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 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 15 29 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 10.79% 13.12% 19.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.81% 13.12% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 15 13 29
10th Percentile £47,500 £32,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £48,125 £41,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +25.04%
75th Percentile £106,250 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £110,500 £64,750 -
Surrey median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +36.36% -8.33%

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 127 221 147
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 100.00% 98.66%
Number of salaries quoted 103 100 112
10th Percentile £28,200 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,025 £35,000 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,125 £67,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £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 16 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 13 (86.67%) C#
2 10 (66.67%) .NET
3 9 (60.00%) Degree
4 8 (53.33%) Blazor
5 7 (46.67%) CI/CD
5 7 (46.67%) Machine Learning
5 7 (46.67%) AI
5 7 (46.67%) WPF
6 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
6 6 (40.00%) AngularJS
6 6 (40.00%) DevOps
6 6 (40.00%) React
6 6 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (33.33%) Power Platform
7 5 (33.33%) .NET Core
7 5 (33.33%) Vue
7 5 (33.33%) Azure
7 5 (33.33%) AWS
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
8 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
8 4 (26.67%) Migration
8 4 (26.67%) CRM
8 4 (26.67%) WinForms
8 4 (26.67%) Agile
8 4 (26.67%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
8 4 (26.67%) .NET Framework
8 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (26.67%) MVVM
8 4 (26.67%) Dynamics 365

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 (6.67%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) AWS
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 4 (26.67%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (26.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (6.67%) Google Play
3 1 (6.67%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) GIS
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) Android Studio
2 1 (6.67%) CMake
2 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Subversion
2 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.67%) Xcode
General
1 2 (13.33%) Banking
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Publishing
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (66.67%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) Blazor
3 7 (46.67%) WPF
4 6 (40.00%) AngularJS
4 6 (40.00%) React
5 5 (33.33%) .NET Core
5 5 (33.33%) Vue
6 4 (26.67%) .NET Framework
6 4 (26.67%) WinForms
7 3 (20.00%) REST
8 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
8 2 (13.33%) HTML
8 2 (13.33%) RESTful
9 1 (6.67%) CSS
9 1 (6.67%) Google Maps API
9 1 (6.67%) Node.js
9 1 (6.67%) OpenGL
9 1 (6.67%) OpenSceneGraph
9 1 (6.67%) QML
9 1 (6.67%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (6.67%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Android
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) AI
1 7 (46.67%) CI/CD
1 7 (46.67%) Machine Learning
2 6 (40.00%) DevOps
2 6 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) CRM
3 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
3 4 (26.67%) Migration
3 4 (26.67%) MVVM
4 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
4 3 (20.00%) Microservices
5 2 (13.33%) MVC
6 1 (6.67%) Scrum
6 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) C
2 2 (13.33%) C++
2 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (6.67%) Bash
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) PhD
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Apple
2 1 (6.67%) ESRI
2 1 (6.67%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) Mapbox
2 1 (6.67%) Xamarin