Security Monitoring Jobs in the North West

Security Monitoring
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 291 285
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +26
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 6 7 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.074% 0.070% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.085% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 10
10th Percentile £41,685 - £42,425
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 £46,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £37,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +103.33% -37.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £91,875 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 - £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Security Monitoring 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 7,729 8,213 7,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.82% 82.46% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,007 6,229 3,873
10th Percentile £26,092 £27,500 £31,011
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 £81,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the North West

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the North West.

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in the North West

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the North West over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in the North West

Security Monitoring
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 Security Monitoring within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 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 +44 3 £92,500 +146.67% 4
Lancashire - 2 £43,692 - 4
Cheshire - 1 £82,500 - 2
Security Monitoring
England

Security Monitoring
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 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS KMS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 2 (33.33%) scikit-learn
1 2 (33.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (33.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 2 (33.33%) Key Management
3 2 (33.33%) LLM
3 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) SIEM
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft