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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 34 73
Rank change year-on-year +31 +39 -9
Permanent jobs citing AI 392 88 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 23.93% 7.30% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 29.61% 7.96% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 49 44 7
10th Percentile £38,850 £40,000 £51,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £65,313 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +12.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £98,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +7.14% +12.75%

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 1,324 1,105 984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.83% 91.63% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 751 488 670
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £29,910
25th Percentile £34,000 £43,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,625 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +4 26 £77,500 +3.33% 48
Cobham - 14 - -
Weybridge - 14 £90,000 -
Warlingham - 13 - -
Reigate +2 9 - - 1
Esher +1 8 £60,000 -
Banstead 0 8 - -
Egham - 8 - - 2
Staines - 8 £50,000 - 1
Epsom +30 7 £48,580 - 1
Whyteleafe +4 7 - -
Redhill +1 7 - - 1
Thames Ditton -1 7 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 7 - -
Tadworth - 7 - -
Betchworth - 7 - -
Caterham - 7 - -
Chertsey - 7 - -
Addlestone - 7 - -
Godstone - 7 - -
East Molesey 0 6 - -
Woking -8 6 £57,500 -28.13% 63
Shepperton - 6 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 6 - -
Leatherhead - 6 - - 1
Oxted - 6 - -
Horley - 5 £35,500 -
Farnham - 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 5 (1.28%) IIS
2 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.51%) S-PLUS
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 327 (83.42%) Cloud Computing
2 9 (2.30%) Azure
2 9 (2.30%) Power Platform
3 8 (2.04%) AWS
4 6 (1.53%) SaaS
5 5 (1.28%) Azure AI
5 5 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (1.28%) Snowflake
6 2 (0.51%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (0.51%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.26%) Contentsquare
7 1 (0.26%) Figma
7 1 (0.26%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.26%) IaaS
7 1 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 327 (83.42%) Internet
2 3 (0.77%) Broadband
3 1 (0.26%) BGP
3 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.26%) VPN
3 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.32%) Tableau
2 7 (1.79%) NoSQL
2 7 (1.79%) Power BI
3 5 (1.28%) Big Data
3 5 (1.28%) Data Mining
3 5 (1.28%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.28%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.26%) Jasmine
General
1 339 (86.48%) Social Skills
2 330 (84.18%) Banking
3 327 (83.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (2.55%) Marketing
5 8 (2.04%) Finance
6 7 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.28%) Games
9 4 (1.02%) Legal
9 4 (1.02%) Retail
10 3 (0.77%) Electronics
10 3 (0.77%) Law
10 3 (0.77%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.26%) Advertising
11 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 270 (68.88%) Lecturer
2 14 (3.57%) Senior
3 9 (2.30%) Developer
4 7 (1.79%) Software Engineer
5 6 (1.53%) Account Executive
5 6 (1.53%) IT Manager
5 6 (1.53%) Senior Account Executive
5 6 (1.53%) Senior Manager
6 5 (1.28%) .NET Developer
6 5 (1.28%) Analyst
6 5 (1.28%) Blazor Developer
6 5 (1.28%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (1.28%) Data Analyst
6 5 (1.28%) Data Science Manager
6 5 (1.28%) Help Desk Manager
6 5 (1.28%) Junior
6 5 (1.28%) Junior Analyst
6 5 (1.28%) Junior Data Analyst
7 3 (0.77%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 3 (0.77%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.06%) WPF
2 10 (2.55%) .NET
2 10 (2.55%) Blazor
3 8 (2.04%) WinForms
4 7 (1.79%) REST
5 5 (1.28%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.28%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.28%) Play Framework
5 5 (1.28%) React
5 5 (1.28%) Vue
6 3 (0.77%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.51%) Qt
8 1 (0.26%) Hugging Face
8 1 (0.26%) Jest
8 1 (0.26%) LangChain
8 1 (0.26%) NumPy
8 1 (0.26%) Playwright
8 1 (0.26%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.26%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 327 (83.42%) IoT
2 7 (1.79%) Algorithms
3 5 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (1.28%) Onboarding
4 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.51%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (0.51%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.51%) Social Media
6 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.26%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.26%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.26%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (89.80%) Machine Learning
2 333 (84.95%) User Experience
3 327 (83.42%) Cybersecurity
3 327 (83.42%) Web Development
4 18 (4.59%) Mathematics
5 17 (4.34%) Computer Science
6 15 (3.83%) Software Engineering
7 14 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (3.32%) Agile
8 13 (3.32%) Decision-Making
9 12 (3.06%) Roadmaps
10 11 (2.81%) Analytics
11 9 (2.30%) CI/CD
11 9 (2.30%) DevOps
11 9 (2.30%) Value Proposition
12 7 (1.79%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (1.79%) LLM
12 7 (1.79%) Microservices
13 6 (1.53%) Customer Engagement
13 6 (1.53%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.34%) Python
2 13 (3.32%) C#
2 13 (3.32%) SQL
3 7 (1.79%) R
4 6 (1.53%) C++
4 6 (1.53%) Java
5 5 (1.28%) Scala
6 4 (1.02%) Julia
7 3 (0.77%) C
8 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 353 (90.05%) Degree
2 343 (87.50%) Master's Degree
3 333 (84.95%) PhD
4 327 (83.42%) Postgraduate
5 12 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.28%) MBA
7 1 (0.26%) ACCA
7 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
1 5 (1.28%) SLA
2 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 7 (1.79%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.79%) Terraform
2 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 16 (4.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.28%) BT
2 5 (1.28%) Databricks
3 3 (0.77%) Sage
4 2 (0.51%) Adobe
5 1 (0.26%) Cisco
5 1 (0.26%) Google
5 1 (0.26%) Meraki
5 1 (0.26%) Samsung
5 1 (0.26%) VMware