Developer Job Trends in Guildford

Developer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Developer salary in Guildford is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
4 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 72 16 53
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 14.78% 12.12% 13.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.55% 13.22% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 71 16 43
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £60,625 £52,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,125 £72,000
Surrey median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +4.00% +11.11% -6.25%

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 463 121 370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 91.67% 93.43%
Number of salaries quoted 353 95 305
10th Percentile £32,644 £31,250 £31,100
25th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £95,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,500 £70,750
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%

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 4 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 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 39 (54.17%) Full-Stack Development
2 31 (43.06%) TypeScript
3 27 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 22 (30.56%) Node.js
5 18 (25.00%) SaaS
6 14 (19.44%) AI
6 14 (19.44%) AWS
6 14 (19.44%) Vue
7 12 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 12 (16.67%) Java
7 12 (16.67%) Linux
8 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (13.89%) Microservices
9 10 (13.89%) MongoDB
10 9 (12.50%) Agile
10 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
10 9 (12.50%) Python
10 9 (12.50%) React
11 8 (11.11%) .NET
11 8 (11.11%) Azure
11 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (11.11%) Swing
11 8 (11.11%) VoIP
12 7 (9.72%) C#
12 7 (9.72%) Docker
12 7 (9.72%) Front End Development
12 7 (9.72%) Git
12 7 (9.72%) Kubernetes
12 7 (9.72%) Technical Leadership
13 6 (8.33%) ASP.NET

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 18 (25.00%) SaaS
2 14 (19.44%) AWS
3 8 (11.11%) Azure
4 6 (8.33%) GitHub
5 5 (6.94%) Snowflake
6 4 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (4.17%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.11%) VoIP
2 3 (4.17%) HTTP
2 3 (4.17%) RTP
2 3 (4.17%) Unified Communications
2 3 (4.17%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.39%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.89%) MongoDB
2 6 (8.33%) SQL Server
3 5 (6.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (6.94%) Redis
4 4 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (4.17%) MySQL
6 1 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Git
2 2 (2.78%) Terragrunt
General
1 5 (6.94%) Finance
2 4 (5.56%) Aviation
2 4 (5.56%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.17%) Games
4 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (30.56%) Node.js
2 14 (19.44%) Vue
3 9 (12.50%) React
4 8 (11.11%) .NET
4 8 (11.11%) Swing
5 6 (8.33%) ASP.NET
6 5 (6.94%) .NET Core
6 5 (6.94%) AngularJS
6 5 (6.94%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (6.94%) CSS
6 5 (6.94%) Entity Framework
6 5 (6.94%) HTML
7 4 (5.56%) .NET Framework
7 4 (5.56%) Django
7 4 (5.56%) FastAPI
7 4 (5.56%) Flask
7 4 (5.56%) Laravel
7 4 (5.56%) REST
7 4 (5.56%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (4.17%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.39%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.39%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.39%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.67%) Linux
2 3 (4.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (54.17%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (19.44%) AI
3 12 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (13.89%) Microservices
6 9 (12.50%) Agile
7 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (9.72%) Front End Development
8 7 (9.72%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (8.33%) Computer Science
10 5 (6.94%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (6.94%) Continuous Deployment
10 5 (6.94%) DevSecOps
10 5 (6.94%) Domain Models
10 5 (6.94%) Epics
10 5 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (6.94%) Machine Learning
10 5 (6.94%) Mentoring
10 5 (6.94%) SOLID
10 5 (6.94%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 31 (43.06%) TypeScript
2 27 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 12 (16.67%) Java
4 9 (12.50%) Python
5 7 (9.72%) C#
6 6 (8.33%) SQL
7 5 (6.94%) PHP
8 4 (5.56%) C
8 4 (5.56%) C++
9 1 (1.39%) Go
Qualifications
1 5 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (6.94%) Degree
2 4 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.17%) PCI DSS
1 3 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 7 (9.72%) Docker
2 3 (4.17%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 7 (9.72%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.56%) Terraform
3 3 (4.17%) Argo
Vendors
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.17%) BT
2 3 (4.17%) Fortinet
2 3 (4.17%) Mitel
3 1 (1.39%) Google
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