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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 30 74
Rank change year-on-year +26 +44 -4
Permanent jobs citing AI 285 91 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 19.05% 6.68% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.87% 7.55% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 51 50 6
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,125
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +20.78% +2.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £88,438
90th Percentile £112,500 £100,000 £99,375
South East median annual salary £50,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -31.03% +3.57% +12.75%

All Process and 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 1,246 1,205 804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 83.29% 88.47% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 800 593 576
10th Percentile £27,978 £33,150 £30,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.00% -0.43%

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 December 2025.

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 December 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
Guildford +5 26 £85,000 +13.33% 34
Cobham - 9 - -
Warlingham - 9 - -
Woking -2 8 £57,500 -28.13% 36
Weybridge - 8 £80,000 - 2
Reigate +10 7 - - 2
Esher +3 7 £60,000 - 2
Egham - 7 £100,000 - 4
Banstead 0 6 - -
Godstone - 6 - -
Addlestone - 6 - -
Staines - 6 £72,500 - 11
Epsom +26 5 £48,580 - 1
Redhill +7 5 - -
Whyteleafe +4 5 - -
Thames Ditton -1 5 - -
Tadworth - 5 - -
Horley - 5 £35,500 -
Betchworth - 5 - -
East Molesey 0 4 - -
Caterham - 4 - -
Chertsey - 4 - -
Leatherhead - 4 - -
Oxted - 4 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 4 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 4 - -
Shepperton - 4 - -
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 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
1 1 (0.35%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.05%) S-PLUS
3 2 (0.70%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 225 (78.95%) Cloud Computing
2 12 (4.21%) Azure
3 9 (3.16%) Power Platform
4 7 (2.46%) SaaS
5 5 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (1.40%) AWS
6 4 (1.40%) Azure AI
7 2 (0.70%) PaaS
7 2 (0.70%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.35%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 225 (78.95%) Internet
2 1 (0.35%) BGP
2 1 (0.35%) Broadband
2 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.35%) VPN
2 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.46%) Power BI
1 7 (2.46%) Tableau
2 4 (1.40%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.40%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.70%) Redis
4 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.75%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.35%) Jasmine
General
1 239 (83.86%) Social Skills
2 228 (80.00%) Banking
3 225 (78.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (2.81%) Finance
5 6 (2.11%) Legal
6 5 (1.75%) Marketing
7 4 (1.40%) Games
8 3 (1.05%) Electronics
8 3 (1.05%) Law
8 3 (1.05%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.05%) Retail
9 2 (0.70%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Advertising
10 1 (0.35%) Local Government
10 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.35%) Police
10 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 184 (64.56%) Lecturer
2 10 (3.51%) Developer
2 10 (3.51%) Software Engineer
3 6 (2.11%) .NET Developer
3 6 (2.11%) Blazor Developer
3 6 (2.11%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (2.11%) IT Manager
4 5 (1.75%) Analyst
4 5 (1.75%) Data Analyst
4 5 (1.75%) Help Desk Manager
5 4 (1.40%) Consultant
5 4 (1.40%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 4 (1.40%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (1.40%) Junior
5 4 (1.40%) Junior Analyst
5 4 (1.40%) Junior Data Analyst
6 3 (1.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 3 (1.05%) Python Engineer
6 3 (1.05%) Scientific Software Engineer
6 3 (1.05%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.91%) WPF
2 11 (3.86%) .NET
2 11 (3.86%) Blazor
3 8 (2.81%) WinForms
4 7 (2.46%) REST
5 6 (2.11%) .NET Framework
5 6 (2.11%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.11%) React
5 6 (2.11%) Vue
6 4 (1.40%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.05%) Qt
8 2 (0.70%) Node.js
9 1 (0.35%) Jest
9 1 (0.35%) Middleware
9 1 (0.35%) NumPy
9 1 (0.35%) Pandas
9 1 (0.35%) Playwright
9 1 (0.35%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.35%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 225 (78.95%) IoT
2 6 (2.11%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.05%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (1.05%) Algorithms
3 3 (1.05%) Data Structures
3 3 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.35%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (0.35%) Data Fabric
5 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.35%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.35%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (88.07%) Machine Learning
2 231 (81.05%) User Experience
3 226 (79.30%) Cybersecurity
4 225 (78.95%) Web Development
5 19 (6.67%) Software Engineering
6 14 (4.91%) Mathematics
7 12 (4.21%) Computer Science
8 11 (3.86%) DevOps
9 10 (3.51%) CI/CD
9 10 (3.51%) Microservices
9 10 (3.51%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (3.16%) Agile
10 9 (3.16%) Decision-Making
11 7 (2.46%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (2.46%) MVVM
11 7 (2.46%) Roadmaps
12 6 (2.11%) Analytics
12 6 (2.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (2.11%) CRM
12 6 (2.11%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.26%) C#
2 12 (4.21%) Python
3 8 (2.81%) SQL
4 7 (2.46%) C++
5 4 (1.40%) Julia
6 3 (1.05%) C
7 2 (0.70%) R
7 2 (0.70%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.35%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 250 (87.72%) Degree
2 238 (83.51%) Master's Degree
3 232 (81.40%) PhD
4 225 (78.95%) Postgraduate
5 12 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.35%) ACCA
7 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.35%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.35%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.75%) SLA
2 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.46%) Terraform
2 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 15 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.75%) Sage
3 1 (0.35%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (0.35%) Cisco
3 1 (0.35%) Google
3 1 (0.35%) Meraki
3 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.35%) Samsung
3 1 (0.35%) Sparx
3 1 (0.35%) VMware
3 1 (0.35%) Xero