Ethical Hacking Jobs in the North West

Ethical Hacking
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 285 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 16 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.071% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.086% -
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 0
10th Percentile - £55,750 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £56,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Ethical Hacking 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 7,573 8,141 7,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.73% 82.81% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 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%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in the North West

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Ethical Hacking in the North West

Ethical Hacking
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 Ethical Hacking within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 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 +71 16 £75,000 +20.00% 2
Ethical Hacking
England

Ethical Hacking
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:

Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) Firewall
1 16 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
2 2 (12.50%) HTTP
2 2 (12.50%) SMTP
2 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 16 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Architect
1 14 (87.50%) Security Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 16 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 14 (87.50%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (87.50%) Social Media
2 14 (87.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (12.50%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
1 14 (87.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 16 (100.00%) Information Security
1 16 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (100.00%) SIEM
1 16 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 14 (87.50%) Cloud Security
2 14 (87.50%) Collaborative Working
2 14 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 14 (87.50%) Data Protection
2 14 (87.50%) DevSecOps
2 14 (87.50%) Identity Management
2 14 (87.50%) Information Assurance
2 14 (87.50%) Proactive Management
2 14 (87.50%) Risk Analysis
2 14 (87.50%) Risk Management
2 14 (87.50%) Security Architecture
2 14 (87.50%) TOGAF
3 2 (12.50%) Malware Analysis
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) CEH
1 16 (100.00%) CISM
1 16 (100.00%) CISSP
2 14 (87.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 14 (87.50%) CISA
2 14 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (87.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (87.50%) DBS Check
2 14 (87.50%) Degree
2 14 (87.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (100.00%) NIST
2 14 (87.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft