Developer Job Trends in Surrey

Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Developer salary in Surrey is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 25 11
Rank change year-on-year +11 -14 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 166 80 283
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.09% 8.02% 11.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.55% 9.96% 12.26%
Number of salaries quoted 157 62 230
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,941 803 2,308
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 80.46% 91.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,373 544 1,500
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,813 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.34% +9.63% -14.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

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 3 June 2026.

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 3 June 2026. 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 56 £70,000 +7.69% 14
Woking +11 33 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Weybridge 0 16 £50,000 -20.00%
Epsom - 11 £60,000 - 1
Redhill +10 7 £82,500 +13.79% 5
Reigate -8 5 £90,000 -
Staines -9 5 £55,000 -16.98%
Horley - 3 £55,000 -
Leatherhead -5 2 £40,000 -30.43% 2
Cobham - 2 £42,500 - 4
Egham - 2 £43,750 - 1
Esher 0 1 £60,000 -
Farnham -6 1 £55,000 -4.35% 1
Whyteleafe - 1 £50,000 -
Camberley - 1 - -
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 1
Lightwater - 1 £47,500 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 2026, 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 61 (36.75%) .NET
2 56 (33.73%) Full-Stack Development
3 48 (28.92%) SaaS
4 43 (25.90%) SQL
5 39 (23.49%) Azure
6 37 (22.29%) React
6 37 (22.29%) TypeScript
7 35 (21.08%) Agile
7 35 (21.08%) C#
8 34 (20.48%) HTML
9 31 (18.67%) CSS
10 25 (15.06%) CI/CD
11 24 (14.46%) DevOps
11 24 (14.46%) Software Engineering
12 23 (13.86%) JavaScript
13 22 (13.25%) AWS
14 21 (12.65%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (12.65%) Front End Development
14 21 (12.65%) GitHub
14 21 (12.65%) Microservices
14 21 (12.65%) Vue
15 20 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (12.05%) Node.js
16 19 (11.45%) Linux
16 19 (11.45%) Microsoft
17 18 (10.84%) AI
17 18 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
18 17 (10.24%) Clean Code
19 16 (9.64%) Python
20 15 (9.04%) Java

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 3 (1.81%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.20%) Apache
2 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Confluence
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 48 (28.92%) SaaS
2 39 (23.49%) Azure
3 22 (13.25%) AWS
4 21 (12.65%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (12.65%) GitHub
5 4 (2.41%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.20%) Figma
7 2 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.20%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.20%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.60%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.60%) Google Play
8 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.23%) VoIP
2 3 (1.81%) Broadband
2 3 (1.81%) HTTP
2 3 (1.81%) RTP
2 3 (1.81%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.81%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.20%) Asterisk PBX
3 2 (1.20%) LAN
3 2 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.20%) WAN
4 1 (0.60%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.60%) Internet
4 1 (0.60%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.43%) MongoDB
2 9 (5.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (3.61%) MySQL
3 6 (3.61%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.81%) Power BI
5 2 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.20%) Redis
6 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.60%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (7.23%) Git
2 6 (3.61%) Cypress.io
2 6 (3.61%) JIRA
3 4 (2.41%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.81%) GitLab
5 2 (1.20%) Claude Code
5 2 (1.20%) Gradle
5 2 (1.20%) JUnit
5 2 (1.20%) Maven
5 2 (1.20%) Selenium
5 2 (1.20%) Terragrunt
5 2 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.60%) Gatling
6 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.60%) JMeter
6 1 (0.60%) Postman
6 1 (0.60%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.60%) Subversion
6 1 (0.60%) TestNG
General
1 17 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (4.82%) Games
2 8 (4.82%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.01%) Finance
3 5 (3.01%) Tech for Good
4 4 (2.41%) Aviation
4 4 (2.41%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.20%) Advertising
5 2 (1.20%) Music Industry
6 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.60%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.60%) Military
6 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.60%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (36.75%) .NET
2 37 (22.29%) React
3 34 (20.48%) HTML
4 31 (18.67%) CSS
5 21 (12.65%) Vue
6 20 (12.05%) Node.js
7 13 (7.83%) Bootstrap
7 13 (7.83%) React Native
8 12 (7.23%) ASP.NET
8 12 (7.23%) REST
9 11 (6.63%) .NET Core
10 10 (6.02%) Entity Framework
11 9 (5.42%) AngularJS
11 9 (5.42%) ASP.NET Core
12 8 (4.82%) Laravel
13 7 (4.22%) Jest
13 7 (4.22%) OAuth
13 7 (4.22%) RESTful
13 7 (4.22%) Swing
14 6 (3.61%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.43%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.81%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.20%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.60%) iPhone
6 1 (0.60%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.45%) Linux
2 6 (3.61%) Ubuntu
3 4 (2.41%) Debian
4 1 (0.60%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (33.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 35 (21.08%) Agile
3 25 (15.06%) CI/CD
4 24 (14.46%) DevOps
4 24 (14.46%) Software Engineering
5 21 (12.65%) Front End Development
5 21 (12.65%) Microservices
6 20 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (10.84%) AI
7 18 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (10.24%) Clean Code
9 15 (9.04%) Unit Testing
10 14 (8.43%) Wireframes
11 13 (7.83%) B2B
11 13 (7.83%) B2C
11 13 (7.83%) Fintech
11 13 (7.83%) Mobile Application Development
12 12 (7.23%) API Integration
12 12 (7.23%) CQRS
12 12 (7.23%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 43 (25.90%) SQL
2 37 (22.29%) TypeScript
3 35 (21.08%) C#
4 23 (13.86%) JavaScript
5 16 (9.64%) Python
6 15 (9.04%) Java
7 10 (6.02%) PHP
8 6 (3.61%) C++
9 5 (3.01%) Bash
9 5 (3.01%) C
10 4 (2.41%) Go
11 3 (1.81%) DataWeave
12 2 (1.20%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.20%) Perl
13 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.60%) Scala
13 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (6.63%) Security Cleared
2 8 (4.82%) Degree
3 7 (4.22%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.81%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.60%) HNC
6 1 (0.60%) HND
6 1 (0.60%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.01%) QA
2 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.81%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.20%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.20%) WCAG
5 1 (0.60%) ITGC
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
5 1 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (6.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.81%) Kamailio
3 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (5.42%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.01%) Terraform
3 3 (1.81%) Argo
4 2 (1.20%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (11.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.81%) BT
2 3 (1.81%) Fortinet
2 3 (1.81%) Mitel
2 3 (1.81%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.20%) Facebook
3 2 (1.20%) YouTube
4 1 (0.60%) Google
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle
4 1 (0.60%) Peregrine
4 1 (0.60%) Typelevel
4 1 (0.60%) Xamarin