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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 292 168 365
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 11.72% 14.91% 20.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.09% 16.58% 23.67%
Number of salaries quoted 206 138 162
10th Percentile £28,125 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,500 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -23.81% +18.64%
75th Percentile £53,438 £60,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £69,375 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -20.00% -

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 1,935 1,013 1,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 77.68% 89.88% 87.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,416 678 708
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,872 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -17.05% -1.36%
75th Percentile £73,750 £64,750 £73,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 12 October 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 October 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 +3 42 £32,000 -59.75% 12
Guildford -2 31 £42,500 +6.25% 32
Camberley +4 27 £28,686 -28.29% 3
Reigate -4 21 £41,585 +10.89% 6
Godalming +1 18 £33,500 -36.19% 1
Leatherhead -4 17 £35,000 -36.36% 8
Staines - 17 £40,000 - 18
Woking -14 13 £64,000 +11.30% 17
Epsom +5 12 £65,000 +73.33% 4
Egham - 6 £45,000 - 1
Lingfield - 4 £27,000 -
Farnham - 3 £42,500 -
Lightwater - 3 £47,500 -
Shepperton - 3 £52,500 -
Haslemere - 2 £32,500 -
Dorking - 2 £26,000 - 2
Tadworth - 2 - - 2
Weybridge -7 1 £27,500 -42.11% 4
Chertsey - 1 - - 2
Windlesham - 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 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.03%) CMS
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.68%) Confluence
3 2 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 25 (8.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.03%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.68%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.68%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.68%) Academy Housing
2 2 (0.68%) SAP SD
2 2 (0.68%) Siebel CRM
2 2 (0.68%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (15.75%) Azure
2 43 (14.73%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (10.96%) AWS
4 16 (5.48%) Entra ID
5 15 (5.14%) SaaS
6 7 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (2.05%) GCP
7 6 (2.05%) GitHub
8 4 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.37%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.03%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.03%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.03%) dbt
9 3 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.03%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (1.03%) Google Gemini
9 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.96%) Firewall
2 23 (7.88%) TCP/IP
3 13 (4.45%) LAN
4 12 (4.11%) Wireless
5 11 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (3.42%) WAN
7 9 (3.08%) DNS
8 8 (2.74%) LTE
8 8 (2.74%) VPN
9 7 (2.40%) Internet
10 5 (1.71%) VSAT
11 4 (1.37%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (1.37%) VoIP
12 3 (1.03%) Hyperconnected
13 2 (0.68%) Broadband
13 2 (0.68%) DHCP
13 2 (0.68%) Network Security
14 1 (0.34%) NFC
14 1 (0.34%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.42%) MySQL
3 9 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.08%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.03%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.68%) Metadata
6 2 (0.68%) Power BI
6 2 (0.68%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 16 (5.48%) Git
2 12 (4.11%) JIRA
3 5 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.03%) Selenium
4 3 (1.03%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.68%) GitLab
5 2 (0.68%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.34%) MLflow
6 1 (0.34%) Postman
General
1 130 (44.52%) Social Skills
2 88 (30.14%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (17.47%) Finance
4 37 (12.67%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (8.56%) Influencing Skills
6 21 (7.19%) Retail
7 19 (6.51%) Public Sector
8 16 (5.48%) Electronics
8 16 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (5.14%) Manufacturing
10 12 (4.11%) Aerospace
10 12 (4.11%) Local Government
11 10 (3.42%) Law
12 9 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (2.74%) Marketing
13 8 (2.74%) Telecoms
14 7 (2.40%) Advertising
14 7 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.37%) Legal
16 3 (1.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (14.38%) Analyst
2 32 (10.96%) Developer
2 32 (10.96%) Senior
3 24 (8.22%) IT Support
4 23 (7.88%) 1st Line Support
5 19 (6.51%) Consultant
6 18 (6.16%) Support Analyst
7 16 (5.48%) Support Engineer
