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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 48 39
Rank change year-on-year +37 -9 +52
Permanent jobs citing AI 193 53 124
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.47% 4.47% 6.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.52% 5.03% 7.06%
Number of salaries quoted 117 32 79
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,250 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £101,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,625 £87,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £42,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +47.06% -34.62% -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 1,676 1,053 1,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.54% 88.86% 86.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 692 1,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,000 £35,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,875 £83,750
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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +13 78 £85,000 -8.11% 7
Reigate - 18 £90,000 - 4
Redhill - 15 £107,500 - 1
Woking -19 14 £70,000 +62.79% 7
Epsom +5 9 £50,000 -
Egham +1 6 £50,000 -50.00% 2
Staines -5 4 £70,000 -3.45% 2
Leatherhead - 3 £50,000 - 1
Godalming - 2 £36,500 - 1
Esher +1 1 - -
Warlingham - 1 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - - 1
Farnham - 1 - - 3
Banstead - 1 - -
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 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 10 (5.18%) Apache Airflow
1 10 (5.18%) CMS
2 6 (3.11%) Apache
2 6 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.11%) WordPress
3 5 (2.59%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.55%) SAS
5 2 (1.04%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) JBoss
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.52%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.55%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.04%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.52%) Elementor
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (29.53%) Azure
2 47 (24.35%) AWS
3 33 (17.10%) SaaS
4 27 (13.99%) Azure AI
5 17 (8.81%) Power Platform
6 16 (8.29%) Adobe Analytics
7 15 (7.77%) GitHub
8 14 (7.25%) Figma
9 12 (6.22%) Snowflake
10 11 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (5.70%) GCP
11 10 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (4.66%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (4.15%) Copilot Studio
14 7 (3.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (2.59%) Canva
15 5 (2.59%) GitHub Copilot
16 4 (2.07%) Amazon ECS
16 4 (2.07%) ChatGPT
16 4 (2.07%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 20 (10.36%) Broadband
2 5 (2.59%) Firewall
3 3 (1.55%) VPN
4 2 (1.04%) Intranet
5 1 (0.52%) LAN
5 1 (0.52%) Network Security
5 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.25%) Tableau
2 12 (6.22%) Power BI
3 10 (5.18%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.18%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.66%) Redis
5 6 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.07%) MySQL
7 3 (1.55%) Metadata
7 3 (1.55%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.04%) Apache Hive
8 2 (1.04%) Impala
8 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.04%) Parquet
8 2 (1.04%) Pinecone
8 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (9.33%) Git
2 5 (2.59%) JIRA
3 3 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.04%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.04%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (1.04%) Terragrunt
4 2 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.95%) Games
3 22 (11.40%) Finance
4 21 (10.88%) Influencing Skills
5 19 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.25%) Legal
7 13 (6.74%) Marketing
8 10 (5.18%) Police
9 6 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.11%) Retail
10 5 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.55%) Banking
11 3 (1.55%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.55%) Publishing
11 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.04%) Automotive
12 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.52%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 31 (16.06%) Developer
2 30 (15.54%) Lead
3 25 (12.95%) Senior
4 20 (10.36%) Software Engineer
5 17 (8.81%) Consultant
6 16 (8.29%) Analyst
6 16 (8.29%) Full-Stack Developer
7 15 (7.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (7.25%) C++ Software Engineer
8 14 (7.25%) Python Engineer
8 14 (7.25%) Python Software Engineer
9 12 (6.22%) Data Analyst
9 12 (6.22%) Junior
9 12 (6.22%) Junior Analyst
9 12 (6.22%) Junior Data Analyst
10 11 (5.70%) Software Developer
11 10 (5.18%) Designer
11 10 (5.18%) Lead Designer
12 9 (4.66%) Head of Digital
12 9 (4.66%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.74%) Node.js
2 11 (5.70%) Vue
3 10 (5.18%) .NET
3 10 (5.18%) React
4 9 (4.66%) .NET Core
5 8 (4.15%) Laravel
5 8 (4.15%) REST
6 7 (3.63%) HTML
6 7 (3.63%) PySpark
6 7 (3.63%) RESTful
7 6 (3.11%) FastAPI
8 5 (2.59%) CSS
8 5 (2.59%) Kafka
8 5 (2.59%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (2.07%) ASP.NET
9 4 (2.07%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (2.07%) ML.NET
9 4 (2.07%) Spring
9 4 (2.07%) Spring Boot
9 4 (2.07%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.36%) Social Media
2 10 (5.18%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.15%) Blog
4 7 (3.63%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.63%) Podcast
5 6 (3.11%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.59%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.59%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.07%) iPhone
7 4 (2.07%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.07%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.07%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.55%) IoT
8 3 (1.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.15%) Linux
2 6 (3.11%) Windows
3 4 (2.07%) Android
3 4 (2.07%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.91%) Machine Learning
2 47 (24.35%) Analytics
3 46 (23.83%) Agile
4 38 (19.69%) CI/CD
5 34 (17.62%) Roadmaps
6 33 (17.10%) Software Engineering
7 29 (15.03%) Full-Stack Development
8 28 (14.51%) Customer Experience
8 28 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (11.40%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (10.88%) DevOps
11 21 (10.88%) User Research
11 21 (10.88%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 19 (9.84%) Information Security
13 17 (8.81%) Collaborative Working
13 17 (8.81%) Infrastructure as Code
13 17 (8.81%) LLM
13 17 (8.81%) Project Management
13 17 (8.81%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 67 (34.72%) Python
2 33 (17.10%) SQL
3 25 (12.95%) C#
4 23 (11.92%) JavaScript
5 20 (10.36%) TypeScript
6 18 (9.33%) C++
7 7 (3.63%) Java
7 7 (3.63%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.59%) Go
8 5 (2.59%) Julia
9 4 (2.07%) PHP
10 3 (1.55%) Bash
11 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (20.21%) Degree
2 19 (9.84%) Azure Certification
3 18 (9.33%) PhD
4 16 (8.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (8.29%) Master's Degree
5 13 (6.74%) Security Cleared
6 12 (6.22%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.11%) CISSP
8 4 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.07%) CEH
8 4 (2.07%) CISM
8 4 (2.07%) GIAC
9 2 (1.04%) APMP
9 2 (1.04%) CISMP
9 2 (1.04%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.52%) CBAP
10 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.51%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.11%) NIST
4 5 (2.59%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.59%) GDPR
4 5 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.07%) ISO 9001
5 4 (2.07%) WCAG
6 3 (1.55%) QA
7 2 (1.04%) GRC
7 2 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
System Software
1 8 (4.15%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (7.77%) Kubernetes
2 14 (7.25%) Terraform
3 3 (1.55%) Ansible
3 3 (1.55%) Grafana
3 3 (1.55%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.55%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 52 (26.94%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.84%) Google
3 18 (9.33%) Adobe
4 6 (3.11%) Databricks
5 4 (2.07%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.07%) Qualys
5 4 (2.07%) Splunk
5 4 (2.07%) VMware
6 3 (1.55%) Mitel
6 3 (1.55%) New Relic
6 3 (1.55%) Oracle
6 3 (1.55%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.55%) Zerto
7 2 (1.04%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.04%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.52%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.52%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.52%) Foundry
8 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.52%) SAP