Cybersecurity Jobs in the North West

Cybersecurity
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 25 49
Rank change year-on-year -8 +24 +26
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 598 657 633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.33% 8.99% 6.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% 9.40% 6.73%
Number of salaries quoted 466 296 284
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,125 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £62,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.99% -0.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,970 6,987 9,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.02% 95.58% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,539 3,850 5,342
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North West

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North West.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the North West

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North West

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Manchester -21 260 £55,000 -7.60% 69
Lancashire +45 131 £52,084 +16.39% 23
Cheshire -4 113 £60,000 -33.33% 42
Merseyside -15 83 £50,000 -19.35% 10
Cumbria -15 9 £70,000 - 2
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.67%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 84 (14.05%) Azure
2 75 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (9.87%) AWS
4 19 (3.18%) Entra ID
4 19 (3.18%) SaaS
5 10 (1.67%) Power Platform
5 10 (1.67%) Serverless
6 7 (1.17%) PaaS
7 6 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (1.00%) IaaS
8 5 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.67%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.67%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.50%) Commercetools
10 3 (0.50%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 70 (11.71%) Firewall
2 45 (7.53%) Network Security
3 31 (5.18%) WAN
4 24 (4.01%) TCP/IP
5 17 (2.84%) DHCP
5 17 (2.84%) SD-WAN
6 14 (2.34%) LAN
7 13 (2.17%) DNS
7 13 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
8 12 (2.01%) Unified Communications
9 11 (1.84%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.00%) Broadband
11 6 (1.00%) SAN
11 6 (1.00%) Wireless
12 5 (0.84%) HTTP
12 5 (0.84%) Internet
12 5 (0.84%) MQTT
12 5 (0.84%) NAS
12 5 (0.84%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.68%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.51%) MySQL
2 9 (1.51%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.17%) Power BI
4 1 (0.17%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (4.18%) JIRA
2 13 (2.17%) Git
3 9 (1.51%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.00%) IntelliJ
4 6 (1.00%) JUnit
4 6 (1.00%) Mockito
5 5 (0.84%) Gradle
6 4 (0.67%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.67%) GitLab
6 4 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.67%) Subversion
7 3 (0.50%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
General
1 129 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 61 (10.20%) Finance
3 46 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (6.86%) Legal
5 35 (5.85%) Law
5 35 (5.85%) Manufacturing
6 28 (4.68%) Military
7 25 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (3.68%) Public Sector
9 17 (2.84%) Games
9 17 (2.84%) Retail
10 12 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.84%) Banking
12 10 (1.67%) Marketing
12 10 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.67%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.34%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.17%) Local Government
15 1 (0.17%) Back Office
15 1 (0.17%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 87 (14.55%) Senior
2 60 (10.03%) Analyst
3 59 (9.87%) Lead
4 46 (7.69%) Architect
5 42 (7.02%) IT Manager
6 31 (5.18%) Vulnerability Manager
7 29 (4.85%) Security Engineer
8 28 (4.68%) Developer
8 28 (4.68%) Security Manager
8 28 (4.68%) Security Specialist
9 27 (4.52%) Security Analyst
10 26 (4.35%) Software Engineer
11 24 (4.01%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 24 (4.01%) Project Manager
11 24 (4.01%) Senior Architect
12 23 (3.85%) Incident Manager
13 22 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 22 (3.68%) Security Architect
14 21 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (3.01%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.68%) .NET
2 13 (2.17%) Node.js
3 9 (1.51%) REST
3 9 (1.51%) Spring
3 9 (1.51%) Web Services
4 8 (1.34%) CSS
4 8 (1.34%) HTML
4 8 (1.34%) Spring Boot
5 4 (0.67%) Akka
5 4 (0.67%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (0.67%) jQuery
5 4 (0.67%) LAMP
5 4 (0.67%) OAuth
5 4 (0.67%) OpenID
5 4 (0.67%) Swing
5 4 (0.67%) WCF
5 4 (0.67%) WinForms
6 3 (0.50%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.50%) HTML5
