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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 30 40
Rank change year-on-year +26 +10 +45
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 373 93 64
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 22.16% 7.71% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.49% 8.31% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 26 44 50
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £72,188 £60,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £73,000
South East median annual salary £47,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.96% +4.55% -8.33%

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 1,357 1,119 1,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.63% 92.71% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 784 484 785
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,188 £43,375 £38,000
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 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,125 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 +1 14 £58,500 +6.36% 14
Cobham - 14 - -
Warlingham -1 13 £41,000 +28.13%
Sunbury-on-Thames +10 10 - -
Caterham +1 8 £41,000 +28.13%
Banstead 0 8 - -
Egham - 8 - - 1
Reigate - 8 - - 1
Epsom +24 7 £65,000 - 3
Staines +7 7 - - 1
Whyteleafe +5 7 - -
Thames Ditton -1 7 - -
Redhill -6 7 - -
Tadworth - 7 - -
Betchworth - 7 - -
Chertsey - 7 - -
Addlestone - 7 - -
Godstone - 7 - -
Woking +10 6 £100,000 - 8
East Molesey 0 6 - -
Esher 0 6 - -
Weybridge -1 6 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 6 - -
Shepperton - 6 - -
Leatherhead - 6 - -
Oxted - 6 - - 1
Horley -5 3 £38,000 -55.29%
Camberley -4 2 £30,000 -25.00%
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 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Shopify
2 3 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 327 (87.67%) Cloud Computing
2 19 (5.09%) Azure
3 10 (2.68%) AWS
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (0.80%) SaaS
5 2 (0.54%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 328 (87.94%) Internet
2 6 (1.61%) LAN
2 6 (1.61%) SD-WAN
2 6 (1.61%) Unified Communications
2 6 (1.61%) VoIP
2 6 (1.61%) VPN
2 6 (1.61%) WAN
2 6 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.80%) Network Security
4 2 (0.54%) Firewall
5 1 (0.27%) Broadband
5 1 (0.27%) GPRS
5 1 (0.27%) LTE
5 1 (0.27%) Modbus
5 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 358 (95.98%) Social Skills
2 327 (87.67%) Banking
2 327 (87.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (1.88%) Telecoms
5 6 (1.61%) Marketing
6 5 (1.34%) Finance
6 5 (1.34%) Health Technology
7 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 270 (72.39%) Lecturer
2 11 (2.95%) Analyst
3 9 (2.41%) Security Analyst
4 7 (1.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (1.61%) Head of IT
5 6 (1.61%) Head of IT Operations
5 6 (1.61%) Head of Operations
5 6 (1.61%) Junior
5 6 (1.61%) Junior Analyst
5 6 (1.61%) Junior Security Analyst
6 5 (1.34%) Account Manager
6 5 (1.34%) Coordinator
6 5 (1.34%) E-Commerce Manager
7 4 (1.07%) IT Support
8 3 (0.80%) Senior
8 3 (0.80%) SOC Manager
9 2 (0.54%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 2 (0.54%) Information Security Analyst
9 2 (0.54%) IT Technician
9 2 (0.54%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.27%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.27%) LDAP
1 1 (0.27%) OAuth
1 1 (0.27%) OpenID
1 1 (0.27%) REST
1 1 (0.27%) SAML
1 1 (0.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 329 (88.20%) IoT
2 6 (1.61%) Operational Technology
3 5 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (0.80%) Management Information System
4 3 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (0.54%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.27%) 3D Printing
6 1 (0.27%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.27%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.27%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.27%) Windows
1 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (89.01%) User Experience
1 332 (89.01%) Web Development
2 327 (87.67%) AI
2 327 (87.67%) Machine Learning
3 16 (4.29%) Mentoring
4 13 (3.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (2.68%) Business Continuity
5 10 (2.68%) Computer Science
5 10 (2.68%) Service Delivery
6 9 (2.41%) ERP
7 8 (2.14%) Analytics
7 8 (2.14%) Data Protection
7 8 (2.14%) Logistics
8 7 (1.88%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (1.88%) Incident Response
8 7 (1.88%) ITSM
8 7 (1.88%) Service Management
9 6 (1.61%) Budget Management
9 6 (1.61%) Budgeting
9 6 (1.61%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.07%) SQL
2 3 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.27%) Bash
3 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 341 (91.42%) Degree
2 333 (89.28%) Master's Degree
3 327 (87.67%) PhD
3 327 (87.67%) Postgraduate
4 12 (3.22%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.61%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (1.61%) CCNP
7 6 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (1.61%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.61%) PMP
8 3 (0.80%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.80%) CREST Certified
8 3 (0.80%) MCP
9 2 (0.54%) CISM
9 2 (0.54%) CISSP
9 2 (0.54%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.49%) NIST
2 8 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.07%) GDPR
4 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.54%) GRC
5 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) COBIT
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.80%) CSIRT
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (4.02%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.61%) Cisco
2 6 (1.61%) ForeScout
3 1 (0.27%) VMware