Problem-Solving Jobs in Surrey

Problem Solving
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 196 421 513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 17.53% 22.06% 19.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.70% 24.53% 20.19%
Number of salaries quoted 120 209 247
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £93,750
South East median annual salary £50,967 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.26% -14.29% +5.00%

All Process and 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 1,048 1,716 2,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 93.74% 89.94% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 477 1,157 1,582
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,500 £33,025
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £59,125 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.25% -9.09% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Surrey

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Surrey.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in Surrey

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Surrey over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.

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 March 2025. 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
Epsom -10 19 £60,000 +122.22% 8
Staines +10 15 £32,500 -27.78% 8
Tadworth 0 14 - -
Woking +20 12 £80,000 +146.15% 12
Reigate +8 12 £57,500 -30.30% 4
Guildford -12 11 £57,500 +43.75% 19
Redhill -9 9 £50,000 +11.11% 8
Dorking -2 7 £70,000 +12.00% 1
Camberley -4 7 £35,000 - 3
Sunbury-on-Thames 0 4 - - 1
Horley -1 3 £24,500 +6.52% 5
Chertsey +2 2 £32,500 -45.83%
Caterham 0 2 £32,500 -4.41% 2
Leatherhead -2 2 £57,500 -4.17% 13
Whyteleafe +2 1 - -
Egham +1 1 £38,500 -54.71% 4
Esher +1 1 - -
Windlesham 0 1 £28,500 -52.50%
Weybridge -5 1 £45,000 +12.50% 4
Thames Ditton - 1 - -
Godalming - 1 £55,000 -
East Molesey - 1 - -
Banstead - 1 - -
Oxted - 1 - -
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.57%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.02%) Apache
2 2 (1.02%) IIS
3 1 (0.51%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (9.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.04%) Simulink
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.51%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 65 (33.16%) Azure
2 29 (14.80%) AWS
3 19 (9.69%) Power Platform
4 16 (8.16%) SaaS
5 14 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 9 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.57%) Snowflake
8 6 (3.06%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (3.06%) Serverless
9 5 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.55%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.55%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.04%) Azure API Management
10 4 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.04%) GCP
11 3 (1.53%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.53%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.61%) Intrusion Detection
2 8 (4.08%) 3G
2 8 (4.08%) GPRS
2 8 (4.08%) LTE
2 8 (4.08%) Modbus
2 8 (4.08%) Wireless
3 7 (3.57%) Network Security
4 6 (3.06%) DNS
5 4 (2.04%) Firewall
6 1 (0.51%) DHCP
6 1 (0.51%) Internet
6 1 (0.51%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.51%) LAN
6 1 (0.51%) NAS
6 1 (0.51%) SAN
6 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.51%) VPN
6 1 (0.51%) WAN
6 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.18%) Power BI
3 15 (7.65%) MySQL
4 9 (4.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (3.57%) Big Data
6 7 (3.57%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (3.06%) Relational Database
7 6 (3.06%) Tableau
8 4 (2.04%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.51%) Metadata
10 1 (0.51%) Metadata Repository
10 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.51%) Redis
10 1 (0.51%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (16.84%) JIRA
2 8 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.57%) Git
4 2 (1.02%) CMake
4 2 (1.02%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.02%) TestRail
5 1 (0.51%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.51%) ESLint
5 1 (0.51%) Gatling
5 1 (0.51%) GitLab
5 1 (0.51%) JMeter
5 1 (0.51%) Maven
5 1 (0.51%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 123 (62.76%) Social Skills
2 83 (42.35%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (34.18%) Finance
4 28 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 21 (10.71%) Marketing
6 18 (9.18%) Manufacturing
7 17 (8.67%) Electronics
8 14 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (7.14%) Public Sector
9 13 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (4.59%) Retail
11 4 (2.04%) Billing
12 3 (1.53%) Automotive
13 2 (1.02%) Back Office
