Cybersecurity Job Trends in Cambridge

Cybersecurity
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 17 22 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 3.38% 4.71% 6.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 5.45% 6.91%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 22
10th Percentile £28,250 - £39,850
25th Percentile £35,125 £26,250 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £28,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +141.07% -53.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £86,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £195,000 £89,250 £77,875
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £34,000 £28,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +19.30% -53.28% +10.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Cybersecurity 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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 404 404 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 80.32% 86.51% 89.67%
Number of salaries quoted 276 196 287
10th Percentile £29,500 £38,750 £28,551
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,313 £78,750 £79,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cambridge over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Cambridge

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.76%) SaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Nutanix
4 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) DHCP
3 1 (5.88%) DNS
3 1 (5.88%) LAN
3 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.88%) WAN
3 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
1 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 5 (29.41%) Junior
1 5 (29.41%) Junior Analyst
1 5 (29.41%) Junior Security Analyst
1 5 (29.41%) Security Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Information Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Information Security Officer
3 2 (11.76%) IT Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Security Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Security Officer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
3 2 (11.76%) Mac OS
3 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Mentoring
2 5 (29.41%) Data Protection
3 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (23.53%) Incident Response
3 4 (23.53%) Information Security
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.76%) Business Continuity
4 2 (11.76%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (11.76%) Data Privacy
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) Due Diligence
4 2 (11.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (11.76%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (11.76%) Risk Register
4 2 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (11.76%) SOAR
4 2 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (29.41%) Azure Certification
2 5 (29.41%) CompTIA CySA+
3 4 (23.53%) CEH
3 4 (23.53%) CISM
3 4 (23.53%) CISSP
4 2 (11.76%) A+ Certification
4 2 (11.76%) CISA
4 2 (11.76%) DBS Check
4 2 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) GDPR
1 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (11.76%) NIST
3 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) ForeScout
3 1 (5.88%) Aruba
3 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.88%) Veeam
3 1 (5.88%) VMware