Developer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Developer daily rate in Surrey is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 76 47 48
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 11.64% 13.31% 9.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.82% 13.99% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 21 31
10th Percentile £278 £408 £313
25th Percentile £424 £481 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +8.91% -8.18%
75th Percentile £628 - £624
90th Percentile £654 £625 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 2
10th Percentile - - £27.38
25th Percentile £55.00 £52.50 £36.56
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £71.56
90th Percentile £78.75 - £81.13
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +9.62%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 593 336 490
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 95.18% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 226 335
10th Percentile £204 £204 £203
25th Percentile £388 £250 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £470
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +3.72% -10.48%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £556
90th Percentile £662 £626 £663
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 37 30
10th Percentile £18.55 £20.55 £15.96
25th Percentile £33.00 £25.15 £23.44
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +12.24% -15.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £74.22
90th Percentile - - £77.17
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £25.15 £58.34
% change year-on-year +94.83% -56.89% +16.68%

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 27 September 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Developer in Surrey over the 6 months to 27 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Developer 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 27 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leatherhead +8 21 £500 -23.08% 1
Guildford 0 21 £500 -6.02% 10
Esher - 5 £182 - 2
Cobham - 5 £653 - 1
Staines - 3 £600 - 5
Thames Ditton - 2 £600 - 2
Epsom -1 1 £425 -22.73% 4
Redhill - 1 - - 3
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 September 2026, 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 38 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 37 (48.68%) SC Cleared
3 21 (27.63%) Siebel
4 20 (26.32%) Agile
5 18 (23.68%) Microsoft
6 15 (19.74%) AngularJS
6 15 (19.74%) Azure
6 15 (19.74%) Java
7 14 (18.42%) CRM
7 14 (18.42%) SQL
8 13 (17.11%) Siebel CRM
9 12 (15.79%) Oracle
9 12 (15.79%) Power Platform
9 12 (15.79%) Scrum
9 12 (15.79%) Software Engineering
10 11 (14.47%) OCI
10 11 (14.47%) QA
11 10 (13.16%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (13.16%) Full-Stack Development
11 10 (13.16%) Test Automation
11 10 (13.16%) Unit Testing
12 9 (11.84%) Argo
12 9 (11.84%) Data Modelling
12 9 (11.84%) DevSecOps
12 9 (11.84%) EAI
12 9 (11.84%) Front End Development
12 9 (11.84%) Kubernetes
12 9 (11.84%) OpenShift
12 9 (11.84%) Quarkus
12 9 (11.84%) Red Hat

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 4 (5.26%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (17.11%) Siebel CRM
2 2 (2.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.74%) Azure
2 12 (15.79%) Power Platform
3 11 (14.47%) OCI
4 9 (11.84%) OpenShift
5 7 (9.21%) Power Automate
5 7 (9.21%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.63%) Boomi
6 2 (2.63%) GCP
6 2 (2.63%) iPaaS
6 2 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.63%) Serverless
7 1 (1.32%) AWS
7 1 (1.32%) Dialogflow
7 1 (1.32%) Google App Engine
7 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.16%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (11.84%) Siebel EIM
3 7 (9.21%) Power BI
4 5 (6.58%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.95%) MySQL
6 2 (2.63%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (2.63%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.63%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.32%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (11.84%) SonarQube
2 2 (2.63%) Git
3 1 (1.32%) Bitbucket
General
1 8 (10.53%) Public Sector
2 4 (5.26%) Legal
2 4 (5.26%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.63%) Finance
4 1 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (19.74%) AngularJS
2 9 (11.84%) Quarkus
3 8 (10.53%) .NET
4 6 (7.89%) REST
5 3 (3.95%) JSON
5 3 (3.95%) OAuth
5 3 (3.95%) OAuth2
5 3 (3.95%) React
5 3 (3.95%) RESTful
5 3 (3.95%) SOAP
5 3 (3.95%) XML
6 2 (2.63%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.63%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (2.63%) Middleware
6 2 (2.63%) SPFx
6 2 (2.63%) Web Services
6 2 (2.63%) XSLT
7 1 (1.32%) HTML5
7 1 (1.32%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.16%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.32%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.32%) Agile
2 14 (18.42%) CRM
3 12 (15.79%) Scrum
3 12 (15.79%) Software Engineering
4 10 (13.16%) Full-Stack Development
4 10 (13.16%) Test Automation
4 10 (13.16%) Unit Testing
5 9 (11.84%) Data Modelling
5 9 (11.84%) DevSecOps
5 9 (11.84%) EAI
5 9 (11.84%) Front End Development
5 9 (11.84%) SDLC
5 9 (11.84%) Sprint Planning
5 9 (11.84%) Sprint Review
5 9 (11.84%) Workflow
6 7 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (9.21%) CI/CD
7 6 (7.89%) CAFM
7 6 (7.89%) DevOps
7 6 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.74%) Java
2 14 (18.42%) SQL
3 6 (7.89%) C#
3 6 (7.89%) JavaScript
4 4 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (3.95%) Python
6 2 (2.63%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.63%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.63%) XPath
7 1 (1.32%) VB
7 1 (1.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 37 (48.68%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.63%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.32%) Degree
4 1 (1.32%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.47%) QA
2 4 (5.26%) GDPR
3 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (11.84%) Argo
1 9 (11.84%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.32%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (27.63%) Siebel
2 18 (23.68%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.79%) Oracle
4 9 (11.84%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.26%) SAP
6 2 (2.63%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.63%) Workday
7 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.32%) Snow