Developer Job Trends in Surrey

Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Developer salary in Surrey is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -22 -2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 55 169 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 4.97% 11.30% 12.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.68% 11.76% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 55 116 84
10th Percentile £46,750 £48,125 £33,775
25th Percentile £48,750 £56,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +39.53% -10.42%
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £62,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 968 1,437 843
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.44% 96.12% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 765 757 609
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.43% -0.43%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Developer
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Surrey

Developer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Surrey over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Surrey

Developer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Guildford -1 20 £62,500 +28.21% 17
Staines -1 9 £55,000 -4.35% 5
Farnham -2 8 £57,500 +76.92% 3
Reigate -1 3 £100,000 +25.00% 1
Redhill -2 3 £55,000 +4.76% 1
Leatherhead +11 2 £47,500 - 1
Horley -7 2 £50,000 -
Caterham - 2 £51,250 - 1
Warlingham - 2 £51,250 - 3
Godalming -3 1 £31,500 -40.00%
Weybridge - 1 £50,000 - 5
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, 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 Surrey region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 29 (52.73%) C#
2 27 (49.09%) .NET
3 24 (43.64%) React
4 19 (34.55%) AngularJS
4 19 (34.55%) Azure
4 19 (34.55%) MVC
4 19 (34.55%) SQL
5 18 (32.73%) Full-Stack Development
6 17 (30.91%) Agile
6 17 (30.91%) JavaScript
6 17 (30.91%) SQL Server
7 16 (29.09%) AWS
7 16 (29.09%) Degree
7 16 (29.09%) RESTful
7 16 (29.09%) User Experience
8 15 (27.27%) HTML
9 14 (25.45%) ASP.NET
9 14 (25.45%) Git
10 13 (23.64%) CSS
11 11 (20.00%) Blazor
11 11 (20.00%) CI/CD
11 11 (20.00%) Front End Development
11 11 (20.00%) Power Platform
12 10 (18.18%) .NET Core
12 10 (18.18%) REST
12 10 (18.18%) TypeScript
12 10 (18.18%) Web Development
13 9 (16.36%) DevOps
13 9 (16.36%) Node.js
13 9 (16.36%) Software Engineering

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.82%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (9.09%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.45%) S-PLUS
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (34.55%) Azure
2 16 (29.09%) AWS
3 11 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 6 (10.91%) GitHub
5 5 (9.09%) Miro
6 4 (7.27%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (7.27%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.64%) npm
7 2 (3.64%) SaaS
8 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.82%) GCP
8 1 (1.82%) Google Play
8 1 (1.82%) Serverless
8 1 (1.82%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Network Security
2 1 (1.82%) Broadband
2 1 (1.82%) RS-232
2 1 (1.82%) RS-422
2 1 (1.82%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (30.91%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.73%) Power BI
3 2 (3.64%) Tableau
4 1 (1.82%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.82%) GIS
4 1 (1.82%) MySQL
4 1 (1.82%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.82%) Power Query
4 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (25.45%) Git
2 5 (9.09%) Axure RP
3 3 (5.45%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.64%) JIRA
4 2 (3.64%) Subversion
5 1 (1.82%) Android Studio
5 1 (1.82%) CMake
5 1 (1.82%) Gradle
5 1 (1.82%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.82%) Maven
5 1 (1.82%) RSpec
5 1 (1.82%) Xcode
General
1 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (9.09%) Retail
2 3 (5.45%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.64%) Banking
3 2 (3.64%) Finance
3 2 (3.64%) Games
4 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.82%) Electronics
4 1 (1.82%) Military
4 1 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Publishing
4 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (49.09%) .NET
2 24 (43.64%) React
3 19 (34.55%) AngularJS
4 16 (29.09%) RESTful
5 15 (27.27%) HTML
6 14 (25.45%) ASP.NET
7 13 (23.64%) CSS
8 11 (20.00%) Blazor
9 10 (18.18%) .NET Core
9 10 (18.18%) REST
10 9 (16.36%) Node.js
11 8 (14.55%) Vue
12 7 (12.73%) WPF
13 5 (9.09%) .NET Framework
13 5 (9.09%) JSON
13 5 (9.09%) XML
14 4 (7.27%) ASP.NET Core
14 4 (7.27%) WinForms
15 3 (5.45%) CSS3
15 3 (5.45%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.36%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.64%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.64%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.82%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (1.82%) Acoustics
3 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.64%) Linux
2 1 (1.82%) Android
2 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.82%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (34.55%) MVC
2 18 (32.73%) Full-Stack Development
3 17 (30.91%) Agile
4 16 (29.09%) User Experience
5 11 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 11 (20.00%) Front End Development
6 10 (18.18%) Web Development
7 9 (16.36%) DevOps
7 9 (16.36%) Software Engineering
8 8 (14.55%) AI
8 8 (14.55%) Machine Learning
9 7 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (12.73%) Clean Code
9 7 (12.73%) Unit Testing
10 6 (10.91%) Wireframes
11 5 (9.09%) Computer Science
11 5 (9.09%) Logistics
11 5 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (9.09%) Prototyping
11 5 (9.09%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 29 (52.73%) C#
2 19 (34.55%) SQL
3 17 (30.91%) JavaScript
4 10 (18.18%) TypeScript
5 5 (9.09%) C
5 5 (9.09%) Java
6 3 (5.45%) C++
7 2 (3.64%) Python
8 1 (1.82%) Bash
8 1 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.82%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.82%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.82%) R
8 1 (1.82%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (29.09%) Degree
2 4 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.64%) PhD
3 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (1.82%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.64%) GDPR
2 2 (3.64%) WCAG
3 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.09%) Docker
2 2 (3.64%) Firmware
3 1 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Terraform
2 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.82%) Apple
2 1 (1.82%) ESRI
2 1 (1.82%) Google
2 1 (1.82%) Mapbox
2 1 (1.82%) Samsung
2 1 (1.82%) Xamarin