Cybersecurity Jobs in the North West

Cybersecurity
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 26 51
Rank change year-on-year -5 +25 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 548 803 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.73% 9.90% 6.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.87% 10.33% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 441 301 271
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £62,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.99% -0.80% +25.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,976 7,771 9,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.34% 95.80% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,093 3,995 5,418
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,274
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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 -20 237 £57,500 -3.40% 92
Lancashire +27 119 £52,084 +6.29% 50
Cheshire -6 111 £60,000 -29.41% 54
Merseyside -15 66 £43,750 -29.44% 11
Cumbria -3 14 £70,000 +55.56% 5
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 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.73%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.55%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 81 (14.78%) Azure
2 67 (12.23%) AWS
2 67 (12.23%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (6.39%) SaaS
4 14 (2.55%) PaaS
5 11 (2.01%) IaaS
6 10 (1.82%) Serverless
7 9 (1.64%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.46%) GCP
9 6 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.09%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.73%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (0.73%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.73%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.73%) WhatsApp
11 3 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.55%) Commercetools
11 3 (0.55%) GitHub
11 3 (0.55%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 63 (11.50%) Firewall
2 38 (6.93%) Network Security
3 25 (4.56%) WAN
4 22 (4.01%) TCP/IP
5 16 (2.92%) LAN
6 15 (2.74%) DHCP
7 13 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (2.19%) Intrusion Detection
8 12 (2.19%) Unified Communications
9 10 (1.82%) DNS
10 9 (1.64%) SD-WAN
11 7 (1.28%) SAN
12 6 (1.09%) Broadband
12 6 (1.09%) VoIP
13 5 (0.91%) Internet
13 5 (0.91%) MQTT
13 5 (0.91%) NAS
13 5 (0.91%) Wireless
14 4 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (0.73%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.37%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.46%) MySQL
4 6 (1.09%) Power BI
5 5 (0.91%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.36%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 24 (4.38%) JIRA
2 18 (3.28%) Git
3 14 (2.55%) TeamCity
4 11 (2.01%) IntelliJ
4 11 (2.01%) JUnit
4 11 (2.01%) Mockito
5 10 (1.82%) Gradle
6 4 (0.73%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.73%) GitLab
6 4 (0.73%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.73%) Subversion
7 3 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.55%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 129 (23.54%) Social Skills
2 51 (9.31%) Finance
3 42 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.75%) Manufacturing
5 31 (5.66%) Law
6 30 (5.47%) Legal
7 28 (5.11%) Military
8 24 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (4.20%) Public Sector
10 17 (3.10%) Retail
11 15 (2.74%) Games
12 11 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.82%) Marketing
14 9 (1.64%) Banking
15 8 (1.46%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.46%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.73%) Local Government
17 3 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
18 1 (0.18%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 66 (12.04%) Senior
2 60 (10.95%) Analyst
3 42 (7.66%) IT Manager
4 39 (7.12%) Architect
5 36 (6.57%) Lead
6 31 (5.66%) Developer
6 31 (5.66%) Security Analyst
6 31 (5.66%) Vulnerability Manager
7 27 (4.93%) Software Engineer
8 26 (4.74%) Security Specialist
9 25 (4.56%) Security Engineer
10 23 (4.20%) Incident Manager
11 22 (4.01%) Project Manager
12 20 (3.65%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 19 (3.47%) Consultant
13 19 (3.47%) Security Manager
14 18 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (2.74%) Senior Architect
16 14 (2.55%) Head of IT
16 14 (2.55%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.74%) .NET
2 14 (2.55%) REST
2 14 (2.55%) Spring
3 13 (2.37%) Node.js
3 13 (2.37%) Spring Boot
4 10 (1.82%) OpenID
4 10 (1.82%) Web Services
5 7 (1.28%) CSS
5 7 (1.28%) HTML
6 5 (0.91%) OAuth
7 4 (0.73%) Akka
7 4 (0.73%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (0.73%) LAMP
7 4 (0.73%) Swing
7 4 (0.73%) WCF
7 4 (0.73%) WinForms
8 3 (0.55%) Vue
