Software Engineer
Surrey > Guildford
The median Software Engineer salary in Guildford is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 December 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
26 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
18 |
10 |
19 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-8 |
+9 |
+31 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer |
15 |
22 |
10 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford |
7.18% |
15.94% |
7.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
8.06% |
16.06% |
7.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
15 |
9 |
8 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£40,750 |
£43,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£53,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£80,000 |
£70,000 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+14.29% |
+16.67% |
-15.79% |
| 75th Percentile |
£105,000 |
£82,500 |
£72,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£115,250 |
- |
£80,000 |
| Surrey median annual salary |
£80,000 |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+33.33% |
- |
+14.29% |
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 |
186 |
137 |
138 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
89.00% |
99.28% |
99.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
163 |
63 |
106 |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,500 |
£36,750 |
£28,927 |
| 25th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£45,000 |
£33,063 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£50,000 |
£57,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-13.04% |
+15.00% |
-4.76% |
| 75th Percentile |
£64,375 |
£76,625 |
£65,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£98,000 |
£82,500 |
£69,500 |
| Surrey median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£60,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-16.67% |
+14.29% |
-8.70% |
