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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 58 38
Rank change year-on-year +46 -20 +53
Permanent jobs citing AI 190 47 120
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.26% 3.96% 6.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.06% 4.47% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 121 38 75
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,250 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £105,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,375 £86,250
South East median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -19.23% -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 1,718 1,052 1,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 74.70% 88.55% 86.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 708 925
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £39,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -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 1 September 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 1 September 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 +16 78 £82,500 -10.81% 30
Reigate - 19 £60,000 - 11
Redhill - 15 £107,500 - 4
Woking -21 14 £70,000 +62.79% 24
Egham +2 8 £92,500 -7.50% 8
Staines -7 6 £70,000 -3.45% 19
Epsom - 5 £50,000 -
Leatherhead - 4 - - 8
Godalming - 2 £36,500 - 1
Chertsey - 2 £52,500 - 3
Banstead - 1 - -
Farnham - 1 - - 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 8 (4.21%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.68%) CMS
3 6 (3.16%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.11%) Apache
4 4 (2.11%) WordPress
5 3 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.58%) SAS
6 2 (1.05%) Confluence
7 1 (0.53%) JBoss
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.53%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.58%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.05%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (1.05%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.05%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.53%) Elementor
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.53%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (30.00%) Azure
2 50 (26.32%) AWS
3 29 (15.26%) SaaS
4 24 (12.63%) Azure AI
5 19 (10.00%) GitHub
6 15 (7.89%) Power Platform
7 12 (6.32%) Adobe Analytics
7 12 (6.32%) Figma
7 12 (6.32%) GCP
7 12 (6.32%) Snowflake
8 11 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (4.21%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (3.68%) Copilot Studio
12 6 (3.16%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (3.16%) ChatGPT
12 6 (3.16%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (3.16%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (2.63%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.89%) Broadband
2 8 (4.21%) Firewall
3 6 (3.16%) VPN
4 2 (1.05%) 4G
4 2 (1.05%) 5G
4 2 (1.05%) Intelligent Network
4 2 (1.05%) Intranet
4 2 (1.05%) Network Security
4 2 (1.05%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.05%) Wireless
5 1 (0.53%) LAN
5 1 (0.53%) LTE
5 1 (0.53%) NGN
5 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.79%) MongoDB
2 10 (5.26%) Power BI
2 10 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.74%) Redis
3 9 (4.74%) Tableau
4 7 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.63%) MySQL
6 4 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.58%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.58%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.05%) Looker
8 2 (1.05%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.53%) Metadata
9 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (8.95%) Git
2 6 (3.16%) JIRA
3 3 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.05%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.05%) Terragrunt
4 2 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 61 (32.11%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.11%) Finance
3 21 (11.05%) Influencing Skills
4 20 (10.53%) Games
4 20 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.95%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (6.84%) Legal
7 11 (5.79%) Marketing
8 10 (5.26%) Police
9 7 (3.68%) Retail
10 5 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.58%) Publishing
11 3 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Banking
13 1 (0.53%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.53%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 31 (16.32%) Developer
2 27 (14.21%) Lead
2 27 (14.21%) Senior
3 19 (10.00%) Consultant
3 19 (10.00%) Software Engineer
4 15 (7.89%) Full-Stack Developer
5 14 (7.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 13 (6.84%) C++ Software Engineer
6 13 (6.84%) Python Engineer
6 13 (6.84%) Python Software Engineer
7 12 (6.32%) Analyst
8 11 (5.79%) Junior
8 11 (5.79%) Software Developer
9 10 (5.26%) Data Analyst
10 9 (4.74%) Administrator
10 9 (4.74%) Designer
10 9 (4.74%) Junior Analyst
10 9 (4.74%) Junior Data Analyst
10 9 (4.74%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.47%) Terraform
2 13 (6.84%) Node.js
3 11 (5.79%) Vue
4 10 (5.26%) .NET
4 10 (5.26%) React
4 10 (5.26%) REST
5 9 (4.74%) .NET Core
6 8 (4.21%) RESTful
7 7 (3.68%) HTML
7 7 (3.68%) Laravel
8 6 (3.16%) FastAPI
8 6 (3.16%) Kafka
8 6 (3.16%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (2.63%) CSS
9 5 (2.63%) PySpark
9 5 (2.63%) Spring
9 5 (2.63%) Spring Boot
10 4 (2.11%) ASP.NET
10 4 (2.11%) Blazor
10 4 (2.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.42%) Social Media
2 11 (5.79%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.16%) AI Agents
5 6 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.16%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.16%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.63%) Blog
6 5 (2.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.11%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.11%) iPhone
7 4 (2.11%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.11%) Podcast
7 4 (2.11%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.84%) Linux
2 7 (3.68%) Windows
3 5 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.79%) Machine Learning
2 43 (22.63%) Analytics
3 42 (22.11%) Agile
4 41 (21.58%) CI/CD
5 34 (17.89%) Software Engineering
6 28 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (14.74%) Roadmaps
7 27 (14.21%) Full-Stack Development
7 27 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (13.68%) DevOps
9 24 (12.63%) Customer Experience
10 22 (11.58%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (10.00%) Information Security
12 18 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
12 18 (9.47%) Technical Leadership
12 18 (9.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 17 (8.95%) Collaborative Working
13 17 (8.95%) LLM
13 17 (8.95%) Project Management
13 17 (8.95%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 66 (34.74%) Python
2 29 (15.26%) SQL
3 26 (13.68%) C#
4 25 (13.16%) JavaScript
5 20 (10.53%) TypeScript
6 18 (9.47%) C++
7 8 (4.21%) Go
7 8 (4.21%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.68%) Java
9 6 (3.16%) Bash
9 6 (3.16%) Julia
10 4 (2.11%) PHP
11 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (20.00%) Degree
2 18 (9.47%) PhD
3 16 (8.42%) Azure Certification
3 16 (8.42%) Master's Degree
4 15 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (7.89%) Security Cleared
5 13 (6.84%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.68%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.68%) CISSP
7 5 (2.63%) CEH
7 5 (2.63%) CISM
7 5 (2.63%) GIAC
8 2 (1.05%) APMP
8 2 (1.05%) CISMP
8 2 (1.05%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.05%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.16%) Accessibility
2 12 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.68%) NIST
4 5 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (2.11%) GDPR
5 4 (2.11%) ISO 9001
5 4 (2.11%) WCAG
6 3 (1.58%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.58%) QA
7 2 (1.05%) GRC
7 2 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 10 (5.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (11.58%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.68%) Ansible
3 6 (3.16%) Grafana
3 6 (3.16%) Prometheus
3 6 (3.16%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 51 (26.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.00%) Google
3 16 (8.42%) Adobe
4 7 (3.68%) VMware
5 6 (3.16%) Databricks
6 5 (2.63%) OpenAI
6 5 (2.63%) Qualys
6 5 (2.63%) Splunk
7 4 (2.11%) HubSpot
7 4 (2.11%) New Relic
7 4 (2.11%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.11%) Zerto
8 3 (1.58%) Mitel
9 2 (1.05%) Ericsson
9 2 (1.05%) Oracle
9 2 (1.05%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.05%) Spotify
10 1 (0.53%) Nokia
10 1 (0.53%) SAP
10 1 (0.53%) Sparx