Information Security Jobs in Surrey

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 102 93
Rank change year-on-year +34 -9 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 32 52 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 2.73% 2.03% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 2.25% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 25 24 44
10th Percentile £32,000 £48,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £64,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,250 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +7.55% +10.42%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £111,250
South East median annual salary £57,670 £59,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +3.48% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

Information Security 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 1,084 2,313 2,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 92.49% 90.46% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 520 1,441 1,292
10th Percentile £30,750 £24,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,042 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Surrey

Information Security
Salary Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Surrey.

Salary trend for Information Security in Surrey

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Surrey over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Surrey

Information Security
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
Redhill -6 3 £26,172 -
Staines - 3 £75,000 -
Camberley - 2 £32,000 -
Guildford +25 1 £57,500 -23.33% 12
Woking +19 1 - - 2
Addlestone - 1 - -
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (40.63%) IIS
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.13%) Apache
Applications
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) SaaS
2 13 (40.63%) Azure
3 12 (37.50%) AWS
3 12 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.13%) IaaS
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Internet
1 1 (3.13%) Intranet
1 1 (3.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (40.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
General
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Finance
3 3 (9.38%) German Language
4 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Back Office
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Local Government
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Service Desk Manager
1 8 (25.00%) Service Manager
2 6 (18.75%) Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Security Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Head of IT
5 3 (9.38%) Head of Technology
5 3 (9.38%) Information Security Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) Information Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) Security Specialist
6 2 (6.25%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.25%) Head of IT Operations
6 2 (6.25%) Head of IT Security
6 2 (6.25%) Head of Operations
6 2 (6.25%) Head of Technical Operations
6 2 (6.25%) IT Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) IT Support
6 2 (6.25%) Operations Director
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Director
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Operations Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (37.50%) .NET
2 3 (9.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (56.25%) Management Information System
2 12 (37.50%) Client/Server
2 12 (37.50%) Private Cloud
3 4 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 3 (9.38%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.13%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.13%) Life Science
5 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (62.50%) ITIL
2 16 (50.00%) Change Management
3 13 (40.63%) Customer-Centricity
3 13 (40.63%) Information Security Management
3 13 (40.63%) ISMS
3 13 (40.63%) ITSM
3 13 (40.63%) Process Improvement
3 13 (40.63%) Security Management
3 13 (40.63%) Service Management
4 12 (37.50%) Asset Management
4 12 (37.50%) Configuration Management
4 12 (37.50%) People Management
4 12 (37.50%) Problem Management
5 11 (34.38%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (25.00%) Project Delivery
7 7 (21.88%) Risk Management
8 6 (18.75%) Incident Management
9 5 (15.63%) Computer Science
9 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
9 5 (15.63%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.13%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (46.88%) ITIL Certification
2 9 (28.13%) Degree
3 6 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.25%) MCSE
4 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) CISA
5 1 (3.13%) CISM
5 1 (3.13%) CISSP
5 1 (3.13%) CRISC
5 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (37.50%) SLA
2 8 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (9.38%) GDPR
4 3 (9.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (6.25%) ISO 9001
6 1 (3.13%) COBIT
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
6 1 (3.13%) Def Stans
6 1 (3.13%) GLP
6 1 (3.13%) GMP
6 1 (3.13%) GRC
6 1 (3.13%) GxP
6 1 (3.13%) NIST
6 1 (3.13%) QA
6 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 13 (40.63%) Oracle
3 4 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 3 (9.38%) Okta
5 1 (3.13%) VMware