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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 17 40
Rank change year-on-year +9 +23 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 221 100 110
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.88% 8.69% 6.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.66% 9.72% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 130 55 40
10th Percentile £35,750 - £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,402 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% +11.11% -25.00%
75th Percentile £71,875 £63,750 £58,938
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £68,200
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -

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 1,896 1,029 1,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 76.14% 89.40% 87.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,410 683 772
10th Percentile £30,725 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -4 60 £57,500 +76.92% 30
Epsom +18 34 £67,500 +3.85% 2
Camberley +7 20 £50,000 +11.11% 8
Redhill +16 13 £45,000 -28.00% 15
Leatherhead - 13 £67,750 - 5
Reigate - 7 £40,000 - 4
Horley - 5 £50,000 - 2
Caterham +1 3 £32,500 -20.73%
Tadworth -1 3 £105,000 -
Warlingham -1 3 £32,500 -20.73%
Farnham - 2 £53,381 -
Egham - 1 £50,000 -
Weybridge - 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 12 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.57%) Azure
2 24 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (6.33%) AWS
4 12 (5.43%) SaaS
5 8 (3.62%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.36%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.36%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.90%) Akamai
7 2 (0.90%) GCP
7 2 (0.90%) GitHub
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 55 (24.89%) Firewall
2 46 (20.81%) Wi-Fi
3 40 (18.10%) Cisco Nexus
4 34 (15.38%) LAN
4 34 (15.38%) WAN
5 25 (11.31%) Internet
6 13 (5.88%) DNS
7 11 (4.98%) DHCP
8 10 (4.52%) Network Security
9 5 (2.26%) Wireless
10 4 (1.81%) NGFW
10 4 (1.81%) VPN
11 3 (1.36%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.90%) Broadband
12 2 (0.90%) HTTP
13 1 (0.45%) Asterisk PBX
13 1 (0.45%) LTE
13 1 (0.45%) SSL
13 1 (0.45%) VoIP
13 1 (0.45%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.90%) NoSQL
1 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.81%) JIRA
General
1 57 (25.79%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.50%) Finance
3 19 (8.60%) Public Sector
4 18 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.69%) Legal
6 13 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (4.52%) Police
8 7 (3.17%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.71%) Advertising
10 5 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.81%) Electronics
11 4 (1.81%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.81%) Japanese Language
11 4 (1.81%) Marketing
11 4 (1.81%) Retail
12 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.45%) Law
14 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (28.51%) Senior
2 54 (24.43%) Analyst
3 45 (20.36%) Security Analyst
4 40 (18.10%) Senior Analyst
5 37 (16.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 36 (16.29%) Security Engineer
7 34 (15.38%) Senior Security Analyst
8 33 (14.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 33 (14.93%) Network Analyst
8 33 (14.93%) Senior Network Analyst
9 29 (13.12%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 27 (12.22%) Network Security Analyst
11 23 (10.41%) Consultant
12 19 (8.60%) Senior Security Engineer
13 17 (7.69%) IT Support
13 17 (7.69%) Network Engineer
13 17 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
13 17 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
13 17 (7.69%) Senior Network Security Engineer
14 15 (6.79%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) REST
1 2 (0.90%) Terraform
2 1 (0.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 12 (5.43%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (4.98%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.62%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.71%) Cyberattack
7 6 (2.71%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.36%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.36%) Device Driver
10 3 (1.36%) FPGA
10 3 (1.36%) PKI
10 3 (1.36%) VHDL
11 2 (0.90%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.90%) NHS
11 2 (0.90%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.50%) Windows
2 19 (8.60%) Linux
3 12 (5.43%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (30.32%) Vulnerability Management
2 50 (22.62%) SIEM
3 44 (19.91%) Business Continuity
3 44 (19.91%) Security Operations
4 41 (18.55%) Penetration Testing
5 40 (18.10%) Data Security
6 39 (17.65%) Incident Management
7 38 (17.19%) Network Load Balancing
8 37 (16.74%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (13.57%) Threat Detection
10 26 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (11.31%) Information Security
12 24 (10.86%) BCP
13 23 (10.41%) Business Continuity Planning
14 22 (9.95%) Incident Response
15 21 (9.50%) Mentoring
16 20 (9.05%) AI
16 20 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (8.60%) Service Delivery
18 18 (8.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.98%) Python
2 7 (3.17%) C++
3 5 (2.26%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.81%) Go
4 4 (1.81%) Java
5 3 (1.36%) Bash
5 3 (1.36%) C
5 3 (1.36%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.45%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (9.50%) CISSP
2 19 (8.60%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.24%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.79%) CISM
5 13 (5.88%) CEH
5 13 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 10 (4.52%) Azure Certification
6 10 (4.52%) Degree
7 9 (4.07%) A+ Certification
8 7 (3.17%) CompTIA CySA+
8 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.71%) CISA
9 6 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.71%) CRISC
9 6 (2.71%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.26%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.26%) GIAC
10 5 (2.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (8.14%) NIST
3 17 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (4.07%) GDPR
5 8 (3.62%) GRC
6 6 (2.71%) SLA
7 4 (1.81%) QA
8 3 (1.36%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.36%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.45%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.45%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 18 (8.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.71%) Docker
2 6 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.71%) vSphere
3 4 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (1.36%) SCCM
4 2 (0.90%) Ansible
4 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (23.53%) Cisco
2 50 (22.62%) Qualys
3 46 (20.81%) Microsoft
4 43 (19.46%) Palo Alto
5 41 (18.55%) Aruba
6 15 (6.79%) VMware
7 10 (4.52%) ForeScout
8 9 (4.07%) Meraki
8 9 (4.07%) Sophos
9 8 (3.62%) Splunk
10 4 (1.81%) New Relic
10 4 (1.81%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.81%) Zerto
11 2 (0.90%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.90%) Google
11 2 (0.90%) OneTrust
11 2 (0.90%) SAP
12 1 (0.45%) Allen-Bradley
12 1 (0.45%) Juniper
12 1 (0.45%) Wonderware