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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 29 27
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 +44
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 387 93 66
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 23.37% 7.33% 7.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.98% 8.05% 8.12%
Number of salaries quoted 35 44 43
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,975 £40,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,063 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -27.08% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65,625 £67,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £86,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -8.33%

All Process and 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 1,383 1,155 813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 83.51% 91.02% 91.86%
Number of salaries quoted 815 547 560
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% -0.91%

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 16 December 2025.

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 16 December 2025. 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 +18 28 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Warlingham - 18 £41,000 -
Cobham - 14 - - 1
Caterham - 13 £41,000 -
Sunbury-on-Thames +9 10 - - 2
Epsom +26 8 £65,000 - 4
Banstead 0 8 - -
Egham - 8 - -
Reigate - 8 - - 1
Woking +8 7 £100,000 +11.11% 4
Whyteleafe +4 7 - -
Staines +1 7 - -
Thames Ditton -1 7 - -
Redhill -3 7 - - 2
Godstone - 7 - -
Addlestone - 7 - -
Betchworth - 7 - -
Chertsey - 7 - - 1
Tadworth - 7 - -
East Molesey 0 6 - -
Esher -2 6 - - 1
Leatherhead - 6 - - 1
Oxted - 6 - -
Shepperton - 6 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 6 - -
Weybridge - 6 - -
Camberley -5 2 £30,000 -25.00% 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 327 (84.50%) Cloud Computing
2 24 (6.20%) Azure
3 18 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.10%) AWS
5 2 (0.52%) SaaS
6 1 (0.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 329 (85.01%) Internet
2 7 (1.81%) LAN
2 7 (1.81%) SD-WAN
2 7 (1.81%) Unified Communications
2 7 (1.81%) VoIP
2 7 (1.81%) VPN
2 7 (1.81%) WAN
2 7 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.55%) Wireless
4 3 (0.78%) Network Security
5 2 (0.52%) Firewall
5 2 (0.52%) GPRS
5 2 (0.52%) LTE
5 2 (0.52%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 368 (95.09%) Social Skills
2 327 (84.50%) Banking
2 327 (84.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (2.84%) Telecoms
4 9 (2.33%) Marketing
5 5 (1.29%) Health Technology
5 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (1.03%) Electronics
6 4 (1.03%) Finance
7 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.52%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.26%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 270 (69.77%) Lecturer
2 13 (3.36%) IT Technician
3 11 (2.84%) IT Support
4 10 (2.58%) Analyst
5 8 (2.07%) Security Analyst
6 7 (1.81%) Head of IT
6 7 (1.81%) Head of IT Operations
6 7 (1.81%) Head of Operations
6 7 (1.81%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (1.81%) Senior
6 7 (1.81%) Support Technician
7 6 (1.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (1.55%) Senior IT Technician
7 6 (1.55%) Senior Technician
8 5 (1.29%) Account Manager
8 5 (1.29%) E-Commerce Manager
8 5 (1.29%) Junior
8 5 (1.29%) Junior Analyst
8 5 (1.29%) Junior Security Analyst
9 4 (1.03%) IT Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 330 (85.27%) IoT
2 7 (1.81%) Operational Technology
2 7 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.03%) Driving Licence
4 3 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (0.78%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.52%) FPGA
5 2 (0.52%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.26%) 3D Printing
6 1 (0.26%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.65%) Windows
2 10 (2.58%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.55%) Linux
3 6 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (85.79%) User Experience
1 332 (85.79%) Web Development
2 327 (84.50%) AI
2 327 (84.50%) Machine Learning
3 18 (4.65%) Mentoring
4 14 (3.62%) Data Protection
4 14 (3.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (2.33%) Computer Science
6 8 (2.07%) Analytics
6 8 (2.07%) Business Continuity
6 8 (2.07%) ITSM
6 8 (2.07%) Service Delivery
6 8 (2.07%) Service Management
7 7 (1.81%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (1.81%) ERP
7 7 (1.81%) High Availability
7 7 (1.81%) Infrastructure Management
7 7 (1.81%) ITIL
7 7 (1.81%) Problem Management
7 7 (1.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 342 (88.37%) Degree
2 334 (86.30%) Master's Degree
3 327 (84.50%) PhD
3 327 (84.50%) Postgraduate
4 13 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (3.10%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (1.81%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.81%) CCNP
7 7 (1.81%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.81%) PMP
8 5 (1.29%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.03%) CCNA
9 4 (1.03%) MCSE
9 4 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.78%) CREST Certified
10 3 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.62%) NIST
2 7 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.52%) GRC
3 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.26%) COBIT
System Software
1 7 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.55%) SCCM
3 3 (0.78%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 24 (6.20%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.84%) Cisco
3 10 (2.58%) VMware
4 6 (1.55%) Progress
5 5 (1.29%) ForeScout
6 2 (0.52%) SAP