Software Engineer Jobs in Guildford

Software Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Software Engineer salary in Guildford is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 6 33
Rank change year-on-year -12 +27 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 8 69 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 6.06% 17.42% 5.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.61% 18.65% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7 61 10
10th Percentile £64,000 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £40,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £101,875 £65,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £80,000 -
Surrey median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% +18.18%

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 121 370 260
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 93.43% 97.38%
Number of salaries quoted 95 305 200
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,100 £33,725
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £47,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -17.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,500 £70,750 £77,500
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Guildford

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Guildford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Guildford.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Guildford

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Guildford over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Guildford

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Guildford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 6 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 6 (75.00%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) Master's Degree
3 5 (62.50%) Algorithms
3 5 (62.50%) Machine Learning
3 5 (62.50%) C#
3 5 (62.50%) PhD
3 5 (62.50%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (62.50%) Multithreading
4 4 (50.00%) Qt
4 4 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (50.00%) WPF
4 4 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (37.50%) Git
5 3 (37.50%) MVVM
5 3 (37.50%) Mathematical Modelling
5 3 (37.50%) WinForms
5 3 (37.50%) Java
5 3 (37.50%) Physics
6 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (25.00%) Azure
6 2 (25.00%) AWS
6 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) JavaScript

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) TestRail
2 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Qt
1 4 (50.00%) WPF
2 3 (37.50%) WinForms
3 2 (25.00%) React
4 1 (12.50%) .NET
4 1 (12.50%) OpenGL
4 1 (12.50%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) 3D Graphics
1 5 (62.50%) Algorithms
2 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (12.50%) CUDA
3 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) Mathematics
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (62.50%) Machine Learning
3 5 (62.50%) Multithreading
4 4 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (37.50%) Mathematical Modelling
5 3 (37.50%) MVVM
5 3 (37.50%) Physics
6 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 1 (12.50%) Parallel Programming
7 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) Fortran
4 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (12.50%) Bash
5 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
1 6 (75.00%) Master's Degree
2 5 (62.50%) PhD
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes