Security Operations Job Trends in Sale

Security Operations (SecOps)
Manchester > Sale

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sale requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sale 4.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sale

Security Operations 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 Sale.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sale 91.67% 80.00% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile £39,440 £30,850 £23,300
25th Percentile £55,000 £32,125 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £34,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +73.91% +23.21% -8.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £37,125 £31,000
90th Percentile - £38,550 £49,900
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sale 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft