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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 11 40
Rank change year-on-year 0 +29 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 193 122 117
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.49% 10.40% 5.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.55% 11.66% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 100 80 67
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -10.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,625 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -0.09%

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 1,671 1,046 1,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.48% 89.17% 86.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 684 1,051
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,000 £35,042
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.79% -4.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -7 54 £59,490 +83.05% 9
Epsom +19 34 £67,500 +3.85% 2
Redhill +13 13 £45,000 +12.50% 5
Camberley +5 10 £55,000 +22.22% 9
Leatherhead - 8 £92,500 - 7
Horley - 7 £45,000 - 2
Reigate - 7 £40,000 - 2
Tadworth +1 3 £105,000 -
Egham -2 3 £72,500 +123.08% 1
Caterham +1 2 £32,500 -20.73% 1
Warlingham -2 2 £32,500 -20.73%
Farnham - 2 £53,381 -
Sunbury-on-Thames -6 1 - -
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 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.73%) Azure
2 14 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.70%) AWS
4 9 (4.66%) SaaS
5 6 (3.11%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.04%) GitHub
7 1 (0.52%) GCP
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.52%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (26.42%) Firewall
2 42 (21.76%) Wi-Fi
3 36 (18.65%) Cisco Nexus
4 30 (15.54%) LAN
4 30 (15.54%) WAN
5 21 (10.88%) Internet
6 10 (5.18%) Network Security
7 5 (2.59%) Wireless
8 4 (2.07%) NGFW
9 2 (1.04%) Broadband
9 2 (1.04%) DHCP
9 2 (1.04%) DNS
9 2 (1.04%) VPN
10 1 (0.52%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.52%) LTE
10 1 (0.52%) SSH
10 1 (0.52%) SSL
10 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.52%) VLAN
10 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.04%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.55%) JIRA
General
1 59 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (9.33%) Legal
4 15 (7.77%) Finance
5 13 (6.74%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (6.22%) Public Sector
7 10 (5.18%) Police
8 8 (4.15%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.11%) Marketing
10 5 (2.59%) Advertising
10 5 (2.59%) Italian Language
10 5 (2.59%) Japanese Language
11 4 (2.07%) Retail
12 3 (1.55%) Electronics
12 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.52%) Law
14 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (30.57%) Senior
2 56 (29.02%) Analyst
3 48 (24.87%) Security Analyst
4 40 (20.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 39 (20.21%) Senior Analyst
6 33 (17.10%) Network Analyst
6 33 (17.10%) Senior Network Analyst
6 33 (17.10%) Senior Security Analyst
7 29 (15.03%) Security Engineer
8 28 (14.51%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 27 (13.99%) Network Security Analyst
10 25 (12.95%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 17 (8.81%) Senior Security Engineer
12 16 (8.29%) Consultant
13 14 (7.25%) IT Manager
14 13 (6.74%) Ethical Hacker
14 13 (6.74%) Network Engineer
14 13 (6.74%) Network Security Engineer
14 13 (6.74%) Senior Network Engineer
14 13 (6.74%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) HTML
1 1 (0.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.81%) Security Posture
2 14 (7.25%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (7.25%) Cyberattack
3 10 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.07%) Blog
5 4 (2.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.07%) Podcast
6 3 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.55%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.55%) PKI
7 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.04%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.04%) FPGA
7 2 (1.04%) NHS
7 2 (1.04%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.18%) Windows
1 10 (5.18%) Windows Server
2 6 (3.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (30.05%) Vulnerability Management
2 42 (21.76%) SIEM
3 39 (20.21%) Penetration Testing
4 38 (19.69%) Data Security
5 37 (19.17%) Security Operations
6 35 (18.13%) Incident Management
7 34 (17.62%) Network Load Balancing
8 32 (16.58%) Business Continuity
9 28 (14.51%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (13.47%) Information Security
11 25 (12.95%) Mentoring
12 24 (12.44%) Threat Detection
13 23 (11.92%) Incident Response
13 23 (11.92%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (11.40%) AI
15 20 (10.36%) BCP
16 19 (9.84%) Business Continuity Planning
17 15 (7.77%) Cloud Security
17 15 (7.77%) Risk Management
17 15 (7.77%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.70%) Python
2 6 (3.11%) C++
3 5 (2.59%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.07%) Go
5 3 (1.55%) C
5 3 (1.55%) Java
6 2 (1.04%) Bash
6 2 (1.04%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.52%) Perl
7 1 (0.52%) Rust
7 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (12.95%) Azure Certification
2 20 (10.36%) CompTIA Security+
3 19 (9.84%) CEH
4 18 (9.33%) CISSP
5 16 (8.29%) Security Cleared
6 14 (7.25%) SC Cleared
7 13 (6.74%) CompTIA CySA+
8 12 (6.22%) CISM
9 10 (5.18%) Degree
10 7 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (2.59%) AWS Certification
11 5 (2.59%) CISA
11 5 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (2.59%) DBS Check
11 5 (2.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.07%) CRISC
12 4 (2.07%) GIAC
13 3 (1.55%) CCNA
14 2 (1.04%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (6.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (6.74%) NIST
3 11 (5.70%) GDPR
4 5 (2.59%) GRC
5 4 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.07%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.55%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.55%) SLA
7 2 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (1.04%) QA
8 1 (0.52%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.07%) Docker
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.04%) SCCM
4 1 (0.52%) CASB
4 1 (0.52%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (25.39%) Microsoft
2 43 (22.28%) Qualys
3 40 (20.73%) Cisco
4 39 (20.21%) Palo Alto
5 37 (19.17%) Aruba
6 25 (12.95%) ForeScout
7 6 (3.11%) Splunk
8 5 (2.59%) VMware
9 3 (1.55%) New Relic
9 3 (1.55%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.55%) Zerto
10 2 (1.04%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.04%) Juniper
10 2 (1.04%) OneTrust
10 2 (1.04%) SAP
11 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.52%) Thales