Cyber Threat Job Trends in Cambridge

Cyber Threats
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 41 73
Rank change year-on-year -24 +32 +11
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 1 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.12% 1.16% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 2.75% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.36%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £77,500
90th Percentile - - £79,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £35,000 £63,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -45.10% -1.92% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
Cambridge

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 187 109 482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 22.61% 42.25% 44.55%
Number of salaries quoted 119 61 350
10th Percentile £32,383 £30,000 £32,450
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,890 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -4.35%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Cyber Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP