Developer Job Trends in Surrey

Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Developer salary in Surrey is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 -13 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 121 69 245
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 5.65% 7.50% 11.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.11% 9.45% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 115 60 205
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £76,375 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -

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 1,980 730 1,905
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 79.35% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,297 549 1,360
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £26,650
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 11 April 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 11 April 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 44 £65,000 - 19
Weybridge +2 20 £50,000 -20.00%
Woking +4 16 £55,000 -12.00% 2
Epsom +22 8 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Staines -10 4 £75,000 +15.38%
Horley - 3 £55,000 - 2
Leatherhead -5 2 £40,000 -30.43%
Esher - 2 £60,000 -
Caterham - 2 £50,000 -
Redhill -1 1 £95,000 +40.74% 2
Camberley - 1 - -
Whyteleafe - 1 £50,000 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 11 April 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 42 (34.71%) .NET
2 36 (29.75%) HTML
3 35 (28.93%) Azure
4 34 (28.10%) CSS
4 34 (28.10%) React
5 33 (27.27%) SQL
6 31 (25.62%) Full-Stack Development
6 31 (25.62%) SaaS
7 28 (23.14%) Agile
8 23 (19.01%) DevOps
9 22 (18.18%) Front End Development
10 21 (17.36%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (17.36%) Clean Code
10 21 (17.36%) GitHub
10 21 (17.36%) Unit Testing
11 20 (16.53%) API Integration
11 20 (16.53%) TypeScript
12 17 (14.05%) B2B
12 17 (14.05%) B2C
12 17 (14.05%) Bootstrap
12 17 (14.05%) C#
12 17 (14.05%) Git
12 17 (14.05%) JavaScript
12 17 (14.05%) Mobile Application Development
12 17 (14.05%) React Native
12 17 (14.05%) Wireframes
13 14 (11.57%) REST
14 13 (10.74%) CI/CD
14 13 (10.74%) Software Engineering
15 11 (9.09%) Degree

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 (2.48%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 35 (28.93%) Azure
2 31 (25.62%) SaaS
3 21 (17.36%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (17.36%) GitHub
4 10 (8.26%) AWS
5 8 (6.61%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.31%) Figma
7 3 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.48%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.83%) GCP
8 1 (0.83%) Google Play
8 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.83%) Miro
8 1 (0.83%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.83%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.61%) VoIP
2 3 (2.48%) Broadband
2 3 (2.48%) HTTP
2 3 (2.48%) RTP
2 3 (2.48%) Unified Communications
2 3 (2.48%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.65%) Network Security
4 1 (0.83%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.96%) Power BI
2 5 (4.13%) MongoDB
2 5 (4.13%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.83%) GIS
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (14.05%) Git
2 4 (3.31%) Babel
2 4 (3.31%) rollup.js
3 2 (1.65%) Gradle
3 2 (1.65%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.65%) JUnit
3 2 (1.65%) Maven
3 2 (1.65%) Selenium
3 2 (1.65%) Subversion
4 1 (0.83%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.83%) Axure RP
4 1 (0.83%) CMake
4 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.83%) Gatling
4 1 (0.83%) GitLab
4 1 (0.83%) JIRA
4 1 (0.83%) JMeter
4 1 (0.83%) TestNG
4 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.83%) Xcode
General
1 20 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (4.96%) Finance
3 5 (4.13%) Games
3 5 (4.13%) Tech for Good
4 4 (3.31%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.65%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.65%) Aviation
5 2 (1.65%) Military
6 1 (0.83%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.83%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.83%) Publishing
6 1 (0.83%) Retail
6 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (34.71%) .NET
2 36 (29.75%) HTML
3 34 (28.10%) CSS
3 34 (28.10%) React
4 17 (14.05%) Bootstrap
4 17 (14.05%) React Native
5 14 (11.57%) REST
6 11 (9.09%) Vue
7 10 (8.26%) Node.js
8 8 (6.61%) OAuth
9 6 (4.96%) OAuth2
9 6 (4.96%) SOAP
10 5 (4.13%) Jest
10 5 (4.13%) Laravel
10 5 (4.13%) RESTful
11 4 (3.31%) .NET Core
11 4 (3.31%) AngularJS
11 4 (3.31%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (3.31%) Blazor
11 4 (3.31%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.88%) Mobile App
2 6 (4.96%) Video\Live Streaming
3 2 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (1.65%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.83%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.83%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.83%) Cyberattack
4 1 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.83%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.61%) Linux
2 3 (2.48%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.83%) Android
3 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.62%) Full-Stack Development
2 28 (23.14%) Agile
3 23 (19.01%) DevOps
4 22 (18.18%) Front End Development
5 21 (17.36%) Clean Code
5 21 (17.36%) Unit Testing
6 20 (16.53%) API Integration
7 17 (14.05%) B2B
7 17 (14.05%) B2C
7 17 (14.05%) Mobile Application Development
7 17 (14.05%) Wireframes
8 13 (10.74%) CI/CD
8 13 (10.74%) Software Engineering
9 11 (9.09%) Fintech
9 11 (9.09%) SDLC
10 10 (8.26%) AI
10 10 (8.26%) Microservices
11 9 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (6.61%) MVC
13 7 (5.79%) CQRS
Programming Languages
1 33 (27.27%) SQL
2 20 (16.53%) TypeScript
3 17 (14.05%) C#
3 17 (14.05%) JavaScript
4 10 (8.26%) Java
5 8 (6.61%) C++
6 7 (5.79%) C
7 6 (4.96%) Python
8 3 (2.48%) DataWeave
9 2 (1.65%) Bash
9 2 (1.65%) Go
10 1 (0.83%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.83%) PHP
10 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.83%) Scala
10 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (9.09%) Degree
2 5 (4.13%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.48%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.65%) PhD
5 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.48%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.83%) ITGC
3 1 (0.83%) NCSC
3 1 (0.83%) NIST
3 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.96%) Docker
2 3 (2.48%) Kamailio
3 2 (1.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.48%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.48%) BT
2 3 (2.48%) Fortinet
2 3 (2.48%) Mitel
2 3 (2.48%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.65%) Oracle
3 2 (1.65%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.83%) Apple
4 1 (0.83%) ESRI
4 1 (0.83%) Google
4 1 (0.83%) Mapbox
4 1 (0.83%) Peregrine
4 1 (0.83%) Typelevel