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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 253 181 406
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 11.08% 15.25% 20.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.07% 17.19% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 180 148 213
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £39,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -22.33% -0.96%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year - -11.46% -6.66%

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 1,679 1,053 1,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.54% 88.71% 86.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 691 1,028
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,585 £35,000 £35,214
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 £65,625 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,250 £85,000 £84,125
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 18 August 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 18 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
Redhill 0 31 £32,000 -54.29% 10
Guildford -6 26 £55,000 +37.50% 30
Staines +10 25 £50,000 -16.67% 7
Camberley +3 24 £28,896 -17.44% 8
Reigate -3 20 £41,585 +3.96% 11
Godalming +2 15 £30,000 -42.86% 2
Leatherhead -3 13 £42,500 -22.73% 8
Epsom -1 8 £66,250 +76.67% 2
Woking -26 6 £63,500 +45.14% 14
Farnham - 5 £42,500 - 5
Egham - 5 £45,000 - 3
Horley -2 3 £55,000 +111.54% 4
Lightwater - 3 £47,500 -
Dorking +5 2 £26,000 -
Chertsey - 2 £75,000 - 4
Cobham - 2 - -
Haslemere - 2 £32,500 - 1
Tadworth - 2 - -
Lingfield - 1 £27,000 - 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 7 (2.77%) CMS
2 4 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.19%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.19%) WordPress
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (11.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.58%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.19%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.79%) Academy Housing
2 2 (0.79%) Siebel CRM
2 2 (0.79%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.40%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 39 (15.42%) Azure
2 30 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (11.07%) AWS
4 18 (7.11%) SaaS
5 12 (4.74%) Entra ID
6 9 (3.56%) GCP
7 7 (2.77%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.19%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.19%) Canva
10 3 (1.19%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.19%) GitHub
10 3 (1.19%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.19%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.79%) dbt
11 2 (0.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.67%) Firewall
2 22 (8.70%) TCP/IP
3 13 (5.14%) Wireless
4 11 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.95%) LAN
5 10 (3.95%) WAN
6 9 (3.56%) DNS
7 8 (3.16%) LTE
8 7 (2.77%) Internet
9 5 (1.98%) Broadband
9 5 (1.98%) VSAT
10 4 (1.58%) Asterisk PBX
10 4 (1.58%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (1.58%) DHCP
10 4 (1.58%) HTTP
10 4 (1.58%) VoIP
11 3 (1.19%) Hyperconnected
12 2 (0.79%) Network Security
12 2 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.72%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.14%) MySQL
3 9 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.56%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.98%) Power BI
5 4 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.19%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.79%) Metadata
7 2 (0.79%) Siebel EIM
7 2 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (6.32%) Git
2 11 (4.35%) JIRA
3 7 (2.77%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.19%) Selenium
4 3 (1.19%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.79%) GitLab
5 2 (0.79%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.40%) Postman
General
1 113 (44.66%) Social Skills
2 70 (27.67%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (18.97%) Finance
4 20 (7.91%) Influencing Skills
4 20 (7.91%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (5.53%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.53%) Retail
7 12 (4.74%) Local Government
8 11 (4.35%) Aerospace
8 11 (4.35%) Electronics
9 10 (3.95%) Law
10 9 (3.56%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.77%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.77%) Marketing
11 7 (2.77%) Publishing
12 6 (2.37%) Advertising
12 6 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 36 (14.23%) Developer
2 32 (12.65%) Senior
3 30 (11.86%) Analyst
4 27 (10.67%) IT Support
5 25 (9.88%) Support Engineer
6 18 (7.11%) Consultant
7 17 (6.72%) IT Engineer
8 15 (5.93%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (5.53%) Senior Developer
