Developer Job Trends in Guildford

Developer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Developer salary in Guildford is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 58 14 59
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 12.83% 13.08% 15.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.55% 14.29% 16.16%
Number of salaries quoted 56 14 49
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £95,000 £75,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £73,750
Surrey median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 428 98 365
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.59% 93.11%
Number of salaries quoted 318 77 313
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,857 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.10% +15.79% -17.39%
75th Percentile £91,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £70,000
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% +9.00% -14.53%

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 5 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 28 (48.28%) Full-Stack Development
2 22 (37.93%) TypeScript
3 19 (32.76%) JavaScript
4 13 (22.41%) Node.js
4 13 (22.41%) SaaS
5 12 (20.69%) Linux
6 11 (18.97%) Java
7 9 (15.52%) AI
8 8 (13.79%) CI/CD
8 8 (13.79%) Python
8 8 (13.79%) VoIP
9 7 (12.07%) MongoDB
9 7 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (12.07%) Swing
9 7 (12.07%) Vue
10 6 (10.34%) AWS
10 6 (10.34%) Git
10 6 (10.34%) React
11 5 (8.62%) Azure
11 5 (8.62%) C
11 5 (8.62%) C++
11 5 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (8.62%) Mentoring
11 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
11 5 (8.62%) Security Cleared
12 4 (6.90%) .NET
12 4 (6.90%) Agile
12 4 (6.90%) Django
12 4 (6.90%) Docker
12 4 (6.90%) Entity Framework

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 13 (22.41%) SaaS
2 6 (10.34%) AWS
3 5 (8.62%) Azure
4 3 (5.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (5.17%) Amazon ECS
4 3 (5.17%) GitHub
4 3 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.79%) VoIP
2 3 (5.17%) HTTP
2 3 (5.17%) RTP
2 3 (5.17%) Unified Communications
2 3 (5.17%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.72%) Broadband
3 1 (1.72%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) MongoDB
2 3 (5.17%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (5.17%) MySQL
3 2 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (3.45%) Redis
3 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Git
2 2 (3.45%) Terragrunt
3 1 (1.72%) Subversion
General
1 4 (6.90%) Aviation
2 3 (5.17%) Games
2 3 (5.17%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
3 1 (1.72%) Finance
3 1 (1.72%) Military
3 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.41%) Node.js
2 7 (12.07%) Swing
2 7 (12.07%) Vue
3 6 (10.34%) React
4 4 (6.90%) .NET
4 4 (6.90%) Django
4 4 (6.90%) Entity Framework
4 4 (6.90%) Flask
4 4 (6.90%) HTML
4 4 (6.90%) REST
5 3 (5.17%) CSS
5 3 (5.17%) FreeSWITCH
5 3 (5.17%) Jinja
5 3 (5.17%) Laravel
5 3 (5.17%) OAuth
5 3 (5.17%) OAuth2
5 3 (5.17%) pytest
5 3 (5.17%) RFC 2833
5 3 (5.17%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (5.17%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.72%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.69%) Linux
2 3 (5.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (48.28%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (15.52%) AI
3 8 (13.79%) CI/CD
4 7 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (8.62%) Mentoring
6 4 (6.90%) Agile
6 4 (6.90%) Front End Development
6 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (6.90%) Machine Learning
6 4 (6.90%) Microservices
6 4 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (5.17%) Backlog Management
7 3 (5.17%) Containerisation
7 3 (5.17%) Conversational AI
7 3 (5.17%) Conversational UI
7 3 (5.17%) Human-Centred Design
7 3 (5.17%) Product Backlog
7 3 (5.17%) Sentiment Analysis
7 3 (5.17%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 22 (37.93%) TypeScript
2 19 (32.76%) JavaScript
3 11 (18.97%) Java
4 8 (13.79%) Python
5 5 (8.62%) C
5 5 (8.62%) C++
6 4 (6.90%) PHP
7 3 (5.17%) C#
7 3 (5.17%) SQL
8 1 (1.72%) Go
Qualifications
1 5 (8.62%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) Degree
4 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (5.17%) PCI DSS
1 3 (5.17%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.90%) Docker
2 3 (5.17%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.17%) Argo
2 3 (5.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) BT
2 3 (5.17%) Fortinet
2 3 (5.17%) Mitel