Network Security Jobs in Manchester

Network Security
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 60 205
Rank change year-on-year -93 +145 -42
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 72 264 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.33% 5.65% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.61% 29.37% 7.84%
Number of salaries quoted 64 39 42
10th Percentile - £44,500 £39,788
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,875 £44,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +11.58% +12.32%
75th Percentile £65,267 £71,250 £56,638
90th Percentile £72,775 £78,400 £63,500
North West median annual salary £53,500 £53,000 £54,100
% change year-on-year +0.94% -2.03% +3.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 571 899 714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 10.56% 19.23% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 443 375 442
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,285 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,431 £40,375 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,375 £57,875
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,375
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Manchester.

Salary trend for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Manchester

Network Security
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Stockport +1 4 £72,500 -
Cheadle - 4 £50,000 -
Bury -4 3 £50,000 -
Salford -4 2 £50,000 -9.09%
Bolton -11 1 £27,500 -
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (6.94%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (4.17%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.39%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.78%) Azure
2 17 (23.61%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (18.06%) AWS
4 8 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 6 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.94%) OneDrive
6 5 (6.94%) PowerApps
7 3 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.17%) GCP
8 1 (1.39%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (1.39%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.39%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (30.56%) LAN
2 21 (29.17%) Firewall
3 18 (25.00%) WAN
4 12 (16.67%) Wireless
5 11 (15.28%) VPN
6 10 (13.89%) Software-Defined Networking
6 10 (13.89%) WLAN
7 7 (9.72%) DNS
8 6 (8.33%) OSPF
8 6 (8.33%) SSL
9 5 (6.94%) DHCP
9 5 (6.94%) NAS
9 5 (6.94%) NGFW
9 5 (6.94%) SAN
9 5 (6.94%) TCP/IP
10 4 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (5.56%) Multicast
10 4 (5.56%) NetScaler
11 3 (4.17%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.78%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Big Data
1 3 (4.17%) BigQuery
1 3 (4.17%) Power BI
1 3 (4.17%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.39%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (13.89%) JIRA
2 4 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (4.17%) Git
General
1 13 (18.06%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Finance
3 7 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.33%) Retail
5 3 (4.17%) Law
6 1 (1.39%) Games
6 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (31.94%) Network Engineer
1 23 (31.94%) Senior
2 20 (27.78%) Architect
3 12 (16.67%) Network Architect
4 10 (13.89%) Security Architect
5 7 (9.72%) Network Security Architect
6 6 (8.33%) Lead
6 6 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
6 6 (8.33%) Security Engineer
6 6 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Analyst
7 5 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.17%) C++ Software Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 3 (4.17%) Security Specialist
9 3 (4.17%) Senior Security Architect
9 3 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) LDAP
2 4 (5.56%) Akka
3 2 (2.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 8 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.94%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (4.17%) PMI
5 3 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.17%) Smart Energy
6 2 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.78%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.39%) CSOC
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (33.33%) Linux
2 13 (18.06%) Windows
3 8 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (9.72%) Windows Server
5 6 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (4.17%) Kali Linux
6 3 (4.17%) Ubuntu
6 3 (4.17%) Unix
6 3 (4.17%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.39%) VMS
7 1 (1.39%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (19.44%) Network Architecture
3 12 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 12 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 11 (15.28%) Agile
5 10 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (13.89%) Migration
6 9 (12.50%) Incident Response
6 9 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 8 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 8 (11.11%) Information Security
7 8 (11.11%) ITIL
7 8 (11.11%) Project Management
7 8 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (8.33%) Computer Science
8 6 (8.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 6 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.33%) Python
3 3 (4.17%) C
3 3 (4.17%) C++
3 3 (4.17%) Go
4 2 (2.78%) Bash
5 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (29.17%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (18.06%) CCNP
2 13 (18.06%) Degree
3 8 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 7 (9.72%) CCNA
4 7 (9.72%) CISSP
5 6 (8.33%) CCIE
5 6 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (8.33%) Security Cleared
6 5 (6.94%) Citrix Certification
6 5 (6.94%) JNCIA
6 5 (6.94%) VCAP
6 5 (6.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (5.56%) CCNA CyberOps
7 4 (5.56%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) CISM
7 4 (5.56%) CRISC
7 4 (5.56%) HNC
7 4 (5.56%) HND
8 3 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.06%) NIST
2 9 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.33%) PCI DSS
4 3 (4.17%) GDPR
4 3 (4.17%) NCSC
5 2 (2.78%) SLA
5 2 (2.78%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.56%) VMware NSX
4 3 (4.17%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.39%) Docker
5 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.39%) Snort
Systems Management
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (8.33%) WSUS
3 5 (6.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (6.94%) Kubernetes
4 4 (5.56%) Terraform
4 4 (5.56%) ZABBIX
5 3 (4.17%) Ansible
5 3 (4.17%) Puppet
5 3 (4.17%) SELinux
6 1 (1.39%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.39%) SCCM
6 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (33.33%) Cisco
2 18 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (18.06%) VMware
4 10 (13.89%) Palo Alto
5 9 (12.50%) Citrix
6 7 (9.72%) ServiceNow
7 5 (6.94%) Dell
7 5 (6.94%) Veeam
8 4 (5.56%) Meraki
8 4 (5.56%) Tanium
8 4 (5.56%) Thales
9 3 (4.17%) Fortinet
9 3 (4.17%) Splunk
10 1 (1.39%) Apple
10 1 (1.39%) Aruba
10 1 (1.39%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.39%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (1.39%) Juniper
10 1 (1.39%) Mitel
10 1 (1.39%) SonicWALL