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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 217 160 538
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 10.77% 15.87% 20.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.98% 17.26% 23.42%
Number of salaries quoted 163 122 295
10th Percentile £28,728 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £33,487
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,375 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -13.46%

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 1,449 927 2,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 71.91% 91.96% 86.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 567 1,468
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,900 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,250 £80,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% -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 June 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 June 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 -5 31 £42,500 +6.25% 15
Staines +3 24 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Reigate 0 20 £41,585 +3.96% 2
Redhill +5 15 £35,000 -50.00% 5
Camberley +2 12 £28,791 -17.74% 6
Weybridge - 10 £40,000 - 2
Woking -22 8 £60,000 +20.00% 4
Epsom +4 7 £65,000 +73.33% 2
Horley 0 7 £38,000 +46.15% 2
Leatherhead -4 7 £42,500 -22.73% 3
Egham - 5 £45,000 - 2
Godalming +2 4 £29,000 -47.27% 2
Farnham - 4 - -
Caterham +3 3 - -
Warlingham - 3 - -
Chertsey - 2 £75,000 - 2
Cobham - 2 - -
Lightwater - 2 £47,500 -
Haslemere - 2 £32,500 -
Tadworth +2 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 (3.23%) CMS
2 5 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.84%) WordPress
4 3 (1.38%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.38%) govService
5 1 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (12.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.30%) Photoshop
4 4 (1.84%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.52%) Azure
2 20 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (8.29%) AWS
4 16 (7.37%) SaaS
5 10 (4.61%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.69%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.69%) Mimecast
7 7 (3.23%) GCP
8 6 (2.76%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.84%) Canva
10 3 (1.38%) Figma
11 2 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.92%) dbt
12 1 (0.46%) n8n
12 1 (0.46%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.46%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.07%) Wireless
2 9 (4.15%) DNS
2 9 (4.15%) Firewall
2 9 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (3.69%) Broadband
4 7 (3.23%) HTTP
4 7 (3.23%) LAN
4 7 (3.23%) WAN
5 5 (2.30%) Internet
6 4 (1.84%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.92%) DHCP
7 2 (0.92%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.92%) Network Security
7 2 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.92%) VPN
8 1 (0.46%) NGFW
8 1 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.69%) Power BI
3 4 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.84%) MySQL
3 4 (1.84%) Tableau
4 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.46%) Big Data
5 1 (0.46%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.46%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.46%) Metadata
5 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.15%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.23%) JIRA
3 6 (2.76%) Git
4 2 (0.92%) GitLab
4 2 (0.92%) Terragrunt
General
1 97 (44.70%) Social Skills
2 61 (28.11%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (26.27%) Finance
4 19 (8.76%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (8.29%) Marketing
6 16 (7.37%) Telecoms
7 15 (6.91%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (6.91%) Local Government
8 13 (5.99%) Retail
9 8 (3.69%) Aerospace
10 7 (3.23%) Law
11 5 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.30%) Publishing
12 4 (1.84%) Advertising
12 4 (1.84%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.84%) Multimedia
12 4 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.38%) Legal
14 2 (0.92%) Billing
14 2 (0.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (13.36%) Support Engineer
2 24 (11.06%) Developer
2 24 (11.06%) IT Support
3 23 (10.60%) Senior
4 17 (7.83%) IT Engineer
5 15 (6.91%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (6.91%) Systems Engineer
6 14 (6.45%) Consultant
7 13 (5.99%) Coordinator
8 12 (5.53%) Account Manager
9 11 (5.07%) IT Technician
9 11 (5.07%) Lead
9 11 (5.07%) Management Consultant
9 11 (5.07%) Programme Management Office Consultant
9 11 (5.07%) Programme Office Consultant
10 10 (4.61%) Analyst
11 9 (4.15%) Linux Engineer
11 9 (4.15%) Linux Support
11 9 (4.15%) Linux Support Engineer
11 9 (4.15%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.53%) CSS
1 12 (5.53%) HTML
2 10 (4.61%) .NET
3 9 (4.15%) React
4 6 (2.76%) .NET Core
4 6 (2.76%) ASP.NET
4 6 (2.76%) REST
5 5 (2.30%) SOAP
6 4 (1.84%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.84%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.84%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.84%) FastAPI
6 4 (1.84%) Laravel
6 4 (1.84%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (1.84%) Vue
6 4 (1.84%) WPF
7 3 (1.38%) Electron
7 3 (1.38%) JWT
7 3 (1.38%) MUnit
7 3 (1.38%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.60%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.99%) Driving Licence
3 11 (5.07%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.30%) Low-Code
5 5 (2.30%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.84%) Blog
6 4 (1.84%) IoT
6 4 (1.84%) Podcast
6 4 (1.84%) Social Media
7 3 (1.38%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.38%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (0.92%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.92%) Over-the-Top Content
8 2 (0.92%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.76%) Windows
2 15 (6.91%) Linux
3 7 (3.23%) CentOS
3 7 (3.23%) Mac OS
3 7 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (13.36%) Collaborative Working
2 29 (13.36%) Decision-Making
3 25 (11.52%) Agile
3 25 (11.52%) Mentoring
4 23 (10.60%) AI
5 22 (10.14%) Service Delivery
6 21 (9.68%) Project Management
6 21 (9.68%) Software Engineering
7 20 (9.22%) Business Continuity
7 20 (9.22%) Validation
8 18 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (7.83%) CI/CD
10 16 (7.37%) Project Delivery
11 15 (6.91%) Change Management
11 15 (6.91%) Data Protection
12 14 (6.45%) Customer Experience
13 13 (5.99%) Asset Management
13 13 (5.99%) Computer Science
13 13 (5.99%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.05%) Python
2 18 (8.29%) SQL
3 17 (7.83%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.99%) PHP
4 13 (5.99%) PowerShell
4 13 (5.99%) TypeScript
5 9 (4.15%) Perl
6 8 (3.69%) C#
7 5 (2.30%) Java
8 4 (1.84%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.38%) DataWeave
9 3 (1.38%) Scala
10 2 (0.92%) Bash
10 2 (0.92%) Go
11 1 (0.46%) C++
11 1 (0.46%) R
11 1 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (13.82%) Degree
2 10 (4.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (4.15%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (3.69%) ACCA
4 8 (3.69%) CIMA
5 7 (3.23%) A+ Certification
5 7 (3.23%) CISSP
6 5 (2.30%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.84%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.84%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.38%) CCNA
8 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.38%) CISM
8 3 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.92%) CISA
9 2 (0.92%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.29%) QA
2 17 (7.83%) GDPR
3 14 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (5.07%) PMO
4 11 (5.07%) SLA
5 5 (2.30%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.84%) ITGC
7 3 (1.38%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.38%) NIST
8 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 24 (11.06%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (4.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.23%) Terraform
3 5 (2.30%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.92%) Ansible
4 2 (0.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (20.74%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.07%) Google
3 10 (4.61%) Sage
4 8 (3.69%) Veeam
5 6 (2.76%) Meraki
5 6 (2.76%) Qualys
5 6 (2.76%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (2.30%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.84%) Cisco
8 3 (1.38%) Adobe
8 3 (1.38%) Aruba
8 3 (1.38%) Granicus
8 3 (1.38%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.38%) Splunk
9 2 (0.92%) New Relic
9 2 (0.92%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.92%) Typelevel
9 2 (0.92%) Zerto
10 1 (0.46%) Tenable