Cyber Threat Jobs in the North West

Cyber Threats
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 237 226
Rank change year-on-year +3 -11 +89
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 23 52 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.30% 0.54% 0.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.15% 1.68% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 13 36 45
10th Percentile £57,500 £35,000 £36,676
25th Percentile £62,500 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,367 £50,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +32.73% -16.00% +12.08%
75th Percentile £68,114 £52,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,623 £104,375 £85,041
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -20.00%

All Generic Skills
North West

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,995 3,103 3,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 26.34% 31.93% 42.23%
Number of salaries quoted 953 2,271 1,496
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £31,752
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,043 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,100 £82,548 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the North West

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the North West

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the North West

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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 +64 13 £66,367 +32.73% 9
Lancashire -51 9 £65,000 +30.00% 5
Merseyside +32 1 £58,500 +17.00% 3
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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 3 (13.04%) AWS
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Firewall
1 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.35%) BGP
2 1 (4.35%) EIGRP
2 1 (4.35%) MPLS
2 1 (4.35%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) OSPF
2 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
2 1 (4.35%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) GitLab
General
1 7 (30.43%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Banking
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
4 2 (8.70%) Electronics
4 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Data Manager
1 6 (26.09%) Resilience Manager
2 5 (21.74%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 5 (21.74%) Cyber Threat Specialist
2 5 (21.74%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 3 (13.04%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Security Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.35%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) Middleware
2 1 (4.35%) Node.js
2 1 (4.35%) React
2 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Security Posture
2 3 (13.04%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (8.70%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) Threat Intelligence
2 6 (26.09%) Analytics
2 6 (26.09%) Cloud Security
2 6 (26.09%) Commercialisation
2 6 (26.09%) Cyber Intelligence
2 6 (26.09%) Data Encryption
2 6 (26.09%) Data Lineage
2 6 (26.09%) Data Security
2 6 (26.09%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (26.09%) Target Operating Model
2 6 (26.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) Community of Practice
5 3 (13.04%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (13.04%) Sprint Retrospective
5 3 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Bash
1 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.35%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (4.35%) Python
1 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) CCIE
1 1 (4.35%) CCNP
1 1 (4.35%) CISA
1 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.35%) CISM
1 1 (4.35%) CISSP
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) JNCIE
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
1 2 (8.70%) GDPR
1 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) ServiceNow
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.35%) Juniper
3 1 (4.35%) Splunk