Developer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Developer daily rate in Surrey is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 19 5
Rank change year-on-year +10 -14 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 81 24 83
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 13.78% 7.69% 14.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.97% 7.89% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 18 59
10th Percentile £411 £405 £313
25th Percentile £450 £427 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% +2.90% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £550
90th Percentile £654 £648 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 1 2
10th Percentile £55.00 - £27.38
25th Percentile £57.50 £37.80 £36.56
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.59 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +72.46% -24.48% +2.38%
75th Percentile - £43.39 £71.56
90th Percentile £78.75 - £81.13
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £33.89 £63.75
% change year-on-year +62.31% -46.85% -5.56%

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 541 304 543
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 97.44% 92.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 221 393
10th Percentile £204 £204 £203
25th Percentile £404 £280 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £654 £620 £679
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 24 45
10th Percentile £33.00 £14.06 £15.96
25th Percentile £55.00 £24.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £66.99 £28.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +139.25% -37.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £71.90
90th Percentile £78.07 £67.86 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +114.71% -56.15% +14.70%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -2 24 £510 +22.89% 7
Leatherhead +6 18 £544 -16.35% 2
Cobham - 5 £653 - 1
Redhill - 3 £500 -
Staines - 3 £413 - 1
Cranleigh - 2 - -
Epsom 0 1 £425 -22.73% 1
Thames Ditton - 1 £600 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 July 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 44 (54.32%) Security Cleared
2 43 (53.09%) SC Cleared
3 24 (29.63%) Agile
4 21 (25.93%) Siebel
5 19 (23.46%) Java
6 18 (22.22%) AngularJS
7 16 (19.75%) Scrum
8 15 (18.52%) SQL
8 15 (18.52%) Test Automation
9 14 (17.28%) Azure
9 14 (17.28%) CRM
9 14 (17.28%) Software Engineering
10 13 (16.05%) QA
10 13 (16.05%) Siebel CRM
10 13 (16.05%) Unit Testing
11 12 (14.81%) Argo
11 12 (14.81%) DevSecOps
11 12 (14.81%) Kubernetes
11 12 (14.81%) Microsoft
11 12 (14.81%) OpenShift
11 12 (14.81%) Oracle
11 12 (14.81%) Quarkus
11 12 (14.81%) SonarQube
12 11 (13.58%) CI/CD
12 11 (13.58%) Front End Development
12 11 (13.58%) OCI
12 11 (13.58%) Red Hat
12 11 (13.58%) SDLC
13 10 (12.35%) .NET
13 10 (12.35%) Data Warehouse

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 (4.94%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (2.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (16.05%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.28%) Azure
2 12 (14.81%) OpenShift
3 11 (13.58%) OCI
4 7 (8.64%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.47%) Firebase
5 2 (2.47%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.23%) AWS
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.23%) Dialogflow
6 1 (1.23%) GCP
6 1 (1.23%) GitHub
6 1 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.23%) Google Play
6 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.23%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.23%) SaaS
6 1 (1.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (1.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.35%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (11.11%) Siebel EIM
3 7 (8.64%) Power BI
4 5 (6.17%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.70%) MongoDB
5 3 (3.70%) MySQL
6 2 (2.47%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.47%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.23%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (14.81%) SonarQube
2 2 (2.47%) fastlane
2 2 (2.47%) Git
2 2 (2.47%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.47%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.23%) Android Studio
3 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.23%) Crashlytics
3 1 (1.23%) Gradle
3 1 (1.23%) Xcode
General
1 11 (13.58%) Public Sector
2 4 (4.94%) Legal
3 3 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (3.70%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.23%) Advertising
5 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (22.22%) AngularJS
2 12 (14.81%) Quarkus
3 10 (12.35%) .NET
4 4 (4.94%) RESTful
5 3 (3.70%) JSON
6 2 (2.47%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.47%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.47%) JSON Schema
6 2 (2.47%) React
6 2 (2.47%) REST
6 2 (2.47%) WinForms
7 1 (1.23%) Android SDK
7 1 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (1.23%) Core Data
7 1 (1.23%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (1.23%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.23%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.23%) UIKit
7 1 (1.23%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.35%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.94%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.47%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.23%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.23%) MicroBlaze
4 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.23%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.70%) Linux
2 2 (2.47%) Windows
3 1 (1.23%) Android
3 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (29.63%) Agile
2 16 (19.75%) Scrum
3 15 (18.52%) Test Automation
4 14 (17.28%) CRM
4 14 (17.28%) Software Engineering
5 13 (16.05%) Unit Testing
6 12 (14.81%) DevSecOps
7 11 (13.58%) CI/CD
7 11 (13.58%) Front End Development
7 11 (13.58%) SDLC
8 10 (12.35%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (12.35%) Sprint Planning
8 10 (12.35%) Sprint Review
9 9 (11.11%) DevOps
9 9 (11.11%) EAI
10 8 (9.88%) Analytics
10 8 (9.88%) Workflow
11 7 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (8.64%) Data Modelling
12 6 (7.41%) CAFM
Programming Languages
1 19 (23.46%) Java
2 15 (18.52%) SQL
3 5 (6.17%) C#
3 5 (6.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (6.17%) Python
4 3 (3.70%) C
4 3 (3.70%) C++
5 2 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.47%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.23%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.23%) Swift
6 1 (1.23%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.23%) VB
6 1 (1.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (54.32%) Security Cleared
2 43 (53.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.47%) Degree
3 2 (2.47%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.23%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.05%) QA
2 4 (4.94%) GDPR
3 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.23%) Docker
1 1 (1.23%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (14.81%) Argo
1 12 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.23%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (25.93%) Siebel
2 12 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.81%) Oracle
3 11 (13.58%) Red Hat
4 4 (4.94%) SAP
5 2 (2.47%) Dynatrace
5 2 (2.47%) Splunk
6 1 (1.23%) Apple
6 1 (1.23%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.23%) Google