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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 176 229 234
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 10.64% 19.05% 20.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.16% 20.67% 22.46%
Number of salaries quoted 139 122 135
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,250 £24,850
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.91% +21.05% -20.83%
75th Percentile £59,375 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £85,000 £76,250
South East median annual salary £41,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -21.90% +7.14% -10.91%

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 1,337 1,108 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.83% 92.18% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 766 480 719
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,063 £43,688 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 +11 38 £38,500 -23.00% 8
Horley +3 21 £60,000 +144.90% 3
Staines -4 9 £50,000 +53.85% 3
Reigate -3 8 £37,500 -34.78% 1
Godstone -2 6 £36,000 -
Guildford -14 6 £40,000 -27.27% 47
Woking -1 5 £57,500 -28.13% 36
Addlestone - 5 £35,000 -
Camberley +4 4 £27,300 -52.52% 4
Weybridge 0 3 £37,500 -16.67% 5
Caterham - 2 £51,250 -
Farnham - 2 £28,750 -
Godalming - 2 £30,000 -
Leatherhead - 2 £55,000 - 5
Walton-on-Thames - 2 - -
Warlingham - 2 £51,250 -
Chertsey -1 1 - - 2
Thames Ditton -3 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 13 (7.39%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.84%) IIS
3 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.70%) CMS
4 3 (1.70%) govService
5 1 (0.57%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.57%) Confluence
5 1 (0.57%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (13.07%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.70%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.70%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.70%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 10 (5.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.70%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.14%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.14%) Q-Pulse
3 2 (1.14%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.57%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 31 (17.61%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.25%) Azure
3 8 (4.55%) Mimecast
4 7 (3.98%) AWS
4 7 (3.98%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.41%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (2.84%) Snowflake
7 4 (2.27%) SaaS
8 3 (1.70%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.14%) Figma
9 2 (1.14%) npm
10 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.57%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.39%) Firewall
2 12 (6.82%) TCP/IP
3 10 (5.68%) DNS
4 9 (5.11%) Wireless
5 6 (3.41%) DHCP
6 3 (1.70%) HTTP
7 2 (1.14%) Broadband
7 2 (1.14%) LAN
7 2 (1.14%) VPN
7 2 (1.14%) WAN
8 1 (0.57%) Internet
8 1 (0.57%) LTE
8 1 (0.57%) Network Security
8 1 (0.57%) VSAT
8 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.11%) Relational Database
2 6 (3.41%) Power BI
2 6 (3.41%) Tableau
3 5 (2.84%) Big Data
3 5 (2.84%) Data Mining
3 5 (2.84%) Hadoop
3 5 (2.84%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.57%) FileMaker
5 1 (0.57%) Power Query
5 1 (0.57%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (3.98%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (3.41%) JIRA
3 3 (1.70%) Git
4 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 81 (46.02%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.89%) Retail
3 33 (18.75%) Finance
4 29 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (13.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.68%) Marketing
6 10 (5.68%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.98%) Electronics
8 7 (3.98%) Law
8 7 (3.98%) Legal
9 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.27%) Local Government
10 4 (2.27%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.70%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.70%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.14%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (20.45%) IT Support
2 23 (13.07%) Support Engineer
3 16 (9.09%) Project Engineer
4 15 (8.52%) Analyst
5 14 (7.95%) 2nd Line Support
5 14 (7.95%) Senior
6 13 (7.39%) Technical Support
7 12 (6.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 11 (6.25%) Senior Manager
9 10 (5.68%) Lead
10 9 (5.11%) Technical Engineer
10 9 (5.11%) Technical Support Engineer
11 8 (4.55%) Help Desk Technician
11 8 (4.55%) IT Engineer
11 8 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (4.55%) Project Manager
11 8 (4.55%) Technical Manager
12 7 (3.98%) Service Manager
12 7 (3.98%) Support Technician
12 7 (3.98%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.82%) HTML
2 9 (5.11%) CSS
3 7 (3.98%) OLE
4 5 (2.84%) Play Framework
5 4 (2.27%) .NET
6 3 (1.70%) CSS3
6 3 (1.70%) HTML5
7 2 (1.14%) EDI
7 2 (1.14%) Jest
7 2 (1.14%) JSON
7 2 (1.14%) React
7 2 (1.14%) RESTful
7 2 (1.14%) XML
8 1 (0.57%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.57%) Blazor
8 1 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.57%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.57%) Sass
8 1 (0.57%) WinForms
8 1 (0.57%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 21 (11.93%) Driving Licence
3 16 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.41%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.41%) Digital Media
4 6 (3.41%) Digital Signage
4 6 (3.41%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.27%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.70%) Animation
7 3 (1.70%) Motion Graphics
8 2 (1.14%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (1.14%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.14%) NHS
9 1 (0.57%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.57%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 28 (15.91%) Windows
2 15 (8.52%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.11%) Windows 10
4 7 (3.98%) Linux
5 3 (1.70%) CentOS
5 3 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
1 28 (15.91%) Customer Service
2 18 (10.23%) ITIL
3 17 (9.66%) Service Delivery
4 15 (8.52%) Software Engineering
5 14 (7.95%) AI
5 14 (7.95%) Mentoring
6 13 (7.39%) Decision-Making
6 13 (7.39%) Process Improvement
6 13 (7.39%) Project Management
7 12 (6.82%) Agile
7 12 (6.82%) Analytics
8 11 (6.25%) Change Management
8 11 (6.25%) CRM
8 11 (6.25%) Project Delivery
8 11 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (6.25%) Visualisation
9 10 (5.68%) Computer Science
9 10 (5.68%) Digital Transformation Strategy
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.07%) Python
2 17 (9.66%) PowerShell
3 11 (6.25%) SQL
4 6 (3.41%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.84%) Java
5 5 (2.84%) R
5 5 (2.84%) Scala
6 3 (1.70%) Perl
6 3 (1.70%) PHP
6 3 (1.70%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.14%) C#
7 2 (1.14%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (28.41%) Degree
2 9 (5.11%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (3.98%) Chartered Engineer
3 7 (3.98%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.41%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.84%) MBA
6 3 (1.70%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.70%) MCP
6 3 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.14%) APMP
7 2 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.57%) HNC
8 1 (0.57%) HND
8 1 (0.57%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.57%) PMP
8 1 (0.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.48%) GDPR
2 11 (6.25%) SLA
3 5 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.84%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.27%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.14%) WCAG
6 1 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 26 (14.77%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.57%) Docker
5 1 (0.57%) Firmware
5 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.70%) Terraform
3 2 (1.14%) Ansible
4 1 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (27.84%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.23%) NEC
3 16 (9.09%) Veeam
4 12 (6.82%) VMware
5 9 (5.11%) Sage
6 8 (4.55%) Adobe
6 8 (4.55%) Citrix
7 5 (2.84%) BT
7 5 (2.84%) Databricks
8 4 (2.27%) Guidewire
8 4 (2.27%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.70%) Granicus
9 3 (1.70%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.14%) IBM
10 2 (1.14%) OpenText
11 1 (0.57%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.57%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.57%) Oracle
11 1 (0.57%) PeopleSoft