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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 253 172 420
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 11.23% 14.93% 20.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.20% 16.75% 23.32%
Number of salaries quoted 184 137 221
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -7.77%

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 1,665 1,027 1,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 73.93% 89.15% 86.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 676 1,076
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £35,042
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,766 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.04% -3.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,375 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 -4 30 £48,750 +21.88% 12
Redhill +2 26 £32,000 -54.29% 12
Staines +8 25 £50,000 -16.67% 8
Camberley +3 23 £28,896 -17.44% 5
Reigate -4 19 £41,585 +3.96%
Godalming +1 13 £30,000 -42.86% 7
Leatherhead -3 12 £42,500 -22.73% 4
Epsom -4 8 £66,250 +76.67% 1
Woking -25 8 £61,500 +40.57% 15
Farnham - 5 £42,500 - 4
Egham - 5 £45,000 - 2
Weybridge 0 4 £40,000 -15.79% 3
Caterham +2 3 - -
Horley 0 3 £55,000 +111.54%
Lightwater - 3 £47,500 -
Warlingham - 3 - -
Dorking +6 2 £26,000 - 1
Chertsey - 2 £75,000 - 1
Cobham - 2 - -
Haslemere - 2 £32,500 -
Tadworth - 2 - - 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 9 (3.56%) CMS
2 4 (1.58%) WordPress
3 3 (1.19%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.40%) Confluence
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 31 (12.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.98%) Photoshop
4 4 (1.58%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.79%) Academy Housing
2 2 (0.79%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.40%) HFM
3 1 (0.40%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.62%) Azure
2 26 (10.28%) AWS
2 26 (10.28%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (7.11%) SaaS
4 12 (4.74%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.56%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.16%) GCP
7 5 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.58%) Canva
8 4 (1.58%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.19%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.79%) dbt
10 2 (0.79%) GitHub
10 2 (0.79%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (0.79%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.49%) Firewall
2 21 (8.30%) TCP/IP
3 13 (5.14%) Wireless
4 11 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.95%) LAN
5 10 (3.95%) WAN
6 8 (3.16%) DNS
6 8 (3.16%) LTE
7 7 (2.77%) Internet
8 5 (1.98%) Broadband
8 5 (1.98%) VSAT
9 4 (1.58%) Asterisk PBX
9 4 (1.58%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (1.58%) DHCP
9 4 (1.58%) HTTP
9 4 (1.58%) VoIP
10 3 (1.19%) Hyperconnected
11 2 (0.79%) Network Security
11 2 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.95%) MySQL
3 7 (2.77%) Power BI
4 6 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.37%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.19%) Tableau
7 2 (0.79%) Metadata
7 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.40%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 13 (5.14%) Git
2 11 (4.35%) JIRA
3 7 (2.77%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.19%) Selenium
4 3 (1.19%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.79%) GitLab
5 2 (0.79%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.40%) Postman
General
1 108 (42.69%) Social Skills
2 70 (27.67%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (21.74%) Finance
4 19 (7.51%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.32%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.53%) Retail
7 14 (5.53%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.74%) Local Government
8 12 (4.74%) Marketing
9 11 (4.35%) Law
9 11 (4.35%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.95%) Aerospace
10 10 (3.95%) Electronics
11 7 (2.77%) Publishing
12 6 (2.37%) Advertising
13 5 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.58%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.58%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 32 (12.65%) Developer
2 30 (11.86%) Analyst
3 29 (11.46%) Senior
4 26 (10.28%) IT Support
4 26 (10.28%) Support Engineer
5 18 (7.11%) Consultant
6 17 (6.72%) IT Engineer
7 15 (5.93%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (5.14%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (4.74%) IT Technician
10 11 (4.35%) Management Consultant
10 11 (4.35%) Programme Management Office Consultant
10 11 (4.35%) Programme Office Consultant
10 11 (4.35%) Senior Developer
11 10 (3.95%) Security Analyst
12 9 (3.56%) .NET Developer
12 9 (3.56%) 1st Line Support
12 9 (3.56%) Coordinator
13 8 (3.16%) Support Analyst
13 8 (3.16%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.53%) .NET
1 14 (5.53%) React
2 13 (5.14%) CSS
2 13 (5.14%) HTML
3 11 (4.35%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.56%) REST
5 8 (3.16%) .NET Framework
5 8 (3.16%) AngularJS
5 8 (3.16%) Entity Framework
6 7 (2.77%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.98%) Laravel
7 5 (1.98%) SOAP
8 4 (1.58%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.58%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (1.58%) Vue
8 4 (1.58%) WPF
9 3 (1.19%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (1.19%) Blazor
9 3 (1.19%) JWT
9 3 (1.19%) MUnit
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.91%) Onboarding
2 19 (7.51%) Driving Licence
3 17 (6.72%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.37%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.58%) Blog
7 4 (1.58%) IoT
7 4 (1.58%) Podcast
7 4 (1.58%) Social Media
8 3 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.19%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.79%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.79%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.79%) Culture of Ownership
9 2 (0.79%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.79%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.79%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.46%) Windows
2 16 (6.32%) Linux
3 14 (5.53%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.77%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.58%) CentOS
5 4 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (15.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 35 (13.83%) Agile
3 33 (13.04%) Decision-Making
4 30 (11.86%) Collaborative Working
5 29 (11.46%) AI
6 26 (10.28%) Mentoring
6 26 (10.28%) Validation
7 25 (9.88%) Customer Service
8 23 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (8.70%) CI/CD
10 21 (8.30%) Software Engineering
11 19 (7.51%) Project Management
11 19 (7.51%) Service Delivery
12 18 (7.11%) Business Continuity
13 17 (6.72%) Customer Experience
13 17 (6.72%) Project Delivery
14 16 (6.32%) DevOps
14 16 (6.32%) ITIL
14 16 (6.32%) Vulnerability Management
15 15 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (12.25%) Python
2 22 (8.70%) JavaScript
3 21 (8.30%) SQL
4 15 (5.93%) C#
5 14 (5.53%) TypeScript
6 11 (4.35%) PHP
7 10 (3.95%) Perl
8 9 (3.56%) Java
9 8 (3.16%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.37%) Bash
11 4 (1.58%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.19%) DataWeave
13 1 (0.40%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.40%) C++
13 1 (0.40%) Go
13 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.40%) Scala
13 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (17.39%) Degree
2 24 (9.49%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.95%) ACCA
4 10 (3.95%) CIMA
5 9 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.77%) Chartered Engineer
6 7 (2.77%) CISSP
6 7 (2.77%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.77%) HNC
7 5 (1.98%) HND
7 5 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.19%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.19%) CCNA
9 3 (1.19%) CEH
9 3 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.19%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.28%) QA
2 12 (4.74%) GDPR
3 11 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.35%) PMO
3 11 (4.35%) SLA
4 8 (3.16%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.19%) ITGC
5 3 (1.19%) NIST
5 3 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.19%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.79%) FATCA
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 25 (9.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.58%) Docker
3 2 (0.79%) Firmware
3 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.56%) Terraform
3 8 (3.16%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.79%) Ansible
4 2 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (23.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.35%) Google
3 10 (3.95%) Sage
4 9 (3.56%) Cisco
4 9 (3.56%) Qualys
5 7 (2.77%) Palo Alto
6 6 (2.37%) Meraki
6 6 (2.37%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.37%) Ubiquiti
7 5 (1.98%) Veeam
8 4 (1.58%) Aruba
9 3 (1.19%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.19%) New Relic
9 3 (1.19%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.19%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.19%) Splunk
9 3 (1.19%) Zerto
10 2 (0.79%) Citrix
10 2 (0.79%) Oracle
10 2 (0.79%) VMware