Developer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Developer daily rate in Surrey is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 35 27
Rank change year-on-year +18 -8 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 48 15 47
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 11.35% 3.59% 7.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.28% 3.83% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 29
10th Percentile £491 - £403
25th Percentile £503 £425 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £555
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -18.92% +3.98%
75th Percentile £550 £568 £672
90th Percentile £600 £621 £715
South East median daily rate £475 £481 £500
% change year-on-year -1.30% -3.75% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 6
10th Percentile - - £48.13
25th Percentile £52.50 £21.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +144.44% -58.33% -
75th Percentile £57.50 £23.75 £58.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £22.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +144.44% -62.50% -10.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Surrey with a recognized job title 391 392 620
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 93.78% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 250 484
10th Percentile £204 £203 £184
25th Percentile £250 £262 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £573 £549 £596
90th Percentile £683 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 19 35
10th Percentile £25.15 £18.65 £33.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.77 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -60.77% +36.96%
75th Percentile £79.26 £28.63 £76.53
90th Percentile £90.09 £68.78 £78.02
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £54.78
% change year-on-year -41.09% -22.07% +47.54%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Developer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Surrey

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Surrey over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Surrey

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Surrey

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 26 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Guildford - 9 £550 - 29
Camberley +8 3 £600 - 2
Epsom - 3 £550 - 5
Woking - 2 £475 - 25
Staines +3 1 - -
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 30 (62.50%) Agile
2 21 (43.75%) TDD
3 20 (41.67%) SQL
4 19 (39.58%) Scrum
4 19 (39.58%) Software Engineering
4 19 (39.58%) Workflow
5 18 (37.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 18 (37.50%) CAFM
5 18 (37.50%) Data Integration
5 18 (37.50%) Test Strategy
5 18 (37.50%) VB
6 12 (25.00%) CI/CD
7 11 (22.92%) Security Cleared
8 9 (18.75%) SC Cleared
9 7 (14.58%) .NET
9 7 (14.58%) Azure
9 7 (14.58%) Java
9 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (12.50%) C#
10 6 (12.50%) DevOps
10 6 (12.50%) RESTful
11 5 (10.42%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (10.42%) Degree
11 5 (10.42%) Full-Stack Development
11 5 (10.42%) JavaScript
11 5 (10.42%) Python
12 4 (8.33%) Android
12 4 (8.33%) Android Development
12 4 (8.33%) AWS
12 4 (8.33%) Azure DevOps

Developer Skill Set
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 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.58%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) AWS
2 4 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.08%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.08%) CloudFront
5 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.08%) GCP
5 1 (2.08%) Google Gemini
5 1 (2.08%) npm
5 1 (2.08%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Git
2 2 (4.17%) Vite
2 2 (4.17%) webpack
3 1 (2.08%) Android Studio
3 1 (2.08%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.08%) GitLab
3 1 (2.08%) Gradle
3 1 (2.08%) JMeter
3 1 (2.08%) SonarQube
3 1 (2.08%) Subversion
General
1 9 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.08%) Electronics
4 1 (2.08%) Finance
4 1 (2.08%) Legal
4 1 (2.08%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.58%) .NET
2 6 (12.50%) RESTful
3 4 (8.33%) Node.js
3 4 (8.33%) React
4 3 (6.25%) AngularJS
4 3 (6.25%) CSS
4 3 (6.25%) HTML
4 3 (6.25%) Material Design
5 2 (4.17%) Redux
6 1 (2.08%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.08%) ADO
6 1 (2.08%) Blazor
6 1 (2.08%) Jest
6 1 (2.08%) LangChain
6 1 (2.08%) Next.js
6 1 (2.08%) Playwright
6 1 (2.08%) Quarkus
6 1 (2.08%) Svelte
6 1 (2.08%) Web Services
6 1 (2.08%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.08%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Android
2 3 (6.25%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (62.50%) Agile
2 21 (43.75%) TDD
3 19 (39.58%) Scrum
3 19 (39.58%) Software Engineering
3 19 (39.58%) Workflow
4 18 (37.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 18 (37.50%) CAFM
4 18 (37.50%) Data Integration
4 18 (37.50%) Test Strategy
5 12 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (12.50%) DevOps
8 5 (10.42%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (10.42%) Full-Stack Development
9 4 (8.33%) Android Development
9 4 (8.33%) Computer Science
9 4 (8.33%) SDLC
9 4 (8.33%) User Experience
10 3 (6.25%) Continuous Delivery
10 3 (6.25%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 20 (41.67%) SQL
2 18 (37.50%) VB
3 7 (14.58%) Java
4 6 (12.50%) C#
5 5 (10.42%) JavaScript
5 5 (10.42%) Python
6 3 (6.25%) Kotlin
6 3 (6.25%) Objective-C
6 3 (6.25%) Swift
6 3 (6.25%) TypeScript
7 2 (4.17%) Go
7 2 (4.17%) Ruby
8 1 (2.08%) C
8 1 (2.08%) C++
8 1 (2.08%) Julia
8 1 (2.08%) Korn
Qualifications
1 11 (22.92%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.42%) Degree
4 4 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.08%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.08%) Argo
Vendors
1 3 (6.25%) Apple
1 3 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.08%) Nintex
2 1 (2.08%) OpenAI
2 1 (2.08%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.08%) Salesforce