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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 53 45
Rank change year-on-year +44 -8 +47
Permanent jobs citing AI 177 40 127
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.89% 4.03% 4.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.41% 4.38% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 98 16 78
10th Percentile £36,250 - £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £44,897
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +20.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £92,188 £104,375 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% -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 1,426 914 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 71.59% 92.04% 87.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 537 1,437
10th Percentile £31,328 £30,300 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,334 £36,250 £34,750
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 £97,125 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 11 June 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 June 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 +12 73 £62,500 -21.88% 8
Redhill - 15 £107,500 -
Epsom +17 13 £50,000 - 1
Reigate -1 11 £66,250 - 2
Egham - 6 £50,000 - 1
Woking -22 5 £57,500 -16.36% 9
Weybridge -3 3 £90,000 -25.00%
Warlingham - 2 - -
Staines - 2 £70,000 -
Godalming - 2 £36,500 -
Hindhead - 1 - -
Leatherhead - 1 £50,000 - 6
Esher - 1 - -
Farnham - 1 - -
Banstead - 1 - -
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 2
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 7 (3.95%) CMS
2 6 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.39%) WordPress
3 4 (2.26%) IIS
4 3 (1.69%) Apache
4 3 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (10.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.26%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (2.26%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.13%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.13%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (25.99%) Azure
2 37 (20.90%) AWS
3 31 (17.51%) SaaS
4 29 (16.38%) Azure AI
5 24 (13.56%) Adobe Analytics
6 20 (11.30%) Figma
7 19 (10.73%) Power Platform
8 16 (9.04%) GitHub
9 12 (6.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (4.52%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (4.52%) Google Analytics
12 7 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (3.95%) Snowflake
13 6 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (3.39%) Canva
13 6 (3.39%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (3.39%) GCP
13 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (2.26%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (16.38%) Broadband
2 10 (5.65%) Unified Communications
3 8 (4.52%) Firewall
3 8 (4.52%) VPN
4 3 (1.69%) HTTP
4 3 (1.69%) RTP
4 3 (1.69%) VoIP
4 3 (1.69%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.99%) Tableau
2 17 (9.60%) Power BI
3 8 (4.52%) Metadata
3 8 (4.52%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.39%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.39%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.82%) MySQL
5 5 (2.82%) Redis
6 4 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.26%) Big Data
6 4 (2.26%) Data Mining
6 4 (2.26%) Hadoop
6 4 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.13%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.13%) Impala
7 2 (1.13%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.13%) Parquet
7 2 (1.13%) Pinecone
7 2 (1.13%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 13 (7.34%) Git
2 2 (1.13%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.13%) IBM UrbanCode
2 2 (1.13%) Terragrunt
2 2 (1.13%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 49 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.95%) Games
3 29 (16.38%) Marketing
4 22 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (9.04%) Finance
6 15 (8.47%) Retail
7 7 (3.95%) Automotive
8 5 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.26%) Multimedia
9 4 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.69%) Banking
10 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.69%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.13%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.13%) Legal
12 1 (0.56%) Advertising
12 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (18.08%) Senior
2 26 (14.69%) Lead
3 22 (12.43%) Developer
4 20 (11.30%) Analyst
5 19 (10.73%) Software Engineer
6 17 (9.60%) Data Analyst
6 17 (9.60%) Designer
6 17 (9.60%) Junior
6 17 (9.60%) Junior Analyst
6 17 (9.60%) Junior Data Analyst
6 17 (9.60%) Lead Designer
7 15 (8.47%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (8.47%) Python Engineer
7 15 (8.47%) Python Software Engineer
8 14 (7.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 12 (6.78%) Full-Stack Developer
10 11 (6.21%) Senior Manager
11 9 (5.08%) Head of Digital
12 8 (4.52%) DevOps Administrator
12 8 (4.52%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.65%) REST
2 8 (4.52%) Laravel
2 8 (4.52%) Node.js
2 8 (4.52%) Vue
3 7 (3.95%) React
4 6 (3.39%) FastAPI
4 6 (3.39%) HTML
5 5 (2.82%) Flask
6 4 (2.26%) .NET
6 4 (2.26%) CSS
6 4 (2.26%) Play Framework
6 4 (2.26%) Tailwind CSS
7 3 (1.69%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.69%) Django
7 3 (1.69%) FreeSWITCH
7 3 (1.69%) OAuth
7 3 (1.69%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.69%) PyTorch
7 3 (1.69%) Spring
7 3 (1.69%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.82%) Social Media
2 17 (9.60%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.65%) Blog
3 10 (5.65%) Podcast
4 9 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (4.52%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.82%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.26%) IoT
8 4 (2.26%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (1.13%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.13%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.13%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.56%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.78%) Linux
2 3 (1.69%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.13%) Windows
4 1 (0.56%) Android
4 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.42%) Analytics
2 44 (24.86%) Roadmaps
3 43 (24.29%) Machine Learning
4 42 (23.73%) Agile
5 38 (21.47%) Customer Experience
6 30 (16.95%) CI/CD
7 27 (15.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 26 (14.69%) User Research
9 25 (14.12%) Software Engineering
10 24 (13.56%) B2B
10 24 (13.56%) Digital Customer Experience
10 24 (13.56%) Full-Stack Development
10 24 (13.56%) Product Roadmap
10 24 (13.56%) Prototyping
10 24 (13.56%) Storytelling
11 22 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (11.86%) Workshop Facilitation
13 20 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 19 (10.73%) SEO
15 18 (10.17%) Customer Insight
Programming Languages
1 72 (40.68%) Python
2 30 (16.95%) SQL
3 20 (11.30%) C++
4 15 (8.47%) C#
5 13 (7.34%) TypeScript
6 12 (6.78%) JavaScript
7 10 (5.65%) Go
7 10 (5.65%) Java
8 8 (4.52%) Bash
9 4 (2.26%) Julia
9 4 (2.26%) PHP
9 4 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.26%) R
9 4 (2.26%) Scala
10 3 (1.69%) C
11 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (19.21%) Degree
2 23 (12.99%) Azure Certification
3 19 (10.73%) Master's Degree
4 17 (9.60%) PhD
5 13 (7.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.52%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.26%) MBA
8 3 (1.69%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.13%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.56%) CEH
10 1 (0.56%) CISM
10 1 (0.56%) CISSP
10 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (18.64%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.26%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (2.26%) WCAG
4 3 (1.69%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.69%) QA
5 2 (1.13%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.56%) GDPR
6 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.56%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (2.82%) Docker
2 3 (1.69%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.34%) Terraform
3 8 (4.52%) Ansible
3 8 (4.52%) Grafana
3 8 (4.52%) Prometheus
3 8 (4.52%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.69%) Argo
Vendors
1 45 (25.42%) Microsoft
2 26 (14.69%) Adobe
3 15 (8.47%) Google
4 10 (5.65%) BT
5 8 (4.52%) VMware
6 6 (3.39%) Fortinet
6 6 (3.39%) Mitel
7 4 (2.26%) Databricks
8 3 (1.69%) Oracle
9 2 (1.13%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.13%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.13%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.56%) Ahrefs
10 1 (0.56%) Foundry
10 1 (0.56%) New Relic
10 1 (0.56%) Qualys
10 1 (0.56%) SAP
10 1 (0.56%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.56%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.56%) Zerto