Cybersecurity Job Trends in Surrey

Cybersecurity
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 12 44
Rank change year-on-year 0 +32 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 179 119 131
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.25% 10.74% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.16% 11.94% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 97 78 91
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £43,500 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.31% -8.70% -1.71%
75th Percentile £73,750 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.85% -4.45%

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,604 997 2,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.95% 89.98% 87.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,197 647 1,325
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,370 £25,200
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Surrey

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Surrey over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Surrey

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 17 July 2026. 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
Guildford -10 46 £59,490 +83.05% 3
Epsom +22 32 £67,500 +26.17% 4
Redhill +11 12 £45,000 +12.50% 5
Horley - 8 £40,000 -
Leatherhead - 7 £92,500 - 5
Reigate - 7 £40,000 - 3
Tadworth +3 3 £105,000 -
Egham -3 3 £72,500 +123.08%
Camberley -2 2 - - 1
Farnham - 2 £53,381 -
Sunbury-on-Thames -4 1 - -
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 48 (26.82%) Azure
2 17 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (5.59%) SaaS
4 9 (5.03%) AWS
5 5 (2.79%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.12%) GitHub
7 1 (0.56%) GCP
7 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 51 (28.49%) Firewall
2 38 (21.23%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (17.88%) Cisco Nexus
4 27 (15.08%) LAN
4 27 (15.08%) WAN
5 18 (10.06%) Internet
6 9 (5.03%) Network Security
7 5 (2.79%) Wireless
8 4 (2.23%) NGFW
9 3 (1.68%) Broadband
10 2 (1.12%) DHCP
10 2 (1.12%) DNS
10 2 (1.12%) VPN
11 1 (0.56%) LTE
11 1 (0.56%) SSH
11 1 (0.56%) SSL
11 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.56%) VLAN
11 1 (0.56%) VoIP
11 1 (0.56%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.68%) JIRA
General
1 51 (28.49%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (8.38%) Finance
4 10 (5.59%) Marketing
5 8 (4.47%) Aerospace
5 8 (4.47%) Legal
6 5 (2.79%) Italian Language
6 5 (2.79%) Japanese Language
7 4 (2.23%) Advertising
8 3 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Retail
9 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.56%) Electronics
10 1 (0.56%) Law
10 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (31.28%) Analyst
2 51 (28.49%) Senior
3 49 (27.37%) Security Analyst
4 43 (24.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 37 (20.67%) Senior Analyst
6 32 (17.88%) Network Analyst
6 32 (17.88%) Senior Network Analyst
6 32 (17.88%) Senior Security Analyst
7 28 (15.64%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 27 (15.08%) Network Security Analyst
9 23 (12.85%) Security Engineer
10 19 (10.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 15 (8.38%) Ethical Hacker
11 15 (8.38%) Junior
11 15 (8.38%) Junior Analyst
11 15 (8.38%) Junior Security Analyst
12 14 (7.82%) Senior Security Engineer
13 12 (6.70%) IT Manager
13 12 (6.70%) Security Manager
14 11 (6.15%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.56%) HTML
1 1 (0.56%) LDAP
1 1 (0.56%) OAuth
1 1 (0.56%) OpenID
1 1 (0.56%) REST
1 1 (0.56%) RESTful
1 1 (0.56%) SAML
1 1 (0.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.50%) Cyber Threat
1 17 (9.50%) Cyberattack
2 16 (8.94%) Security Posture
3 7 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.35%) Blog
4 6 (3.35%) Podcast
5 5 (2.79%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.12%) NHS
8 2 (1.12%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.91%) Windows
1 7 (3.91%) Windows Server
2 3 (1.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (28.49%) Vulnerability Management
2 39 (21.79%) Penetration Testing
3 36 (20.11%) SIEM
4 35 (19.55%) Data Security
5 31 (17.32%) Incident Management
5 31 (17.32%) Security Operations
6 30 (16.76%) Network Load Balancing
7 29 (16.20%) Business Continuity
8 27 (15.08%) Disaster Recovery
9 24 (13.41%) Incident Response
10 23 (12.85%) Mentoring
11 22 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (11.17%) Threat Detection
13 18 (10.06%) Information Security
14 17 (9.50%) BCP
15 16 (8.94%) Business Continuity Planning
15 16 (8.94%) Cloud Security
15 16 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 15 (8.38%) Ethical Hacking
17 13 (7.26%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.59%) Python
2 6 (3.35%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.23%) C++
4 3 (1.68%) Bash
4 3 (1.68%) Go
4 3 (1.68%) Java
5 1 (0.56%) C
5 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.56%) Perl
5 1 (0.56%) Rust
5 1 (0.56%) SQL
5 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (16.76%) Azure Certification
2 20 (11.17%) CEH
2 20 (11.17%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (8.38%) CompTIA CySA+
4 13 (7.26%) CISSP
5 10 (5.59%) CISM
6 8 (4.47%) Degree
7 7 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.23%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.23%) CISA
9 4 (2.23%) CRISC
9 4 (2.23%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.23%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.23%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.68%) CCNA
10 3 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.68%) GIAC
11 2 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (8.94%) GDPR
3 14 (7.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (5.59%) NIST
5 8 (4.47%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.35%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.68%) GRC
8 3 (1.68%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.68%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.12%) QA
10 1 (0.56%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.56%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.56%) NCSC
10 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.68%) Docker
2 3 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.56%) CASB
2 1 (0.56%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 56 (31.28%) Microsoft
2 38 (21.23%) Qualys
3 37 (20.67%) Cisco
4 36 (20.11%) Palo Alto
5 33 (18.44%) Aruba
6 30 (16.76%) ForeScout
7 6 (3.35%) Splunk
8 3 (1.68%) New Relic
8 3 (1.68%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.68%) VMware
8 3 (1.68%) Zerto
9 2 (1.12%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.12%) Juniper
9 2 (1.12%) OneTrust
9 2 (1.12%) SAP
10 1 (0.56%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.56%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.56%) Tenable
10 1 (0.56%) Thales