Software Engineer Jobs in Guildford

Software Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Software Engineer salary in Guildford is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +34 -18 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 50 30 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 14.04% 7.61% 13.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.20% 7.79% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 48 9 40
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,875 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +27.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £71,625
Surrey median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Guildford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Guildford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Guildford with a recognized job title 329 385 908
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 97.72% 99.02%
Number of salaries quoted 305 249 489
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,100 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £83,750
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.11% +5.71%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Guildford

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Guildford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Guildford.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Guildford

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Guildford over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Guildford

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Guildford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 50 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 31 (62.00%) C++
3 30 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (48.00%) C
4 24 (48.00%) Degree
5 23 (46.00%) Mathematics
5 23 (46.00%) Physics
6 22 (44.00%) Electronics
7 21 (42.00%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (36.00%) PhD
9 17 (34.00%) Java
10 16 (32.00%) FPGA
10 16 (32.00%) Security Cleared
10 16 (32.00%) Signal Processing
11 15 (30.00%) Algorithms
11 15 (30.00%) Schematic Capture
11 15 (30.00%) Analogue Electronics
11 15 (30.00%) VHDL
12 14 (28.00%) SC Cleared
12 14 (28.00%) DV Cleared
12 14 (28.00%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (28.00%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (22.00%) Linux
14 9 (18.00%) C#
14 9 (18.00%) HTML
14 9 (18.00%) WinForms
14 9 (18.00%) HTML5
14 9 (18.00%) WPF
15 8 (16.00%) STL
15 8 (16.00%) Windows

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (16.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (14.00%) CMake
1 7 (14.00%) Git
1 7 (14.00%) Jenkins
1 7 (14.00%) JIRA
1 7 (14.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 7 (14.00%) TestRail
2 2 (4.00%) GDB
General
1 22 (44.00%) Electronics
2 21 (42.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Finance
4 3 (6.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.00%) HTML
1 9 (18.00%) HTML5
1 9 (18.00%) WinForms
1 9 (18.00%) WPF
2 8 (16.00%) Apache NiFi
2 8 (16.00%) STL
3 7 (14.00%) OpenCL
3 7 (14.00%) OpenGL
3 7 (14.00%) QML
3 7 (14.00%) Qt
3 7 (14.00%) VTK
3 7 (14.00%) Vulkan
4 2 (4.00%) .NET
4 2 (4.00%) React
4 2 (4.00%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 16 (32.00%) FPGA
2 15 (30.00%) Algorithms
2 15 (30.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 15 (30.00%) VHDL
3 14 (28.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (28.00%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (14.00%) CUDA
5 2 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.00%) Linux
2 8 (16.00%) Windows
3 1 (2.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 30 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (46.00%) Mathematics
3 23 (46.00%) Physics
4 16 (32.00%) Signal Processing
5 15 (30.00%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (14.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (14.00%) Machine Learning
7 5 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.00%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (4.00%) Agile
9 2 (4.00%) OO
9 2 (4.00%) TDD
10 1 (2.00%) Chemistry
10 1 (2.00%) Coaching
10 1 (2.00%) Collaborative Working
10 1 (2.00%) Cyber Intelligence
10 1 (2.00%) Mathematical Modelling
10 1 (2.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (62.00%) C++
2 24 (48.00%) C
3 17 (34.00%) Java
4 9 (18.00%) C#
5 7 (14.00%) Bash
5 7 (14.00%) C-shell
5 7 (14.00%) Fortran
5 7 (14.00%) PowerShell
6 2 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (48.00%) Degree
2 18 (36.00%) PhD
3 16 (32.00%) Security Cleared
4 14 (28.00%) DV Cleared
4 14 (28.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (8.00%) Master's Degree