Developer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Developer daily rate in Surrey is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 46 57 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 12.99% 10.50% 7.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.61% 11.24% 7.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 39 38
10th Percentile £418 £301 £363
25th Percentile £481 £419 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -3.81% -6.67%
75th Percentile £559 £619 £675
90th Percentile £633 £675 £716
South East median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 4
10th Percentile - £27.38 £47.38
25th Percentile £52.50 £36.56 £49.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £53.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +56.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £71.56 £51.88
90th Percentile - £81.13 £55.25
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £58.59
% change year-on-year -15.38% +10.94% -7.37%

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 338 507 731
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.48% 93.37% 97.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 357 584
10th Percentile £204 £203 £194
25th Percentile £250 £281 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £638
90th Percentile £625 £667 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 33 29
10th Percentile £21.41 £15.96 £21.89
25th Percentile £25.86 £30.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £53.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £71.90
90th Percentile - £76.86 £77.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.71
% change year-on-year -56.26% +13.39% +111.29%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Developer 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 0 11 £532 +6.40% 20
Camberley +3 6 £545 - 2
Epsom +1 6 £550 - 1
Horley - 2 £444 - 2
Leatherhead -7 1 £650 +6.12% 2
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Developer contract 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 contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 31 (67.39%) Agile
2 24 (52.17%) TDD
2 24 (52.17%) SQL
3 23 (50.00%) Workflow
4 19 (41.30%) CAFM
4 19 (41.30%) Test Strategy
4 19 (41.30%) Acceptance Criteria
5 18 (39.13%) Data Integration
5 18 (39.13%) Software Engineering
5 18 (39.13%) Scrum
5 18 (39.13%) VB
6 12 (26.09%) CI/CD
7 10 (21.74%) DevOps
8 9 (19.57%) C#
8 9 (19.57%) Security Cleared
8 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
9 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (17.39%) SC Cleared
10 7 (15.22%) Java
10 7 (15.22%) JavaScript
10 7 (15.22%) SAP
10 7 (15.22%) .NET
10 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (13.04%) Technology Transformation
11 6 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (13.04%) Azure
11 6 (13.04%) RESTful
11 6 (13.04%) Node.js
11 6 (13.04%) Python
11 6 (13.04%) Aerospace

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 3 (6.52%) Anypoint
2 1 (2.17%) Hyperledger
2 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) Azure
1 6 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (10.87%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (8.70%) AWS
4 2 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.17%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.17%) CloudFront
5 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Git
2 2 (4.35%) JIRA
2 2 (4.35%) Vite
2 2 (4.35%) webpack
3 1 (2.17%) GitLab
3 1 (2.17%) Subversion
General
1 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.17%) Law
4 1 (2.17%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.22%) .NET
2 6 (13.04%) Node.js
2 6 (13.04%) RESTful
3 3 (6.52%) Material Design
3 3 (6.52%) RAML
3 3 (6.52%) React
4 2 (4.35%) CSS
4 2 (4.35%) HTML
4 2 (4.35%) OpenAPI
4 2 (4.35%) Redux
4 2 (4.35%) Swagger
5 1 (2.17%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.17%) Blazor
5 1 (2.17%) Jest
5 1 (2.17%) jQuery
5 1 (2.17%) Middleware
5 1 (2.17%) Smart Contracts
5 1 (2.17%) Web Services
5 1 (2.17%) WebAssembly
5 1 (2.17%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.17%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Android
1 3 (6.52%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (67.39%) Agile
2 24 (52.17%) TDD
3 23 (50.00%) Workflow
4 19 (41.30%) Acceptance Criteria
4 19 (41.30%) CAFM
4 19 (41.30%) Test Strategy
5 18 (39.13%) Data Integration
5 18 (39.13%) Scrum
5 18 (39.13%) Software Engineering
6 12 (26.09%) CI/CD
7 10 (21.74%) DevOps
8 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (13.04%) Technology Transformation
10 5 (10.87%) Continuous Integration
11 3 (6.52%) Android Development
11 3 (6.52%) Asynchronous Programming
11 3 (6.52%) Computer Science
11 3 (6.52%) Continuous Delivery
11 3 (6.52%) SDLC
11 3 (6.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 24 (52.17%) SQL
2 18 (39.13%) VB
3 9 (19.57%) C#
4 7 (15.22%) Java
4 7 (15.22%) JavaScript
5 6 (13.04%) Python
6 5 (10.87%) ABAP
7 4 (8.70%) Perl
8 3 (6.52%) Kotlin
8 3 (6.52%) Objective-C
8 3 (6.52%) Swift
9 2 (4.35%) Go
9 2 (4.35%) Ruby
9 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
10 1 (2.17%) C
10 1 (2.17%) C++
10 1 (2.17%) Korn
10 1 (2.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.87%) Degree
4 3 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.35%) OCP
5 2 (4.35%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (2.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) SAP
2 5 (10.87%) Adobe
3 3 (6.52%) Apple
3 3 (6.52%) MuleSoft
3 3 (6.52%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.17%) Nintex
4 1 (2.17%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle
61 Developer jobs in Surrey