Information Security Management Job Trends in the North West

Information Security Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Information Security Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 200 189
Rank change year-on-year +23 -11 +85
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Management 9 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.14% 0.099% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.11% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 13
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 - £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £53,412
90th Percentile £65,625 - £74,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Information Security Management 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 5,173 4,612 3,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.20% 91.25% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,546 2,263 3,047
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,445 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Security Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Information Security Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Information Security Management
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Security Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Security Management

Information Security Management
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security Management in the North West

Information Security Management
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 Information Security Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 - 9 £40,500 - 1
Information Security Management
England

Information Security Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
1 5 (55.56%) Entra ID
1 5 (55.56%) IaaS
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
1 5 (55.56%) SSL
1 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
1 5 (55.56%) VLAN
1 5 (55.56%) VPN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) 3rd Line Support
1 5 (55.56%) 3rd Line Support Technician
1 5 (55.56%) Support Technician
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
2 8 (88.89%) Security Management
3 7 (77.78%) ISMS
4 6 (66.67%) Data Protection
5 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
5 5 (55.56%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (55.56%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (55.56%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery
6 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (11.11%) Information Security Governance
7 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
7 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CCNA
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (55.56%) DBS Check
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) CISM
2 4 (44.44%) CRISC
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
4 1 (11.11%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GRC
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) ISO 22301
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Autotask
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft