Degree Job Trends in Guildford

Academic Degree
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Guildford with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 24 42 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 12.00% 32.31% 23.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.33% 76.36% 56.92%
Number of salaries quoted 22 17 34
10th Percentile £60,000 £42,300 £27,500
25th Percentile £70,313 £46,250 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £60,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £107,500 £77,500 £64,063
90th Percentile £120,500 £82,500 £65,000
Surrey median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Guildford

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Guildford.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 45 55 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 22.50% 42.31% 40.88%
Number of salaries quoted 28 27 50
10th Percentile £37,700 £41,100 £23,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,250 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £106,563 £68,750 £64,063
90th Percentile £116,000 £79,500 £67,700
Surrey median annual salary £48,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.17% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Degree job vacancy trend in Guildford

Degree
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Guildford over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in Guildford

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 (4.17%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) S-PLUS
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) Google Play
3 2 (8.33%) TestFlight
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Network Security
2 1 (4.17%) HTTPS
2 1 (4.17%) SSL
2 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) GIS
2 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Git
1 4 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (8.33%) Android Studio
2 2 (8.33%) CMake
2 2 (8.33%) Subversion
2 2 (8.33%) TestRail
2 2 (8.33%) Visual Studio
2 2 (8.33%) Xcode
General
1 5 (20.83%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.33%) Military
3 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.33%) Publishing
4 1 (4.17%) Electronics
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Developer
2 9 (37.50%) Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) .NET Developer
4 5 (20.83%) Blazor Developer
5 3 (12.50%) C# Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Python Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Python Software Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Android Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Applications Developer
6 2 (8.33%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (8.33%) iOS Android Developer
6 2 (8.33%) iOS Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Lead Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Lead Software Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Mobile Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (50.00%) .NET
1 12 (50.00%) WPF
2 10 (41.67%) Blazor
3 8 (33.33%) REST
3 8 (33.33%) WinForms
4 6 (25.00%) Qt
5 5 (20.83%) .NET Framework
5 5 (20.83%) AngularJS
5 5 (20.83%) React
5 5 (20.83%) Vue
6 3 (12.50%) .NET Core
7 2 (8.33%) Google Maps API
7 2 (8.33%) HTML
7 2 (8.33%) OpenGL
7 2 (8.33%) OpenSceneGraph
7 2 (8.33%) QML
7 2 (8.33%) Qt Quick
7 2 (8.33%) Vulkan
8 1 (4.17%) OAuth
8 1 (4.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) 3D Graphics
2 4 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 3 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (8.33%) Data Structures
4 2 (8.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.17%) FPGA
5 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Linux
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Android
2 2 (8.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 16 (66.67%) AI
2 16 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 11 (45.83%) Mathematics
4 10 (41.67%) CI/CD
4 10 (41.67%) DevOps
5 7 (29.17%) Agile
5 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
5 7 (29.17%) Decision-Making
5 7 (29.17%) Microservices
6 5 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (20.83%) MVVM
7 4 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (16.67%) Mathematical Modelling
7 4 (16.67%) Multithreading
8 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 3 (12.50%) Digital Twin
8 3 (12.50%) Migration
8 3 (12.50%) Reinforcement Learning
9 2 (8.33%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) C#
2 12 (50.00%) C++
3 7 (29.17%) C
4 4 (16.67%) Bash
4 4 (16.67%) Java
4 4 (16.67%) Julia
4 4 (16.67%) Python
5 3 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 2 (8.33%) Objective-C
7 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (41.67%) PhD
3 8 (33.33%) Master's Degree
4 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.17%) HNC
5 1 (4.17%) HND
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Apple
2 2 (8.33%) ESRI
2 2 (8.33%) Google
2 2 (8.33%) Mapbox
2 2 (8.33%) Xamarin
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) SAP