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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 266 171 382
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 10.80% 14.78% 20.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.27% 16.59% 23.82%
Number of salaries quoted 189 141 177
10th Percentile £26,850 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,750 £53,325
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% -21.71% +18.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% -15.00% -1.96%

All Process & 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 1,864 1,031 1,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 75.71% 89.11% 86.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,388 687 813
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 21 September 2026.

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 21 September 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
Redhill +2 38 £32,000 -54.29% 20
Camberley +4 27 £28,686 -28.29% 6
Guildford -14 25 £55,000 +37.50% 46
Reigate -2 21 £41,585 +3.96% 7
Staines +3 19 £45,000 -28.00% 27
Godalming +1 17 £30,000 -42.86% 2
Leatherhead -5 14 £35,000 -36.36% 11
Epsom +2 11 £65,000 +73.33% 2
Woking -23 7 £63,500 +58.75% 32
Egham - 6 £45,000 -
Lingfield - 4 £27,000 -
Lightwater - 3 £47,500 -
Farnham - 3 £42,500 - 1
Chertsey - 2 £95,000 - 2
Dorking - 2 £26,000 - 6
Haslemere - 2 £32,500 -
Tadworth - 2 - - 2
Horley -3 1 £55,000 +54.93%
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 5 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.13%) CMS
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.75%) Confluence
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
Applications
1 28 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.13%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.75%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.75%) Academy Housing
2 2 (0.75%) Siebel CRM
2 2 (0.75%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.38%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.79%) Azure
2 37 (13.91%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (11.28%) AWS
4 15 (5.64%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.26%) SaaS
6 7 (2.63%) GCP
7 5 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.50%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.50%) GitHub
8 4 (1.50%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.13%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.13%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.13%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (1.13%) Google Gemini
9 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.75%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.90%) Firewall
2 23 (8.65%) TCP/IP
3 12 (4.51%) LAN
3 12 (4.51%) Wireless
4 11 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.76%) WAN
6 8 (3.01%) DNS
6 8 (3.01%) LTE
7 7 (2.63%) Internet
8 5 (1.88%) VPN
8 5 (1.88%) VSAT
9 4 (1.50%) Asterisk PBX
9 4 (1.50%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (1.50%) VoIP
10 3 (1.13%) Broadband
10 3 (1.13%) Hyperconnected
11 2 (0.75%) DHCP
11 2 (0.75%) Network Security
12 1 (0.38%) 4G
12 1 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.76%) MySQL
3 9 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.38%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.13%) Metadata
5 3 (1.13%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.75%) Power BI
6 2 (0.75%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 16 (6.02%) Git
2 12 (4.51%) JIRA
3 7 (2.63%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.13%) Selenium
4 3 (1.13%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.75%) GitLab
5 2 (0.75%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 118 (44.36%) Social Skills
2 80 (30.08%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (17.29%) Finance
4 25 (9.40%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (9.02%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (7.14%) Retail
7 16 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.02%) Public Sector
8 13 (4.89%) Electronics
9 12 (4.51%) Aerospace
9 12 (4.51%) Local Government
10 11 (4.14%) Manufacturing
11 10 (3.76%) Law
12 8 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.63%) Telecoms
14 6 (2.26%) Advertising
14 6 (2.26%) Marketing
15 5 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.50%) Legal
17 3 (1.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (13.16%) Analyst
2 33 (12.41%) Developer
3 32 (12.03%) Senior
4 26 (9.77%) IT Support
5 19 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
6 18 (6.77%) Support Engineer
7 17 (6.39%) Consultant
8 15 (5.64%) IT Engineer
9 14 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (5.26%) IT Technician
9 14 (5.26%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.89%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (4.89%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (4.14%) Management Consultant
11 11 (4.14%) Programme Management Office Consultant
11 11 (4.14%) Programme Office Consultant
11 11 (4.14%) Security Analyst
11 11 (4.14%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.76%) .NET Developer
12 10 (3.76%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.02%) React
1 16 (6.02%) REST
2 15 (5.64%) .NET
3 13 (4.89%) .NET Core
4 12 (4.51%) CSS
4 12 (4.51%) HTML
5 11 (4.14%) SOAP
5 11 (4.14%) Terraform
6 10 (3.76%) .NET Framework
6 10 (3.76%) AngularJS
6 10 (3.76%) Entity Framework
7 7 (2.63%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.88%) Laravel
9 4 (1.50%) FastAPI
9 4 (1.50%) Gherkin
9 4 (1.50%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (1.50%) Vue
9 4 (1.50%) WPF
10 3 (1.13%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (1.13%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.52%) Onboarding
2 19 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.77%) Driving Licence
4 12 (4.51%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.26%) Security Posture
5 6 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.88%) AI Agents
6 5 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.75%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.75%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.75%) Culture of Ownership
8 2 (0.75%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.75%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.29%) Windows
2 21 (7.89%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.51%) Linux
4 5 (1.88%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.75%) Android
5 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (18.05%) Agile
2 41 (15.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (13.53%) Customer Service
4 35 (13.16%) Decision-Making
5 29 (10.90%) Collaborative Working
6 28 (10.53%) AI
7 26 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (9.77%) Software Engineering
7 26 (9.77%) Validation
8 25 (9.40%) CI/CD
8 25 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (8.27%) Mentoring
10 19 (7.14%) DevOps
10 19 (7.14%) Information Security
11 18 (6.77%) Business Continuity
11 18 (6.77%) Project Management
12 17 (6.39%) Customer Experience
13 16 (6.02%) Code Quality
13 16 (6.02%) Roadmaps
13 16 (6.02%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.65%) JavaScript
2 22 (8.27%) Python
3 20 (7.52%) SQL
4 16 (6.02%) C#
4 16 (6.02%) TypeScript
5 8 (3.01%) Java
6 7 (2.63%) PHP
7 6 (2.26%) Bash
7 6 (2.26%) Perl
7 6 (2.26%) Ruby
8 5 (1.88%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.50%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.75%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.75%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.38%) C++
11 1 (0.38%) DataWeave
11 1 (0.38%) Go
11 1 (0.38%) Scala
11 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (15.79%) Degree
2 28 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 27 (10.15%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.02%) DBS Check
5 9 (3.38%) HNC
6 8 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.01%) CSPO
7 7 (2.63%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (2.63%) HND
8 6 (2.26%) A+ Certification
8 6 (2.26%) CISSP
8 6 (2.26%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.50%) ACCA
9 4 (1.50%) CIMA
10 3 (1.13%) CCNA
10 3 (1.13%) CEH
10 3 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.13%) CISM
10 3 (1.13%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.77%) QA
2 25 (9.40%) GDPR
3 16 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.14%) PMO
5 6 (2.26%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.26%) SLA
6 4 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.50%) NIST
6 4 (1.50%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.75%) FATCA
8 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.38%) GRC
9 1 (0.38%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 24 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.88%) Docker
2 5 (1.88%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.38%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.13%) Ansible
4 2 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.38%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.38%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.38%) Grafana
5 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 78 (29.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.38%) Cisco
2 9 (3.38%) Qualys
3 8 (3.01%) Google
4 7 (2.63%) Palo Alto
5 6 (2.26%) Meraki
5 6 (2.26%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.26%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (1.88%) Citrix
6 5 (1.88%) Veeam
6 5 (1.88%) VMware
7 4 (1.50%) Aruba
7 4 (1.50%) SAP
7 4 (1.50%) Workday
8 3 (1.13%) New Relic
8 3 (1.13%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.13%) Oracle
8 3 (1.13%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.13%) Splunk
8 3 (1.13%) Zerto