Information Security Job Trends in Stockport

Information Security (InfoSec)
Manchester > Stockport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stockport requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 8 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +13
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 1 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockport 1.75% 10.98% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 10.98% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £49,500
25th Percentile £47,500 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year -12.00% +6.38% +2.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stockport

Information Security 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 Stockport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 57 82 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stockport 100.00% 100.00% 72.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13 47 64
10th Percentile £30,250 £25,000 £22,825
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,625 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +21.18% -15.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,500 £77,500 £61,000
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Stockport

Information Security
Salary Trend in Stockport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Project Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft