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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 29 35
Rank change year-on-year +25 +6 +39
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 381 92 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 22.90% 7.43% 6.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.93% 8.11% 6.87%
Number of salaries quoted 30 43 39
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,650 £42,100
25th Percentile £38,625 £40,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £70,250
South East median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +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 1,364 1,135 903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 81.97% 91.68% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 779 514 596
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £40,000
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 £64,063
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,130
% change year-on-year -13.04% +8.23% -3.40%

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 2 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 2 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 +12 22 £55,000 - 2
Warlingham - 16 £41,000 -
Cobham - 14 - -
Caterham - 11 £41,000 -
Sunbury-on-Thames +10 10 - -
Epsom +29 8 £65,000 - 2
Banstead 0 8 - -
Egham - 8 - -
Reigate - 8 - - 1
Woking +14 7 £100,000 - 3
Staines +7 7 - -
Whyteleafe +4 7 - -
Thames Ditton -1 7 - -
Redhill -2 7 - - 1
Tadworth - 7 - -
Godstone - 7 - -
Betchworth - 7 - -
Addlestone - 7 - -
Chertsey - 7 - -
Weybridge +1 6 - -
Esher 0 6 - -
East Molesey 0 6 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 6 - -
Leatherhead - 6 - -
Oxted - 6 - -
Shepperton - 6 - -
Camberley -4 2 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Horley -8 1 £38,000 -55.29% 3
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 5 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Shopify
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 327 (85.83%) Cloud Computing
2 23 (6.04%) Azure
3 12 (3.15%) AWS
4 11 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.52%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.52%) SaaS
6 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 329 (86.35%) Internet
2 7 (1.84%) LAN
2 7 (1.84%) SD-WAN
2 7 (1.84%) Unified Communications
2 7 (1.84%) VoIP
2 7 (1.84%) VPN
2 7 (1.84%) WAN
2 7 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.31%) Wireless
4 3 (0.79%) Network Security
5 2 (0.52%) Firewall
5 2 (0.52%) GPRS
5 2 (0.52%) LTE
5 2 (0.52%) Modbus
6 1 (0.26%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 362 (95.01%) Social Skills
2 327 (85.83%) Banking
2 327 (85.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (2.62%) Telecoms
4 8 (2.10%) Marketing
5 7 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.31%) Health Technology
7 4 (1.05%) Finance
8 3 (0.79%) Electronics
9 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 270 (70.87%) Lecturer
2 10 (2.62%) Analyst
3 8 (2.10%) IT Technician
3 8 (2.10%) Security Analyst
4 7 (1.84%) Head of IT
4 7 (1.84%) Head of IT Operations
4 7 (1.84%) Head of Operations
4 7 (1.84%) IT Support
5 6 (1.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (1.57%) Senior
6 5 (1.31%) Account Manager
6 5 (1.31%) E-Commerce Manager
6 5 (1.31%) Junior
6 5 (1.31%) Junior Analyst
6 5 (1.31%) Junior Security Analyst
7 4 (1.05%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (1.05%) Senior IT Technician
7 4 (1.05%) Senior Technician
7 4 (1.05%) Support Technician
8 3 (0.79%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.26%) LDAP
1 1 (0.26%) OAuth
1 1 (0.26%) OpenID
1 1 (0.26%) REST
1 1 (0.26%) SAML
1 1 (0.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 330 (86.61%) IoT
2 7 (1.84%) Operational Technology
3 6 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (0.79%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.52%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.52%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.26%) 3D Printing
7 1 (0.26%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.26%) FPGA
7 1 (0.26%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.26%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.62%) Windows
2 5 (1.31%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.79%) Linux
5 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (87.14%) User Experience
1 332 (87.14%) Web Development
2 327 (85.83%) AI
2 327 (85.83%) Machine Learning
3 17 (4.46%) Mentoring
4 15 (3.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (3.15%) Data Protection
6 10 (2.62%) Computer Science
7 9 (2.36%) Business Continuity
7 9 (2.36%) Service Delivery
8 8 (2.10%) Analytics
8 8 (2.10%) ERP
8 8 (2.10%) ITSM
8 8 (2.10%) Service Management
9 7 (1.84%) Budget Management
9 7 (1.84%) DevOps
9 7 (1.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 7 (1.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (1.84%) Infrastructure Management
9 7 (1.84%) Infrastructure Transformation
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.05%) SQL
2 3 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.26%) Bash
3 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 342 (89.76%) Degree
2 334 (87.66%) Master's Degree
3 327 (85.83%) PhD
3 327 (85.83%) Postgraduate
4 12 (3.15%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (1.84%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.84%) CCNP
7 7 (1.84%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.84%) PMP
8 5 (1.31%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.79%) CREST Certified
10 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.52%) CCNA
11 2 (0.52%) CISM
11 2 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.94%) NIST
2 8 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.52%) GRC
3 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.26%) COBIT
4 1 (0.26%) GDPR
4 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.05%) SCCM
3 3 (0.79%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 20 (5.25%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.36%) Cisco
3 6 (1.57%) VMware
4 5 (1.31%) ForeScout
5 3 (0.79%) Progress
6 1 (0.26%) SAP