Cybersecurity Contracts in Surrey

Cybersecurity
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 43 26
Rank change year-on-year +26 -17 +35
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 22 13 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 7.38% 2.21% 6.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.24% 2.69% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 34
10th Percentile £440 £363 £514
25th Percentile £463 £400 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -28.57% +27.27%
75th Percentile £538 £769 £719
90th Percentile - £775 £838
South East median daily rate £550 £589 £581
% change year-on-year -6.62% +1.33% +6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% - -
75th Percentile £66.06 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £73.44 - -
South East median hourly rate £79.16 £87.23 £33.50
% change year-on-year -9.26% +160.39% -8.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 267 484 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 89.60% 82.45% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 352 436
10th Percentile £188 £213 £198
25th Percentile £280 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -2.68% +2.75%
75th Percentile £544 £619 £625
90th Percentile £659 £700 £725
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 55 33
10th Percentile £20.63 £11.71 £32.10
25th Percentile £24.18 £13.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £26.33 £20.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% -54.44% +87.50%
75th Percentile £40.98 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £63.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Surrey

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Surrey

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Surrey

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Surrey

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Surrey

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leatherhead - 8 £475 - 2
Redhill +17 6 £525 +61.54% 2
Guildford 0 2 £450 -37.93% 34
Woking 0 1 £230 -48.89% 22
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (9.09%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.55%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.09%) Akamai
2 2 (9.09%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) MPLS
2 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Analyst
2 10 (45.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 10 (45.45%) Security Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Information Assurance Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Information Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Report Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Security Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Principal Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Principal Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Asset Management
1 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
3 3 (13.64%) Information Assurance
3 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
3 3 (13.64%) SIEM
4 2 (9.09%) Communications Security
4 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.09%) Cryptography
4 2 (9.09%) Data Analysis
4 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
4 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.09%) Project Management
4 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
4 2 (9.09%) Security Testing
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 2 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) CISSP
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) CEH
2 2 (9.09%) CISM
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) ACCA
3 1 (4.55%) CCNA
3 1 (4.55%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (4.55%) CIMA
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) MCSE
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.64%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (4.55%) NCSC
3 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) QRadar
2 1 (4.55%) CSIRT
2 1 (4.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Palo Alto
2 4 (18.18%) Qualys
3 3 (13.64%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (13.64%) Splunk
4 2 (9.09%) Imperva
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco
5 1 (4.55%) IBM
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.55%) Rapid7