9 2 (0.36%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.36%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.36%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.68%) Management Information System
2 61 (11.13%) Data Centre
3 51 (9.31%) Operational Technology
4 42 (7.66%) Cyber Threat
5 33 (6.02%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 27 (4.93%) Cyberattack
6 27 (4.93%) Security Posture
7 22 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (3.10%) Private Cloud
9 13 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.37%) Public Cloud
10 12 (2.19%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.82%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.82%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.82%) SCADA
12 8 (1.46%) Client/Server
13 7 (1.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 7 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
14 6 (1.09%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 74 (13.50%) Windows
2 51 (9.31%) Linux
3 33 (6.02%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.47%) Unix
5 17 (3.10%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.46%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.28%) Kali Linux
7 7 (1.28%) VMS
7 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.18%) Android
10 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (19.71%) Incident Response
2 104 (18.98%) Information Security
3 96 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (12.41%) Risk Management
5 57 (10.40%) Project Management
6 52 (9.49%) Mentoring
7 51 (9.31%) Agile
8 48 (8.76%) Change Management
8 48 (8.76%) ITIL
8 48 (8.76%) Vulnerability Management
9 44 (8.03%) Presales
10 41 (7.48%) Roadmaps
10 41 (7.48%) Software Licensing
11 40 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (7.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 38 (6.93%) SIEM
14 36 (6.57%) Incident Management
15 34 (6.20%) Penetration Testing
16 33 (6.02%) Computer Science
17 32 (5.84%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.12%) Java
2 34 (6.20%) Python
3 29 (5.29%) JavaScript
4 27 (4.93%) SQL
5 12 (2.19%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.64%) C#
7 8 (1.46%) Perl
7 8 (1.46%) Ruby
8 3 (0.55%) Bash
9 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.18%) C++
10 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 180 (32.85%) Degree
2 64 (11.68%) CISSP
3 52 (9.49%) Security Cleared
4 42 (7.66%) CISM
5 30 (5.47%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.92%) CCNA
8 16 (2.92%) CCNP
9 14 (2.55%) Master's Degree
10 13 (2.37%) AWS Certification
10 13 (2.37%) CREST Certified
11 11 (2.01%) CISA
11 11 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.82%) GIAC
13 9 (1.64%) CEH
13 9 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
13 9 (1.64%) MCP
14 8 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (1.28%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (11.68%) NIST
3 30 (5.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (4.38%) PCI DSS
5 19 (3.47%) GDPR
5 19 (3.47%) SLA
6 16 (2.92%) NCSC
6 16 (2.92%) QA
7 15 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 15 (2.74%) PMO
8 7 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 7 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 6 (1.09%) GRC
9 6 (1.09%) IEC 62304
10 5 (0.91%) NIST 800
10 5 (0.91%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.55%) ITGC
12 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.36%) Def Stans
System Software
1 56 (10.22%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.56%) Docker
4 21 (3.83%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.73%) Firmware
5 4 (0.73%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.18%) RACF
6 1 (0.18%) Snort
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.18%) XenApp
6 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.01%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.64%) Nessus
4 7 (1.28%) Terraform
5 6 (1.09%) CASB
6 4 (0.73%) Autotask
6 4 (0.73%) cPanel
6 4 (0.73%) Plesk
6 4 (0.73%) Stealthwatch
7 3 (0.55%) Nmap
7 3 (0.55%) SELinux
8 2 (0.36%) SCCM
8 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.36%) WSUS
9 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.18%) Graylog
9 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 132 (24.09%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.85%) Apple
3 41 (7.48%) Adobe
3 41 (7.48%) Cisco
4 34 (6.20%) VMware
5 14 (2.55%) Dell
5 14 (2.55%) Meraki
6 13 (2.37%) Veeam
7 11 (2.01%) HP
8 10 (1.82%) Facebook
8 10 (1.82%) Samsung
9 8 (1.46%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.28%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.09%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.09%) Splunk
12 5 (0.91%) Citrix
12 5 (0.91%) Google
13 4 (0.73%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.73%) Intel
13 4 (0.73%) Qualys