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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 50 51
Rank change year-on-year +40 +1 +43
Permanent jobs citing AI 176 39 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.79% 3.92% 4.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.27% 4.26% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 99 16 78
10th Percentile £36,250 - £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £44,897
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +20.83% -17.24%
75th Percentile £91,875 £104,375 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% -18.75%

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 1,434 915 2,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 71.63% 91.87% 87.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 551 1,450
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £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 £96,250 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -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 17 June 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 17 June 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 73 £71,250 -10.94% 81
Redhill - 15 £107,500 -
Epsom +15 13 £50,000 - 1
Reigate +1 11 £66,250 - 6
Woking -23 8 £66,250 -3.64% 62
Egham - 6 £50,000 - 1
Weybridge -3 2 £90,000 -25.00% 2
Warlingham - 2 - -
Staines - 2 £70,000 - 2
Godalming - 2 £36,500 -
Hindhead - 1 - -
Leatherhead - 1 £50,000 - 4
Esher - 1 - -
Farnham - 1 - -
Banstead - 1 - -
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - - 2
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 7 (3.98%) CMS
2 6 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.41%) WordPress
3 3 (1.70%) Apache
3 3 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.14%) IIS
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.57%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (2.27%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.14%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.14%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.14%) Azure
2 35 (19.89%) AWS
3 33 (18.75%) SaaS
4 29 (16.48%) Azure AI
5 23 (13.07%) Adobe Analytics
6 19 (10.80%) Figma
7 18 (10.23%) Power Platform
8 16 (9.09%) GitHub
9 12 (6.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (4.55%) Google Analytics
12 7 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (3.41%) Canva
13 6 (3.41%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (3.41%) GCP
13 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (2.84%) Snowflake
15 4 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (15.91%) Broadband
2 10 (5.68%) Unified Communications
3 8 (4.55%) Firewall
3 8 (4.55%) VPN
4 3 (1.70%) HTTP
4 3 (1.70%) RTP
4 3 (1.70%) VoIP
4 3 (1.70%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.14%) Intranet
6 1 (0.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.36%) Tableau
2 16 (9.09%) Power BI
3 9 (5.11%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.55%) Metadata
5 6 (3.41%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.84%) MySQL
6 5 (2.84%) Redis
7 4 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.27%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.14%) Apache Hive
8 2 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.14%) Big Data
8 2 (1.14%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.14%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.14%) Impala
8 2 (1.14%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.14%) Parquet
8 2 (1.14%) Pinecone
8 2 (1.14%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 13 (7.39%) Git
2 2 (1.14%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.14%) IBM UrbanCode
2 2 (1.14%) Terragrunt
2 2 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.57%) JIRA
General
1 48 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.48%) Games
3 27 (15.34%) Marketing
4 20 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (9.09%) Finance
6 15 (8.52%) Retail
7 7 (3.98%) Automotive
8 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.84%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.27%) Multimedia
9 4 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.70%) Banking
10 3 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.14%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.14%) Legal
11 2 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.57%) Advertising
12 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (18.18%) Senior
2 25 (14.20%) Lead
3 23 (13.07%) Developer
4 20 (11.36%) Software Engineer
5 19 (10.80%) Analyst
6 16 (9.09%) Data Analyst
6 16 (9.09%) Designer
6 16 (9.09%) Junior
6 16 (9.09%) Junior Analyst
6 16 (9.09%) Junior Data Analyst
6 16 (9.09%) Lead Designer
7 15 (8.52%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (8.52%) Python Engineer
7 15 (8.52%) Python Software Engineer
8 14 (7.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 12 (6.82%) Full-Stack Developer
10 11 (6.25%) Senior Manager
11 9 (5.11%) Head of Digital
12 8 (4.55%) DevOps Administrator
12 8 (4.55%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.68%) REST
2 8 (4.55%) Laravel
2 8 (4.55%) Node.js
2 8 (4.55%) React
2 8 (4.55%) Vue
3 6 (3.41%) FastAPI
3 6 (3.41%) HTML
4 5 (2.84%) .NET
4 5 (2.84%) Flask
5 4 (2.27%) .NET Core
5 4 (2.27%) CSS
5 4 (2.27%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (1.70%) Django
6 3 (1.70%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (1.70%) OAuth
6 3 (1.70%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.70%) RESTful
6 3 (1.70%) Spring
6 3 (1.70%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.70%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.34%) Social Media
2 15 (8.52%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.68%) Blog
3 10 (5.68%) Podcast
4 8 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (4.55%) Private Cloud
5 7 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.84%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.27%) IoT
7 4 (2.27%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.70%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.70%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (1.14%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.14%) iPhone
9 2 (1.14%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.14%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.82%) Linux
2 3 (1.70%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.14%) Android
3 2 (1.14%) Windows
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.43%) Machine Learning
2 42 (23.86%) Analytics
3 41 (23.30%) Roadmaps
4 40 (22.73%) Agile
5 37 (21.02%) Customer Experience
6 30 (17.05%) CI/CD
7 26 (14.77%) Software Engineering
7 26 (14.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 25 (14.20%) Full-Stack Development
8 25 (14.20%) User Research
9 24 (13.64%) B2B
10 23 (13.07%) Digital Customer Experience
10 23 (13.07%) Product Roadmap
10 23 (13.07%) Prototyping
10 23 (13.07%) Storytelling
11 20 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (11.36%) Workshop Facilitation
12 19 (10.80%) SEO
13 18 (10.23%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 69 (39.20%) Python
2 28 (15.91%) SQL
3 20 (11.36%) C++
4 16 (9.09%) C#
5 13 (7.39%) JavaScript
5 13 (7.39%) TypeScript
6 10 (5.68%) Go
7 8 (4.55%) Bash
7 8 (4.55%) Java
8 4 (2.27%) Julia
8 4 (2.27%) PHP
8 4 (2.27%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.70%) C
10 2 (1.14%) R
10 2 (1.14%) Scala
11 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (18.18%) Degree
2 22 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 17 (9.66%) Master's Degree
3 17 (9.66%) PhD
4 13 (7.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.55%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.70%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.14%) MBA
7 2 (1.14%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.57%) CEH
8 1 (0.57%) CISM
8 1 (0.57%) CISSP
8 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.57%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.27%) WCAG
4 3 (1.70%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.70%) QA
5 2 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.14%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.57%) GDPR
6 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.57%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (2.84%) Docker
2 3 (1.70%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (7.95%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.39%) Terraform
3 8 (4.55%) Ansible
3 8 (4.55%) Grafana
3 8 (4.55%) Prometheus
3 8 (4.55%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.70%) Argo
Vendors
1 45 (25.57%) Microsoft
2 25 (14.20%) Adobe
3 16 (9.09%) Google
4 8 (4.55%) BT
4 8 (4.55%) VMware
5 6 (3.41%) Fortinet
5 6 (3.41%) Mitel
6 3 (1.70%) Oracle
7 2 (1.14%) Databricks
7 2 (1.14%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.14%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.14%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.57%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.57%) Foundry
8 1 (0.57%) New Relic
8 1 (0.57%) Qualys
8 1 (0.57%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (0.57%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.57%) Splunk
8 1 (0.57%) Zerto