10 13 (5.14%) IT Technician
10 13 (5.14%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (4.74%) 1st Line Support
12 11 (4.35%) Management Consultant
12 11 (4.35%) Programme Management Office Consultant
12 11 (4.35%) Programme Office Consultant
13 10 (3.95%) .NET Developer
13 10 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support
13 10 (3.95%) Security Analyst
14 9 (3.56%) Coordinator
14 9 (3.56%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.72%) .NET
2 16 (6.32%) React
3 15 (5.93%) CSS
3 15 (5.93%) HTML
4 14 (5.53%) REST
5 13 (5.14%) .NET Core
6 10 (3.95%) .NET Framework
6 10 (3.95%) AngularJS
6 10 (3.95%) Entity Framework
7 9 (3.56%) SOAP
8 7 (2.77%) ASP.NET
9 5 (1.98%) Laravel
10 4 (1.58%) FastAPI
10 4 (1.58%) Tailwind CSS
10 4 (1.58%) Vue
10 4 (1.58%) WPF
11 3 (1.19%) Blazor
11 3 (1.19%) Hibernate
11 3 (1.19%) JWT
11 3 (1.19%) MUnit
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 21 (8.30%) Driving Licence
3 16 (6.32%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.37%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.98%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.58%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.19%) Blog
8 3 (1.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.19%) IoT
8 3 (1.19%) Podcast
8 3 (1.19%) Social Media
8 3 (1.19%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.79%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.79%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.65%) Windows
2 17 (6.72%) Windows Server
3 16 (6.32%) Linux
4 4 (1.58%) CentOS
4 4 (1.58%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (16.21%) Agile
2 38 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (13.44%) Decision-Making
4 31 (12.25%) Customer Service
5 29 (11.46%) AI
6 27 (10.67%) Collaborative Working
7 24 (9.49%) CI/CD
7 24 (9.49%) Mentoring
7 24 (9.49%) Software Engineering
7 24 (9.49%) Validation
8 23 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (7.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (7.11%) Business Continuity
10 18 (7.11%) Project Management
11 17 (6.72%) Customer Experience
12 16 (6.32%) DevOps
12 16 (6.32%) ITIL
12 16 (6.32%) Vulnerability Management
13 15 (5.93%) Collaborative Culture
14 14 (5.53%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.07%) Python
2 25 (9.88%) JavaScript
3 22 (8.70%) SQL
4 18 (7.11%) C#
5 15 (5.93%) TypeScript
6 11 (4.35%) PHP
7 10 (3.95%) Java
7 10 (3.95%) Perl
8 6 (2.37%) Bash
9 5 (1.98%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.58%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.19%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.79%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.79%) Ruby
13 1 (0.40%) C++
13 1 (0.40%) Go
13 1 (0.40%) Scala
13 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (17.00%) Degree
2 27 (10.67%) Security Cleared
3 26 (10.28%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.56%) ACCA
4 9 (3.56%) CIMA
5 8 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.16%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.77%) Chartered Engineer
6 7 (2.77%) HNC
7 6 (2.37%) CISSP
7 6 (2.37%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.98%) HND
8 5 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.58%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.58%) CSPO
10 3 (1.19%) CCNA
10 3 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.19%) CISM
10 3 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.28%) QA
2 15 (5.93%) GDPR
3 11 (4.35%) PMO
3 11 (4.35%) SLA
4 10 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.77%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.19%) NIST
6 3 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.19%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.79%) FATCA
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.40%) ITGC
System Software
1 24 (9.49%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.98%) Docker
2 5 (1.98%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.95%) Terraform
3 9 (3.56%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.79%) Ansible
4 2 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 67 (26.48%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.56%) Cisco
2 9 (3.56%) Google
2 9 (3.56%) Qualys
2 9 (3.56%) Sage
3 7 (2.77%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.37%) Meraki
4 6 (2.37%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.37%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (1.98%) Citrix
5 5 (1.98%) Veeam
5 5 (1.98%) VMware
6 4 (1.58%) Aruba
7 3 (1.19%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.19%) New Relic
7 3 (1.19%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.19%) Oracle
7 3 (1.19%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.19%) Splunk
7 3 (1.19%) Zerto