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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 178 228 251
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 10.61% 18.94% 20.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.14% 20.47% 22.84%
Number of salaries quoted 141 121 149
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £24,950
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.91% +21.05% -20.83%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £76,250
South East median annual salary £41,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.90% +10.53% -13.64%

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 1,355 1,114 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.75% 92.52% 89.28%
Number of salaries quoted 783 483 771
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,125 £43,625 £38,000
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 £87,250 £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -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 22 January 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 22 January 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 38 £38,500 -23.00% 8
Horley +3 21 £60,000 +144.90% 1
Staines -2 10 £50,000 +53.85% 3
Reigate -3 8 £37,500 -34.78% 1
Godstone -2 6 £36,000 -
Guildford -12 6 £40,000 -27.27% 45
Woking -2 5 £57,500 -28.13% 24
Addlestone - 5 £35,000 -
Camberley +4 4 £27,300 -22.00% 3
Weybridge -2 3 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Walton-on-Thames - 2 - -
Warlingham - 2 £51,250 -
Farnham - 2 £28,750 -
Godalming - 2 £30,000 -
Caterham - 2 £51,250 - 1
Leatherhead - 2 £55,000 - 5
Chertsey -2 1 - - 2
Thames Ditton -3 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 13 (7.30%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.81%) IIS
3 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.69%) CMS
4 3 (1.69%) govService
5 1 (0.56%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.56%) Confluence
5 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (12.92%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.69%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.69%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.69%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 10 (5.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.12%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.12%) Q-Pulse
3 2 (1.12%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.56%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 31 (17.42%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.18%) Azure
3 9 (5.06%) Mimecast
4 7 (3.93%) AWS
4 7 (3.93%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.37%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (2.81%) SaaS
6 5 (2.81%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (1.69%) Figma
8 2 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.12%) npm
9 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.74%) Firewall
1 12 (6.74%) TCP/IP
2 11 (6.18%) DNS
3 9 (5.06%) Wireless
4 6 (3.37%) DHCP
5 4 (2.25%) HTTP
6 3 (1.69%) Broadband
7 2 (1.12%) LAN
7 2 (1.12%) VPN
7 2 (1.12%) WAN
8 1 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.06%) Relational Database
2 6 (3.37%) Power BI
2 6 (3.37%) Tableau
3 5 (2.81%) Big Data
3 5 (2.81%) Data Mining
3 5 (2.81%) Hadoop
3 5 (2.81%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.81%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.56%) FileMaker
5 1 (0.56%) Power Query
5 1 (0.56%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (3.93%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.37%) JIRA
3 3 (1.69%) Git
4 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 81 (45.51%) Social Skills
2 36 (20.22%) Retail
3 33 (18.54%) Finance
4 28 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (12.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.62%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.62%) Marketing
6 10 (5.62%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.93%) Electronics
8 7 (3.93%) Law
8 7 (3.93%) Legal
9 5 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.25%) Local Government
10 4 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.69%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.12%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (20.22%) IT Support
2 23 (12.92%) Support Engineer
3 16 (8.99%) Project Engineer
4 15 (8.43%) Analyst
4 15 (8.43%) Senior
5 14 (7.87%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (6.74%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 12 (6.74%) Technical Support
7 11 (6.18%) Lead
7 11 (6.18%) Senior Manager
8 9 (5.06%) Help Desk Technician
9 8 (4.49%) IT Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) Project Manager
9 8 (4.49%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) Technical Manager
9 8 (4.49%) Technical Support Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.93%) Linux Support Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.74%) HTML
2 9 (5.06%) CSS
3 7 (3.93%) OLE
4 5 (2.81%) Play Framework
5 4 (2.25%) .NET
6 3 (1.69%) CSS3
6 3 (1.69%) HTML5
7 2 (1.12%) EDI
7 2 (1.12%) Jest
7 2 (1.12%) JSON
7 2 (1.12%) React
7 2 (1.12%) RESTful
7 2 (1.12%) XML
8 1 (0.56%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.56%) Blazor
8 1 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.56%) REST
8 1 (0.56%) Sass
8 1 (0.56%) WinForms
8 1 (0.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.36%) Onboarding
2 21 (11.80%) Driving Licence
3 16 (8.99%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.37%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.37%) Digital Media
4 6 (3.37%) Digital Signage
4 6 (3.37%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.25%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.69%) Animation
7 3 (1.69%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.69%) Motion Graphics
8 2 (1.12%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (1.12%) NHS
9 1 (0.56%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.56%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.56%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 28 (15.73%) Windows
2 15 (8.43%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.06%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.49%) Linux
5 4 (2.25%) CentOS
5 4 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 27 (15.17%) Customer Service
3 18 (10.11%) ITIL
4 16 (8.99%) Service Delivery
4 16 (8.99%) Software Engineering
5 14 (7.87%) AI
5 14 (7.87%) Mentoring
6 13 (7.30%) Decision-Making
6 13 (7.30%) Project Management
7 12 (6.74%) Agile
7 12 (6.74%) Analytics
7 12 (6.74%) Process Improvement
8 11 (6.18%) Change Management
8 11 (6.18%) CRM
8 11 (6.18%) Project Delivery
8 11 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (6.18%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (6.18%) User Experience
8 11 (6.18%) Visualisation
9 10 (5.62%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.04%) Python
2 18 (10.11%) PowerShell
3 11 (6.18%) SQL
4 6 (3.37%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.81%) Java
5 5 (2.81%) R
5 5 (2.81%) Scala
6 4 (2.25%) Perl
6 4 (2.25%) PHP
7 3 (1.69%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.12%) C#
8 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (28.09%) Degree
2 8 (4.49%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.93%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (3.93%) Chartered Engineer
3 7 (3.93%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.37%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.81%) MBA
6 3 (1.69%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.69%) MCP
6 3 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.12%) APMP
7 2 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.56%) HNC
8 1 (0.56%) HND
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.56%) PMP
8 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (16.85%) GDPR
2 11 (6.18%) SLA
3 5 (2.81%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.81%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.25%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.12%) WCAG
6 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 26 (14.61%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.18%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.56%) Docker
5 1 (0.56%) Firmware
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.69%) Terraform
3 2 (1.12%) Ansible
4 1 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (27.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.11%) NEC
3 17 (9.55%) Veeam
4 12 (6.74%) VMware
5 9 (5.06%) Adobe
5 9 (5.06%) Sage
6 8 (4.49%) Citrix
7 5 (2.81%) BT
7 5 (2.81%) Databricks
8 4 (2.25%) Guidewire
8 4 (2.25%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.69%) Granicus
9 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.12%) IBM
10 2 (1.12%) OpenText
11 1 (0.56%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.56%) Oracle
11 1 (0.56%) PeopleSoft