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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 49 41
Rank change year-on-year +38 -8 +53
Permanent jobs citing AI 192 51 124
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.44% 4.37% 6.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.48% 4.90% 6.95%
Number of salaries quoted 118 30 77
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,250 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £41,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +50.60% -36.15% -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 1,673 1,040 1,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.57% 89.19% 86.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,238 679 1,057
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,000 £35,042
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 £66,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £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 11 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 11 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 77 £82,500 -10.81% 16
Reigate - 18 £90,000 - 9
Redhill - 15 £107,500 - 2
Woking -18 14 £70,000 +62.79% 14
Epsom +5 9 £50,000 -
Egham +1 6 £50,000 -50.00%
Staines -3 4 £70,000 -3.45% 16
Godalming - 2 £36,500 - 1
Leatherhead - 2 £50,000 - 1
Esher +1 1 - - 1
Farnham - 1 - - 3
Banstead - 1 - - 3
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 2
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - - 3
Warlingham - 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 11 (5.73%) CMS
2 10 (5.21%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (3.65%) WordPress
4 6 (3.13%) Apache
4 6 (3.13%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.60%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.56%) SAS
7 2 (1.04%) Confluence
8 1 (0.52%) JBoss
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.52%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (7.29%) 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%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.04%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.52%) Elementor
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (30.21%) Azure
2 47 (24.48%) AWS
3 34 (17.71%) SaaS
4 28 (14.58%) Azure AI
5 18 (9.38%) Power Platform
6 16 (8.33%) Adobe Analytics
7 15 (7.81%) GitHub
8 14 (7.29%) Figma
9 12 (6.25%) Snowflake
10 11 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (5.73%) GCP
11 10 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (4.17%) Copilot Studio
14 7 (3.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (3.13%) Canva
16 5 (2.60%) GitHub Copilot
17 4 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
17 4 (2.08%) ChatGPT
17 4 (2.08%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 20 (10.42%) Broadband
2 5 (2.60%) Firewall
3 3 (1.56%) 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 15 (7.81%) Tableau
2 13 (6.77%) Power BI
3 10 (5.21%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.21%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.69%) Redis
5 6 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.08%) MySQL
7 3 (1.56%) Metadata
7 3 (1.56%) 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 (9.38%) Git
2 5 (2.60%) JIRA
3 3 (1.56%) 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 63 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.02%) Games
3 21 (10.94%) Finance
4 19 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.90%) Influencing Skills
5 17 (8.85%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.29%) Marketing
7 12 (6.25%) Legal
8 8 (4.17%) Police
9 6 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.13%) Retail
10 5 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.08%) Multimedia
11 4 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.56%) Banking
12 3 (1.56%) Publishing
13 2 (1.04%) Automotive
13 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.52%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 31 (16.15%) Developer
2 30 (15.63%) Lead
3 24 (12.50%) Senior
4 21 (10.94%) Software Engineer
5 17 (8.85%) Analyst
6 16 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 15 (7.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 15 (7.81%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (7.81%) Consultant
7 15 (7.81%) Python Engineer
7 15 (7.81%) Python Software Engineer
8 13 (6.77%) Data Analyst
8 13 (6.77%) Junior
8 13 (6.77%) Junior Analyst
8 13 (6.77%) Junior Data Analyst
9 11 (5.73%) Software Developer
10 10 (5.21%) Designer
10 10 (5.21%) Lead Designer
11 9 (4.69%) Head of Digital
11 9 (4.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.77%) Node.js
2 11 (5.73%) Vue
3 10 (5.21%) .NET
3 10 (5.21%) React
4 9 (4.69%) .NET Core
5 8 (4.17%) Laravel
5 8 (4.17%) REST
6 7 (3.65%) HTML
6 7 (3.65%) PySpark
6 7 (3.65%) RESTful
7 6 (3.13%) FastAPI
8 5 (2.60%) CSS
8 5 (2.60%) Kafka
8 5 (2.60%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (2.08%) ASP.NET
9 4 (2.08%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (2.08%) ML.NET
9 4 (2.08%) Spring
9 4 (2.08%) Spring Boot
9 4 (2.08%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.94%) Social Media
2 10 (5.21%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.69%) Blog
4 8 (4.17%) Algorithms
4 8 (4.17%) Podcast
5 7 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.13%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.60%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.08%) IoT
8 4 (2.08%) iPhone
8 4 (2.08%) Low-Code
8 4 (2.08%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.08%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.17%) Linux
2 6 (3.13%) Windows
3 4 (2.08%) Android
3 4 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.04%) Machine Learning
2 45 (23.44%) Agile
3 44 (22.92%) Analytics
4 38 (19.79%) CI/CD
5 34 (17.71%) Roadmaps
6 33 (17.19%) Software Engineering
7 29 (15.10%) Full-Stack Development
7 29 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (14.06%) Customer Experience
9 25 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (10.94%) DevOps
10 21 (10.94%) User Research
10 21 (10.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 20 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (9.38%) Infrastructure as Code
12 18 (9.38%) Prototyping
13 17 (8.85%) Information Security
14 16 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
14 16 (8.33%) Product Roadmap
14 16 (8.33%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 68 (35.42%) Python
2 34 (17.71%) SQL
3 25 (13.02%) C#
4 23 (11.98%) JavaScript
5 20 (10.42%) TypeScript
6 18 (9.38%) C++
7 7 (3.65%) Java
7 7 (3.65%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.60%) Go
8 5 (2.60%) Julia
9 4 (2.08%) PHP
10 3 (1.56%) Bash
11 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (20.31%) Degree
2 20 (10.42%) Azure Certification
3 18 (9.38%) PhD
4 17 (8.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (8.33%) Master's Degree
6 10 (5.21%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.21%) Security Cleared
7 6 (3.13%) CISSP
8 4 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.08%) CEH
8 4 (2.08%) CISM
8 4 (2.08%) 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%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.58%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.13%) NIST
4 5 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.60%) GDPR
4 5 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.08%) ISO 9001
5 4 (2.08%) WCAG
6 3 (1.56%) 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 (4.17%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (7.81%) Kubernetes
2 14 (7.29%) Terraform
3 3 (1.56%) Ansible
3 3 (1.56%) Grafana
3 3 (1.56%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.56%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 53 (27.60%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.90%) Google
3 18 (9.38%) Adobe
4 6 (3.13%) Databricks
5 4 (2.08%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.08%) Qualys
5 4 (2.08%) Splunk
5 4 (2.08%) VMware
6 3 (1.56%) Mitel
6 3 (1.56%) New Relic
6 3 (1.56%) Oracle
6 3 (1.56%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.56%) Zerto
7 2 (1.04%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.04%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.52%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.52%) Foundry
8 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.52%) SAP
8 1 (0.52%) Screaming Frog