Developer Job Trends in Guildford

Developer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Developer salary in Guildford is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 20 24 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 12.12% 11.59% 19.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.33% 11.59% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 20 8 26
10th Percentile £47,500 £30,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £37,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £48,750 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -23.53% +27.50%
75th Percentile £94,063 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £108,000 £59,375 -
Surrey median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -23.33% +39.53% -10.42%

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 150 207 133
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 100.00% 98.52%
Number of salaries quoted 127 87 103
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,875 £35,000 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,500 £80,000 £69,500
Surrey median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

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 6 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 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 16 (80.00%) C#
2 13 (65.00%) .NET
3 11 (55.00%) Blazor
4 10 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 10 (50.00%) Degree
5 9 (45.00%) AngularJS
5 9 (45.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 9 (45.00%) React
6 8 (40.00%) .NET Core
6 8 (40.00%) Azure
6 8 (40.00%) Power Platform
6 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
6 8 (40.00%) Vue
7 7 (35.00%) Agile
7 7 (35.00%) AI
7 7 (35.00%) Machine Learning
7 7 (35.00%) WPF
8 6 (30.00%) AWS
8 6 (30.00%) DevOps
8 6 (30.00%) HTML
8 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
8 6 (30.00%) MVC
8 6 (30.00%) Software Engineering
9 5 (25.00%) ASP.NET
9 5 (25.00%) Git
9 5 (25.00%) RESTful
9 5 (25.00%) SQL
10 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
10 4 (20.00%) API Integration
10 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core

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 3 (15.00%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
1 8 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (30.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (20.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.00%) Google Play
4 1 (5.00%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (5.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Git
2 2 (10.00%) Subversion
3 1 (5.00%) Android Studio
3 1 (5.00%) CMake
3 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (5.00%) JIRA
3 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.00%) Xcode
General
1 2 (10.00%) Banking
1 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.00%) Military
2 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Publishing
2 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (65.00%) .NET
2 11 (55.00%) Blazor
3 9 (45.00%) AngularJS
3 9 (45.00%) React
4 8 (40.00%) .NET Core
4 8 (40.00%) Vue
5 7 (35.00%) WPF
6 6 (30.00%) HTML
7 5 (25.00%) ASP.NET
7 5 (25.00%) RESTful
8 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
8 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (20.00%) CSS
8 4 (20.00%) REST
8 4 (20.00%) WinForms
9 1 (5.00%) OpenGL
9 1 (5.00%) QML
9 1 (5.00%) Spring
9 1 (5.00%) Spring MVC
9 1 (5.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.00%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Android
2 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (45.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 7 (35.00%) Agile
3 7 (35.00%) AI
3 7 (35.00%) Machine Learning
4 6 (30.00%) DevOps
4 6 (30.00%) MVC
4 6 (30.00%) 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%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (20.00%) Mathematics
5 4 (20.00%) Migration
5 4 (20.00%) MVVM
5 4 (20.00%) Scrum
5 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Design Patterns
6 3 (15.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) C#
2 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (25.00%) SQL
4 3 (15.00%) C
4 3 (15.00%) C++
4 3 (15.00%) TypeScript
5 2 (10.00%) Java
6 1 (5.00%) Bash
6 1 (5.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) PhD
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Apple
2 1 (5.00%) ESRI
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Mapbox
2 1 (5.00%) Xamarin