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 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 31 27
Rank change year-on-year +18 -4 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 48 15 48
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 11.24% 3.77% 7.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.15% 4.01% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 31
10th Percentile £491 - £406
25th Percentile £503 £425 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £555
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -18.92% +2.30%
75th Percentile £550 £568 £674
90th Percentile £600 £621 £775
South East median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 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% -11.11%

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 395 374 611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 93.97% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 235 478
10th Percentile £204 £203 £186
25th Percentile £253 £275 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £595
90th Percentile £682 £645 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 19 34
10th Percentile £25.15 £18.65 £32.75
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 £81.24 £28.63 £76.53
90th Percentile £90.09 £68.78 £78.10
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -22.73% +46.67%

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 2 January 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
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 2 January 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
Guildford - 9 £550 - 7
Camberley +9 3 £600 - 2
Epsom - 3 £550 - 3
Woking - 2 £475 - 1
Staines 0 1 - -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 January 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 31 (64.58%) Agile
2 21 (43.75%) TDD
3 20 (41.67%) Scrum
3 20 (41.67%) Software Engineering
3 20 (41.67%) SQL
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%) Security Cleared
7 11 (22.92%) CI/CD
8 10 (20.83%) SC Cleared
9 8 (16.67%) Java
10 6 (12.50%) .NET
10 6 (12.50%) Azure
10 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (10.42%) C#
11 5 (10.42%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (10.42%) Degree
11 5 (10.42%) DevOps
11 5 (10.42%) JavaScript
11 5 (10.42%) Python
11 5 (10.42%) RESTful
11 5 (10.42%) SDLC
12 4 (8.33%) Android
12 4 (8.33%) Android Development
12 4 (8.33%) AngularJS
12 4 (8.33%) AWS

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 6 (12.50%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) AWS
3 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.17%) OpenShift
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%) 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%) SonarQube
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%) 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 6 (12.50%) .NET
2 5 (10.42%) RESTful
3 4 (8.33%) AngularJS
3 4 (8.33%) Node.js
3 4 (8.33%) React
4 3 (6.25%) CSS
4 3 (6.25%) HTML
4 3 (6.25%) Material Design
5 2 (4.17%) Quarkus
5 2 (4.17%) Redux
6 1 (2.08%) Flask
6 1 (2.08%) HTML5
6 1 (2.08%) Jest
6 1 (2.08%) jQuery
6 1 (2.08%) Kendo UI
6 1 (2.08%) LangChain
6 1 (2.08%) Next.js
6 1 (2.08%) Playwright
6 1 (2.08%) Svelte
6 1 (2.08%) Web Services
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 31 (64.58%) Agile
2 21 (43.75%) TDD
3 20 (41.67%) Scrum
3 20 (41.67%) 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
6 11 (22.92%) CI/CD
7 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.42%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (10.42%) DevOps
8 5 (10.42%) SDLC
9 4 (8.33%) Android Development
9 4 (8.33%) Computer Science
9 4 (8.33%) Front End Development
9 4 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
9 4 (8.33%) Test Automation
9 4 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (41.67%) SQL
2 18 (37.50%) VB
3 8 (16.67%) Java
4 5 (10.42%) C#
4 5 (10.42%) JavaScript
4 5 (10.42%) Python
5 3 (6.25%) Kotlin
5 3 (6.25%) Objective-C
5 3 (6.25%) Swift
5 3 (6.25%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.17%) Go
6 2 (4.17%) Ruby
7 1 (2.08%) C
7 1 (2.08%) C++
7 1 (2.08%) Julia
Qualifications
1 12 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.83%) 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 3 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.17%) Argo
Vendors
1 3 (6.25%) Apple
2 2 (4.17%) Red Hat
2 2 (4.17%) SAP
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) Nintex
3 1 (2.08%) OpenAI