Security Analyst Jobs in Cambridge

Security Analyst
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Security Analyst salary in Cambridge is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 1.13% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.34%
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £36,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year +30.14% - -19.98%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 246 974 796
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 97.11% 84.77%
Number of salaries quoted 155 750 384
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £31,150
25th Percentile £38,125 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,625 £73,250 £75,625
90th Percentile £82,250 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Cambridge

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Cambridge

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Data Encryption
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 2 (66.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) LAN

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Encryption
1 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (66.67%) Immunology
1 2 (66.67%) Line Management
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
1 2 (66.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft