AI Job Trends in Surrey

AI
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 55 46
Rank change year-on-year +47 -9 +54
Permanent jobs citing AI 196 42 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 9.07% 3.79% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.27% 4.19% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 114 21 82
10th Percentile £36,250 - £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £44,863
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £91,250 £106,250 £85,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -30.77% -13.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

AI 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 1,598 1,002 2,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.95% 90.51% 87.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,188 643 1,356
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,290 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,250 £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 £83,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

AI job vacancy trend in Surrey

AI
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing AI

AI
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing AI in Surrey over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for AI in Surrey

AI
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 12 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 +14 78 £80,000 -9.86% 16
Redhill - 15 £107,500 -
Epsom +14 14 £50,000 -
Reigate - 13 £66,250 - 7
Woking -24 11 £75,000 +100.00% 15
Egham +1 6 £50,000 -50.00%
Staines 0 4 £70,000 -26.32% 5
Leatherhead - 2 £50,000 - 2
Warlingham - 2 - -
Godalming - 2 £36,500 -
Esher +1 1 - -
Farnham - 1 - -
Banstead - 1 - -
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 1
Hindhead - 1 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - - 1
AI
South East

AI
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 10 (5.10%) CMS
2 7 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.06%) WordPress
4 5 (2.55%) Apache
5 3 (1.53%) SAS
6 2 (1.02%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (9.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.04%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.04%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.02%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.02%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (27.55%) Azure
2 42 (21.43%) AWS
3 37 (18.88%) SaaS
4 31 (15.82%) Azure AI
5 23 (11.73%) Adobe Analytics
6 20 (10.20%) GitHub
7 19 (9.69%) Figma
8 18 (9.18%) Power Platform
9 12 (6.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (5.61%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (4.08%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (4.08%) GCP
12 8 (4.08%) Google Analytics
13 7 (3.57%) Copilot Studio
13 7 (3.57%) Snowflake
14 6 (3.06%) Canva
14 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.29%) Broadband
2 9 (4.59%) Unified Communications
3 8 (4.08%) Firewall
3 8 (4.08%) VPN
4 3 (1.53%) HTTP
4 3 (1.53%) RTP
4 3 (1.53%) VoIP
4 3 (1.53%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.02%) Intranet
6 1 (0.51%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.18%) Tableau
2 16 (8.16%) Power BI
3 13 (6.63%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.08%) Metadata
4 8 (4.08%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.57%) MySQL
5 7 (3.57%) Redis
6 6 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.53%) Spark SQL
9 2 (1.02%) Apache Hive
9 2 (1.02%) Impala
9 2 (1.02%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.02%) Parquet
9 2 (1.02%) Pinecone
9 2 (1.02%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (8.67%) Git
2 3 (1.53%) JIRA
3 2 (1.02%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.02%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (1.02%) Terragrunt
3 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
General
1 58 (29.59%) Social Skills
2 29 (14.80%) Games
3 24 (12.24%) Marketing
4 21 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (10.20%) Finance
6 16 (8.16%) Retail
7 9 (4.59%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.57%) Automotive
10 5 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.04%) Legal
11 4 (2.04%) Multimedia
11 4 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.53%) Banking
12 3 (1.53%) Publishing
13 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.51%) Advertising
14 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (15.82%) Developer
2 29 (14.80%) Senior
3 28 (14.29%) Lead
4 22 (11.22%) Software Engineer
5 19 (9.69%) Analyst
6 16 (8.16%) Data Analyst
6 16 (8.16%) Designer
6 16 (8.16%) Junior
6 16 (8.16%) Junior Analyst
6 16 (8.16%) Junior Data Analyst
6 16 (8.16%) Lead Designer
7 15 (7.65%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (7.65%) Python Engineer
7 15 (7.65%) Python Software Engineer
8 14 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
9 10 (5.10%) Administrator
10 9 (4.59%) Head of Digital
10 9 (4.59%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (4.59%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.12%) REST
2 11 (5.61%) Node.js
2 11 (5.61%) React
3 10 (5.10%) Vue
4 8 (4.08%) Laravel
5 7 (3.57%) .NET
5 7 (3.57%) HTML
5 7 (3.57%) RESTful
6 6 (3.06%) .NET Core
6 6 (3.06%) FastAPI
7 5 (2.55%) CSS
7 5 (2.55%) Flask
7 5 (2.55%) Spring
7 5 (2.55%) Spring Boot
8 4 (2.04%) ASP.NET
8 4 (2.04%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (2.04%) Blazor
8 4 (2.04%) Kafka
8 4 (2.04%) PySpark
8 4 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.78%) Social Media
2 13 (6.63%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.10%) Blog
3 10 (5.10%) Podcast
4 9 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (4.08%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.57%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.04%) AI Agents
8 4 (2.04%) IoT
8 4 (2.04%) iPhone
8 4 (2.04%) Low-Code
8 4 (2.04%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.53%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.53%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.53%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.14%) Linux
2 4 (2.04%) Android
2 4 (2.04%) Windows
3 3 (1.53%) Ubuntu
3 3 (1.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (23.98%) Machine Learning
2 45 (22.96%) Agile
3 44 (22.45%) Analytics
4 39 (19.90%) Customer Experience
4 39 (19.90%) Roadmaps
5 38 (19.39%) CI/CD
6 30 (15.31%) Full-Stack Development
6 30 (15.31%) Software Engineering
7 28 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 27 (13.78%) User Research
9 24 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (12.24%) DevOps
10 23 (11.73%) B2B
10 23 (11.73%) Digital Customer Experience
10 23 (11.73%) Product Roadmap
10 23 (11.73%) Prototyping
10 23 (11.73%) Storytelling
11 21 (10.71%) Infrastructure as Code
12 20 (10.20%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 71 (36.22%) Python
2 32 (16.33%) SQL
3 20 (10.20%) C++
4 18 (9.18%) C#
4 18 (9.18%) JavaScript
5 15 (7.65%) TypeScript
6 10 (5.10%) Go
7 8 (4.08%) Bash
7 8 (4.08%) Java
8 6 (3.06%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.04%) Julia
9 4 (2.04%) PHP
10 3 (1.53%) C
11 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (17.35%) Degree
2 22 (11.22%) Azure Certification
3 17 (8.67%) PhD
4 15 (7.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (7.65%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.08%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.53%) CEH
6 3 (1.53%) CISM
6 3 (1.53%) CISSP
6 3 (1.53%) GIAC
6 3 (1.53%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.02%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.86%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.04%) WCAG
4 3 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.53%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.53%) GDPR
4 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 3 (1.53%) NIST
4 3 (1.53%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.53%) QA
5 2 (1.02%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
System Software
1 8 (4.08%) Docker
2 3 (1.53%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (9.69%) Kubernetes
2 16 (8.16%) Terraform
3 8 (4.08%) Ansible
3 8 (4.08%) Grafana
3 8 (4.08%) Prometheus
3 8 (4.08%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.53%) Argo
Vendors
1 54 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.76%) Adobe
3 22 (11.22%) Google
4 8 (4.08%) VMware
5 6 (3.06%) BT
5 6 (3.06%) Fortinet
5 6 (3.06%) Mitel
6 4 (2.04%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.53%) New Relic
7 3 (1.53%) Oracle
7 3 (1.53%) Qualys
7 3 (1.53%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.53%) Splunk
7 3 (1.53%) Zerto
8 2 (1.02%) Databricks
8 2 (1.02%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.02%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.51%) Foundry
9 1 (0.51%) SAP
9 1 (0.51%) Screaming Frog