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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 209 153 527
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 10.50% 15.44% 19.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.65% 16.78% 22.80%
Number of salaries quoted 151 114 284
10th Percentile £28,896 £30,240 £27,150
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,474
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -18.37% -18.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -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 1,427 912 2,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 71.67% 92.03% 87.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 538 1,446
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,350 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,334 £36,250 £34,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -9 29 £42,500 +6.25% 11
Staines +5 24 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Reigate -1 19 £41,585 +3.96% 2
Redhill +8 15 £35,000 -50.00% 4
Camberley +1 10 £28,791 -17.74% 5
Weybridge - 10 £40,000 - 1
Horley 0 7 £38,000 +46.15% 1
Woking -19 7 £60,000 +20.00% 4
Epsom +4 5 £65,000 +73.33% 5
Leatherhead -6 5 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Egham - 5 £45,000 - 4
Godalming +2 4 £29,000 -47.27%
Farnham - 4 - -
Caterham +3 3 - -
Warlingham - 3 - -
Cobham - 2 - -
Chertsey - 2 £75,000 - 1
Haslemere - 2 £32,500 -
Lightwater - 1 £47,500 - 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 6 (2.87%) CMS
2 5 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.91%) IIS
3 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.91%) WordPress
4 3 (1.44%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.44%) govService
Applications
1 29 (13.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.91%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.91%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.91%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.05%) Azure
2 19 (9.09%) AWS
3 18 (8.61%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.18%) SaaS
5 10 (4.78%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.83%) Mimecast
7 7 (3.35%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.87%) GCP
8 6 (2.87%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.91%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.91%) Canva
9 4 (1.91%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.44%) Figma
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.48%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.48%) dbt
11 1 (0.48%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.78%) Wireless
2 9 (4.31%) DNS
3 8 (3.83%) Broadband
4 7 (3.35%) HTTP
5 6 (2.87%) Firewall
6 5 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.91%) LAN
7 4 (1.91%) WAN
8 3 (1.44%) Internet
8 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.96%) DHCP
9 2 (0.96%) Network Security
9 2 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.48%) Hyperconnected
10 1 (0.48%) NGFW
10 1 (0.48%) VoIP
10 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.31%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.83%) Power BI
3 7 (3.35%) Tableau
4 4 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.91%) Big Data
4 4 (1.91%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.91%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.91%) MySQL
4 4 (1.91%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.48%) Metadata
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.78%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.87%) JIRA
3 5 (2.39%) Git
4 2 (0.96%) GitLab
4 2 (0.96%) Terragrunt
General
1 96 (45.93%) Social Skills
2 64 (30.62%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (25.84%) Finance
4 20 (9.57%) Marketing
5 19 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (7.66%) Telecoms
7 15 (7.18%) Local Government
8 13 (6.22%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (5.74%) Retail
10 8 (3.83%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (2.87%) Law
12 4 (1.91%) Advertising
12 4 (1.91%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.91%) Multimedia
12 4 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.91%) Publishing
13 2 (0.96%) Billing
13 2 (0.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (13.40%) Support Engineer
2 24 (11.48%) IT Support
3 22 (10.53%) Senior
4 21 (10.05%) Developer
5 16 (7.66%) IT Engineer
6 15 (7.18%) IT Support Engineer
6 15 (7.18%) Systems Engineer
7 14 (6.70%) Consultant
8 13 (6.22%) Coordinator
9 12 (5.74%) Account Manager
10 11 (5.26%) Management Consultant
10 11 (5.26%) Programme Management Office Consultant
10 11 (5.26%) Programme Office Consultant
11 10 (4.78%) IT Technician
11 10 (4.78%) Lead
11 10 (4.78%) Principal Engineer
11 10 (4.78%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 9 (4.31%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (4.31%) Linux Support
12 9 (4.31%) Linux Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.26%) CSS
1 11 (5.26%) HTML
2 9 (4.31%) .NET
3 7 (3.35%) React
4 5 (2.39%) .NET Core
4 5 (2.39%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.39%) REST
4 5 (2.39%) SOAP
5 4 (1.91%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.91%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.91%) Entity Framework
5 4 (1.91%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.91%) Laravel
5 4 (1.91%) Play Framework
5 4 (1.91%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (1.91%) Vue
5 4 (1.91%) WPF
6 3 (1.44%) JWT
6 3 (1.44%) MUnit
6 3 (1.44%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.22%) Driving Licence
3 10 (4.78%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.39%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.39%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.91%) Blog
6 4 (1.91%) IoT
6 4 (1.91%) Podcast
6 4 (1.91%) Social Media
7 3 (1.44%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.44%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.44%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.96%) Over-the-Top Content
8 2 (0.96%) PropTech
9 1 (0.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.66%) Windows
2 13 (6.22%) Linux
3 7 (3.35%) CentOS
3 7 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.87%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (15.79%) Decision-Making
2 29 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (13.40%) Collaborative Working
4 26 (12.44%) Agile
5 23 (11.00%) Project Management
6 22 (10.53%) AI
6 22 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 22 (10.53%) Software Engineering
7 21 (10.05%) Validation
8 20 (9.57%) Service Delivery
9 17 (8.13%) Business Continuity
10 16 (7.66%) Project Delivery
11 15 (7.18%) Change Management
11 15 (7.18%) CI/CD
12 14 (6.70%) Computer Science
12 14 (6.70%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (6.70%) Data Protection
12 14 (6.70%) Machine Learning
12 14 (6.70%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (6.22%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.70%) Python
2 18 (8.61%) SQL
3 14 (6.70%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.22%) PHP
5 12 (5.74%) PowerShell
5 12 (5.74%) TypeScript
6 9 (4.31%) Perl
7 8 (3.83%) Java
8 7 (3.35%) C#
9 6 (2.87%) Scala
10 4 (1.91%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.91%) R
11 3 (1.44%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.96%) Bash
12 2 (0.96%) Go
13 1 (0.48%) C++
13 1 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (16.27%) Degree
2 11 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (4.78%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (3.83%) ACCA
4 8 (3.83%) CIMA
5 7 (3.35%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.39%) CISSP
6 5 (2.39%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.91%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.91%) MBA
7 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.91%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.44%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.44%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.96%) CCNA
9 2 (0.96%) CISA
9 2 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.96%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.61%) QA
2 16 (7.66%) GDPR
3 13 (6.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (5.26%) PMO
4 11 (5.26%) SLA
5 4 (1.91%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.91%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.91%) ITGC
6 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.96%) NIST
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (11.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.44%) Docker
3 1 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.35%) Terraform
3 4 (1.91%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.96%) Ansible
4 2 (0.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 41 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.78%) Google
2 10 (4.78%) Sage
3 8 (3.83%) Veeam
4 6 (2.87%) Meraki
4 6 (2.87%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (1.91%) BT
5 4 (1.91%) Databricks
6 3 (1.44%) Adobe
6 3 (1.44%) Cisco
6 3 (1.44%) Granicus
6 3 (1.44%) MuleSoft
6 3 (1.44%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.44%) Qualys
6 3 (1.44%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.96%) Aruba
7 2 (0.96%) Splunk
7 2 (0.96%) Typelevel
8 1 (0.48%) Foundry
8 1 (0.48%) Tenable