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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 38 23
Rank change year-on-year +13 -15 +27
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 71 87 75
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 6.31% 5.79% 8.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.23% 6.72% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 46 36 46
10th Percentile - £28,000 £40,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £61,938 £59,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £71,000 £71,250
South East median annual salary £49,500 £57,500 £55,050
% change year-on-year -13.91% +4.45% -9.27%

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 982 1,294 827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 87.29% 86.15% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 724 628 591
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,875 £85,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 3 November 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 3 November 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 +28 39 £32,500 -24.42% 14
Woking +21 7 £100,000 +70.94% 2
Warlingham - 7 £41,000 -
Caterham - 7 £41,000 -
Epsom +15 2 £65,000 - 5
Sunbury-on-Thames +2 1 - - 6
Camberley -9 1 £30,000 -25.00% 3
Redhill -9 1 - - 3
Farnham - 1 £47,500 - 2
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 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (11.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (5.63%) Shopify
2 1 (1.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (43.66%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (28.17%) Azure
3 12 (16.90%) AWS
4 4 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.63%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.82%) SaaS
6 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.86%) LAN
1 7 (9.86%) SD-WAN
1 7 (9.86%) Unified Communications
1 7 (9.86%) VoIP
1 7 (9.86%) VPN
1 7 (9.86%) WAN
1 7 (9.86%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (8.45%) Wireless
3 3 (4.23%) Network Security
4 2 (2.82%) Firewall
4 2 (2.82%) GPRS
4 2 (2.82%) Internet
4 2 (2.82%) LTE
4 2 (2.82%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
General
1 50 (70.42%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.49%) Telecoms
3 8 (11.27%) Marketing
4 5 (7.04%) Health Technology
5 4 (5.63%) Electronics
5 4 (5.63%) Finance
5 4 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Legal
7 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Police
8 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (32.39%) IT Support
2 21 (29.58%) IT Technician
3 14 (19.72%) IT Support Technician
3 14 (19.72%) Support Technician
4 9 (12.68%) Administrator
4 9 (12.68%) IT Administrator
4 9 (12.68%) Senior
5 7 (9.86%) Head of IT
5 7 (9.86%) Head of IT Operations
5 7 (9.86%) Head of Operations
5 7 (9.86%) Senior IT Technician
5 7 (9.86%) Senior Technician
6 5 (7.04%) Account Manager
6 5 (7.04%) IT Systems Administrator
6 5 (7.04%) Systems Administrator
6 5 (7.04%) Systems Support
7 4 (5.63%) Developer
7 4 (5.63%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
7 4 (5.63%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 4 (5.63%) Power Platform Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.86%) Operational Technology
3 6 (8.45%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.23%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.23%) IoT
4 3 (4.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (4.23%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.82%) FPGA
5 2 (2.82%) NB-IoT
6 1 (1.41%) 3D Printing
6 1 (1.41%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.41%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 31 (43.66%) Windows
2 22 (30.99%) Windows 10
3 11 (15.49%) Linux
4 9 (12.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (9.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.35%) Mentoring
2 15 (21.13%) Data Protection
3 14 (19.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (12.68%) Computer Science
4 9 (12.68%) Inventory Management
5 8 (11.27%) Analytics
5 8 (11.27%) Business Continuity
5 8 (11.27%) Customer Service
5 8 (11.27%) ITSM
5 8 (11.27%) Service Delivery
5 8 (11.27%) Service Management
6 7 (9.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (9.86%) ERP
6 7 (9.86%) High Availability
6 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Management
6 7 (9.86%) ITIL
6 7 (9.86%) Logistics
6 7 (9.86%) Problem Management
6 7 (9.86%) Project Management
6 7 (9.86%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) C#
2 3 (4.23%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (4.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (25.35%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (22.54%) Degree
3 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (12.68%) CCNA
4 9 (12.68%) MCSE
4 9 (12.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (9.86%) AWS Certification
5 7 (9.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (9.86%) Azure Certification
5 7 (9.86%) CCNP
5 7 (9.86%) Master's Degree
5 7 (9.86%) PMI Certification
5 7 (9.86%) PMP
6 3 (4.23%) CISM
6 3 (4.23%) CISSP
6 3 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (4.23%) CREST Certified
6 3 (4.23%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (4.23%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (21.13%) NIST
2 7 (9.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.82%) GRC
3 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.41%) COBIT
4 1 (1.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (12.68%) vSphere
2 8 (11.27%) Active Directory
3 7 (9.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (9.86%) SCCM
3 1 (1.41%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 29 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 16 (22.54%) Cisco
2 16 (22.54%) VMware
3 13 (18.31%) Progress
4 2 (2.82%) SAP
5 1 (1.41%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (1.41%) Sparx