Security Posture Job Trends in the North West

Security Posture
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 166 170
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 +110
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 8 42 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.13% 0.81% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.29% 2.60% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7 28 17
10th Percentile £37,750 £35,550 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £37,716 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £61,750 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.46% +14.35% -15.29%
75th Percentile £61,250 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,750 - £69,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +1.16%

All Generic Skills
North West

Security Posture 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 2,800 1,614 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 45.43% 31.02% 35.65%
Number of salaries quoted 912 810 1,014
10th Percentile £26,775 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £33,125 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in the North West

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the North West over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the North West

Security Posture
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 Posture within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 December 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 +9 3 £55,000 -24.14% 29
Cumbria - 3 £57,500 - 1
Merseyside -2 1 £45,000 -23.08% 8
Cheshire -22 1 £42,500 - 23
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior IT Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Information Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Information Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Information Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Security Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
1 1 (12.50%) OpenID
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
2 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Coaching
3 2 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (25.00%) CCNA
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) GRC
3 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Aruba
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Meraki
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (25.00%) Veeam
1 2 (25.00%) Zerto