Senior Development Engineer Job Trends in Guildford

Senior Development Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Senior Development Engineer salary in Guildford is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Development Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £95,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - -
75th Percentile £115,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median annual salary £105,000 - -

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 463 133 346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 91.72% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 354 105 277
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £35,000
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 £87,500 £70,000
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%

Senior Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Development Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Senior Development Engineer job vacancy trend in Guildford

Senior Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 17 July 2026, Senior Development Engineer 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 Senior Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Julia
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Senior Development Engineer 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Julia
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD