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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 184 214 298
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 10.67% 18.48% 20.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.20% 19.81% 22.91%
Number of salaries quoted 146 113 182
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £24,775
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.04% +27.78% -25.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £85,000 £76,000
South East median annual salary £41,000 £52,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -21.90% +12.90% -15.45%

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 1,394 1,080 1,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.81% 93.26% 88.38%
Number of salaries quoted 818 474 925
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £51,020
% change year-on-year -13.79% +13.68% -7.24%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 +11 37 £37,500 -25.00% 6
Horley +3 20 £60,000 +144.90%
Staines 0 12 £50,000 +53.85% 5
Guildford -12 9 £40,000 -30.43% 13
Reigate -4 8 £37,500 -34.78% 1
Weybridge +2 7 £37,500 -16.67% 4
Godstone -2 6 £36,000 -
Addlestone - 5 £35,000 -
Camberley +2 4 £27,300 -22.00% 5
Woking -5 4 £57,500 -28.13% 7
Caterham - 2 £51,250 - 1
Farnham - 2 £28,750 -
Godalming - 2 £30,000 - 1
Walton-on-Thames - 2 - -
Warlingham - 2 £51,250 -
Epsom +4 1 £57,500 -4.17% 2
Chertsey +1 1 - - 2
Thames Ditton -3 1 - -
Leatherhead - 1 £55,000 - 8
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 13 (7.07%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.72%) IIS
3 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.63%) CMS
4 3 (1.63%) govService
5 1 (0.54%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.54%) Confluence
5 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (10.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.63%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.63%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.63%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 6 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.09%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.09%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.09%) Q-Pulse
3 2 (1.09%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.54%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.30%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.43%) Azure
2 10 (5.43%) Mimecast
3 8 (4.35%) AWS
4 7 (3.80%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.26%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.72%) SaaS
6 5 (2.72%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (1.63%) Figma
7 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.09%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.09%) npm
9 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.54%) GCP
9 1 (0.54%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.07%) Firewall
2 12 (6.52%) TCP/IP
3 11 (5.98%) DNS
4 9 (4.89%) Wireless
5 6 (3.26%) DHCP
6 4 (2.17%) Broadband
6 4 (2.17%) HTTP
7 2 (1.09%) LAN
7 2 (1.09%) VPN
7 2 (1.09%) WAN
8 1 (0.54%) Internet
8 1 (0.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.89%) Relational Database
2 6 (3.26%) Power BI
2 6 (3.26%) Tableau
3 5 (2.72%) Big Data
3 5 (2.72%) Data Mining
3 5 (2.72%) Hadoop
3 5 (2.72%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.54%) FileMaker
5 1 (0.54%) Power Query
5 1 (0.54%) QlikView
5 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.80%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.17%) JIRA
3 3 (1.63%) Git
4 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 83 (45.11%) Social Skills
2 39 (21.20%) Finance
3 37 (20.11%) Retail
4 33 (17.93%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (7.61%) Marketing
7 11 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (5.43%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (4.35%) Legal
10 7 (3.80%) Electronics
10 7 (3.80%) Law
11 6 (3.26%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.17%) Local Government
13 4 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 4 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.63%) Multimedia
15 2 (1.09%) Public Sector
16 1 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (20.11%) IT Support
2 26 (14.13%) Support Engineer
3 16 (8.70%) Project Engineer
4 15 (8.15%) Analyst
4 15 (8.15%) Senior
5 14 (7.61%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (6.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 12 (6.52%) Technical Support
7 11 (5.98%) Senior Manager
8 10 (5.43%) Help Desk Technician
8 10 (5.43%) IT Engineer
8 10 (5.43%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.35%) Developer
9 8 (4.35%) Lead
9 8 (4.35%) Linux Engineer
9 8 (4.35%) Linux Support
9 8 (4.35%) Linux Support Engineer
9 8 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (4.35%) Technical Manager
9 8 (4.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.52%) HTML
2 9 (4.89%) CSS
3 7 (3.80%) OLE
4 5 (2.72%) Play Framework
5 4 (2.17%) .NET
6 3 (1.63%) CSS3
6 3 (1.63%) HTML5
7 2 (1.09%) EDI
7 2 (1.09%) Jest
7 2 (1.09%) React
7 2 (1.09%) RESTful
8 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.54%) Blazor
8 1 (0.54%) gRPC
8 1 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.54%) REST
8 1 (0.54%) Sass
8 1 (0.54%) WinForms
8 1 (0.54%) WPF
8 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.33%) Driving Licence
1 19 (10.33%) Onboarding
2 16 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.80%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.26%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.26%) Digital Media
4 6 (3.26%) Digital Signage
4 6 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.17%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.63%) Animation
6 3 (1.63%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.63%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.09%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (1.09%) NHS
8 1 (0.54%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.54%) Over-the-Top Content
8 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.54%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 30 (16.30%) Windows
2 15 (8.15%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.89%) Linux
3 9 (4.89%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.17%) CentOS
4 4 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (11.96%) Customer Service
3 21 (11.41%) Service Delivery
4 17 (9.24%) Process Improvement
5 16 (8.70%) ITIL
6 15 (8.15%) Software Engineering
7 14 (7.61%) Mentoring
8 13 (7.07%) Project Delivery
8 13 (7.07%) Project Management
9 12 (6.52%) Agile
9 12 (6.52%) AI
9 12 (6.52%) Analytics
9 12 (6.52%) Decision-Making
10 11 (5.98%) Change Management
10 11 (5.98%) Computer Science
10 11 (5.98%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (5.98%) Visualisation
11 10 (5.43%) Coaching
11 10 (5.43%) Digital Transformation Strategy
11 10 (5.43%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.67%) Python
2 20 (10.87%) PowerShell
3 10 (5.43%) SQL
4 6 (3.26%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.26%) Scala
5 5 (2.72%) Java
5 5 (2.72%) R
6 4 (2.17%) Perl
6 4 (2.17%) PHP
7 3 (1.63%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.09%) C#
9 1 (0.54%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.54%) Go
9 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (27.17%) Degree
2 8 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (3.80%) Chartered Engineer
3 7 (3.80%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.26%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.72%) MBA
6 4 (2.17%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.09%) APMP
7 2 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.54%) CISA
8 1 (0.54%) CISSP
8 1 (0.54%) HNC
8 1 (0.54%) HND
8 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.54%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.54%) PMP
8 1 (0.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (17.39%) GDPR
2 9 (4.89%) SLA
3 7 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.72%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.09%) QA
6 2 (1.09%) WCAG
7 1 (0.54%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (15.22%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.98%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.09%) Docker
4 2 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.54%) Firmware
5 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.63%) Terraform
3 2 (1.09%) Ansible
4 1 (0.54%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (24.46%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.78%) NEC
2 18 (9.78%) Veeam
3 12 (6.52%) VMware
4 9 (4.89%) Adobe
4 9 (4.89%) Sage
5 8 (4.35%) Citrix
6 5 (2.72%) BT
6 5 (2.72%) Databricks
7 4 (2.17%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.63%) Granicus
8 3 (1.63%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.09%) Google
9 2 (1.09%) Guidewire
9 2 (1.09%) IBM
9 2 (1.09%) OpenText
10 1 (0.54%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.54%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.54%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.54%) Typelevel