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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 181 152 459
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.11% 15.75% 19.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.83% 17.53% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 132 109 273
10th Percentile £29,006 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £83,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -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 1,672 867 2,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 74.91% 89.84% 89.79%
Number of salaries quoted 973 518 1,373
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,175 £24,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +4 26 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Redhill +7 21 £35,000 -33.33% 4
Guildford -22 14 £40,000 -33.33% 9
Horley -1 10 £55,000 +124.49%
Weybridge - 10 £40,000 - 1
Godalming 0 6 £29,500 -46.36% 1
Camberley -4 5 £28,896 -17.44% 3
Woking -17 5 £60,000 +20.00% 6
Addlestone - 5 £35,000 - 2
Caterham +1 3 - -
Reigate -9 3 £55,040 +29.50% 1
Farnham - 3 £28,000 - 1
Warlingham - 3 - -
Leatherhead -12 2 £50,000 -11.11% 4
Chertsey - 2 £75,000 - 2
Cobham - 2 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 2 - -
Epsom +10 1 £57,500 -4.17% 2
Thames Ditton - 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 8 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.31%) CMS
3 5 (2.76%) IIS
4 4 (2.21%) WordPress
5 3 (1.66%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.66%) govService
5 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (12.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.21%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (2.21%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.21%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.10%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.10%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.10%) Q-Pulse
3 2 (1.10%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.55%) HFM
4 1 (0.55%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (8.29%) SaaS
3 13 (7.18%) Mimecast
4 11 (6.08%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.42%) AWS
5 8 (4.42%) Azure
5 8 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.31%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.76%) Snowflake
8 4 (2.21%) Canva
8 4 (2.21%) GCP
9 3 (1.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 3 (1.66%) Figma
10 1 (0.55%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.55%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.08%) DNS
2 8 (4.42%) Broadband
2 8 (4.42%) HTTP
3 3 (1.66%) DHCP
3 3 (1.66%) Firewall
3 3 (1.66%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.10%) Wireless
5 1 (0.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.08%) Power BI
2 8 (4.42%) Tableau
3 5 (2.76%) Big Data
3 5 (2.76%) Data Mining
3 5 (2.76%) Hadoop
3 5 (2.76%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.76%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.21%) MySQL
5 1 (0.55%) Metadata
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.97%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 80 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 52 (28.73%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (27.07%) Finance
4 21 (11.60%) Marketing
5 15 (8.29%) Telecoms
6 14 (7.73%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (7.18%) Retail
8 10 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (5.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.76%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.76%) Electronics
9 5 (2.76%) Legal
9 5 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.21%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.21%) Law
10 4 (2.21%) Multimedia
10 4 (2.21%) Publishing
11 3 (1.66%) Local Government
12 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (17.68%) Support Engineer
2 21 (11.60%) IT Support
3 13 (7.18%) Help Desk Technician
3 13 (7.18%) Linux Engineer
3 13 (7.18%) Linux Support
3 13 (7.18%) Linux Support Engineer
3 13 (7.18%) Systems Engineer
4 12 (6.63%) Account Manager
4 12 (6.63%) Senior
5 11 (6.08%) IT Engineer
5 11 (6.08%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (5.52%) Lead
7 9 (4.97%) Coordinator
7 9 (4.97%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (4.97%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 8 (4.42%) Analyst
8 8 (4.42%) Client Account Manager
8 8 (4.42%) Financial Controller
8 8 (4.42%) Support Technician
9 7 (3.87%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.52%) HTML
2 7 (3.87%) CSS
3 5 (2.76%) OLE
3 5 (2.76%) Play Framework
4 4 (2.21%) .NET
5 3 (1.66%) JWT
5 3 (1.66%) MUnit
5 3 (1.66%) OAuth
5 3 (1.66%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.66%) REST
5 3 (1.66%) SOAP
6 2 (1.10%) EDI
6 2 (1.10%) gRPC
7 1 (0.55%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.55%) LangChain
7 1 (0.55%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.08%) Onboarding
1 11 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (5.52%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.42%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.31%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.21%) Blog
6 4 (2.21%) IoT
6 4 (2.21%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.21%) Podcast
6 4 (2.21%) Social Media
7 3 (1.66%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.66%) Digital Signage
7 3 (1.66%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.10%) NHS
8 2 (1.10%) Over-the-Top Content
8 2 (1.10%) PropTech
8 2 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.94%) Windows
2 13 (7.18%) Linux
3 8 (4.42%) CentOS
3 8 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.31%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (10.50%) Service Delivery
3 17 (9.39%) Decision-Making
4 16 (8.84%) Change Management
4 16 (8.84%) Project Management
4 16 (8.84%) Software Engineering
4 16 (8.84%) Validation
5 15 (8.29%) Agile
5 15 (8.29%) Customer Service
6 13 (7.18%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (7.18%) Computer Science
6 13 (7.18%) Data Protection
6 13 (7.18%) Process Improvement
6 13 (7.18%) Project Delivery
7 12 (6.63%) AI
7 12 (6.63%) Coaching
7 12 (6.63%) Visualisation
8 11 (6.08%) Analytics
8 11 (6.08%) Performance Metrics
8 11 (6.08%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 31 (17.13%) Python
2 14 (7.73%) PowerShell
3 12 (6.63%) SQL
4 8 (4.42%) Java
4 8 (4.42%) JavaScript
4 8 (4.42%) Perl
4 8 (4.42%) PHP
5 7 (3.87%) Scala
6 5 (2.76%) R
7 4 (2.21%) C#
8 3 (1.66%) DataWeave
9 2 (1.10%) Go
10 1 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (20.44%) Degree
2 10 (5.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (4.97%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (4.42%) ACCA
4 8 (4.42%) CIMA
5 7 (3.87%) A+ Certification
6 6 (3.31%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.76%) MBA
8 4 (2.21%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (2.21%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (2.21%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.10%) APMP
9 2 (1.10%) CISA
9 2 (1.10%) CISSP
9 2 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.55%) CISM
10 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.05%) GDPR
2 14 (7.73%) SLA
3 11 (6.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.76%) QA
5 4 (2.21%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.21%) ITGC
6 3 (1.66%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (9.94%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.66%) Docker
3 2 (1.10%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.10%) SCCM
2 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.73%) Veeam
3 12 (6.63%) Sage
4 8 (4.42%) Google
5 6 (3.31%) Adobe
6 5 (2.76%) BT
6 5 (2.76%) Databricks
6 5 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.21%) NEC
8 3 (1.66%) Granicus
8 3 (1.66%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.10%) IBM
9 2 (1.10%) OpenText
9 2 (1.10%) Typelevel
9 2 (1.10%) VMware
10 1 (0.55%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.55%) Cisco
10 1 (0.55%) Citrix
10 1 (0.55%) Oracle
10 1 (0.55%) PeopleSoft