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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 14 39
Rank change year-on-year +5 +25 -8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 219 106 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.83% 9.26% 6.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.64% 10.37% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 131 62 41
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,303 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.19% +22.22% -25.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,950 £68,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -

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 1,881 1,022 1,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 75.85% 89.26% 86.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,398 679 781
10th Percentile £31,175 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,402 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.56% -14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 23 September 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 September 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 -5 60 £57,500 +76.92% 34
Epsom +16 34 £67,500 +3.85% 1
Camberley +6 20 £50,000 +11.11% 7
Redhill +10 13 £45,000 -25.00% 17
Leatherhead - 10 £92,500 - 5
Horley - 7 £50,000 - 2
Reigate - 7 £40,000 - 4
Caterham +1 3 £32,500 -20.73%
Tadworth 0 3 £105,000 -
Warlingham -1 3 £32,500 -20.73%
Farnham - 2 £53,381 -
Egham - 1 £50,000 -
Weybridge - 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 11 (5.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.16%) Azure
2 24 (10.96%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (5.94%) AWS
4 11 (5.02%) SaaS
5 8 (3.65%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.37%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.37%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.91%) GitHub
7 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.46%) Akamai
8 1 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.46%) GCP
8 1 (0.46%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 54 (24.66%) Firewall
2 46 (21.00%) Wi-Fi
3 40 (18.26%) Cisco Nexus
4 34 (15.53%) LAN
4 34 (15.53%) WAN
5 25 (11.42%) Internet
6 11 (5.02%) DNS
7 10 (4.57%) DHCP
7 10 (4.57%) Network Security
8 5 (2.28%) Wireless
9 4 (1.83%) NGFW
10 3 (1.37%) VPN
11 2 (0.91%) Broadband
11 2 (0.91%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.46%) Asterisk PBX
12 1 (0.46%) HTTP
12 1 (0.46%) LTE
12 1 (0.46%) SSL
12 1 (0.46%) VoIP
12 1 (0.46%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.91%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.91%) NoSQL
1 2 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.83%) JIRA
General
1 58 (26.48%) Social Skills
2 20 (9.13%) Finance
3 18 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (8.22%) Legal
4 17 (7.76%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.94%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (4.57%) Police
7 9 (4.11%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.74%) Advertising
9 5 (2.28%) Italian Language
9 5 (2.28%) Japanese Language
10 4 (1.83%) Electronics
10 4 (1.83%) Marketing
10 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.83%) Retail
11 3 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.46%) Law
12 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (28.77%) Senior
2 54 (24.66%) Analyst
3 45 (20.55%) Security Analyst
4 40 (18.26%) Senior Analyst
5 37 (16.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 36 (16.44%) Security Engineer
7 34 (15.53%) Senior Security Analyst
8 33 (15.07%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 33 (15.07%) Network Analyst
8 33 (15.07%) Senior Network Analyst
9 29 (13.24%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 27 (12.33%) Network Security Analyst
11 21 (9.59%) Consultant
12 19 (8.68%) Senior Security Engineer
13 17 (7.76%) Network Engineer
13 17 (7.76%) Network Security Engineer
13 17 (7.76%) Senior Network Engineer
13 17 (7.76%) Senior Network Security Engineer
14 16 (7.31%) IT Support
15 15 (6.85%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) HTML
1 1 (0.46%) REST
1 1 (0.46%) RESTful
1 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.22%) Security Posture
2 12 (5.48%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.57%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.20%) Cyberattack
5 7 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.20%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.74%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.37%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.37%) Device Driver
9 3 (1.37%) FPGA
9 3 (1.37%) PKI
9 3 (1.37%) VHDL
10 2 (0.91%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.91%) NHS
10 2 (0.91%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.13%) Windows
2 17 (7.76%) Linux
3 12 (5.48%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (29.68%) Vulnerability Management
2 49 (22.37%) SIEM
3 44 (20.09%) Security Operations
4 41 (18.72%) Business Continuity
4 41 (18.72%) Penetration Testing
5 40 (18.26%) Data Security
6 39 (17.81%) Incident Management
7 38 (17.35%) Network Load Balancing
8 34 (15.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (13.70%) Threat Detection
10 26 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (11.42%) Information Security
12 24 (10.96%) BCP
13 23 (10.50%) Business Continuity Planning
14 22 (10.05%) Mentoring
15 21 (9.59%) Incident Response
16 20 (9.13%) AI
17 19 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
18 18 (8.22%) Risk Management
19 17 (7.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.02%) Python
2 8 (3.65%) C++
3 5 (2.28%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.83%) C
4 4 (1.83%) Go
4 4 (1.83%) Java
5 3 (1.37%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.91%) Bash
6 2 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.46%) Perl
7 1 (0.46%) Rust
7 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (9.59%) CISSP
2 18 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.85%) CISM
3 15 (6.85%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.39%) CEH
4 14 (6.39%) CompTIA Security+
5 12 (5.48%) Azure Certification
6 11 (5.02%) Degree
7 8 (3.65%) A+ Certification
7 8 (3.65%) CompTIA CySA+
8 7 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.74%) CISA
9 6 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.74%) CRISC
9 6 (2.74%) DBS Check
9 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.28%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.28%) GIAC
10 5 (2.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (7.76%) NIST
3 15 (6.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (4.11%) GDPR
5 8 (3.65%) GRC
6 4 (1.83%) QA
6 4 (1.83%) SLA
7 3 (1.37%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.37%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.46%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 17 (7.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.28%) Docker
3 5 (2.28%) vSphere
4 4 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (1.37%) SCCM
4 1 (0.46%) Ansible
4 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (23.29%) Cisco
2 49 (22.37%) Qualys
3 48 (21.92%) Microsoft
4 43 (19.63%) Palo Alto
5 41 (18.72%) Aruba
6 14 (6.39%) VMware
7 12 (5.48%) ForeScout
8 8 (3.65%) Meraki
8 8 (3.65%) Sophos
8 8 (3.65%) Splunk
9 4 (1.83%) New Relic
9 4 (1.83%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.83%) Zerto
10 2 (0.91%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.91%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.91%) SAP
11 1 (0.46%) Allen-Bradley
11 1 (0.46%) Google
11 1 (0.46%) Juniper
11 1 (0.46%) Wonderware