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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 30 39
Rank change year-on-year +26 +9 +32
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 403 68 103
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 20.42% 7.07% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.12% 7.69% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 42 51 96
10th Percentile £28,006 £31,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -8.26%

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 1,543 884 1,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 78.17% 91.89% 89.07%
Number of salaries quoted 912 474 1,220
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £33,474
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,625 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 21 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 21 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 +2 27 £58,500 +6.36% 9
Cobham - 14 - -
Warlingham -1 12 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 11 - -
Egham +1 10 £72,500 +123.08%
Reigate - 10 £57,500 - 1
Redhill 0 8 £82,500 +106.25% 4
Banstead 0 8 - -
Epsom +29 7 £57,500 +36.90%
Caterham +5 7 - -
Staines +3 7 - -
Whyteleafe +1 7 - -
Thames Ditton -1 7 - -
Tadworth - 7 - -
Chertsey - 7 - -
Betchworth - 7 - -
Addlestone - 7 - -
Godstone - 7 - -
Leatherhead - 7 £75,000 - 1
East Molesey -1 6 - -
Esher -1 6 - -
Horley -2 6 £38,000 -55.29% 4
Weybridge -2 6 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 6 - -
Shepperton - 6 - -
Oxted - 6 - -
Camberley -1 2 £30,000 -47.83% 6
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 (1.24%) Shopify
2 4 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 327 (81.14%) Cloud Computing
2 34 (8.44%) Azure
3 9 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (1.99%) SaaS
5 4 (0.99%) AWS
6 3 (0.74%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.50%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.25%) GCP
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 327 (81.14%) Internet
2 8 (1.99%) Firewall
3 4 (0.99%) Network Security
4 2 (0.50%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
General
1 375 (93.05%) Social Skills
2 328 (81.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 327 (81.14%) Banking
4 13 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (2.98%) Marketing
6 4 (0.99%) Finance
7 2 (0.50%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (0.50%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 270 (67.00%) Lecturer
2 17 (4.22%) Analyst
3 15 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 15 (3.72%) Security Analyst
4 14 (3.47%) Junior
4 14 (3.47%) Junior Analyst
4 14 (3.47%) Junior Security Analyst
5 8 (1.99%) Ethical Hacker
6 7 (1.74%) Security Manager
7 6 (1.49%) Coordinator
8 5 (1.24%) E-Commerce Manager
9 4 (0.99%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (0.99%) IT Support
9 4 (0.99%) Security Engineer
10 3 (0.74%) Consultant
10 3 (0.74%) Information Manager
10 3 (0.74%) IT Consultant
10 3 (0.74%) Presales Consultant
10 3 (0.74%) Risk Manager
10 3 (0.74%) Security Specialist
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 (81.39%) IoT
2 12 (2.98%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (2.48%) Cyberattack
4 5 (1.24%) Blog
4 5 (1.24%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.24%) Podcast
4 5 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.74%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.25%) 3D Printing
6 1 (0.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.25%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.25%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.25%) Windows
1 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (82.38%) AI
1 332 (82.38%) User Experience
1 332 (82.38%) Web Development
2 327 (81.14%) Machine Learning
3 20 (4.96%) Mentoring
4 17 (4.22%) Incident Response
5 10 (2.48%) SEO
6 9 (2.23%) B2B
6 9 (2.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (1.99%) Analytics
7 8 (1.99%) Business Continuity
7 8 (1.99%) Ethical Hacking
8 7 (1.74%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (1.74%) Contract Negotiation
8 7 (1.74%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (1.74%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (1.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (1.49%) Cloud Security
9 6 (1.49%) SIEM
10 5 (1.24%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.24%) SQL
2 4 (0.99%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.74%) Bash
3 3 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (0.74%) Python
4 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 336 (83.37%) Degree
2 327 (81.14%) Master's Degree
2 327 (81.14%) PhD
2 327 (81.14%) Postgraduate
3 22 (5.46%) Azure Certification
4 17 (4.22%) CompTIA Security+
5 14 (3.47%) CompTIA CySA+
6 8 (1.99%) CEH
7 7 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (0.99%) A+ Certification
8 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.74%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.25%) CISM
10 1 (0.25%) CISSP
10 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.98%) GDPR
3 7 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.24%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.24%) NIST
5 2 (0.50%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.99%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.25%) CASB
2 1 (0.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (8.93%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.46%) ForeScout
3 2 (0.50%) Cisco
4 1 (0.25%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Juniper
4 1 (0.25%) LogRhythm
4 1 (0.25%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.25%) Splunk
4 1 (0.25%) Tenable