Software Engineer Job Trends in Guildford

Software Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Software Engineer salary in Guildford is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
11 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 3 27
Rank change year-on-year -17 +24 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 11 45 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 6.51% 21.84% 3.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.10% 21.84% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 11 25 4
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,750 -
25th Percentile £72,500 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £40,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -37.25% -10.53%
75th Percentile £106,250 £80,000 £77,188
90th Percentile £121,250 £81,500 £78,875
Surrey median annual salary £90,000 £50,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year +80.00% -21.57% +21.43%

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 155 206 132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.72% 100.00% 98.51%
Number of salaries quoted 134 86 102
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,025
25th Percentile £30,500 £35,313 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,250 £68,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £80,000 £69,500
Surrey median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Guildford

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Guildford.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Guildford

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Guildford over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Degree
1 11 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (81.82%) C++
2 9 (81.82%) Master's Degree
2 9 (81.82%) PhD
3 8 (72.73%) AI
3 8 (72.73%) Mathematics
4 6 (54.55%) Agile
4 6 (54.55%) C#
4 6 (54.55%) Mathematical Modelling
4 6 (54.55%) Multithreading
4 6 (54.55%) Qt
5 5 (45.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (45.45%) WPF
6 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 3 (27.27%) Bash
6 3 (27.27%) C
6 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (27.27%) Digital Twin
6 3 (27.27%) GIS
6 3 (27.27%) Git
6 3 (27.27%) Java
6 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
6 3 (27.27%) JIRA
6 3 (27.27%) Julia
6 3 (27.27%) MVVM
6 3 (27.27%) Parallel Programming
6 3 (27.27%) Physics
6 3 (27.27%) Python

Software 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Git
1 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
1 3 (27.27%) TestRail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) Qt
2 5 (45.45%) WPF
3 2 (18.18%) .NET
3 2 (18.18%) Blazor
3 2 (18.18%) REST
3 2 (18.18%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) 3D Graphics
1 6 (54.55%) Algorithms
2 3 (27.27%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (72.73%) AI
2 8 (72.73%) Mathematics
3 6 (54.55%) Agile
3 6 (54.55%) Mathematical Modelling
3 6 (54.55%) Multithreading
4 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (27.27%) Digital Twin
4 3 (27.27%) MVVM
4 3 (27.27%) Parallel Programming
4 3 (27.27%) Physics
4 3 (27.27%) Reinforcement Learning
5 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Microservices
6 1 (9.09%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) C++
2 6 (54.55%) C#
3 3 (27.27%) Bash
3 3 (27.27%) C
3 3 (27.27%) Java
3 3 (27.27%) Julia
3 3 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (81.82%) Master's Degree
2 9 (81.82%) PhD
3 5 (45.45%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform
9 Software Engineer jobs in Guildford