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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 13 42
Rank change year-on-year +2 +29 -7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 183 121 117
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.14% 10.56% 5.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.98% 11.82% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 95 79 73
10th Percentile £37,318 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £44,250 £37,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -0.91% -7.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,250 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -0.09%

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 1,666 1,024 1,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 74.11% 89.35% 86.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,241 670 1,128
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,303 £49,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -1.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,875 £82,500
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 1 August 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 1 August 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 51 £59,490 +83.05%
Epsom +17 33 £67,500 +3.85% 1
Redhill +9 12 £45,000 +12.50% 3
Reigate - 8 £40,000 - 2
Horley - 7 £45,000 - 1
Leatherhead - 7 £92,500 - 9
Camberley +1 5 £57,500 +27.78% 9
Tadworth +2 3 £105,000 -
Egham -2 3 £72,500 +123.08%
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 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 43 (23.50%) Azure
2 13 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (5.46%) AWS
3 10 (5.46%) SaaS
4 4 (2.19%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.09%) GitHub
6 1 (0.55%) GCP
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 51 (27.87%) Firewall
2 41 (22.40%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (19.13%) Cisco Nexus
4 29 (15.85%) LAN
4 29 (15.85%) WAN
5 20 (10.93%) Internet
6 10 (5.46%) Network Security
7 5 (2.73%) Wireless
8 4 (2.19%) NGFW
9 2 (1.09%) Broadband
9 2 (1.09%) DHCP
9 2 (1.09%) DNS
9 2 (1.09%) VPN
10 1 (0.55%) LTE
10 1 (0.55%) SSH
10 1 (0.55%) SSL
10 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.55%) VLAN
10 1 (0.55%) VoIP
10 1 (0.55%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.09%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.09%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 54 (29.51%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (7.65%) Finance
4 12 (6.56%) Legal
5 8 (4.37%) Aerospace
5 8 (4.37%) Marketing
6 7 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.73%) Italian Language
8 5 (2.73%) Japanese Language
9 4 (2.19%) Advertising
9 4 (2.19%) Police
10 3 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.64%) Retail
11 2 (1.09%) Electronics
11 2 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.55%) Law
12 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (31.15%) Analyst
2 55 (30.05%) Senior
3 49 (26.78%) Security Analyst
4 42 (22.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 38 (20.77%) Senior Analyst
6 33 (18.03%) Network Analyst
6 33 (18.03%) Senior Network Analyst
7 32 (17.49%) Senior Security Analyst
8 28 (15.30%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 27 (14.75%) Network Security Analyst
10 24 (13.11%) Security Engineer
11 20 (10.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 16 (8.74%) Senior Security Engineer
13 15 (8.20%) Ethical Hacker
14 14 (7.65%) Junior
14 14 (7.65%) Junior Analyst
14 14 (7.65%) Junior Security Analyst
15 13 (7.10%) IT Manager
16 12 (6.56%) Network Engineer
16 12 (6.56%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) HTML
1 1 (0.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.74%) Cyberattack
1 16 (8.74%) Security Posture
2 14 (7.65%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.28%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.73%) Blog
5 5 (2.73%) Podcast
6 4 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.64%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.09%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.09%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.09%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.09%) PKI
8 2 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.09%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.83%) Windows
1 7 (3.83%) Windows Server
2 4 (2.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (30.05%) Vulnerability Management
2 39 (21.31%) Penetration Testing
3 38 (20.77%) Data Security
3 38 (20.77%) SIEM
4 34 (18.58%) Incident Management
4 34 (18.58%) Security Operations
5 33 (18.03%) Network Load Balancing
6 30 (16.39%) Business Continuity
7 27 (14.75%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (13.11%) Mentoring
9 23 (12.57%) Incident Response
10 22 (12.02%) Information Security
10 22 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (12.02%) Threat Detection
11 19 (10.38%) BCP
12 18 (9.84%) Business Continuity Planning
13 16 (8.74%) AI
13 16 (8.74%) Cloud Security
14 15 (8.20%) Ethical Hacking
15 14 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.46%) Python
2 5 (2.73%) C++
3 4 (2.19%) Go
3 4 (2.19%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.64%) Java
5 2 (1.09%) Bash
5 2 (1.09%) C
6 1 (0.55%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.55%) Perl
6 1 (0.55%) Rust
6 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (15.85%) Azure Certification
2 20 (10.93%) CEH
2 20 (10.93%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (8.20%) CISSP
4 14 (7.65%) CompTIA CySA+
5 11 (6.01%) CISM
6 9 (4.92%) Degree
6 9 (4.92%) Security Cleared
7 8 (4.37%) SC Cleared
8 7 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.73%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.73%) CISA
9 5 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.19%) CRISC
10 4 (2.19%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (1.64%) CCNA
11 3 (1.64%) GIAC
12 2 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (7.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (7.10%) GDPR
3 11 (6.01%) NIST
4 5 (2.73%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.73%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.19%) GRC
5 4 (2.19%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.64%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.09%) QA
7 2 (1.09%) SLA
8 1 (0.55%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.55%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.19%) Docker
3 3 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.55%) CASB
2 1 (0.55%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 41 (22.40%) Qualys
3 39 (21.31%) Cisco
4 38 (20.77%) Palo Alto
5 36 (19.67%) Aruba
6 29 (15.85%) ForeScout
7 5 (2.73%) Splunk
8 3 (1.64%) New Relic
8 3 (1.64%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.64%) VMware
8 3 (1.64%) Zerto
9 2 (1.09%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.09%) Juniper
9 2 (1.09%) OneTrust
9 2 (1.09%) SAP
10 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.55%) Thales