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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 55 47
Rank change year-on-year +52 -8 +46
Permanent jobs citing AI 277 41 125
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 13.43% 4.11% 4.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.41% 4.46% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 95 15 76
10th Percentile £37,663 - £40,000
25th Percentile £48,125 £36,250 £44,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £91,250 £103,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -25.93% -15.63%

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 1,505 919 2,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 72.99% 92.18% 88.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 525 1,411
10th Percentile £31,510 £30,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £33,750
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 £95,000 £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 5 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 5 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 +11 70 £65,000 -18.75% 17
Redhill - 17 £107,500 -
Epsom +24 15 £50,000 - 3
Reigate 0 13 £66,250 - 3
Egham - 8 £50,000 - 1
Weybridge - 7 £90,000 -
Warlingham - 6 - -
Woking -22 5 £57,500 -16.36% 13
Cobham - 5 - -
Chertsey - 4 £52,500 - 2
Staines - 4 £70,000 - 1
Sunbury-on-Thames - 4 - - 2
Banstead - 3 - -
Caterham - 3 - -
Esher - 3 - -
Leatherhead - 3 £50,000 - 5
Oxted - 2 - -
Farnham - 2 - -
Godalming - 2 £36,500 -
Betchworth - 2 - -
East Molesey - 2 - -
Tadworth - 2 - - 1
Thames Ditton - 2 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 2 - -
Whyteleafe - 2 - -
Shepperton - 2 - -
Addlestone - 1 - -
Godstone - 1 - -
Hindhead - 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 7 (2.53%) CMS
2 6 (2.17%) WordPress
3 5 (1.81%) IIS
3 5 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.72%) Apache
4 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.44%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (1.44%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.08%) UserZoom
4 2 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (36.82%) Cloud Computing
2 43 (15.52%) Azure
3 34 (12.27%) AWS
4 30 (10.83%) SaaS
5 29 (10.47%) Azure AI
6 25 (9.03%) Adobe Analytics
7 20 (7.22%) Figma
8 19 (6.86%) Power Platform
9 14 (5.05%) GitHub
10 11 (3.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (2.89%) Google Analytics
12 7 (2.53%) Snowflake
13 6 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (2.17%) Canva
13 6 (2.17%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.81%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 102 (36.82%) Internet
2 29 (10.47%) Broadband
3 10 (3.61%) Unified Communications
4 8 (2.89%) Firewall
4 8 (2.89%) VPN
5 3 (1.08%) HTTP
5 3 (1.08%) RTP
5 3 (1.08%) VoIP
5 3 (1.08%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.66%) Tableau
2 17 (6.14%) Power BI
3 8 (2.89%) Metadata
4 6 (2.17%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.17%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.81%) Big Data
5 5 (1.81%) Data Mining
5 5 (1.81%) Hadoop
5 5 (1.81%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.44%) MySQL
7 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.08%) Redis
8 2 (0.72%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.72%) Impala
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.72%) Parquet
8 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.72%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.36%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 11 (3.97%) Git
2 2 (0.72%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.72%) IBM UrbanCode
2 2 (0.72%) Terragrunt
2 2 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 150 (54.15%) Social Skills
2 105 (37.91%) Banking
3 104 (37.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (10.83%) Games
4 30 (10.83%) Marketing
5 23 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.78%) Finance
6 16 (5.78%) Retail
7 7 (2.53%) Automotive
8 5 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.44%) Multimedia
9 4 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.44%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.44%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.08%) Legal
11 2 (0.72%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.36%) Advertising
12 1 (0.36%) Law
Job Titles
1 86 (31.05%) Lecturer
2 34 (12.27%) Senior
3 25 (9.03%) Lead
