Infrastructure Security Engineer Job Trends in Guildford

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in Guildford is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 1.82% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
Surrey median annual salary £90,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 528 127 223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.17% 90.07% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 424 101 110
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £91,250 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £80,000
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -4.55%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Guildford

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in Guildford.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in Guildford

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 3 October 2026, Infrastructure Security Engineer 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 Guildford region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (60.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Ansible
3 4 (40.00%) AWS
3 4 (40.00%) Azure
3 4 (40.00%) Bash
3 4 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 4 (40.00%) Docker
3 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 4 (40.00%) GCP
3 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (40.00%) Kubernetes
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) NIST
3 4 (40.00%) Python
3 4 (40.00%) SIEM
3 4 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (40.00%) Terraform
3 4 (40.00%) VPN
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (20.00%) CCSP
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (20.00%) CISSP
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) Terraform
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (60.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (40.00%) SIEM
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (20.00%) Identity Management
4 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (20.00%) Patch Management
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) RBAC
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Bash
1 4 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (20.00%) CCSP
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
1 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (40.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Ansible
1 4 (40.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Google