Red Team Job Trends in the North West

Red Teaming
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Red Team skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 202 191
Rank change year-on-year +31 -11 +106
Permanent jobs citing Red Team 7 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.020% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.022% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile - £87,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -22.58% +3.33% +11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Red Team 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 5,161 4,630 3,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.82% 90.71% 87.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,514 2,262 2,867
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,114 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,389 £69,800
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%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Red Team job vacancy trend in the North West

Red Team
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Red Team.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Red Team

Red Team
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 Red Team within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 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 +24 5 £60,000 -20.00% 1
Merseyside - 2 - -
Red Team
England

Red Team
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:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Responder
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Forensics
1 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
1 3 (42.86%) Purple Team
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams