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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 12 42
Rank change year-on-year -2 +30 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 165 113 138
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 7.87% 10.65% 5.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.75% 11.70% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 91 75 98
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -5.22% -1.71%
75th Percentile £73,750 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £51,249 £51,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.00% -4.54%

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 1,535 966 2,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.20% 91.05% 87.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,141 619 1,412
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,450 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% 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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -9 45 £59,490 +83.05% 6
Epsom +27 29 £67,500 +60.71% 5
Horley - 10 £40,000 - 1
Redhill +9 9 £45,000 +12.50% 4
Leatherhead - 6 £92,500 - 4
Reigate - 5 £40,000 - 6
Tadworth +4 3 £105,000 -
Egham -2 3 £72,500 +123.08%
Farnham - 2 £53,381 -
Camberley 0 1 - - 3
Sunbury-on-Thames -4 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 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.82%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (29.70%) Azure
2 17 (10.30%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (6.67%) SaaS
4 8 (4.85%) AWS
5 5 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.21%) GitHub
7 1 (0.61%) GCP
7 1 (0.61%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 43 (26.06%) Firewall
2 32 (19.39%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (15.76%) Cisco Nexus
4 23 (13.94%) LAN
4 23 (13.94%) WAN
5 14 (8.48%) Internet
6 6 (3.64%) Network Security
7 5 (3.03%) Wireless
8 4 (2.42%) NGFW
9 3 (1.82%) Broadband
10 2 (1.21%) DHCP
10 2 (1.21%) DNS
10 2 (1.21%) VPN
11 1 (0.61%) SSH
11 1 (0.61%) SSL
11 1 (0.61%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.21%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 54 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.70%) Finance
3 13 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.06%) Marketing
5 8 (4.85%) Aerospace
5 8 (4.85%) Legal
6 7 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.03%) Italian Language
7 5 (3.03%) Japanese Language
8 3 (1.82%) Advertising
8 3 (1.82%) Retail
9 2 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.21%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.21%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.61%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (32.73%) Analyst
2 49 (29.70%) Security Analyst
3 44 (26.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 44 (26.67%) Senior
4 35 (21.21%) Senior Analyst
5 32 (19.39%) Senior Security Analyst
6 30 (18.18%) Network Analyst
6 30 (18.18%) Senior Network Analyst
7 28 (16.97%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 27 (16.36%) Network Security Analyst
9 17 (10.30%) Security Engineer
10 16 (9.70%) Junior
10 16 (9.70%) Junior Analyst
10 16 (9.70%) Junior Security Analyst
11 15 (9.09%) Ethical Hacker
12 12 (7.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 11 (6.67%) SIEM Analyst
14 10 (6.06%) Account Manager
14 10 (6.06%) Security Manager
14 10 (6.06%) Senior Firewall Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.61%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.61%) HTML
1 1 (0.61%) LDAP
1 1 (0.61%) OAuth
1 1 (0.61%) OpenID
1 1 (0.61%) REST
1 1 (0.61%) RESTful
1 1 (0.61%) SAML
1 1 (0.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.30%) Cyberattack
2 16 (9.70%) Security Posture
3 13 (7.88%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (5.45%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.64%) Blog
5 6 (3.64%) Podcast
6 5 (3.03%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.21%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.21%) NHS
9 2 (1.21%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.21%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.24%) Windows
1 7 (4.24%) Windows Server
2 3 (1.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.45%) Vulnerability Management
2 33 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 31 (18.79%) SIEM
4 29 (17.58%) Data Security
5 27 (16.36%) Business Continuity
6 25 (15.15%) Security Operations
7 24 (14.55%) Incident Management
7 24 (14.55%) Network Load Balancing
8 23 (13.94%) Disaster Recovery
8 23 (13.94%) Mentoring
9 21 (12.73%) Incident Response
9 21 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (9.70%) Threat Detection
12 15 (9.09%) Ethical Hacking
13 14 (8.48%) Information Security
14 13 (7.88%) AI
14 13 (7.88%) BCP
14 13 (7.88%) Cloud Security
15 12 (7.27%) Business Continuity Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.06%) Python
2 6 (3.64%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.42%) C++
4 3 (1.82%) Java
5 2 (1.21%) Bash
5 2 (1.21%) Go
6 1 (0.61%) C
6 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.61%) Rust
6 1 (0.61%) SQL
6 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (18.79%) Azure Certification
2 20 (12.12%) CEH
3 19 (11.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (9.70%) CompTIA CySA+
5 11 (6.67%) CISSP
6 8 (4.85%) CISM
6 8 (4.85%) Degree
7 7 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.42%) CRISC
10 3 (1.82%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.82%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.82%) CCNA
10 3 (1.82%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.82%) GIAC
10 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.82%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.82%) Security Cleared
11 2 (1.21%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (9.70%) GDPR
3 12 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (4.85%) NIST
5 7 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (3.64%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.82%) GRC
7 3 (1.82%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.21%) QA
8 2 (1.21%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.61%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.61%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.61%) NCSC
9 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.21%) Docker
4 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (1.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.61%) CASB
2 1 (0.61%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 32 (19.39%) Qualys
3 31 (18.79%) ForeScout
4 30 (18.18%) Palo Alto
5 29 (17.58%) Cisco
6 27 (16.36%) Aruba
7 6 (3.64%) Splunk
8 3 (1.82%) New Relic
8 3 (1.82%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.82%) VMware
8 3 (1.82%) Zerto
9 2 (1.21%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.21%) OneTrust
9 2 (1.21%) SAP
10 1 (0.61%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.61%) Juniper
10 1 (0.61%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.61%) Tenable
10 1 (0.61%) Thales