Developer Job Trends in Guildford

Developer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Developer salary in Guildford is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 16 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 20 15 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 9.90% 10.56% 14.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.05% 10.64% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 18
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,625 £45,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -13.73% +27.50%
75th Percentile £98,125 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £108,500 £60,625 £67,875
Surrey median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.33% +42.86% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Guildford with a recognized job title 181 141 123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.60% 99.30% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 159 63 96
10th Percentile £26,500 £36,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,875 £45,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,875 £76,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £82,500 £69,500
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -6.25%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Developer job vacancy trend in Guildford

Developer
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Guildford.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Guildford

Developer
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Guildford over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Developer 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 permanent job ads across the Guildford region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 12 (60.00%) .NET
2 11 (55.00%) Degree
3 10 (50.00%) Blazor
3 10 (50.00%) C#
3 10 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 8 (40.00%) Azure
5 7 (35.00%) .NET Core
5 7 (35.00%) Agile
5 7 (35.00%) AngularJS
5 7 (35.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 7 (35.00%) React
5 7 (35.00%) SQL Server
5 7 (35.00%) Vue
6 6 (30.00%) AI
6 6 (30.00%) DevOps
6 6 (30.00%) Git
6 6 (30.00%) HTML
6 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
6 6 (30.00%) Machine Learning
6 6 (30.00%) WPF
7 5 (25.00%) MVC
7 5 (25.00%) REST
7 5 (25.00%) Software Engineering
7 5 (25.00%) SQL
8 4 (20.00%) API Integration
8 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET
8 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (20.00%) AWS
8 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (20.00%) C

Developer Skill Set
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 (5.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) S-PLUS
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) AWS
2 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) Google Play
3 2 (10.00%) TestFlight
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (5.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (5.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) Power BI
3 2 (10.00%) GIS
4 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Git
2 2 (10.00%) Android Studio
2 2 (10.00%) CMake
2 2 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (10.00%) JIRA
2 2 (10.00%) Subversion
2 2 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (10.00%) Xcode
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
2 2 (10.00%) Military
2 2 (10.00%) Publishing
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (60.00%) .NET
2 10 (50.00%) Blazor
3 7 (35.00%) .NET Core
3 7 (35.00%) AngularJS
3 7 (35.00%) React
3 7 (35.00%) Vue
4 6 (30.00%) HTML
4 6 (30.00%) WPF
5 5 (25.00%) REST
6 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET
6 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (20.00%) CSS
6 4 (20.00%) RESTful
6 4 (20.00%) WinForms
7 3 (15.00%) .NET Framework
8 2 (10.00%) Google Maps API
8 2 (10.00%) OpenGL
8 2 (10.00%) OpenSceneGraph
8 2 (10.00%) QML
8 2 (10.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (10.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Android
1 2 (10.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (30.00%) AI
3 6 (30.00%) DevOps
3 6 (30.00%) Machine Learning
4 5 (25.00%) MVC
4 5 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (20.00%) API Integration
5 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) Clean Code
5 4 (20.00%) CRM
5 4 (20.00%) Scrum
5 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
6 3 (15.00%) Microservices
6 3 (15.00%) Migration
6 3 (15.00%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) C#
2 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (20.00%) C
4 4 (20.00%) C++
5 3 (15.00%) Java
5 3 (15.00%) TypeScript
6 2 (10.00%) Bash
6 2 (10.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) PhD
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Apple
1 2 (10.00%) ESRI
1 2 (10.00%) Google
1 2 (10.00%) Mapbox
1 2 (10.00%) Xamarin
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle