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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 13 43
Rank change year-on-year 0 +30 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 187 120 116
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.22% 10.36% 5.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.14% 11.61% 6.47%
Number of salaries quoted 98 78 68
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,750 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.02% +1.86% -8.12%
75th Percentile £71,875 £62,500 £68,188
90th Percentile £77,875 £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 1,678 1,034 1,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.79% 89.29% 86.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,246 677 1,073
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £35,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,766 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.51% -5.00% -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 £52,349
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.49% -4.82%

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 7 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 7 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 -10 50 £59,490 +83.05% 8
Epsom +17 34 £67,500 +3.85% 2
Redhill +12 13 £45,000 +12.50% 3
Leatherhead - 8 £92,500 - 8
Camberley +3 7 £56,250 +25.00% 9
Horley - 7 £45,000 -
Reigate - 7 £40,000 - 2
Tadworth +2 3 £105,000 -
Egham -2 3 £72,500 +123.08% 1
Caterham 0 2 £32,500 -20.73% 1
Warlingham -2 2 £32,500 -20.73%
Farnham - 2 £53,381 -
Sunbury-on-Thames -5 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 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (22.46%) Azure
2 14 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.88%) AWS
4 10 (5.35%) SaaS
5 6 (3.21%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.07%) GitHub
7 1 (0.53%) GCP
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.53%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (27.27%) Firewall
2 42 (22.46%) Wi-Fi
3 36 (19.25%) Cisco Nexus
4 30 (16.04%) LAN
4 30 (16.04%) WAN
5 21 (11.23%) Internet
6 10 (5.35%) Network Security
7 5 (2.67%) Wireless
8 4 (2.14%) NGFW
9 2 (1.07%) Broadband
9 2 (1.07%) DHCP
9 2 (1.07%) DNS
9 2 (1.07%) VPN
10 1 (0.53%) LTE
10 1 (0.53%) SSH
10 1 (0.53%) SSL
10 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.53%) VLAN
10 1 (0.53%) VoIP
10 1 (0.53%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.07%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.07%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.60%) JIRA
General
1 56 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (8.02%) Finance
4 13 (6.95%) Legal
5 8 (4.28%) Aerospace
5 8 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.74%) Marketing
6 7 (3.74%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.67%) Advertising
7 5 (2.67%) Italian Language
7 5 (2.67%) Japanese Language
7 5 (2.67%) Police
8 3 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.60%) Retail
9 2 (1.07%) Electronics
9 2 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.53%) Law
10 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (31.02%) Senior
2 57 (30.48%) Analyst
3 49 (26.20%) Security Analyst
4 41 (21.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 39 (20.86%) Senior Analyst
6 33 (17.65%) Network Analyst
6 33 (17.65%) Senior Network Analyst
6 33 (17.65%) Senior Security Analyst
7 28 (14.97%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 27 (14.44%) Network Security Analyst
8 27 (14.44%) Security Engineer
9 23 (12.30%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 17 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
11 14 (7.49%) Ethical Hacker
11 14 (7.49%) IT Manager
12 13 (6.95%) Junior
12 13 (6.95%) Junior Analyst
12 13 (6.95%) Network Engineer
12 13 (6.95%) Network Security Engineer
12 13 (6.95%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) HTML
1 1 (0.53%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 15 (8.02%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (8.02%) Cyberattack
3 9 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.67%) Blog
5 5 (2.67%) Podcast
6 4 (2.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.07%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.07%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.07%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.07%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.07%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.07%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.35%) Windows
1 10 (5.35%) Windows Server
2 5 (2.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (31.02%) Vulnerability Management
2 41 (21.93%) SIEM
3 40 (21.39%) Penetration Testing
4 38 (20.32%) Data Security
5 37 (19.79%) Security Operations
6 35 (18.72%) Incident Management
7 34 (18.18%) Network Load Balancing
8 32 (17.11%) Business Continuity
9 29 (15.51%) Disaster Recovery
10 24 (12.83%) Incident Response
10 24 (12.83%) Threat Detection
11 23 (12.30%) Information Security
11 23 (12.30%) Mentoring
11 23 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (10.70%) BCP
13 19 (10.16%) Business Continuity Planning
14 18 (9.63%) AI
15 15 (8.02%) Cloud Security
15 15 (8.02%) Risk Management
16 14 (7.49%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.88%) Python
2 5 (2.67%) C++
2 5 (2.67%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.14%) Go
4 3 (1.60%) Java
5 2 (1.07%) Bash
5 2 (1.07%) C
6 1 (0.53%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.53%) Perl
6 1 (0.53%) Rust
6 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (14.44%) Azure Certification
2 21 (11.23%) CompTIA Security+
3 20 (10.70%) CEH
4 17 (9.09%) CISSP
5 14 (7.49%) CompTIA CySA+
6 12 (6.42%) CISM
7 10 (5.35%) Security Cleared
8 9 (4.81%) Degree
8 9 (4.81%) SC Cleared
9 7 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.67%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.67%) CISA
10 5 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.67%) DBS Check
11 4 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (2.14%) CRISC
11 4 (2.14%) GIAC
11 4 (2.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (1.60%) CCNA
13 2 (1.07%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (7.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (6.42%) GDPR
3 12 (6.42%) NIST
4 5 (2.67%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.14%) GRC
5 4 (2.14%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.60%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.60%) SLA
7 2 (1.07%) QA
8 1 (0.53%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (3.74%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.14%) Docker
4 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.07%) SCCM
4 1 (0.53%) CASB
4 1 (0.53%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 43 (22.99%) Qualys
3 40 (21.39%) Cisco
4 39 (20.86%) Palo Alto
5 37 (19.79%) Aruba
6 27 (14.44%) ForeScout
7 6 (3.21%) Splunk
8 5 (2.67%) VMware
9 3 (1.60%) New Relic
9 3 (1.60%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.60%) Zerto
10 2 (1.07%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.07%) Juniper
10 2 (1.07%) OneTrust
10 2 (1.07%) SAP
11 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.53%) Thales