Information Security Manager Job Trends in Cambridge

Information Security Manager
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Information Security Manager salary in Cambridge is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 469 457 390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 94.42% 93.30%
Number of salaries quoted 332 254 254
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,641
25th Percentile £39,266 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,938 £78,438
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -1.82%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Information Security Manager job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Information Security Manager
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Manager job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Manager job vacancies in Cambridge

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Information Security Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management

Information Security Manager Skill Set
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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS