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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 187 320 146
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 13.41% 21.51% 16.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.40% 25.06% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 162 150 103
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,000 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £89,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

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 1,214 1,277 821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 87.03% 85.82% 91.32%
Number of salaries quoted 770 621 589
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,563 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +3.64% -1.79%
75th Percentile £63,938 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 14 November 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 14 November 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 +8 44 £60,000 +71.43% 11
Horley +3 24 £35,500 - 1
Camberley +5 9 £40,000 -50.00% 2
Guildford -9 9 £40,000 -25.58% 21
Reigate +1 8 £37,500 -28.57% 5
Godstone -1 6 £36,000 -
Epsom -13 6 £37,500 -37.50% 6
Woking +2 5 £57,500 -28.13% 6
Godalming +1 4 £52,500 - 2
Leatherhead 0 4 £55,000 - 6
Staines -15 4 £66,250 +103.85% 5
Weybridge -2 3 £47,500 +5.56%
Warlingham - 2 £51,250 - 1
Addlestone - 2 £35,000 - 1
Farnham - 2 £28,750 - 2
Caterham - 2 £51,250 -
Chertsey +5 1 - - 4
Esher -4 1 £65,000 -
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 19 (10.16%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.14%) Confluence
3 3 (1.60%) CMS
4 1 (0.53%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (14.44%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (8.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.60%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (1.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.60%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.60%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (1.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (5.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.60%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 37 (19.79%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (9.09%) Azure
3 9 (4.81%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.74%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.14%) SaaS
7 2 (1.07%) AWS
7 2 (1.07%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.07%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.07%) npm
7 2 (1.07%) Serverless
8 1 (0.53%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.16%) Firewall
2 11 (5.88%) TCP/IP
3 9 (4.81%) Wireless
4 7 (3.74%) DNS
5 6 (3.21%) DHCP
5 6 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.60%) LTE
6 3 (1.60%) VSAT
7 2 (1.07%) Internet
7 2 (1.07%) LAN
7 2 (1.07%) Network Security
7 2 (1.07%) VPN
7 2 (1.07%) WAN
8 1 (0.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.95%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.81%) Power BI
2 9 (4.81%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.53%) FileMaker
4 1 (0.53%) Parquet
4 1 (0.53%) Power Query
4 1 (0.53%) QlikView
4 1 (0.53%) SSDT
4 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (6.42%) JIRA
2 4 (2.14%) Git
2 4 (2.14%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 107 (57.22%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.46%) Finance
2 42 (22.46%) Retail
3 25 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.35%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.74%) Electronics
7 7 (3.74%) Law
8 6 (3.21%) Front Office
9 5 (2.67%) Billing
9 5 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.67%) Legal
9 5 (2.67%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.14%) Local Government
11 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.60%) Marketing
11 3 (1.60%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.07%) Automotive
12 2 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (18.18%) IT Support
2 28 (14.97%) Analyst
3 19 (10.16%) Lead
4 18 (9.63%) Support Engineer
5 17 (9.09%) Technical Support
6 14 (7.49%) 2nd Line Support
6 14 (7.49%) Project Engineer
7 13 (6.95%) Lead Software Engineer
7 13 (6.95%) Senior
7 13 (6.95%) Software Engineer
8 12 (6.42%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 12 (6.42%) Business Analyst
9 10 (5.35%) Support Analyst
10 9 (4.81%) IT Engineer
10 9 (4.81%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Technical Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Technical Support Engineer
12 7 (3.74%) IT Manager
12 7 (3.74%) Technical Manager
13 6 (3.21%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.21%) CSS
1 6 (3.21%) HTML
2 4 (2.14%) .NET
2 4 (2.14%) JSON
2 4 (2.14%) OLE
2 4 (2.14%) XML
3 3 (1.60%) CSS3
3 3 (1.60%) HTML5
4 2 (1.07%) Jest
4 2 (1.07%) ModSecurity
4 2 (1.07%) React
4 2 (1.07%) RESTful
5 1 (0.53%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.53%) Blazor
5 1 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.53%) REST
5 1 (0.53%) Sass
5 1 (0.53%) WinForms
5 1 (0.53%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.51%) Driving Licence
2 25 (13.37%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.60%) Animation
4 3 (1.60%) Digital Media
4 3 (1.60%) Digital Signage
4 3 (1.60%) Motion Graphics
4 3 (1.60%) VHDL
4 3 (1.60%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.07%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.53%) CCTV
6 1 (0.53%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.53%) PMI
6 1 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.53%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 33 (17.65%) Windows
2 15 (8.02%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.81%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.67%) Unix
5 2 (1.07%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.39%) Customer Service
2 31 (16.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (12.30%) Mentoring
4 21 (11.23%) ITIL
5 20 (10.70%) Service Delivery
6 19 (10.16%) Software Engineering
7 17 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (9.09%) Coaching
7 17 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
8 16 (8.56%) Process Improvement
9 14 (7.49%) User Experience
10 13 (6.95%) Active Listening
11 11 (5.88%) CRM
11 11 (5.88%) Project Delivery
11 11 (5.88%) Time Management
12 10 (5.35%) Agile
12 10 (5.35%) AI
12 10 (5.35%) Decision-Making
12 10 (5.35%) Roadmaps
13 9 (4.81%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.16%) SQL
2 12 (6.42%) PowerShell
3 11 (5.88%) Python
4 7 (3.74%) C#
5 3 (1.60%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.60%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.60%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (21.39%) Degree
2 12 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.21%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.14%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (2.14%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.14%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) CCNA
5 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.60%) JNCIA
6 2 (1.07%) APMP
6 2 (1.07%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.53%) CBAP
7 1 (0.53%) CIPD
7 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.53%) HNC
7 1 (0.53%) HND
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (17.65%) GDPR
2 12 (6.42%) SLA
3 5 (2.67%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.60%) QA
6 2 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.07%) WCAG
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (14.44%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.35%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.74%) Firmware
4 5 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.60%) Terraform
3 2 (1.07%) Ansible
4 1 (0.53%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 63 (33.69%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.56%) NEC
3 13 (6.95%) Guidewire
4 12 (6.42%) Sage
5 11 (5.88%) VMware
6 10 (5.35%) Veeam
7 9 (4.81%) HubSpot
8 8 (4.28%) Citrix
9 6 (3.21%) Anaplan
9 6 (3.21%) Oracle
10 3 (1.60%) Adobe
10 3 (1.60%) Cisco
10 3 (1.60%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.07%) Freshdesk
12 1 (0.53%) Google
12 1 (0.53%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow