Cybersecurity Jobs in Manchester

Cybersecurity
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity 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 46 26 34
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +55
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 255 427 437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.72% 9.13% 7.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.55% 9.48% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 187 175 201
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +10.52%
75th Percentile £67,968 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,300 £77,500 £90,000
North West median annual salary £52,084 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.99% +3.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,598 4,502 5,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 85.02% 96.30% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,481 2,467 3,569
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity 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
Altrincham -1 9 £60,000 +33.33% 5
Bolton -2 9 £55,000 +12.82% 1
Salford +6 7 £57,500 -4.17%
Bury -1 4 £50,000 - 1
Cheadle - 4 £50,000 - 1
Rochdale +4 1 £60,000 -
Sale - 1 £60,000 -
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
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 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.57%) CloudStack
2 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 40 (15.69%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (15.29%) Azure
3 23 (9.02%) AWS
4 13 (5.10%) SaaS
5 12 (4.71%) Entra ID
6 10 (3.92%) PaaS
7 7 (2.75%) IaaS
8 5 (1.96%) GCP
9 4 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.57%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.57%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.18%) GitHub
11 1 (0.39%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.39%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.76%) Firewall
2 19 (7.45%) WAN
3 16 (6.27%) Network Security
4 15 (5.88%) SD-WAN
5 9 (3.53%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (3.14%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.14%) Unified Communications
7 6 (2.35%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (1.96%) DHCP
8 5 (1.96%) DNS
8 5 (1.96%) NAS
8 5 (1.96%) SAN
8 5 (1.96%) VoIP
8 5 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.57%) Ethernet
9 4 (1.57%) LAN
9 4 (1.57%) Multicast
9 4 (1.57%) OSPF
9 4 (1.57%) RS-232
10 3 (1.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.57%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.57%) Git
2 4 (1.57%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.57%) Subversion
3 3 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.18%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.78%) GitLab
General
1 50 (19.61%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.37%) Finance
3 25 (9.80%) Law
4 20 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.10%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.31%) Legal
7 9 (3.53%) Banking
8 8 (3.14%) Games
9 7 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.35%) Retail
11 4 (1.57%) Local Government
11 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.39%) Back Office
12 1 (0.39%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 50 (19.61%) Senior
2 38 (14.90%) Architect
3 37 (14.51%) Analyst
4 30 (11.76%) Lead
5 21 (8.24%) Security Analyst
5 21 (8.24%) Senior Architect
6 20 (7.84%) Security Architect
7 15 (5.88%) Security Manager
7 15 (5.88%) Senior Security Architect
8 14 (5.49%) Cisco Architect
8 14 (5.49%) Security Engineer
8 14 (5.49%) Senior Cisco Architect
9 13 (5.10%) Consultant
9 13 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (4.71%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 11 (4.31%) IT Manager
11 11 (4.31%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.92%) Software Engineer
13 9 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.53%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.14%) .NET
2 6 (2.35%) Web Services
3 4 (1.57%) Akka
3 4 (1.57%) ASP.NET Web API
3 4 (1.57%) LAMP
3 4 (1.57%) OpenID
3 4 (1.57%) WCF
3 4 (1.57%) WinForms
4 2 (0.78%) OAuth
4 2 (0.78%) REST
5 1 (0.39%) Node.js
5 1 (0.39%) Spring
5 1 (0.39%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 58 (22.75%) Data Centre
2 19 (7.45%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.49%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (5.49%) Security Posture
4 13 (5.10%) Private Cloud
4 13 (5.10%) Public Cloud
4 13 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (2.35%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.35%) Freedom of Information
6 6 (2.35%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.35%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.96%) Social Media
8 4 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.57%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.57%) IoT
8 4 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.57%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.73%) Windows
2 18 (7.06%) Linux
3 16 (6.27%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.14%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.35%) Kali Linux
6 6 (2.35%) Unix
7 5 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.18%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.78%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.39%) VMS
11 1 (0.39%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (21.57%) Information Security
2 50 (19.61%) Presales
3 47 (18.43%) Software Licensing
4 33 (12.94%) Incident Response
5 30 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (10.20%) Computer Science
7 23 (9.02%) Project Management
8 22 (8.63%) Penetration Testing
8 22 (8.63%) User Experience
9 20 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (7.84%) Data Protection
10 19 (7.45%) Cloud Security
10 19 (7.45%) Time Management
11 18 (7.06%) Risk Management
11 18 (7.06%) SIEM
12 17 (6.67%) Analytics
12 17 (6.67%) DevOps
12 17 (6.67%) ITIL
13 15 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 14 (5.49%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.45%) Python
2 8 (3.14%) JavaScript
3 7 (2.75%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.96%) Java
4 5 (1.96%) SQL
5 4 (1.57%) C#
6 3 (1.18%) Bash
7 1 (0.39%) C++
7 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 76 (29.80%) Degree
2 27 (10.59%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (9.80%) CISSP
4 22 (8.63%) CCNA
4 22 (8.63%) CCNP
5 16 (6.27%) CISM
6 13 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.10%) Security Cleared
7 10 (3.92%) CEH
7 10 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.92%) Master's Degree
8 9 (3.53%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (3.53%) MCP
8 9 (3.53%) PMI Certification
9 8 (3.14%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (2.75%) SC Cleared
11 6 (2.35%) CISA
11 6 (2.35%) PCI QSA
11 6 (2.35%) PMP
11 6 (2.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (16.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (14.51%) NIST
3 23 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (7.06%) PCI DSS
5 16 (6.27%) GDPR
6 7 (2.75%) NCSC
7 6 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (2.35%) SLA
8 4 (1.57%) PMO
9 3 (1.18%) GRC
9 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.18%) ITGC
10 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.78%) QA
11 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.57%) RACF
5 3 (1.18%) Docker
5 3 (1.18%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.39%) Snort
Systems Management
1 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.53%) Stealthwatch
3 5 (1.96%) CASB
3 5 (1.96%) Nessus
3 5 (1.96%) Terraform
4 4 (1.57%) Autotask
4 4 (1.57%) cPanel
4 4 (1.57%) Plesk
5 3 (1.18%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.18%) Nmap
5 3 (1.18%) SELinux
6 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.39%) EnCase
6 1 (0.39%) FTK
6 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.39%) SCCM
6 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 93 (36.47%) Microsoft
2 48 (18.82%) Apple
3 47 (18.43%) Adobe
4 37 (14.51%) Cisco
5 16 (6.27%) Dell
5 16 (6.27%) VMware
6 14 (5.49%) Meraki
7 11 (4.31%) HP
7 11 (4.31%) Samsung
8 6 (2.35%) HubSpot
8 6 (2.35%) Intel
9 5 (1.96%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.96%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.57%) Citrix
10 4 (1.57%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.57%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.57%) Datto
10 4 (1.57%) Qualys
10 4 (1.57%) Splunk
10 4 (1.57%) Thales