Security Analyst Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Security Analyst
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Security Analyst salary in Cambridgeshire is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 97 111
Rank change year-on-year +42 +14 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 4 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.80% 0.19% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.20% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £33,250 - -
25th Percentile £38,125 £35,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £36,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.14% - -19.98%
75th Percentile £58,125 £37,250 £42,375
90th Percentile £63,750 - £45,450
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +11.76% -22.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 471 1,471 1,236
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.69% 86.49%
Number of salaries quoted 308 1,138 585
10th Percentile £28,675 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £66,563 £69,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,001 £86,250
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Cambridgeshire

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Cambridgeshire

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in Cambridgeshire

Security Analyst
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
Cambridge - 3 £30,000 - 3
Peterborough +9 1 £65,000 -
Security Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (50.00%) Data Encryption
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (50.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 2 (50.00%) Immunology
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Line Management
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
1 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (50.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Encryption
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (50.00%) Immunology
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Line Management
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft