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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 36 81
Rank change year-on-year -10 +45 -13
Permanent jobs citing AI 52 90 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 4.59% 5.80% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.16% 6.70% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 47 51 8
10th Percentile £35,450 - £41,475
25th Percentile £48,869 £40,000 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £113,000 - £101,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +12.75%

All Process and 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 1,007 1,343 886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 88.88% 86.48% 91.15%
Number of salaries quoted 689 657 601
10th Percentile £27,208 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025. 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 19 £91,250 +21.67% 27
Woking +12 13 £48,500 -39.38% 10
Horley - 5 £35,500 -
Staines - 2 £72,500 - 2
Epsom +10 1 £48,580 - 2
Reigate +7 1 - - 4
Esher 0 1 £65,000 -27.78% 3
Weybridge -1 1 £120,000 +14.29% 2
Egham - 1 £100,000 - 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 1 (1.92%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.92%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) S-PLUS
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.08%) Azure
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Copilot
2 5 (9.62%) SaaS
3 4 (7.69%) AWS
4 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.85%) GitHub
5 2 (3.85%) PaaS
6 1 (1.92%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.92%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) BGP
1 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.92%) VPN
1 1 (1.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) NoSQL
2 6 (11.54%) MongoDB
2 6 (11.54%) Redis
3 5 (9.62%) MySQL
4 4 (7.69%) SQL Server
5 3 (5.77%) Power BI
5 3 (5.77%) Tableau
6 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (13.46%) JIRA
2 2 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.85%) JMeter
2 2 (3.85%) Robot Framework
General
1 10 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Finance
3 5 (9.62%) Marketing
4 4 (7.69%) Legal
5 3 (5.77%) Banking
5 3 (5.77%) Electronics
5 3 (5.77%) Games
6 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.92%) Advertising
7 1 (1.92%) Law
7 1 (1.92%) Local Government
7 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.92%) Police
7 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (26.92%) Software Engineer
2 8 (15.38%) Developer
3 6 (11.54%) .NET Developer
3 6 (11.54%) Blazor Developer
3 6 (11.54%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (11.54%) IT Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Help Desk Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 4 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) C# Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Product Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Python Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Python Software Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Scientific Software Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Cloud Developer
7 2 (3.85%) Consultant
7 2 (3.85%) Sales Director
7 2 (3.85%) Software Test Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (25.00%) WPF
2 10 (19.23%) .NET
2 10 (19.23%) Blazor
3 7 (13.46%) WinForms
4 6 (11.54%) Node.js
4 6 (11.54%) REST
5 5 (9.62%) .NET Framework
5 5 (9.62%) AngularJS
5 5 (9.62%) React
5 5 (9.62%) Vue
6 4 (7.69%) .NET Core
7 3 (5.77%) Qt
8 2 (3.85%) Playwright
9 1 (1.92%) Hugging Face
9 1 (1.92%) LangChain
9 1 (1.92%) Middleware
9 1 (1.92%) NumPy
9 1 (1.92%) Pandas
9 1 (1.92%) scikit-learn
9 1 (1.92%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.77%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (5.77%) Algorithms
2 3 (5.77%) Data Structures
2 3 (5.77%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.85%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (1.92%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.92%) Data Fabric
4 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (51.92%) Machine Learning
2 21 (40.38%) Software Engineering
3 13 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 13 (25.00%) Microservices
4 11 (21.15%) CI/CD
4 11 (21.15%) Computer Science
5 10 (19.23%) Agile
5 10 (19.23%) DevOps
5 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 7 (13.46%) MVVM
8 6 (11.54%) Analytics
8 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (11.54%) CRM
8 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
8 6 (11.54%) High Availability
8 6 (11.54%) User Experience
9 5 (9.62%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (9.62%) ITIL
9 5 (9.62%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 14 (26.92%) C#
2 8 (15.38%) Python
3 7 (13.46%) C++
4 4 (7.69%) Julia
4 4 (7.69%) SQL
5 3 (5.77%) C
6 2 (3.85%) R
7 1 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.92%) Java
7 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (46.15%) Degree
2 13 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 11 (21.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (13.46%) PhD
5 2 (3.85%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.92%) ACCA
6 1 (1.92%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.92%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (1.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) SLA
2 2 (3.85%) GxP
3 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (11.54%) Docker
2 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (11.54%) Terraform
2 1 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (17.31%) Sage
2 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.92%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (1.92%) Cisco
3 1 (1.92%) Google
3 1 (1.92%) Meraki
3 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.92%) Samsung
3 1 (1.92%) Sparx
3 1 (1.92%) VMware
3 1 (1.92%) Xero