Problem-Solving Job Trends in Surrey

Problem Solving
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 175 346 145
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 15.24% 22.85% 15.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.33% 26.45% 17.18%
Number of salaries quoted 151 152 99
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,125 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £34,688 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,163 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% +20.36% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £78,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

Problem-Solving 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 1,010 1,308 844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 87.98% 86.39% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 715 635 600
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £30,500
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 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,750 £85,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Surrey

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Surrey over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in Surrey

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 31 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
Redhill +9 39 £67,500 +92.86% 9
Horley +3 23 £35,500 -
Camberley +2 9 £40,000 -50.00% 3
Guildford -10 9 £40,000 -21.95% 24
Reigate +2 7 £37,500 -28.57% 4
Epsom -14 7 £37,500 -37.50% 2
Godstone -1 6 £36,000 -
Woking +7 5 £57,500 -28.13% 6
Leatherhead -1 4 £55,000 +37.50% 4
Godalming +1 3 £52,500 - 1
Weybridge +1 3 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Staines -17 2 £66,250 +103.85% 4
Warlingham - 2 £51,250 -
Caterham - 2 £51,250 - 2
Chertsey +5 1 - - 3
Esher -1 1 £65,000 -
Farnham - 1 £29,500 - 1
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
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 19 (10.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.29%) Confluence
3 3 (1.71%) CMS
4 1 (0.57%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.57%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (9.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.71%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (1.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.71%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.71%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (1.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.71%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 34 (19.43%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (9.14%) Azure
3 11 (6.29%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.43%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.29%) SaaS
7 2 (1.14%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.14%) npm
7 2 (1.14%) Serverless
8 1 (0.57%) AWS
8 1 (0.57%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.57%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.14%) Firewall
2 10 (5.71%) TCP/IP
3 7 (4.00%) DNS
3 7 (4.00%) Wireless
4 6 (3.43%) DHCP
4 6 (3.43%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.71%) LTE
5 3 (1.71%) VSAT
6 2 (1.14%) Internet
6 2 (1.14%) Network Security
7 1 (0.57%) Broadband
7 1 (0.57%) LAN
7 1 (0.57%) VLAN
7 1 (0.57%) VPN
7 1 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.29%) Power BI
3 8 (4.57%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.57%) FileMaker
5 1 (0.57%) Parquet
5 1 (0.57%) Power Query
5 1 (0.57%) QlikView
5 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.57%) SSDT
5 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (6.86%) JIRA
2 4 (2.29%) Git
3 3 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 103 (58.86%) Social Skills
2 43 (24.57%) Finance
3 39 (22.29%) Retail
4 23 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.57%) Front Office
8 5 (2.86%) Billing
8 5 (2.86%) Electronics
8 5 (2.86%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.29%) Law
9 4 (2.29%) Local Government
10 3 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.71%) Legal
10 3 (1.71%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.71%) Marketing
10 3 (1.71%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.14%) Automotive
11 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (17.71%) Analyst
2 30 (17.14%) IT Support
3 19 (10.86%) Lead
4 14 (8.00%) Project Engineer
4 14 (8.00%) Technical Support
5 13 (7.43%) Business Analyst
5 13 (7.43%) Lead Software Engineer
5 13 (7.43%) Senior
5 13 (7.43%) Software Engineer
5 13 (7.43%) Support Engineer
6 12 (6.86%) Support Analyst
7 11 (6.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 11 (6.29%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (4.00%) Finance Business Analyst
8 7 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
8 7 (4.00%) IT Manager
8 7 (4.00%) Technical Engineer
8 7 (4.00%) Technical Manager
8 7 (4.00%) Technical Support Engineer
9 6 (3.43%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.43%) CSS
1 6 (3.43%) HTML
2 4 (2.29%) .NET
2 4 (2.29%) JSON
2 4 (2.29%) XML
3 3 (1.71%) CSS3
3 3 (1.71%) HTML5
4 2 (1.14%) Jest
4 2 (1.14%) ModSecurity
4 2 (1.14%) OLE
4 2 (1.14%) React
4 2 (1.14%) RESTful
5 1 (0.57%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.57%) Blazor
5 1 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.57%) REST
5 1 (0.57%) Sass
5 1 (0.57%) WinForms
5 1 (0.57%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 30 (17.14%) Driving Licence
2 22 (12.57%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.71%) Animation
4 3 (1.71%) Digital Media
4 3 (1.71%) Digital Signage
4 3 (1.71%) Motion Graphics
4 3 (1.71%) VHDL
4 3 (1.71%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.14%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.57%) CCTV
6 1 (0.57%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.57%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.57%) PMI
6 1 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.57%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.00%) Windows
2 12 (6.86%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.00%) Unix
3 7 (4.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.57%) Customer Service
2 28 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (12.57%) Mentoring
4 20 (11.43%) Service Delivery
5 19 (10.86%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (10.29%) ITIL
6 18 (10.29%) Software Engineering
7 17 (9.71%) Coaching
8 16 (9.14%) Process Improvement
8 16 (9.14%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (8.00%) User Experience
10 13 (7.43%) Active Listening
11 11 (6.29%) CRM
11 11 (6.29%) Decision-Making
11 11 (6.29%) Roadmaps
11 11 (6.29%) Time Management
12 10 (5.71%) Agile
12 10 (5.71%) AI
12 10 (5.71%) Storytelling
12 10 (5.71%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.57%) SQL
2 9 (5.14%) C#
3 8 (4.57%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.57%) Python
4 3 (1.71%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.71%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.71%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (21.71%) Degree
2 12 (6.86%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.43%) DBS Check
3 6 (3.43%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.29%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.71%) CCNA
5 3 (1.71%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.71%) JNCIA
6 2 (1.14%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.57%) CBAP
7 1 (0.57%) CIPD
7 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.57%) HNC
7 1 (0.57%) HND
7 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (17.71%) GDPR
2 10 (5.71%) SLA
3 5 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.71%) QA
6 2 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.14%) WCAG
7 1 (0.57%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.00%) Firmware
2 7 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.14%) Terraform
3 1 (0.57%) Ansible
3 1 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 60 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.00%) NEC
3 13 (7.43%) Guidewire
4 12 (6.86%) Sage
5 9 (5.14%) HubSpot
6 8 (4.57%) Oracle
6 8 (4.57%) VMware
7 7 (4.00%) Anaplan
8 6 (3.43%) Citrix
8 6 (3.43%) Veeam
9 3 (1.71%) Adobe
9 3 (1.71%) Cisco
9 3 (1.71%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.14%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.57%) Google
11 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow