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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 202 149 513
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 9.76% 14.91% 19.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.36% 16.18% 22.66%
Number of salaries quoted 142 111 276
10th Percentile £28,540 £31,250 £26,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,043 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -18.37% -18.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,375 £75,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

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 1,512 921 2,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.04% 92.19% 88.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 524 1,414
10th Percentile £31,510 £30,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,188 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,375 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 6 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 6 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
Staines +5 26 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Guildford -12 26 £48,750 +21.88% 9
Reigate 0 19 £41,585 +3.96% 3
Redhill +5 15 £35,000 -50.00% 4
Weybridge - 10 £40,000 - 1
Camberley -2 8 £28,698 -18.01% 6
Horley 0 7 £38,000 +46.15% 1
Leatherhead -6 5 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Woking -22 5 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Godalming +2 4 £29,000 -47.27%
Farnham - 4 - - 1
Caterham +3 3 - -
Egham - 3 £45,000 - 5
Warlingham - 3 - -
Epsom +5 2 £61,250 +63.33% 6
Chertsey - 2 £75,000 - 5
Cobham - 2 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 2 - -
Lightwater - 1 £47,500 - 1
Haslemere - 1 £32,500 -
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 6 (2.97%) CMS
2 5 (2.48%) IIS
2 5 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.98%) WordPress
4 3 (1.49%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.49%) govService
Applications
1 29 (14.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.98%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.98%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.98%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.99%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.99%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (0.99%) Q-Pulse
3 2 (0.99%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.50%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.41%) AWS
1 19 (9.41%) Azure
1 19 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (8.42%) SaaS
3 12 (5.94%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (3.96%) Mimecast
5 6 (2.97%) GCP
5 6 (2.97%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.48%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.48%) Snowflake
7 4 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.98%) Canva
8 3 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.49%) Figma
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.50%) ClickUp
9 1 (0.50%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.45%) DNS
2 8 (3.96%) Broadband
2 8 (3.96%) HTTP
3 7 (3.47%) Wireless
4 3 (1.49%) DHCP
4 3 (1.49%) Firewall
4 3 (1.49%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.99%) Internet
5 2 (0.99%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.50%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.50%) LAN
6 1 (0.50%) Network Security
6 1 (0.50%) VoIP
6 1 (0.50%) WAN
6 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.95%) Power BI
2 8 (3.96%) Tableau
3 7 (3.47%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.48%) Big Data
4 5 (2.48%) Data Mining
4 5 (2.48%) Hadoop
4 5 (2.48%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.98%) MySQL
6 3 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.50%) Metadata
7 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.95%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.98%) Git
2 4 (1.98%) JIRA
3 2 (0.99%) GitLab
3 2 (0.99%) Terragrunt
General
1 96 (47.52%) Social Skills
2 62 (30.69%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (26.73%) Finance
4 21 (10.40%) Marketing
5 19 (9.41%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (7.92%) Telecoms
7 15 (7.43%) Local Government
8 12 (5.94%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (5.45%) Retail
10 9 (4.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (3.96%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.97%) Law
13 4 (1.98%) Advertising
13 4 (1.98%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.98%) Multimedia
13 4 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.98%) Publishing
14 2 (0.99%) Billing
14 2 (0.99%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (14.36%) Support Engineer
2 23 (11.39%) IT Support
3 19 (9.41%) Senior
4 17 (8.42%) Developer
5 14 (6.93%) Consultant
5 14 (6.93%) IT Engineer
5 14 (6.93%) IT Support Engineer
5 14 (6.93%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (6.44%) Coordinator
7 12 (5.94%) Account Manager
8 11 (5.45%) Linux Engineer
8 11 (5.45%) Linux Support
8 11 (5.45%) Linux Support Engineer
8 11 (5.45%) Management Consultant
8 11 (5.45%) Programme Management Office Consultant
8 11 (5.45%) Programme Office Consultant
9 10 (4.95%) Lead
9 10 (4.95%) Principal Engineer
9 10 (4.95%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 9 (4.46%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.95%) CSS
1 10 (4.95%) HTML
2 7 (3.47%) .NET
3 6 (2.97%) React
4 5 (2.48%) Play Framework
4 5 (2.48%) REST
4 5 (2.48%) SOAP
5 3 (1.49%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.49%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.49%) FastAPI
5 3 (1.49%) JWT
5 3 (1.49%) Laravel
5 3 (1.49%) MUnit
5 3 (1.49%) OAuth
5 3 (1.49%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.49%) OLE
5 3 (1.49%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (1.49%) Vue
6 2 (0.99%) Electron
6 2 (0.99%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.89%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.94%) Driving Licence
3 10 (4.95%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.97%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.48%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.98%) Blog
7 4 (1.98%) IoT
7 4 (1.98%) Podcast
7 4 (1.98%) Social Media
8 3 (1.49%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.49%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.99%) NHS
9 2 (0.99%) Over-the-Top Content
9 2 (0.99%) PropTech
9 2 (0.99%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.50%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.92%) Windows
2 15 (7.43%) Linux
3 8 (3.96%) CentOS
3 8 (3.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.97%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (15.84%) Decision-Making
2 29 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (13.86%) Collaborative Working
4 24 (11.88%) Agile
5 23 (11.39%) Project Management
6 22 (10.89%) AI
6 22 (10.89%) Software Engineering
7 21 (10.40%) Validation
8 20 (9.90%) Service Delivery
9 19 (9.41%) Mentoring
10 17 (8.42%) Change Management
11 15 (7.43%) Computer Science
12 14 (6.93%) Business Continuity
12 14 (6.93%) Data Protection
12 14 (6.93%) Machine Learning
12 14 (6.93%) Project Delivery
12 14 (6.93%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (6.44%) Asset Management
13 13 (6.44%) CI/CD
13 13 (6.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.32%) Python
2 16 (7.92%) SQL
3 13 (6.44%) JavaScript
3 13 (6.44%) PHP
4 12 (5.94%) PowerShell
5 10 (4.95%) Perl
6 9 (4.46%) Java
6 9 (4.46%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.47%) C#
7 7 (3.47%) Scala
8 5 (2.48%) R
9 3 (1.49%) DataWeave
10 2 (0.99%) Bash
10 2 (0.99%) Go
10 2 (0.99%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.50%) C++
11 1 (0.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (17.33%) Degree
2 11 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (4.95%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (3.96%) ACCA
4 8 (3.96%) CIMA
5 7 (3.47%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.48%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.48%) MBA
6 5 (2.48%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.98%) CISSP
7 4 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (1.98%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.98%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.49%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.49%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.99%) CISA
9 2 (0.99%) CISM
10 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.91%) QA
2 15 (7.43%) GDPR
3 13 (6.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (6.44%) SLA
4 11 (5.45%) PMO
5 5 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.98%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.98%) ITGC
7 3 (1.49%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.99%) NIST
9 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 21 (10.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.49%) Docker
3 1 (0.50%) Firmware
3 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.97%) Terraform
3 4 (1.98%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.99%) Ansible
4 2 (0.99%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (21.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.94%) Sage
3 10 (4.95%) Google
4 8 (3.96%) Veeam
5 5 (2.48%) BT
5 5 (2.48%) Databricks
5 5 (2.48%) Meraki
5 5 (2.48%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.48%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (1.49%) Adobe
6 3 (1.49%) Granicus
6 3 (1.49%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.99%) IBM
7 2 (0.99%) OpenText
7 2 (0.99%) Splunk
7 2 (0.99%) Typelevel
8 1 (0.50%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.50%) New Relic
8 1 (0.50%) Tenable
8 1 (0.50%) Zerto