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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 31 39
Rank change year-on-year +27 +8 +30
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 399 69 103
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 20.77% 6.91% 5.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.35% 7.44% 6.08%
Number of salaries quoted 40 46 96
10th Percentile £27,593 £32,125 £40,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £43,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% -10.83% -17.24%
75th Percentile £74,375 £69,375 £70,313
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £58,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.80% +17.00% -9.09%

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 1,514 928 1,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 78.81% 92.89% 89.02%
Number of salaries quoted 898 471 1,194
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,875 £42,500 £33,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +5 26 £58,500 +6.36% 4
Cobham - 14 - -
Warlingham -2 12 - -
Egham 0 10 £72,500 +123.08%
Sunbury-on-Thames - 10 - - 1
Reigate - 10 £57,500 -
Banstead 0 8 - -
Epsom +26 7 £57,500 +36.90%
Staines +6 7 - -
Caterham +3 7 - -
Whyteleafe +2 7 - -
Redhill +1 7 - - 2
Thames Ditton -1 7 - -
Leatherhead - 7 £75,000 - 1
Betchworth - 7 - -
Addlestone - 7 - -
Godstone - 7 - -
Chertsey - 7 - -
Tadworth - 7 - -
East Molesey 0 6 - -
Esher -1 6 - -
Weybridge -2 6 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 6 - -
Oxted - 6 - -
Shepperton - 6 - -
Horley -4 4 £38,000 -55.29% 2
Camberley -1 2 £30,000 -47.83% 3
Woking - 1 £100,000 - 3
Farnham - 1 £47,500 -
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:

Business Applications
1 5 (1.25%) Shopify
2 4 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 327 (81.95%) Cloud Computing
2 32 (8.02%) Azure
3 7 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (1.75%) SaaS
4 5 (1.25%) AWS
5 2 (0.50%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.50%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.25%) GCP
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 327 (81.95%) Internet
2 8 (2.01%) Firewall
3 3 (0.75%) Network Security
4 2 (0.50%) Broadband
5 1 (0.25%) LAN
5 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.25%) VoIP
5 1 (0.25%) VPN
5 1 (0.25%) WAN
5 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
General
1 374 (93.73%) Social Skills
2 328 (82.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 327 (81.95%) Banking
4 13 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (2.76%) Marketing
6 5 (1.25%) Finance
7 3 (0.75%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.50%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (0.50%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 270 (67.67%) Lecturer
2 17 (4.26%) Analyst
3 15 (3.76%) Security Analyst
4 14 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 13 (3.26%) Junior
5 13 (3.26%) Junior Analyst
5 13 (3.26%) Junior Security Analyst
6 7 (1.75%) Ethical Hacker
6 7 (1.75%) Security Manager
7 6 (1.50%) Coordinator
8 5 (1.25%) E-Commerce Manager
9 4 (1.00%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (1.00%) IT Support
9 4 (1.00%) Security Engineer
10 3 (0.75%) Cloud Consultant
10 3 (0.75%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
10 3 (0.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 3 (0.75%) Information Security Manager
10 3 (0.75%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 3 (0.75%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.50%) GraphQL
1 2 (0.50%) LDAP
1 2 (0.50%) OAuth
1 2 (0.50%) OpenID
1 2 (0.50%) REST
1 2 (0.50%) SAML
1 2 (0.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 328 (82.21%) IoT
2 12 (3.01%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (2.26%) Cyberattack
4 5 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.00%) Blog
5 4 (1.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.00%) Podcast
6 3 (0.75%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.25%) 3D Printing
7 1 (0.25%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.25%) Robotics
7 1 (0.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (83.21%) User Experience
1 332 (83.21%) Web Development
2 331 (82.96%) AI
3 327 (81.95%) Machine Learning
4 20 (5.01%) Mentoring
5 16 (4.01%) Incident Response
6 9 (2.26%) B2B
6 9 (2.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (2.26%) SEO
7 8 (2.01%) Analytics
7 8 (2.01%) Business Continuity
7 8 (2.01%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (2.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (1.75%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (1.75%) Contract Negotiation
8 7 (1.75%) Ethical Hacking
8 7 (1.75%) Penetration Testing
9 6 (1.50%) Cloud Security
9 6 (1.50%) Computer Science
9 6 (1.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.25%) SQL
2 4 (1.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.75%) Bash
3 3 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (0.75%) Python
4 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 337 (84.46%) Degree
2 328 (82.21%) Master's Degree
3 327 (81.95%) PhD
3 327 (81.95%) Postgraduate
4 21 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 16 (4.01%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (3.26%) CompTIA CySA+
7 7 (1.75%) CEH
7 7 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.00%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.75%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.50%) CISM
10 2 (0.50%) CISSP
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.25%) CCNP
11 1 (0.25%) CRISC
11 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.01%) GDPR
3 8 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (1.75%) NIST
5 4 (1.00%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.50%) NCSC
6 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.75%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.25%) CASB
2 1 (0.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (8.27%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.01%) ForeScout
3 2 (0.50%) Cisco
4 1 (0.25%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.25%) LogRhythm
4 1 (0.25%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.25%) Splunk
4 1 (0.25%) Tenable