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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 257 180 383
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 11.05% 15.35% 20.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.74% 17.29% 23.95%
Number of salaries quoted 183 146 187
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £39,786
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,585 £41,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% -20.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% -2.44%

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 1,743 1,041 1,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 74.94% 88.75% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,292 693 871
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,825
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -6.54% -11.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,150
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.93% -3.36%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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
Redhill +1 37 £32,000 -54.29% 17
Camberley +5 25 £28,686 -28.29% 9
Guildford -3 24 £55,000 +37.50% 30
Reigate -2 21 £41,585 +3.96% 6
Staines +6 20 £50,000 -18.37% 9
Godalming +2 17 £30,000 -42.86% 2
Leatherhead -4 12 £35,000 -36.36% 5
Epsom 0 10 £65,000 +73.33% 4
Egham - 6 £45,000 - 1
Woking -29 5 £63,500 +58.75% 16
Lingfield - 4 £27,000 -
Farnham - 4 £42,500 - 2
Horley -2 3 £55,000 +54.93% 1
Chertsey - 3 £75,000 - 1
Lightwater - 3 £47,500 -
Dorking +4 2 £26,000 - 3
Haslemere - 2 £32,500 -
Tadworth - 2 - - 1
Cobham - 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 5 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.56%) CMS
3 3 (1.17%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
5 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (9.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.78%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.39%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) Academy Housing
2 2 (0.78%) Siebel CRM
2 2 (0.78%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.39%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 43 (16.73%) Azure
2 35 (13.62%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (11.67%) AWS
4 15 (5.84%) SaaS
5 14 (5.45%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.11%) GCP
7 6 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.56%) GitHub
9 4 (1.56%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.17%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.17%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.17%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.17%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.78%) dbt
11 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.89%) Firewall
2 23 (8.95%) TCP/IP
3 13 (5.06%) Wireless
4 11 (4.28%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.89%) LAN
5 10 (3.89%) WAN
6 8 (3.11%) LTE
7 7 (2.72%) DNS
7 7 (2.72%) Internet
8 5 (1.95%) VSAT
9 4 (1.56%) Asterisk PBX
9 4 (1.56%) Broadband
9 4 (1.56%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (1.56%) VoIP
10 3 (1.17%) DHCP
10 3 (1.17%) Hyperconnected
10 3 (1.17%) VPN
11 2 (0.78%) Network Security
12 1 (0.39%) NFC
12 1 (0.39%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.89%) MySQL
3 9 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.50%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.17%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.78%) Metadata
6 2 (0.78%) Power BI
6 2 (0.78%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 16 (6.23%) Git
2 11 (4.28%) JIRA
3 7 (2.72%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.17%) Selenium
4 3 (1.17%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.78%) GitLab
5 2 (0.78%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.39%) Postman
General
1 112 (43.58%) Social Skills
2 73 (28.40%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (18.68%) Finance
4 23 (8.95%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (8.17%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (5.84%) Public Sector
8 14 (5.45%) Retail
9 12 (4.67%) Local Government
10 11 (4.28%) Aerospace
10 11 (4.28%) Electronics
11 10 (3.89%) Law
12 8 (3.11%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.72%) Manufacturing
14 6 (2.33%) Publishing
15 5 (1.95%) Advertising
15 5 (1.95%) Marketing
16 4 (1.56%) Legal
16 4 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (13.62%) Developer
2 32 (12.45%) Analyst
3 31 (12.06%) Senior
4 28 (10.89%) IT Support
5 19 (7.39%) Support Engineer
6 18 (7.00%) 1st Line Support
6 18 (7.00%) Consultant
7 16 (6.23%) IT Engineer
8 15 (5.84%) IT Technician
9 14 (5.45%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (5.45%) Senior Developer
10 12 (4.67%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (4.28%) 2nd Line Support
11 11 (4.28%) Management Consultant
11 11 (4.28%) Programme Management Office Consultant
11 11 (4.28%) Programme Office Consultant
11 11 (4.28%) Support Technician
12 10 (3.89%) .NET Developer
12 10 (3.89%) Security Analyst
12 10 (3.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.61%) REST
2 16 (6.23%) React
3 15 (5.84%) .NET
4 13 (5.06%) .NET Core
5 12 (4.67%) CSS
5 12 (4.67%) HTML
5 12 (4.67%) SOAP
6 11 (4.28%) Terraform
7 10 (3.89%) .NET Framework
7 10 (3.89%) AngularJS
7 10 (3.89%) Entity Framework
8 7 (2.72%) ASP.NET
9 5 (1.95%) Laravel
10 4 (1.56%) FastAPI
10 4 (1.56%) Gherkin
10 4 (1.56%) Tailwind CSS
10 4 (1.56%) Vue
10 4 (1.56%) WPF
11 3 (1.17%) JPA
11 3 (1.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.00%) Driving Licence
3 16 (6.23%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.28%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.95%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.78%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.78%) Culture of Ownership
10 2 (0.78%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) IoT
10 2 (0.78%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.78%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.01%) Windows
2 18 (7.00%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.06%) Linux
4 4 (1.56%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.78%) Unix
6 1 (0.39%) CentOS
6 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (18.68%) Agile
2 38 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (13.23%) Customer Service
4 32 (12.45%) Decision-Making
5 28 (10.89%) AI
6 27 (10.51%) CI/CD
6 27 (10.51%) Collaborative Working
7 26 (10.12%) Software Engineering
8 25 (9.73%) Validation
9 24 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (8.56%) Mentoring
10 22 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (7.78%) DevOps
12 18 (7.00%) Business Continuity
13 17 (6.61%) Customer Experience
13 17 (6.61%) Information Security
13 17 (6.61%) Project Management
14 16 (6.23%) Code Quality
14 16 (6.23%) ITSM
14 16 (6.23%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.34%) Python
2 23 (8.95%) JavaScript
3 19 (7.39%) SQL
4 16 (6.23%) C#
4 16 (6.23%) TypeScript
5 9 (3.50%) Java
6 8 (3.11%) PHP
7 7 (2.72%) Perl
8 6 (2.33%) Bash
8 6 (2.33%) Ruby
9 5 (1.95%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.56%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.17%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.78%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.39%) C++
13 1 (0.39%) Go
13 1 (0.39%) Scala
13 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (15.95%) Degree
2 28 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 27 (10.51%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.67%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.72%) A+ Certification
6 7 (2.72%) ACCA
6 7 (2.72%) Chartered Engineer
6 7 (2.72%) CIMA
6 7 (2.72%) CSPO
6 7 (2.72%) HNC
7 6 (2.33%) CISSP
7 6 (2.33%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.95%) HND
8 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.17%) CCNA
9 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.17%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.17%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.12%) QA
2 20 (7.78%) GDPR
3 14 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.28%) PMO
5 7 (2.72%) SLA
6 5 (1.95%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.56%) NIST
8 3 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.17%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.78%) FATCA
10 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.39%) GRC
10 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 24 (9.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.95%) Docker
2 5 (1.95%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (6.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.17%) Ansible
4 1 (0.39%) Grafana
4 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.50%) Cisco
2 9 (3.50%) Qualys
3 7 (2.72%) Google
3 7 (2.72%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.33%) Meraki
4 6 (2.33%) Sage
4 6 (2.33%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.33%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (1.95%) Citrix
5 5 (1.95%) Veeam
5 5 (1.95%) VMware
6 4 (1.56%) Aruba
7 3 (1.17%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.17%) New Relic
7 3 (1.17%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.17%) Oracle
7 3 (1.17%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.17%) Splunk
7 3 (1.17%) Zerto