%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (46.15%) Line Management
2 174 (43.18%) Creative Thinking
3 71 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (14.64%) Agile
5 51 (12.66%) Information Security
6 46 (11.41%) Computer Science
7 44 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (10.92%) Risk Management
8 38 (9.43%) Systems Engineering
9 32 (7.94%) Cloud Security
9 32 (7.94%) Incident Response
10 27 (6.70%) Vulnerability Management
11 26 (6.45%) Security Architecture
11 26 (6.45%) SIEM
12 24 (5.96%) ITIL
12 24 (5.96%) MODAF
12 24 (5.96%) Software Engineering
12 24 (5.96%) SysML
12 24 (5.96%) UML
13 22 (5.46%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.96%) MATLAB
2 17 (4.22%) Python
3 11 (2.73%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.23%) TypeScript
5 6 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.24%) Java
6 5 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (0.99%) C#
8 3 (0.74%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.50%) Bash
9 2 (0.50%) C++
9 2 (0.50%) PHP
10 1 (0.25%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 100 (24.81%) Degree
2 39 (9.68%) CISM
3 37 (9.18%) CISSP
4 35 (8.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (8.19%) DBS Check
6 22 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (4.71%) CEH
7 19 (4.71%) CISA
7 19 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (4.71%) Master's Degree
8 14 (3.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (3.47%) PMI Certification
8 14 (3.47%) PMP
9 12 (2.98%) Security Cleared
10 9 (2.23%) CRISC
10 9 (2.23%) SC Cleared
11 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.99%) SANS
14 3 (0.74%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (43.42%) NCSC
2 45 (11.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (10.67%) NIST
4 24 (5.96%) GDPR
5 12 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.74%) COBIT
6 7 (1.74%) QA
7 5 (1.24%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.99%) SLA
9 3 (0.74%) GRC
9 3 (0.74%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.74%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.25%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 29 (7.20%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.98%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.24%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.74%) Docker
5 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.74%) Autotask
2 3 (0.74%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.50%) QRadar
4 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.96%) Cisco
3 10 (2.48%) Fortinet
3 10 (2.48%) Meraki
4 9 (2.23%) SonicWALL
4 9 (2.23%) WatchGuard
5 8 (1.99%) VMware
6 7 (1.74%) Ping Identity
7 6 (1.49%) Google
8 5 (1.24%) Apple
8 5 (1.24%) Kaseya
9 3 (0.74%) Acronis
9 3 (0.74%) Adobe
9 3 (0.74%) AlienVault
9 3 (0.74%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.74%) ConnectWise
9 3 (0.74%) IBM
9 3 (0.74%) Sage
9 3 (0.74%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.50%) Juniper