6 3 (0.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 72 (12.04%) Management Information System
2 69 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 54 (9.03%) Operational Technology
4 42 (7.02%) Cyber Threat
5 33 (5.52%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 31 (5.18%) Security Posture
7 28 (4.68%) Cyberattack
8 21 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (2.84%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.84%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.84%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.67%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.67%) SCADA
11 10 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
12 8 (1.34%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 7 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
14 6 (1.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 67 (11.20%) Windows
2 45 (7.53%) Linux
3 31 (5.18%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.84%) Windows 10
5 15 (2.51%) Unix
6 8 (1.34%) VMS
7 7 (1.17%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.00%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.50%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (20.90%) Information Security
2 119 (19.90%) Incident Response
3 90 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (11.87%) Risk Management
5 65 (10.87%) Project Management
6 52 (8.70%) Mentoring
7 51 (8.53%) Presales
7 51 (8.53%) Vulnerability Management
8 49 (8.19%) Agile
9 48 (8.03%) Software Licensing
10 46 (7.69%) Change Management
11 44 (7.36%) ITIL
12 42 (7.02%) Roadmaps
13 41 (6.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (6.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 40 (6.69%) SIEM
15 39 (6.52%) Incident Management
16 36 (6.02%) Coaching
16 36 (6.02%) Security Operations
17 34 (5.69%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.02%) Java
2 35 (5.85%) Python
2 35 (5.85%) SQL
3 26 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 23 (3.85%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.51%) C#
5 9 (1.51%) Perl
5 9 (1.51%) Ruby
6 3 (0.50%) Bash
7 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.17%) C++
8 1 (0.17%) PHP
8 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 194 (32.44%) Degree
2 71 (11.87%) CISSP
3 48 (8.03%) Security Cleared
4 43 (7.19%) CISM
5 30 (5.02%) SC Cleared
6 29 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (4.01%) CCNA
7 24 (4.01%) CCNP
8 19 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.34%) CREST Certified
10 13 (2.17%) AWS Certification
10 13 (2.17%) GIAC
11 12 (2.01%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.84%) CEH
12 11 (1.84%) CISA
13 10 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.67%) MCP
14 9 (1.51%) Chartered Engineer
14 9 (1.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (10.37%) NIST
3 35 (5.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (3.68%) PCI DSS
5 20 (3.34%) GDPR
5 20 (3.34%) SLA
6 17 (2.84%) NCSC
7 15 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (2.17%) PMO
8 13 (2.17%) QA
9 7 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 7 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 7 (1.17%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.00%) IEC 62304
11 5 (0.84%) GRC
11 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.50%) ITGC
13 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.33%) Def Stans
System Software
1 62 (10.37%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.01%) Hyper-V
3 22 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (3.34%) Docker
5 10 (1.67%) RACF
6 4 (0.67%) Firmware
7 3 (0.50%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.33%) vSphere
9 1 (0.17%) Snort
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.17%) XenApp
9 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (1.84%) Stealthwatch
2 10 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.51%) Nessus
4 5 (0.84%) CASB
4 5 (0.84%) Terraform
5 4 (0.67%) Autotask
5 4 (0.67%) cPanel
5 4 (0.67%) Plesk
6 3 (0.50%) Nmap
6 3 (0.50%) SELinux
7 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.33%) SCCM
7 2 (0.33%) WSUS
8 1 (0.17%) FTK
8 1 (0.17%) Graylog
8 1 (0.17%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.17%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 151 (25.25%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.36%) Apple
3 48 (8.03%) Adobe
3 48 (8.03%) Cisco
4 36 (6.02%) VMware
5 22 (3.68%) Meraki
6 18 (3.01%) Dell
7 14 (2.34%) Veeam
8 13 (2.17%) HP
9 12 (2.01%) Samsung
10 11 (1.84%) Facebook
11 10 (1.67%) CyberArk
12 9 (1.51%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.34%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.34%) Splunk
14 7 (1.17%) Intel
15 6 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
15 6 (1.00%) Fortinet
15 6 (1.00%) HubSpot
16 5 (0.84%) Citrix