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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 44 44
Rank change year-on-year +35 0 +50
Permanent jobs citing AI 198 50 120
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.92% 4.39% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.03% 4.91% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 115 29 75
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £82,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +65.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £106,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £109,000 £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 1,646 1,018 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 74.14% 89.38% 86.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,224 669 1,160
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -14.89%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £82,500
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 27 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 27 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 +12 75 £80,000 -12.33% 16
Reigate - 16 £90,000 - 11
Redhill - 15 £107,500 -
Epsom +9 14 £50,000 -
Woking -25 13 £70,000 +62.79% 14
Egham +1 6 £50,000 -50.00%
Staines -3 4 £70,000 -26.32% 9
Warlingham - 2 - -
Godalming - 2 £36,500 - 1
Leatherhead - 2 £50,000 - 1
Esher +1 1 - -
Farnham - 1 - -
Banstead - 1 - - 4
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 1
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 10 (5.05%) CMS
2 9 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (3.03%) Apache
3 6 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.03%) WordPress
4 4 (2.02%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.52%) SAS
6 1 (0.51%) Confluence
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.02%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.02%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.01%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (28.79%) Azure
2 43 (21.72%) AWS
3 35 (17.68%) SaaS
4 30 (15.15%) Azure AI
5 22 (11.11%) Adobe Analytics
6 19 (9.60%) Figma
6 19 (9.60%) Power Platform
7 17 (8.59%) GitHub
8 11 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (5.05%) GCP
10 9 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (4.55%) Snowflake
11 8 (4.04%) Copilot Studio
11 8 (4.04%) Google Analytics
11 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (3.03%) Canva
12 6 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.64%) Broadband
2 6 (3.03%) Firewall
3 5 (2.53%) VPN
4 3 (1.52%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.01%) Intranet
6 1 (0.51%) HTTP
6 1 (0.51%) Network Security
6 1 (0.51%) RTP
6 1 (0.51%) VoIP
6 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.59%) Tableau
2 15 (7.58%) Power BI
3 11 (5.56%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.55%) Metadata
5 8 (4.04%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.54%) Redis
7 6 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.53%) MySQL
9 4 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.52%) Spark SQL
11 2 (1.01%) Apache Hive
11 2 (1.01%) Impala
11 2 (1.01%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.01%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.01%) Parquet
11 2 (1.01%) Pinecone
11 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (9.09%) Git
2 4 (2.02%) JIRA
3 2 (1.01%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.01%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.01%) Terragrunt
3 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.15%) Games
3 22 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.61%) Marketing
5 20 (10.10%) Finance
6 14 (7.07%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (6.57%) Retail
8 12 (6.06%) Public Sector
9 8 (4.04%) Legal
10 7 (3.54%) Automotive
11 6 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (2.02%) Multimedia
13 4 (2.02%) Police
13 4 (2.02%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.52%) Banking
14 3 (1.52%) Publishing
15 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (1.01%) Investment Banking
15 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (16.16%) Lead
2 30 (15.15%) Developer
3 26 (13.13%) Senior
4 21 (10.61%) Software Engineer
5 19 (9.60%) Analyst
6 15 (7.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 15 (7.58%) C++ Software Engineer
6 15 (7.58%) Data Analyst
6 15 (7.58%) Designer
6 15 (7.58%) Junior
6 15 (7.58%) Junior Analyst
6 15 (7.58%) Junior Data Analyst
6 15 (7.58%) Lead Designer
6 15 (7.58%) Python Engineer
6 15 (7.58%) Python Software Engineer
7 14 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
8 11 (5.56%) Consultant
9 9 (4.55%) Head of Digital
9 9 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (4.55%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.56%) Node.js
2 10 (5.05%) React
3 9 (4.55%) .NET
3 9 (4.55%) REST
3 9 (4.55%) Vue
4 8 (4.04%) .NET Core
4 8 (4.04%) Laravel
5 7 (3.54%) HTML
5 7 (3.54%) PySpark
5 7 (3.54%) RESTful
6 6 (3.03%) FastAPI
7 5 (2.53%) CSS
8 4 (2.02%) ASP.NET
8 4 (2.02%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (2.02%) Kafka
8 4 (2.02%) ML.NET
8 4 (2.02%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.02%) Spring
8 4 (2.02%) Spring Boot
8 4 (2.02%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.13%) Social Media
2 13 (6.57%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.05%) Blog
3 10 (5.05%) Podcast
4 9 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.53%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.02%) AI Agents
8 4 (2.02%) IoT
8 4 (2.02%) iPhone
8 4 (2.02%) Low-Code
8 4 (2.02%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.55%) Linux
2 4 (2.02%) Android
2 4 (2.02%) Windows
3 3 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.25%) Machine Learning
2 49 (24.75%) Analytics
3 47 (23.74%) Agile
4 40 (20.20%) Roadmaps
5 38 (19.19%) CI/CD
6 37 (18.69%) Customer Experience
7 32 (16.16%) Software Engineering
8 29 (14.65%) Full-Stack Development
8 29 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (13.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 26 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (12.63%) User Research
12 23 (11.62%) Prototyping
13 22 (11.11%) DevOps
13 22 (11.11%) Digital Customer Experience
13 22 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
13 22 (11.11%) Storytelling
14 20 (10.10%) Generative AI
14 20 (10.10%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (10.10%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 71 (35.86%) Python
2 35 (17.68%) SQL
3 23 (11.62%) C#
4 20 (10.10%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.60%) C++
6 17 (8.59%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.54%) Go
7 7 (3.54%) Java
8 6 (3.03%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.53%) Bash
9 5 (2.53%) Julia
10 4 (2.02%) PHP
11 1 (0.51%) C
11 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (18.18%) Degree
2 22 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 18 (9.09%) PhD
4 16 (8.08%) Master's Degree
5 15 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.03%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.03%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.53%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.02%) CISSP
9 3 (1.52%) CEH
9 3 (1.52%) CISM
9 3 (1.52%) GIAC
10 2 (1.01%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.51%) APMP
11 1 (0.51%) CBAP
11 1 (0.51%) CISMP
11 1 (0.51%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (17.17%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.02%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.02%) NIST
3 4 (2.02%) WCAG
4 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.52%) GDPR
4 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 3 (1.52%) QA
5 2 (1.01%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.51%) GRC
6 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (4.04%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 16 (8.08%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.58%) Terraform
3 5 (2.53%) Ansible
3 5 (2.53%) Grafana
3 5 (2.53%) Prometheus
3 5 (2.53%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.51%) Argo
Vendors
1 53 (26.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.12%) Adobe
3 22 (11.11%) Google
4 5 (2.53%) Databricks
4 5 (2.53%) VMware
5 4 (2.02%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.52%) Mitel
6 3 (1.52%) New Relic
6 3 (1.52%) Oracle
6 3 (1.52%) Qualys
6 3 (1.52%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.52%) Splunk
6 3 (1.52%) Zerto
7 2 (1.01%) BT
7 2 (1.01%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.01%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.01%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.51%) Foundry
8 1 (0.51%) SAP
8 1 (0.51%) Screaming Frog