8 15 (5.14%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (5.14%) Applications Support
9 14 (4.79%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.45%) IT Engineer
11 12 (4.11%) IT Technician
11 12 (4.11%) Security Analyst
11 12 (4.11%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (3.77%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.77%) Management Consultant
12 11 (3.77%) Programme Management Office Consultant
12 11 (3.77%) Programme Office Consultant
13 10 (3.42%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.48%) React
2 15 (5.14%) .NET
2 15 (5.14%) REST
3 13 (4.45%) .NET Core
3 13 (4.45%) Terraform
4 12 (4.11%) CSS
4 12 (4.11%) HTML
5 10 (3.42%) .NET Framework
5 10 (3.42%) AngularJS
5 10 (3.42%) Entity Framework
5 10 (3.42%) SOAP
6 7 (2.40%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.71%) Laravel
8 4 (1.37%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.37%) Gherkin
8 4 (1.37%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (1.37%) Vue
8 4 (1.37%) WPF
9 3 (1.03%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (1.03%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.93%) Management Information System
2 23 (7.88%) Onboarding
3 21 (7.19%) Driving Licence
4 12 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.05%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.71%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.03%) Robotics
9 3 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.68%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.68%) FMCG
10 2 (0.68%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 44 (15.07%) Windows
2 23 (7.88%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.11%) Linux
4 5 (1.71%) macOS
5 3 (1.03%) Android
5 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
2 49 (16.78%) Agile
3 47 (16.10%) Customer Service
4 39 (13.36%) Decision-Making
5 34 (11.64%) Collaborative Working
6 31 (10.62%) AI
7 29 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (8.90%) CI/CD
9 26 (8.90%) Validation
10 25 (8.56%) CRM
11 24 (8.22%) Customer Experience
11 24 (8.22%) Mentoring
12 23 (7.88%) Software Engineering
13 20 (6.85%) DevOps
13 20 (6.85%) Information Security
13 20 (6.85%) Project Management
14 18 (6.16%) Data Protection
14 18 (6.16%) ERP
14 18 (6.16%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.56%) SQL
2 23 (7.88%) JavaScript
2 23 (7.88%) Python
3 16 (5.48%) C#
3 16 (5.48%) TypeScript
4 8 (2.74%) Java
5 7 (2.40%) PHP
5 7 (2.40%) Ruby
6 6 (2.05%) Bash
6 6 (2.05%) Perl
7 5 (1.71%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.37%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.68%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.68%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 44 (15.07%) Degree
2 27 (9.25%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.82%) DBS Check
5 9 (3.08%) HNC
6 8 (2.74%) CSPO
7 7 (2.40%) HND
8 6 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.05%) CISSP
8 6 (2.05%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.71%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.37%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.03%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.03%) CCNA
11 3 (1.03%) CEH
11 3 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.03%) CISM
11 3 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.03%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.93%) GDPR
2 26 (8.90%) QA
3 17 (5.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.77%) PMO
5 6 (2.05%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.71%) SLA
6 5 (1.71%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.37%) NIST
8 3 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.68%) FATCA
9 2 (0.68%) HAZOP
9 2 (0.68%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 27 (9.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.71%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.37%) Docker
4 2 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (8.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.71%) Ansible
4 3 (1.03%) Grafana
4 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.68%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.34%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 85 (29.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.08%) Cisco
2 9 (3.08%) Google
2 9 (3.08%) Qualys
3 7 (2.40%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.05%) Meraki
4 6 (2.05%) SAP
4 6 (2.05%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.05%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (1.71%) Citrix
5 5 (1.71%) Veeam
5 5 (1.71%) VMware
6 4 (1.37%) Aruba
6 4 (1.37%) Workday
7 3 (1.03%) EMC
7 3 (1.03%) New Relic
7 3 (1.03%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.03%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.03%) Splunk
7 3 (1.03%) Zerto