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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 227 168 523
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 10.87% 16.05% 20.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.84% 17.59% 23.68%
Number of salaries quoted 173 129 292
10th Percentile £28,686 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £35,000 £33,474
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -17.10% -12.27%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £88,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -12.37%

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 1,530 955 2,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.28% 91.21% 86.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 609 1,410
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,000 £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 £95,375 £82,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 4 July 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 4 July 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 32 £48,750 +21.88% 18
Staines +4 25 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Reigate -1 19 £41,585 +3.96% 5
Redhill +3 16 £35,000 -50.00% 6
Camberley +3 14 £28,791 -17.74% 7
Weybridge +5 10 £40,000 -15.79% 2
Epsom +3 8 £65,000 +73.33% 3
Leatherhead -2 8 £42,500 -22.73% 1
Woking -25 8 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Godalming +1 6 £29,500 -45.12% 3
Horley 0 6 £46,500 +78.85%
Egham - 5 £45,000 - 4
Farnham - 4 - -
Caterham +3 3 - -
Lightwater - 3 £47,500 -
Warlingham - 3 - -
Tadworth +3 2 - -
Haslemere - 2 £32,500 -
Chertsey - 2 £75,000 - 2
Cobham - 2 - -
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 9 (3.96%) CMS
2 4 (1.76%) WordPress
3 3 (1.32%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.32%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) govService
Applications
1 26 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.20%) Photoshop
4 4 (1.76%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.44%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.22%) Azure
2 23 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (8.81%) AWS
4 18 (7.93%) SaaS
5 10 (4.41%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.41%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.52%) GCP
6 8 (3.52%) Mimecast
7 6 (2.64%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.76%) Canva
9 3 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.88%) dbt
11 1 (0.44%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.44%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.44%) n8n
11 1 (0.44%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.29%) Firewall
1 12 (5.29%) Wireless
2 11 (4.85%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (3.96%) DNS
3 9 (3.96%) LAN
3 9 (3.96%) WAN
4 7 (3.08%) HTTP
4 7 (3.08%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.64%) Broadband
5 6 (2.64%) Internet
6 3 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.32%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.88%) DHCP
7 2 (0.88%) Network Security
7 2 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.88%) VPN
8 1 (0.44%) LTE
8 1 (0.44%) NGFW
8 1 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.52%) Power BI
3 5 (2.20%) MySQL
4 4 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.32%) Tableau
6 1 (0.44%) Metadata
6 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.52%) JIRA
1 8 (3.52%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.08%) Git
3 2 (0.88%) GitLab
3 2 (0.88%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.44%) Selenium
4 1 (0.44%) SpecFlow
General
1 97 (42.73%) Social Skills
2 60 (26.43%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (25.11%) Finance
4 19 (8.37%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (7.49%) Marketing
6 16 (7.05%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (7.05%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.73%) Local Government
7 13 (5.73%) Retail
8 8 (3.52%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.08%) Law
9 7 (3.08%) Publishing
10 6 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.76%) Advertising
11 4 (1.76%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.76%) Legal
11 4 (1.76%) Multimedia
11 4 (1.76%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.88%) Billing
12 2 (0.88%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 29 (12.78%) Support Engineer
2 27 (11.89%) Developer
3 25 (11.01%) IT Support
4 24 (10.57%) Senior
5 17 (7.49%) IT Engineer
6 16 (7.05%) Analyst
7 15 (6.61%) IT Support Engineer
8 14 (6.17%) Consultant
8 14 (6.17%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (5.29%) Account Manager
9 12 (5.29%) Coordinator
9 12 (5.29%) IT Technician
10 11 (4.85%) Management Consultant
10 11 (4.85%) Programme Management Office Consultant
10 11 (4.85%) Programme Office Consultant
11 9 (3.96%) Linux Engineer
11 9 (3.96%) Linux Support
11 9 (3.96%) Linux Support Engineer
12 8 (3.52%) Help Desk Technician
12 8 (3.52%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.85%) .NET
2 10 (4.41%) CSS
2 10 (4.41%) HTML
2 10 (4.41%) React
3 7 (3.08%) .NET Core
3 7 (3.08%) ASP.NET
3 7 (3.08%) REST
4 5 (2.20%) SOAP
5 4 (1.76%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.76%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.76%) Entity Framework
5 4 (1.76%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.76%) Laravel
5 4 (1.76%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (1.76%) Vue
5 4 (1.76%) WPF
6 3 (1.32%) JWT
6 3 (1.32%) MUnit
6 3 (1.32%) Node.js
6 3 (1.32%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.25%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.61%) Onboarding
3 13 (5.73%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.64%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.76%) Blog
7 4 (1.76%) IoT
7 4 (1.76%) Podcast
7 4 (1.76%) Social Media
8 3 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.32%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.88%) Culture of Ownership
9 2 (0.88%) Over-the-Top Content
9 2 (0.88%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.69%) Windows
2 16 (7.05%) Linux
3 7 (3.08%) CentOS
3 7 (3.08%) Mac OS
3 7 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (3.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (14.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 30 (13.22%) Collaborative Working
3 29 (12.78%) Decision-Making
4 27 (11.89%) AI
5 26 (11.45%) Mentoring
6 25 (11.01%) Agile
7 22 (9.69%) Service Delivery
8 21 (9.25%) Business Continuity
8 21 (9.25%) Validation
9 20 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (8.81%) Project Management
10 19 (8.37%) CI/CD
10 19 (8.37%) Software Engineering
11 16 (7.05%) Project Delivery
12 15 (6.61%) Change Management
12 15 (6.61%) Data Protection
12 15 (6.61%) Process Improvement
13 14 (6.17%) Customer Experience
13 14 (6.17%) Customer Service
13 14 (6.17%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.74%) Python
2 20 (8.81%) SQL
3 18 (7.93%) JavaScript
4 14 (6.17%) PowerShell
5 13 (5.73%) PHP
5 13 (5.73%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.41%) C#
7 9 (3.96%) Perl
8 6 (2.64%) Java
9 4 (1.76%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.32%) DataWeave
11 2 (0.88%) Bash
11 2 (0.88%) Go
11 2 (0.88%) Scala
12 1 (0.44%) C++
12 1 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (13.66%) Degree
2 10 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (3.52%) ACCA
3 8 (3.52%) Chartered Engineer
3 8 (3.52%) CIMA
3 8 (3.52%) CISSP
4 7 (3.08%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.64%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.64%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.76%) CISM
7 4 (1.76%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.32%) CCNA
8 3 (1.32%) CEH
8 3 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.32%) GIAC
8 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.37%) QA
2 16 (7.05%) GDPR
3 15 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (5.29%) SLA
5 11 (4.85%) PMO
6 7 (3.08%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.76%) ITGC
7 4 (1.76%) NIST
8 3 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 24 (10.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.76%) Docker
3 1 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (5.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.52%) Terraform
3 7 (3.08%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.88%) Ansible
4 2 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (20.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.29%) Google
3 10 (4.41%) Sage
4 9 (3.96%) Qualys
5 8 (3.52%) Veeam
6 7 (3.08%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.64%) Meraki
7 6 (2.64%) Ubiquiti
8 5 (2.20%) Cisco
9 4 (1.76%) Aruba
9 4 (1.76%) Splunk
10 3 (1.32%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.32%) New Relic
10 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.32%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.32%) Zerto
11 2 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.88%) Typelevel
12 1 (0.44%) Ahrefs
12 1 (0.44%) Granicus