Developer Job Trends in Guildford

Developer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Developer salary in Guildford is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 46 10 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 11.27% 9.80% 13.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.20% 10.31% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 44 10 43
10th Percentile £30,000 £53,625 £40,050
25th Percentile £55,313 £62,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +32.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,625 £73,750
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 377 97 320
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 95.10% 92.22%
Number of salaries quoted 281 82 298
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £46,300 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,790 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% +17.45% -13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £70,000
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -14.89%

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 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, 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 17 (36.96%) Full-Stack Development
2 12 (26.09%) JavaScript
3 9 (19.57%) TypeScript
4 8 (17.39%) Java
4 8 (17.39%) Linux
4 8 (17.39%) VoIP
5 7 (15.22%) Azure
5 7 (15.22%) C
5 7 (15.22%) C++
5 7 (15.22%) CI/CD
5 7 (15.22%) Git
5 7 (15.22%) Node.js
5 7 (15.22%) SaaS
6 6 (13.04%) .NET
6 6 (13.04%) CRM
6 6 (13.04%) REST
6 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
7 5 (10.87%) Agile
7 5 (10.87%) HTML
7 5 (10.87%) MongoDB
7 5 (10.87%) Python
7 5 (10.87%) SQL
8 4 (8.70%) AI
8 4 (8.70%) C#
8 4 (8.70%) Degree
8 4 (8.70%) Django
8 4 (8.70%) Docker
8 4 (8.70%) Flask
8 4 (8.70%) Kubernetes
8 4 (8.70%) Microsoft

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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (15.22%) Azure
1 7 (15.22%) SaaS
2 3 (6.52%) GitHub
2 3 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
2 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.35%) AWS
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.17%) Google Play
4 1 (2.17%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) VoIP
2 3 (6.52%) HTTP
2 3 (6.52%) RTP
2 3 (6.52%) Unified Communications
2 3 (6.52%) Wireshark
3 2 (4.35%) Network Security
4 1 (2.17%) Broadband
4 1 (2.17%) HTTPS
4 1 (2.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) MongoDB
2 4 (8.70%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.52%) MySQL
3 3 (6.52%) Power BI
4 1 (2.17%) GIS
4 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (15.22%) Git
2 2 (4.35%) Subversion
3 1 (2.17%) Android Studio
3 1 (2.17%) CMake
3 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.17%) JIRA
3 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.17%) Xcode
General
1 4 (8.70%) Aviation
2 3 (6.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Aerospace
3 2 (4.35%) Finance
3 2 (4.35%) Military
4 1 (2.17%) Games
4 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.17%) Publishing
4 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.22%) Node.js
2 6 (13.04%) .NET
2 6 (13.04%) REST
3 5 (10.87%) HTML
4 4 (8.70%) Django
4 4 (8.70%) Flask
4 4 (8.70%) OAuth
5 3 (6.52%) .NET Core
5 3 (6.52%) AngularJS
5 3 (6.52%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (6.52%) Blazor
5 3 (6.52%) Jinja
5 3 (6.52%) OAuth2
5 3 (6.52%) pytest
5 3 (6.52%) React
5 3 (6.52%) RESTful
5 3 (6.52%) RFC 2833
5 3 (6.52%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (6.52%) Vue
5 3 (6.52%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (2.17%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.17%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.39%) Linux
2 3 (6.52%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.17%) Android
3 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.17%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Full-Stack Development
2 7 (15.22%) CI/CD
3 6 (13.04%) CRM
4 5 (10.87%) Agile
5 4 (8.70%) AI
5 4 (8.70%) MVC
6 3 (6.52%) API Integration
6 3 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (6.52%) Clean Code
6 3 (6.52%) Containerisation
6 3 (6.52%) OO
6 3 (6.52%) OOP
6 3 (6.52%) Open Source
6 3 (6.52%) Scrum
6 3 (6.52%) Sentiment Analysis
6 3 (6.52%) Software Engineering
6 3 (6.52%) Speech Recognition
6 3 (6.52%) Unit Testing
7 2 (4.35%) Mentoring
7 2 (4.35%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) JavaScript
2 9 (19.57%) TypeScript
3 8 (17.39%) Java
4 7 (15.22%) C
4 7 (15.22%) C++
5 5 (10.87%) Python
5 5 (10.87%) SQL
6 4 (8.70%) C#
7 1 (2.17%) Bash
7 1 (2.17%) Go
7 1 (2.17%) Objective-C
7 1 (2.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) PhD
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.52%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) Docker
2 3 (6.52%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.52%) Argo
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) BT
2 3 (6.52%) Fortinet
2 3 (6.52%) Mitel
3 1 (2.17%) Apple
3 1 (2.17%) ESRI
3 1 (2.17%) Google
3 1 (2.17%) Mapbox
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle
3 1 (2.17%) Xamarin