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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 47 44
Rank change year-on-year +39 -3 +54
Permanent jobs citing AI 198 48 123
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.98% 4.29% 5.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.14% 4.79% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 116 27 78
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £49,063 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £85,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +54.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile £92,500 £106,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 1,631 1,003 1,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.93% 89.71% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,212 661 1,224
10th Percentile £31,325 £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% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £65,000
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 24 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 24 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 +11 75 £80,000 -13.51% 16
Reigate - 16 £90,000 - 14
Redhill - 15 £107,500 -
Epsom +10 14 £50,000 -
Woking -24 14 £70,000 +62.79% 13
Egham +1 6 £50,000 -50.00%
Staines -1 4 £70,000 -26.32% 8
Warlingham - 2 - -
Godalming - 2 £36,500 - 1
Leatherhead - 2 £50,000 -
Esher +1 1 - -
Farnham - 1 - -
Banstead - 1 - - 5
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 8 (4.04%) 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 42 (21.21%) AWS
3 36 (18.18%) SaaS
4 30 (15.15%) Azure AI
5 23 (11.62%) Adobe Analytics
6 19 (9.60%) Figma
6 19 (9.60%) Power Platform
7 18 (9.09%) GitHub
8 11 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (5.05%) GCP
10 9 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (4.04%) Copilot Studio
11 8 (4.04%) Google Analytics
11 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (4.04%) Snowflake
12 7 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (3.03%) Canva
14 5 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.14%) Broadband
2 6 (3.03%) Firewall
3 5 (2.53%) Unified Communications
3 5 (2.53%) VPN
4 2 (1.01%) HTTP
4 2 (1.01%) Intranet
4 2 (1.01%) RTP
4 2 (1.01%) VoIP
4 2 (1.01%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.51%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.59%) Tableau
2 15 (7.58%) Power BI
3 12 (6.06%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.55%) Metadata
5 8 (4.04%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.54%) Redis
7 6 (3.03%) MySQL
7 6 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.52%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.01%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.01%) Impala
10 2 (1.01%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.01%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.01%) Parquet
10 2 (1.01%) Pinecone
10 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
11 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 62 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 31 (15.66%) Games
3 22 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.11%) Marketing
4 20 (10.10%) Finance
5 13 (6.57%) Retail
6 12 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (5.05%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.54%) Automotive
9 6 (3.03%) Legal
9 6 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.02%) Multimedia
11 4 (2.02%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.52%) Banking
12 3 (1.52%) Publishing
13 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.01%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.01%) Police
13 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (16.67%) Lead
2 31 (15.66%) Developer
3 27 (13.64%) Senior
4 21 (10.61%) Software Engineer
5 19 (9.60%) Analyst
6 16 (8.08%) Designer
6 16 (8.08%) Lead Designer
7 15 (7.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 15 (7.58%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (7.58%) Data Analyst
7 15 (7.58%) Junior
7 15 (7.58%) Junior Analyst
7 15 (7.58%) Junior Data Analyst
7 15 (7.58%) Python Engineer
7 15 (7.58%) Python Software Engineer
8 14 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (4.55%) 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
2 10 (5.05%) REST
3 9 (4.55%) .NET
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%) RESTful
6 6 (3.03%) FastAPI
6 6 (3.03%) PySpark
7 5 (2.53%) CSS
8 4 (2.02%) ASP.NET
8 4 (2.02%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (2.02%) Blazor
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%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.64%) Social Media
2 13 (6.57%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.05%) Blog
3 10 (5.05%) Podcast
4 9 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.53%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.02%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.02%) IoT
7 4 (2.02%) iPhone
7 4 (2.02%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.02%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.05%) Linux
2 4 (2.02%) Android
2 4 (2.02%) Windows
3 3 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.01%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (24.75%) Machine Learning
2 48 (24.24%) Analytics
3 46 (23.23%) Agile
4 41 (20.71%) Roadmaps
5 39 (19.70%) Customer Experience
6 38 (19.19%) CI/CD
7 32 (16.16%) Software Engineering
8 29 (14.65%) Full-Stack Development
8 29 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (14.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 26 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (13.13%) User Research
11 23 (11.62%) Digital Customer Experience
11 23 (11.62%) Product Roadmap
11 23 (11.62%) Prototyping
11 23 (11.62%) Storytelling
12 22 (11.11%) DevOps
13 21 (10.61%) B2B
13 21 (10.61%) Workshop Facilitation
14 19 (9.60%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 71 (35.86%) Python
2 34 (17.17%) SQL
3 23 (11.62%) C#
4 20 (10.10%) C++
4 20 (10.10%) JavaScript
5 17 (8.59%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.54%) Go
6 7 (3.54%) Java
7 6 (3.03%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.53%) Bash
8 5 (2.53%) Julia
9 4 (2.02%) PHP
10 2 (1.01%) 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 5 (2.53%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.02%) CISSP
7 4 (2.02%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.02%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.52%) CEH
8 3 (1.52%) CISM
8 3 (1.52%) GIAC
9 2 (1.01%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.51%) CBAP
10 1 (0.51%) CISMP
10 1 (0.51%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.68%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.55%) 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
5 2 (1.01%) PCI DSS
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
System Software
1 8 (4.04%) Docker
2 2 (1.01%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (8.08%) Kubernetes
2 14 (7.07%) Terraform
3 5 (2.53%) Ansible
3 5 (2.53%) Grafana
3 5 (2.53%) Prometheus
3 5 (2.53%) Proxmox
4 2 (1.01%) Argo
Vendors
1 54 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.63%) Adobe
3 22 (11.11%) Google
4 5 (2.53%) VMware
5 4 (2.02%) Databricks
5 4 (2.02%) Mitel
5 4 (2.02%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.52%) BT
6 3 (1.52%) Fortinet
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%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.01%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.51%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.51%) Foundry
8 1 (0.51%) Screaming Frog