14 1 (0.51%) Korean Language
14 1 (0.51%) Law
14 1 (0.51%) Legal
14 1 (0.51%) Local Government
14 1 (0.51%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 29 (14.80%) Support Engineer
2 27 (13.78%) Analyst
3 25 (12.76%) Senior
4 23 (11.73%) Applications Support
5 20 (10.20%) Developer
6 18 (9.18%) Applications Engineer
6 18 (9.18%) Systems Engineer
7 17 (8.67%) Applications Support Engineer
7 17 (8.67%) IT Engineer
8 16 (8.16%) Data Engineer
9 15 (7.65%) Financial Analyst
9 15 (7.65%) IT Support
10 14 (7.14%) Architect
11 12 (6.12%) Product Manager
12 11 (5.61%) Security Architect
12 11 (5.61%) Software Engineer
13 10 (5.10%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (5.10%) Support Analyst
14 8 (4.08%) Governance Analyst
14 8 (4.08%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (20.41%) HTML
2 28 (14.29%) .NET
3 23 (11.73%) CSS
4 21 (10.71%) REST
5 7 (3.57%) HTML5
6 5 (2.55%) React
6 5 (2.55%) Unreal Engine
7 4 (2.04%) .NET Framework
7 4 (2.04%) Node.js
7 4 (2.04%) OpenCL
7 4 (2.04%) OpenGL
7 4 (2.04%) QML
7 4 (2.04%) Qt
7 4 (2.04%) SOAP
7 4 (2.04%) VTK
7 4 (2.04%) Vulkan
7 4 (2.04%) WinForms
7 4 (2.04%) WPF
8 3 (1.53%) Middleware
8 3 (1.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.61%) Cyberattack
2 11 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.59%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.59%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (4.08%) IoT
4 8 (4.08%) NB-IoT
5 7 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (3.06%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.04%) CUDA
7 4 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.53%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (1.02%) 3D Graphics
9 2 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.02%) PMI
9 2 (1.02%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) VHDL
10 1 (0.51%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.73%) Linux
1 23 (11.73%) Windows
2 11 (5.61%) Apple iOS
3 9 (4.59%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.04%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.53%) Unix
5 3 (1.53%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.51%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 38 (19.39%) Business Intelligence
3 37 (18.88%) Customer Service
4 34 (17.35%) Agile
5 33 (16.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (15.82%) Mentoring
7 30 (15.31%) DevOps
8 24 (12.24%) Artificial Intelligence
8 24 (12.24%) Project Management
8 24 (12.24%) Software Engineering
9 22 (11.22%) Risk Management
10 21 (10.71%) CI/CD
10 21 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking
11 20 (10.20%) Data Modelling
11 20 (10.20%) Machine Learning
12 19 (9.69%) ITIL
12 19 (9.69%) User Experience
13 16 (8.16%) Migration
14 15 (7.65%) Data Analysis
14 15 (7.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 62 (31.63%) SQL
2 39 (19.90%) Python
3 34 (17.35%) C#
4 30 (15.31%) JavaScript
5 28 (14.29%) Java
6 21 (10.71%) C++
7 18 (9.18%) C
8 11 (5.61%) PowerShell
9 8 (4.08%) PL/SQL
9 8 (4.08%) Scala
10 5 (2.55%) TypeScript
11 4 (2.04%) Fortran
12 2 (1.02%) Bash
12 2 (1.02%) C-shell
12 2 (1.02%) Perl
13 1 (0.51%) Bicep
13 1 (0.51%) PHP
13 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 96 (48.98%) Degree
2 24 (12.24%) Security Cleared
3 20 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (9.69%) DV Cleared
5 14 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (5.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (4.59%) HNC
8 7 (3.57%) ACCA
8 7 (3.57%) Azure Certification
8 7 (3.57%) CIMA
9 6 (3.06%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.53%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.53%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (1.02%) PhD
12 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.51%) CBAP
12 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.65%) SLA
2 10 (5.10%) QA
3 3 (1.53%) GDPR
4 2 (1.02%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (4.59%) Docker
2 6 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.53%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.02%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (6.63%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.59%) Nagios
3 7 (3.57%) Terraform
4 2 (1.02%) Ansible
5 1 (0.51%) Grafana
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.51%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.67%) SAP
3 13 (6.63%) Oracle
4 7 (3.57%) Informatica
4 7 (3.57%) VMware
5 5 (2.55%) Google
5 5 (2.55%) Vectorworks
6 4 (2.04%) Epicor
6 4 (2.04%) Xilinx
7 3 (1.53%) Databricks
8 2 (1.02%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.02%) Cisco
9 1 (0.51%) Adyen
9 1 (0.51%) Citrix
9 1 (0.51%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.51%) PagerDuty
9 1 (0.51%) Samsung
9 1 (0.51%) Sun
9 1 (0.51%) Veeam