Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Software Engineering
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 29 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 46.77% - 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 56.86% - 4.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £850
Median % change year-on-year - - +63.46%
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £494 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.25% - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 0
10th Percentile £55.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £67.50 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year +28.57% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Guildford

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51 41 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 82.26% 97.62% 75.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 53
10th Percentile £212 £250 £350
25th Percentile £363 £325 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £508 £513
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% -0.98% -1.44%
75th Percentile £519 £581 £550
90th Percentile - £588 £763
Surrey median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 9
10th Percentile £55.00 £23.00 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.50 £11.71
Median hourly rate £67.50 £28.00 £12.43
Median % change year-on-year +141.07% +125.35% -
75th Percentile £70.00 - £13.14
90th Percentile - £30.30 £18.75
Surrey median hourly rate £66.00 £26.33 £20.50
% change year-on-year +150.69% +28.41% -54.44%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Guildford

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 13 (44.83%) SonarQube
General
1 5 (17.24%) Aerospace
1 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Software Engineer
2 10 (34.48%) Java Engineer
3 9 (31.03%) Developer
3 9 (31.03%) Java Developer
4 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 5 (17.24%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Java Software Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Cloud Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (44.83%) AngularJS
1 13 (44.83%) Quarkus
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (82.76%) Agile
2 20 (68.97%) Scrum
3 13 (44.83%) DevSecOps
3 13 (44.83%) Test Automation
3 13 (44.83%) Unit Testing
4 12 (41.38%) Front End Development
4 12 (41.38%) SDLC
4 12 (41.38%) Sprint Planning
4 12 (41.38%) Sprint Review
5 5 (17.24%) DevOps
6 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.45%) Design Patterns
6 1 (3.45%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 24 (82.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) SC Cleared
1 16 (55.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (37.93%) QA
Systems Management
1 13 (44.83%) Argo
1 13 (44.83%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Red Hat