4 20 (7.22%) Analyst
5 18 (6.50%) Developer
5 18 (6.50%) Software Engineer
6 17 (6.14%) Data Analyst
6 17 (6.14%) Designer
6 17 (6.14%) Junior
6 17 (6.14%) Junior Analyst
6 17 (6.14%) Junior Data Analyst
6 17 (6.14%) Lead Designer
7 14 (5.05%) C++ Software Engineer
7 14 (5.05%) Python Engineer
7 14 (5.05%) Python Software Engineer
8 13 (4.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 12 (4.33%) Senior Manager
10 10 (3.61%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (3.25%) Head of Digital
12 8 (2.89%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.25%) REST
2 7 (2.53%) Laravel
3 6 (2.17%) Node.js
3 6 (2.17%) React
3 6 (2.17%) Vue
4 5 (1.81%) HTML
4 5 (1.81%) Play Framework
5 4 (1.44%) .NET
5 4 (1.44%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.44%) Flask
6 3 (1.08%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.08%) CSS
6 3 (1.08%) Django
6 3 (1.08%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (1.08%) Jinja
6 3 (1.08%) OAuth
6 3 (1.08%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.08%) pytest
6 3 (1.08%) SQLAlchemy
6 3 (1.08%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 106 (38.27%) IoT
2 29 (10.47%) Social Media
3 17 (6.14%) Algorithms
4 10 (3.61%) Blog
4 10 (3.61%) Podcast
5 8 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.89%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.44%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.08%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.36%) BBC
10 1 (0.36%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.36%) FMCG
10 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.33%) Linux
2 3 (1.08%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.72%) Windows
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (51.26%) Machine Learning
2 114 (41.16%) User Experience
3 112 (40.43%) Cybersecurity
4 104 (37.55%) Web Development
5 46 (16.61%) Analytics
5 46 (16.61%) Roadmaps
6 42 (15.16%) Agile
7 40 (14.44%) Customer Experience
8 27 (9.75%) User Research
8 27 (9.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 26 (9.39%) CI/CD
10 25 (9.03%) Digital Customer Experience
10 25 (9.03%) Product Roadmap
10 25 (9.03%) Storytelling
11 24 (8.66%) B2B
11 24 (8.66%) Prototyping
12 23 (8.30%) Software Engineering
13 22 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (7.58%) Full-Stack Development
14 21 (7.58%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.91%) Python
2 29 (10.47%) SQL
3 18 (6.50%) C++
4 14 (5.05%) C#
5 11 (3.97%) TypeScript
6 10 (3.61%) Java
6 10 (3.61%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.25%) Go
8 8 (2.89%) Bash
9 5 (1.81%) R
9 5 (1.81%) Scala
10 4 (1.44%) Julia
10 4 (1.44%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.08%) C
11 3 (1.08%) PHP
12 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (48.74%) Degree
2 121 (43.68%) Master's Degree
3 118 (42.60%) PhD
4 102 (36.82%) Postgraduate
5 23 (8.30%) Azure Certification
6 12 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.89%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.81%) MBA
9 3 (1.08%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.72%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.36%) CEH
11 1 (0.36%) CISM
11 1 (0.36%) CISSP
11 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.36%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.27%) Accessibility
2 5 (1.81%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.44%) WCAG
4 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.08%) QA
5 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.36%) GDPR
6 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.44%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.33%) Terraform
3 8 (2.89%) Ansible
3 8 (2.89%) Grafana
3 8 (2.89%) Prometheus
3 8 (2.89%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.08%) Argo
Vendors
1 42 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.75%) Adobe
3 14 (5.05%) Google
4 11 (3.97%) BT
5 8 (2.89%) VMware
6 6 (2.17%) Fortinet
6 6 (2.17%) Mitel
7 5 (1.81%) Databricks
8 3 (1.08%) Oracle
9 2 (0.72%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.72%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.36%) Foundry
10 1 (0.36%) New Relic
10 1 (0.36%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.36%) Qualys
10 1 (0.36%) SAP
10 1 (0.36%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.36%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.36%) Splunk
10 1 (0.36%) Zerto