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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 57 46
Rank change year-on-year +49 -11 +42
Permanent jobs citing AI 192 40 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 9.16% 3.77% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.51% 4.14% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 111 19 83
10th Percentile £36,250 - £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £44,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £91,250 £106,250 £85,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -30.77% -18.75%

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 1,535 966 2,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.20% 91.05% 87.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,141 619 1,412
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,450 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,750 £83,750
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 5 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 5 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 +13 78 £80,000 -9.86% 18
Redhill - 15 £107,500 -
Epsom +18 14 £50,000 - 2
Reigate - 13 £66,250 - 7
Woking -24 11 £75,000 +74.42% 14
Egham - 6 £50,000 - 1
Staines - 3 £70,000 - 7
Leatherhead - 2 £50,000 - 3
Warlingham - 2 - -
Godalming - 2 £36,500 -
Esher +1 1 - -
Farnham - 1 - -
Banstead - 1 - - 1
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 2
Hindhead - 1 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - - 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 (5.21%) CMS
2 6 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.13%) WordPress
3 5 (2.60%) Apache
3 5 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.56%) SAS
5 2 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.08%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.08%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.04%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.04%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 53 (27.60%) Azure
2 39 (20.31%) AWS
3 38 (19.79%) SaaS
4 31 (16.15%) Azure AI
5 23 (11.98%) Adobe Analytics
6 19 (9.90%) Figma
6 19 (9.90%) GitHub
7 18 (9.38%) Power Platform
8 12 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 11 (5.73%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (4.17%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (4.17%) Google Analytics
12 7 (3.65%) GCP
13 6 (3.13%) Canva
13 6 (3.13%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (2.60%) Snowflake
15 4 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.58%) Broadband
2 10 (5.21%) Unified Communications
3 8 (4.17%) Firewall
3 8 (4.17%) VPN
4 3 (1.56%) HTTP
4 3 (1.56%) RTP
4 3 (1.56%) VoIP
4 3 (1.56%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.04%) Intranet
6 1 (0.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.38%) Tableau
2 16 (8.33%) Power BI
3 12 (6.25%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.17%) Metadata
4 8 (4.17%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.65%) Redis
6 6 (3.13%) MySQL
7 5 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.04%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.04%) Impala
10 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.04%) Parquet
10 2 (1.04%) Pinecone
10 2 (1.04%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (7.29%) Git
2 3 (1.56%) JIRA
3 2 (1.04%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.04%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (1.04%) Terragrunt
3 2 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 57 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.10%) Games
3 25 (13.02%) Marketing
4 20 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.42%) Finance
5 16 (8.33%) Retail
6 8 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.65%) Automotive
7 7 (3.65%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.08%) Legal
9 4 (2.08%) Multimedia
9 4 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.56%) Banking
10 3 (1.56%) Publishing
11 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Advertising
12 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (15.63%) Senior
2 29 (15.10%) Developer
3 28 (14.58%) Lead
4 22 (11.46%) Software Engineer
5 19 (9.90%) Analyst
6 16 (8.33%) Data Analyst
6 16 (8.33%) Designer
6 16 (8.33%) Junior
6 16 (8.33%) Junior Analyst
6 16 (8.33%) Junior Data Analyst
6 16 (8.33%) Lead Designer
7 15 (7.81%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (7.81%) Python Engineer
7 15 (7.81%) Python Software Engineer
8 14 (7.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (7.29%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (4.69%) Administrator
9 9 (4.69%) Head of Digital
9 9 (4.69%) Senior Manager
9 9 (4.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.73%) Node.js
1 11 (5.73%) React
1 11 (5.73%) REST
2 10 (5.21%) Vue
3 8 (4.17%) Laravel
4 7 (3.65%) .NET
4 7 (3.65%) HTML
5 6 (3.13%) .NET Core
5 6 (3.13%) FastAPI
5 6 (3.13%) RESTful
6 5 (2.60%) CSS
6 5 (2.60%) Flask
7 4 (2.08%) ASP.NET
7 4 (2.08%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (2.08%) Blazor
7 4 (2.08%) ML.NET
7 4 (2.08%) Spring
7 4 (2.08%) Spring Boot
7 4 (2.08%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (1.56%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.06%) Social Media
2 13 (6.77%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.21%) Blog
3 10 (5.21%) Podcast
4 8 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (4.17%) Private Cloud
4 8 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.65%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.08%) IoT
8 4 (2.08%) iPhone
8 4 (2.08%) Low-Code
8 4 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.08%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.56%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.29%) Linux
2 4 (2.08%) Android
2 4 (2.08%) Windows
3 3 (1.56%) Ubuntu
3 3 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (23.44%) Machine Learning
2 43 (22.40%) Agile
2 43 (22.40%) Analytics
3 40 (20.83%) Customer Experience
4 39 (20.31%) Roadmaps
5 35 (18.23%) CI/CD
6 30 (15.63%) Full-Stack Development
7 29 (15.10%) Software Engineering
8 27 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (14.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 26 (13.54%) User Research
10 24 (12.50%) B2B
10 24 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (11.98%) DevOps
11 23 (11.98%) Digital Customer Experience
11 23 (11.98%) Product Roadmap
11 23 (11.98%) Prototyping
11 23 (11.98%) Storytelling
12 20 (10.42%) SEO
12 20 (10.42%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 69 (35.94%) Python
2 30 (15.63%) SQL
3 20 (10.42%) C++
4 18 (9.38%) C#
4 18 (9.38%) JavaScript
5 15 (7.81%) TypeScript
6 10 (5.21%) Go
7 8 (4.17%) Bash
8 7 (3.65%) Java
9 6 (3.13%) PowerShell
10 4 (2.08%) Julia
10 4 (2.08%) PHP
11 3 (1.56%) C
12 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (17.71%) Degree
2 22 (11.46%) Azure Certification
3 17 (8.85%) PhD
4 15 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (7.81%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.17%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.56%) CEH
6 3 (1.56%) CISM
6 3 (1.56%) CISSP
6 3 (1.56%) GIAC
6 3 (1.56%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.04%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (17.71%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.08%) WCAG
4 3 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.56%) NIST
4 3 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.56%) QA
5 2 (1.04%) GDPR
5 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (3.13%) Docker
2 3 (1.56%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (8.85%) Kubernetes
2 14 (7.29%) Terraform
3 8 (4.17%) Ansible
3 8 (4.17%) Grafana
3 8 (4.17%) Prometheus
3 8 (4.17%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 53 (27.60%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.02%) Adobe
3 20 (10.42%) Google
4 8 (4.17%) VMware
5 6 (3.13%) BT
5 6 (3.13%) Fortinet
5 6 (3.13%) Mitel
6 3 (1.56%) New Relic
6 3 (1.56%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.56%) Oracle
6 3 (1.56%) Qualys
6 3 (1.56%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.56%) Splunk
6 3 (1.56%) Zerto
7 2 (1.04%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.04%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.52%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.52%) Foundry
8 1 (0.52%) SAP
8 1 (0.52%) Screaming Frog