Developer Job Trends in Guildford

Developer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Developer salary in Guildford is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 16 8
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 69 13 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 14.14% 8.90% 14.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.87% 9.92% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 68 13 28
10th Percentile £50,250 - £40,875
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,000 £65,000
Surrey median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% - -4.17%

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 464 131 276
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 89.73% 97.87%
Number of salaries quoted 350 101 200
10th Percentile £35,000 - £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £31,250 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £95,000 £63,750 £60,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £71,250
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 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 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 41 (59.42%) Full-Stack Development
2 34 (49.28%) TypeScript
3 31 (44.93%) JavaScript
4 24 (34.78%) Node.js
5 19 (27.54%) SaaS
6 16 (23.19%) AWS
6 16 (23.19%) Vue
7 14 (20.29%) AI
8 13 (18.84%) Agile
9 12 (17.39%) Microservices
10 11 (15.94%) .NET
10 11 (15.94%) Java
10 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (14.49%) C#
11 10 (14.49%) CI/CD
11 10 (14.49%) SQL Server
12 9 (13.04%) ASP.NET
12 9 (13.04%) Azure
12 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (13.04%) Linux
12 9 (13.04%) Microsoft
12 9 (13.04%) React
12 9 (13.04%) Swing
13 8 (11.59%) Computer Science
13 8 (11.59%) Front End Development
13 8 (11.59%) Technical Leadership
14 7 (10.14%) .NET Framework
14 7 (10.14%) AngularJS
14 7 (10.14%) Entity Framework
14 7 (10.14%) MongoDB

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 19 (27.54%) SaaS
2 16 (23.19%) AWS
3 9 (13.04%) Azure
4 6 (8.70%) Snowflake
5 4 (5.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (5.80%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (5.80%) GitHub
5 4 (5.80%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (2.90%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) VoIP
2 1 (1.45%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.49%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.14%) MongoDB
3 6 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (8.70%) Redis
4 4 (5.80%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (5.80%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.45%) MySQL
5 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) Terragrunt
3 1 (1.45%) Postman
General
1 6 (8.70%) Finance
2 3 (4.35%) Games
3 2 (2.90%) Aviation
3 2 (2.90%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (34.78%) Node.js
2 16 (23.19%) Vue
3 11 (15.94%) .NET
4 9 (13.04%) ASP.NET
4 9 (13.04%) React
4 9 (13.04%) Swing
5 7 (10.14%) .NET Framework
5 7 (10.14%) AngularJS
5 7 (10.14%) Entity Framework
6 6 (8.70%) .NET Core
6 6 (8.70%) ASP.NET Core
6 6 (8.70%) CSS
6 6 (8.70%) HTML
7 5 (7.25%) Laravel
8 4 (5.80%) FastAPI
8 4 (5.80%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (4.35%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (4.35%) Classic ASP
9 3 (4.35%) Electron
9 3 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.45%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (59.42%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (20.29%) AI
3 13 (18.84%) Agile
4 12 (17.39%) Microservices
5 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.49%) CI/CD
7 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.59%) Computer Science
8 8 (11.59%) Front End Development
8 8 (11.59%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (8.70%) Clean Code
9 6 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (8.70%) Continuous Deployment
9 6 (8.70%) Design Patterns
9 6 (8.70%) DevSecOps
9 6 (8.70%) Domain Models
9 6 (8.70%) Epics
9 6 (8.70%) SOLID
9 6 (8.70%) User Stories
9 6 (8.70%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (49.28%) TypeScript
2 31 (44.93%) JavaScript
3 11 (15.94%) Java
4 10 (14.49%) C#
5 7 (10.14%) SQL
6 6 (8.70%) PHP
7 5 (7.25%) Python
8 1 (1.45%) Go
Qualifications
1 6 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (8.70%) Degree
2 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.35%) Google