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 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 21 8
Rank change year-on-year -10 -13 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 87 102 204
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 4.97% 8.94% 13.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.52% 10.37% 14.84%
Number of salaries quoted 82 76 169
10th Percentile £42,875 £48,375 £33,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +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 1,576 984 1,375
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 86.24% 92.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 518 1,013
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,700 £27,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +13 30 £60,000 +9.09% 25
Weybridge +3 16 £50,000 -20.00% 7
Staines -1 11 £75,000 +11.11% 2
Epsom +25 4 £60,000 - 1
Woking -3 4 £57,500 -28.13% 4
Caterham - 4 £50,000 -
Leatherhead - 3 £47,500 -
Horley -6 2 £50,000 -
Esher - 2 £60,000 -
Warlingham - 2 £51,250 -
Camberley +4 1 - -
Reigate -7 1 £30,000 -64.71%
Whyteleafe - 1 £50,000 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 4 February 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 33 (37.93%) React
2 32 (36.78%) HTML
3 31 (35.63%) .NET
3 31 (35.63%) Agile
4 30 (34.48%) Azure
4 30 (34.48%) CSS
5 25 (28.74%) SQL
6 24 (27.59%) Git
7 23 (26.44%) Front End Development
8 22 (25.29%) GitHub
9 21 (24.14%) Degree
10 20 (22.99%) Clean Code
10 20 (22.99%) DevOps
10 20 (22.99%) JavaScript
10 20 (22.99%) Unit Testing
11 19 (21.84%) Wireframes
12 18 (20.69%) API Integration
13 17 (19.54%) REST
14 16 (18.39%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (18.39%) TypeScript
15 14 (16.09%) B2B
15 14 (16.09%) B2C
15 14 (16.09%) Bootstrap
15 14 (16.09%) CI/CD
15 14 (16.09%) Mobile Application Development
15 14 (16.09%) React Native
16 12 (13.79%) C#
16 12 (13.79%) MVC
17 11 (12.64%) AI
17 11 (12.64%) Full-Stack Development

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 2 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.15%) Confluence
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.30%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.15%) S-PLUS
Cloud Services
1 30 (34.48%) Azure
2 22 (25.29%) GitHub
3 16 (18.39%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (9.20%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.75%) Miro
6 4 (4.60%) AWS
6 4 (4.60%) Figma
7 3 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (3.45%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.30%) Google Play
8 2 (2.30%) npm
8 2 (2.30%) SaaS
8 2 (2.30%) TestFlight
9 1 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.15%) GCP
9 1 (1.15%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.75%) VoIP
2 3 (3.45%) HTTP
2 3 (3.45%) RTP
2 3 (3.45%) Unified Communications
2 3 (3.45%) Wireshark
3 2 (2.30%) Broadband
3 2 (2.30%) Network Security
4 1 (1.15%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.90%) Power BI
3 4 (4.60%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.45%) MySQL
5 2 (2.30%) GIS
6 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.15%) Power Query
6 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (27.59%) Git
2 5 (5.75%) Axure RP
3 4 (4.60%) Babel
3 4 (4.60%) rollup.js
4 3 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.45%) JIRA
4 3 (3.45%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.30%) Android Studio
5 2 (2.30%) CMake
5 2 (2.30%) Gradle
5 2 (2.30%) JUnit
5 2 (2.30%) Maven
5 2 (2.30%) Selenium
5 2 (2.30%) Subversion
5 2 (2.30%) Xcode
6 1 (1.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.15%) Gatling
6 1 (1.15%) GitLab
6 1 (1.15%) JMeter
6 1 (1.15%) TestNG
General
1 17 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 5 (5.75%) Retail
4 4 (4.60%) Finance
5 2 (2.30%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.30%) Aviation
5 2 (2.30%) Banking
5 2 (2.30%) Military
5 2 (2.30%) Publishing
5 2 (2.30%) Tech for Good
6 1 (1.15%) Electronics
6 1 (1.15%) Games
6 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.15%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (37.93%) React
2 32 (36.78%) HTML
3 31 (35.63%) .NET
4 30 (34.48%) CSS
5 17 (19.54%) REST
6 14 (16.09%) Bootstrap
6 14 (16.09%) React Native
7 9 (10.34%) Blazor
8 8 (9.20%) .NET Core
9 7 (8.05%) AngularJS
9 7 (8.05%) Jest
9 7 (8.05%) JSON
9 7 (8.05%) RESTful
10 6 (6.90%) Vue
10 6 (6.90%) XML
11 5 (5.75%) OAuth
11 5 (5.75%) WPF
12 4 (4.60%) ASP.NET
12 4 (4.60%) Django
12 4 (4.60%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.39%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.75%) Video\Live Streaming
3 2 (2.30%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (2.30%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.15%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.15%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.15%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.15%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.90%) Linux
2 3 (3.45%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.30%) Android
3 2 (2.30%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.30%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (35.63%) Agile
2 23 (26.44%) Front End Development
3 20 (22.99%) Clean Code
3 20 (22.99%) DevOps
3 20 (22.99%) Unit Testing
4 19 (21.84%) Wireframes
5 18 (20.69%) API Integration
6 14 (16.09%) B2B
6 14 (16.09%) B2C
6 14 (16.09%) CI/CD
6 14 (16.09%) Mobile Application Development
7 12 (13.79%) MVC
8 11 (12.64%) AI
8 11 (12.64%) Full-Stack Development
9 8 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (8.05%) Machine Learning
10 7 (8.05%) Software Engineering
10 7 (8.05%) User Experience
11 6 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (6.90%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 25 (28.74%) SQL
2 20 (22.99%) JavaScript
3 16 (18.39%) TypeScript
4 12 (13.79%) C#
5 10 (11.49%) Java
6 9 (10.34%) C
6 9 (10.34%) C++
7 6 (6.90%) Python
8 3 (3.45%) Bash
9 2 (2.30%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.15%) Go
10 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.15%) R
10 1 (1.15%) Scala
10 1 (1.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (24.14%) Degree
2 5 (5.75%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.30%) PhD
5 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.45%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.30%) WCAG
5 1 (1.15%) GDPR
5 1 (1.15%) NCSC
5 1 (1.15%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (10.34%) Docker
2 3 (3.45%) Kamailio
3 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.45%) Argo
2 3 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (8.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.45%) BT
2 3 (3.45%) Fortinet
2 3 (3.45%) Mitel
3 2 (2.30%) Apple
3 2 (2.30%) ESRI
3 2 (2.30%) Google
3 2 (2.30%) Mapbox
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle
3 2 (2.30%) Xamarin
4 1 (1.15%) Peregrine
4 1 (1.15%) Samsung
4 1 (1.15%) Typelevel