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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 172 382 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 14.78% 20.45% 13.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.55% 23.54% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 141 181 107
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £27,150
25th Percentile £34,250 £39,573 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -12.20%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £84,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 1,039 1,623 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 89.26% 86.88% 91.95%
Number of salaries quoted 693 826 681
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,248
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £84,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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
Redhill +3 37 £70,000 +100.00% 14
Horley +2 19 £35,500 - 2
Camberley +2 13 £40,000 -50.00% 5
Woking +7 10 £40,000 -50.00% 18
Reigate +5 9 £40,000 -11.11% 4
Guildford -11 8 £40,000 -5.88% 23
Epsom -13 8 £37,500 -34.78% 1
Leatherhead 0 6 £55,000 -4.35% 12
Weybridge +8 3 £47,500 +5.56% 1
Godalming +2 3 £52,500 -
Godstone -1 2 £36,000 - 1
Esher -1 1 £65,000 - 2
Windlesham -2 1 £77,500 +171.93%
Staines -16 1 £62,500 +92.31% 4
Caterham - 1 £37,000 - 3
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 13 (7.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.74%) CMS
2 3 (1.74%) Confluence
2 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.16%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (14.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (8.72%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.91%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (2.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (2.91%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.74%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.16%) InDesign
5 2 (1.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (5.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.74%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.70%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (12.79%) Azure
3 20 (11.63%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (4.07%) SaaS
6 6 (3.49%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.74%) Azure Functions
8 3 (1.74%) Serverless
9 2 (1.16%) AWS
9 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.16%) Azure Event Grid
9 2 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.16%) Figma
10 1 (0.58%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.58%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.72%) Firewall
2 6 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.74%) LTE
3 3 (1.74%) VSAT
3 3 (1.74%) Wireless
4 2 (1.16%) DHCP
4 2 (1.16%) DNS
4 2 (1.16%) Internet
4 2 (1.16%) NAS
4 2 (1.16%) Network Security
4 2 (1.16%) SAN
4 2 (1.16%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.16%) VLAN
5 1 (0.58%) Broadband
5 1 (0.58%) Intranet
5 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.63%) Power BI
2 18 (10.47%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.74%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.74%) MySQL
5 3 (1.74%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.16%) Big Data
6 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.58%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.58%) Metadata
7 1 (0.58%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.58%) Parquet
7 1 (0.58%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.58%) QlikView
7 1 (0.58%) SSDT
7 1 (0.58%) Tableau
7 1 (0.58%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 14 (8.14%) JIRA
2 4 (2.33%) Git
3 1 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
General
1 108 (62.79%) Social Skills
2 49 (28.49%) Finance
3 22 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (11.05%) Retail
5 14 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (7.56%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.07%) Electronics
8 7 (4.07%) Front Office
9 6 (3.49%) Billing
10 5 (2.91%) Law
11 4 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.33%) Legal
11 4 (2.33%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.74%) Local Government
12 3 (1.74%) Multimedia
12 3 (1.74%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (21.51%) Analyst
2 22 (12.79%) IT Support
3 20 (11.63%) Lead
3 20 (11.63%) Senior
4 18 (10.47%) Business Analyst
5 17 (9.88%) Software Engineer
6 14 (8.14%) Support Engineer
7 13 (7.56%) Finance Business Analyst
7 13 (7.56%) Financial Analyst
7 13 (7.56%) Lead Software Engineer
8 10 (5.81%) Support Analyst
8 10 (5.81%) Technical Support
9 9 (5.23%) IT Engineer
9 9 (5.23%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (4.65%) Project Engineer
11 7 (4.07%) 2nd Line Support
12 6 (3.49%) Data Analyst
12 6 (3.49%) Electronics Engineer
12 6 (3.49%) Service Manager
12 6 (3.49%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.07%) XML
2 6 (3.49%) JSON
3 5 (2.91%) .NET
4 4 (2.33%) CSS
4 4 (2.33%) HTML
5 3 (1.74%) Kafka
5 3 (1.74%) Pandas
5 3 (1.74%) React
6 2 (1.16%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.58%) Blazor
7 1 (0.58%) Django
7 1 (0.58%) HTML5
7 1 (0.58%) Jest
7 1 (0.58%) NumPy
7 1 (0.58%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.58%) REST
7 1 (0.58%) RESTful
7 1 (0.58%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.58%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.58%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.79%) Driving Licence
2 21 (12.21%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.49%) VHDL
5 5 (2.91%) Animation
6 3 (1.74%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.74%) Digital Signage
6 3 (1.74%) Motion Graphics
6 3 (1.74%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.16%) Clustering
7 2 (1.16%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.16%) Video Editing
8 1 (0.58%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.58%) CCTV
8 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.58%) PMI
8 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.37%) Windows
2 8 (4.65%) Unix
3 4 (2.33%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.33%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.16%) Linux
5 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (20.35%) Customer Service
2 34 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (17.44%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (12.79%) Mentoring
5 21 (12.21%) Decision-Making
6 20 (11.63%) Software Engineering
7 19 (11.05%) Process Improvement
8 18 (10.47%) Coaching
8 18 (10.47%) Visualisation
9 17 (9.88%) Service Delivery
10 16 (9.30%) Business Analysis
10 16 (9.30%) Roadmaps
10 16 (9.30%) Storytelling
10 16 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
11 15 (8.72%) ITIL
12 13 (7.56%) Active Listening
13 12 (6.98%) Agile
13 12 (6.98%) CRM
13 12 (6.98%) Project Delivery
13 12 (6.98%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.86%) SQL
2 12 (6.98%) Python
3 10 (5.81%) C#
4 7 (4.07%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.91%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.74%) Bash
6 3 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.74%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.74%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.16%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.58%) Go
8 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.58%) Perl
8 1 (0.58%) PHP
8 1 (0.58%) SPARQL
8 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (19.19%) Degree
2 15 (8.72%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.23%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.49%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.33%) CCNA
5 4 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.33%) JNCIA
5 4 (2.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.16%) HND
7 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.58%) CBAP
7 1 (0.58%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.58%) CIPD
7 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.58%) CRISC
7 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.63%) GDPR
2 8 (4.65%) SLA
3 6 (3.49%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.74%) QA
6 2 (1.16%) NIST
7 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.58%) COBIT
7 1 (0.58%) Dublin Core
7 1 (0.58%) GRC
7 1 (0.58%) NCSC
7 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (6.98%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.23%) Firmware
3 5 (2.91%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 56 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.56%) Anaplan
2 13 (7.56%) Guidewire
3 8 (4.65%) NEC
3 8 (4.65%) Oracle
4 7 (4.07%) VMware
5 5 (2.91%) Adobe
5 5 (2.91%) Citrix
5 5 (2.91%) HubSpot
5 5 (2.91%) Sage
5 5 (2.91%) Veeam
6 3 (1.74%) Cisco
6 3 (1.74%) Dell
6 3 (1.74%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.16%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.58%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.58%) Google
8 1 (0.58%) Informatica
8 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.58%) Talend