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 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 79 46 57
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 12.15% 12.92% 10.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.30% 13.53% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 20 39
10th Percentile £294 £418 £301
25th Percentile £425 £481 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +8.91% -3.81%
75th Percentile £625 £559 £619
90th Percentile £654 £633 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 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% +10.94%

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 594 340 503
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 95.51% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 229 349
10th Percentile £204 £204 £203
25th Percentile £404 £250 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £556
90th Percentile £656 £625 £663
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 37 33
10th Percentile £18.50 £20.55 £15.96
25th Percentile £41.50 £25.15 £30.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile - - £76.86
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -56.26% +11.82%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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
Guildford 0 25 £505 -5.08% 5
Leatherhead +8 21 £500 -23.08% 2
Cobham - 5 £653 -
Esher - 5 £182 - 4
Staines - 2 £513 - 3
Thames Ditton - 2 £600 -
Epsom -1 1 £425 -22.73% 2
Redhill - 1 - - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 42 (53.16%) Security Cleared
2 41 (51.90%) SC Cleared
3 23 (29.11%) Agile
4 21 (26.58%) Siebel
5 18 (22.78%) AngularJS
5 18 (22.78%) Java
5 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
6 14 (17.72%) Azure
6 14 (17.72%) CRM
6 14 (17.72%) Scrum
6 14 (17.72%) Software Engineering
6 14 (17.72%) SQL
7 13 (16.46%) Siebel CRM
7 13 (16.46%) Unit Testing
8 12 (15.19%) Argo
8 12 (15.19%) DevSecOps
8 12 (15.19%) Kubernetes
8 12 (15.19%) OpenShift
8 12 (15.19%) Oracle
8 12 (15.19%) Power Platform
8 12 (15.19%) QA
8 12 (15.19%) Quarkus
8 12 (15.19%) SonarQube
8 12 (15.19%) Test Automation
9 11 (13.92%) Front End Development
9 11 (13.92%) OCI
9 11 (13.92%) Red Hat
9 11 (13.92%) SDLC
10 10 (12.66%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (12.66%) Full-Stack Development

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 (5.06%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (16.46%) Siebel CRM
2 1 (1.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.72%) Azure
2 12 (15.19%) OpenShift
2 12 (15.19%) Power Platform
3 11 (13.92%) OCI
4 7 (8.86%) Power Automate
4 7 (8.86%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Functions
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.53%) GCP
5 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.53%) Serverless
6 1 (1.27%) AWS
6 1 (1.27%) Boomi
6 1 (1.27%) Dialogflow
6 1 (1.27%) Google App Engine
6 1 (1.27%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (1.27%) Wireless
1 1 (1.27%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.66%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (11.39%) Siebel EIM
3 7 (8.86%) Power BI
4 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.80%) MySQL
6 2 (2.53%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.53%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.27%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (15.19%) SonarQube
2 2 (2.53%) Git
3 1 (1.27%) Bitbucket
General
1 8 (10.13%) Public Sector
2 4 (5.06%) Legal
2 4 (5.06%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.27%) Advertising
3 1 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.27%) Finance
3 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (22.78%) AngularJS
2 12 (15.19%) Quarkus
3 8 (10.13%) .NET
4 5 (6.33%) REST
5 3 (3.80%) React
5 3 (3.80%) RESTful
6 2 (2.53%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.53%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.53%) JSON
6 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (2.53%) OAuth
6 2 (2.53%) OAuth2
6 2 (2.53%) SOAP
6 2 (2.53%) SPFx
6 2 (2.53%) XML
7 1 (1.27%) CSS
7 1 (1.27%) HTML
7 1 (1.27%) Middleware
7 1 (1.27%) Web Services
7 1 (1.27%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.27%) CMDB
3 1 (1.27%) Device Driver
3 1 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.27%) MicroBlaze
3 1 (1.27%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.27%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.11%) Agile
2 14 (17.72%) CRM
2 14 (17.72%) Scrum
2 14 (17.72%) Software Engineering
3 13 (16.46%) Unit Testing
4 12 (15.19%) DevSecOps
4 12 (15.19%) Test Automation
5 11 (13.92%) Front End Development
5 11 (13.92%) SDLC
6 10 (12.66%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (12.66%) Sprint Planning
6 10 (12.66%) Sprint Review
7 9 (11.39%) EAI
7 9 (11.39%) Workflow
8 8 (10.13%) Data Modelling
9 7 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (8.86%) CI/CD
10 6 (7.59%) DevOps
10 6 (7.59%) High Availability
10 6 (7.59%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.78%) Java
2 14 (17.72%) SQL
3 6 (7.59%) C#
4 5 (6.33%) JavaScript
5 4 (5.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (3.80%) Python
7 2 (2.53%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.27%) C
8 1 (1.27%) C++
8 1 (1.27%) VB
8 1 (1.27%) VBA
8 1 (1.27%) XPath
Qualifications
1 42 (53.16%) Security Cleared
2 41 (51.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.53%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.27%) Degree
4 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.19%) QA
2 4 (5.06%) GDPR
3 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Docker
1 1 (1.27%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (15.19%) Argo
1 12 (15.19%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.27%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (26.58%) Siebel
2 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.19%) Oracle
4 11 (13.92%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.06%) SAP
6 1 (1.27%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.27%) Snow
6 1 (1.27%) Workday