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 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -19 0 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 65 183 108
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 5.77% 11.23% 10.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.66% 11.67% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 55 127 82
10th Percentile £44,000 £47,000 £31,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +36.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,125 £85,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,000 -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 976 1,568 947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.60% 96.26% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 687 827 640
10th Percentile £27,400 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £85,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.21% -2.73% -

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -4 15 £65,000 +18.18% 15
Farnham 0 11 £57,500 +76.92% 1
Staines -3 8 £65,000 +13.04% 1
Redhill -5 4 £62,500 +19.05% 1
Woking +1 3 £45,000 -43.75% 3
Reigate -1 3 £100,000 +25.00% 4
Caterham - 3 £51,250 - 1
Warlingham - 3 £51,250 -
Leatherhead +12 2 £47,500 - 2
Horley -8 2 £50,000 -
Godalming -2 1 £31,500 -40.00%
Esher - 1 - - 1
Weybridge - 1 - - 1
Walton-on-Thames - 1 - -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 36 (55.38%) .NET
2 29 (44.62%) C#
2 29 (44.62%) AWS
3 28 (43.08%) Azure
4 23 (35.38%) React
5 22 (33.85%) Node.js
5 22 (33.85%) JavaScript
5 22 (33.85%) Agile
6 21 (32.31%) SQL
7 19 (29.23%) Software Engineering
7 19 (29.23%) AngularJS
8 18 (27.69%) Full-Stack Development
8 18 (27.69%) CI/CD
8 18 (27.69%) User Experience
8 18 (27.69%) Degree
9 17 (26.15%) MVC
9 17 (26.15%) SQL Server
9 17 (26.15%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (24.62%) Docker
10 16 (24.62%) RESTful
11 15 (23.08%) Java
12 14 (21.54%) ASP.NET
12 14 (21.54%) Mathematics
13 13 (20.00%) Web Development
13 13 (20.00%) Terraform
13 13 (20.00%) Design Patterns
14 12 (18.46%) Onboarding
14 12 (18.46%) Kubernetes
14 12 (18.46%) C++
14 12 (18.46%) Python

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 (1.54%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.62%) S-PLUS
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (44.62%) AWS
2 28 (43.08%) Azure
3 11 (16.92%) Power Platform
4 10 (15.38%) Amazon EKS
4 10 (15.38%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (6.15%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (6.15%) GitHub
5 4 (6.15%) Miro
5 4 (6.15%) PowerApps
6 3 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.08%) GCP
7 2 (3.08%) npm
7 2 (3.08%) SaaS
7 2 (3.08%) Serverless
8 1 (1.54%) Google Play
8 1 (1.54%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Broadband
1 1 (1.54%) Network Security
1 1 (1.54%) RS-232
1 1 (1.54%) RS-422
1 1 (1.54%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (26.15%) SQL Server
2 10 (15.38%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (10.77%) Power BI
4 3 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (4.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (4.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.08%) Tableau
6 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.54%) GIS
6 1 (1.54%) MySQL
6 1 (1.54%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.54%) Power Query
6 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (15.38%) Git
2 4 (6.15%) Axure RP
3 3 (4.62%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.08%) JIRA
5 1 (1.54%) Android Studio
5 1 (1.54%) CMake
5 1 (1.54%) Gradle
5 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.54%) Maven
5 1 (1.54%) RSpec
5 1 (1.54%) Subversion
5 1 (1.54%) Xcode
General
1 17 (26.15%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (9.23%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.15%) Retail
5 2 (3.08%) Banking
5 2 (3.08%) Finance
5 2 (3.08%) Games
5 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.54%) Electronics
6 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (55.38%) .NET
2 23 (35.38%) React
3 22 (33.85%) Node.js
4 19 (29.23%) AngularJS
5 16 (24.62%) RESTful
6 14 (21.54%) ASP.NET
7 10 (15.38%) Pandas
8 9 (13.85%) HTML
8 9 (13.85%) REST
9 8 (12.31%) Blazor
9 8 (12.31%) CSS
10 7 (10.77%) .NET Core
10 7 (10.77%) WPF
10 7 (10.77%) XML
11 5 (7.69%) .NET Framework
11 5 (7.69%) Vue
12 4 (6.15%) JSON
12 4 (6.15%) WinForms
13 3 (4.62%) HTML5
13 3 (4.62%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Onboarding
2 10 (15.38%) Cyberattack
3 3 (4.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.08%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (1.54%) Acoustics
5 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.92%) Android
1 11 (16.92%) Linux
2 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (33.85%) Agile
2 19 (29.23%) Software Engineering
3 18 (27.69%) CI/CD
3 18 (27.69%) Full-Stack Development
3 18 (27.69%) User Experience
4 17 (26.15%) MVC
5 14 (21.54%) Mathematics
6 13 (20.00%) Design Patterns
6 13 (20.00%) Web Development
7 11 (16.92%) Android Development
7 11 (16.92%) OOP
8 10 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (15.38%) Containerisation
8 10 (15.38%) Front End Development
8 10 (15.38%) Kanban
8 10 (15.38%) Line Management
8 10 (15.38%) OO
8 10 (15.38%) OWASP
8 10 (15.38%) Secure Coding
8 10 (15.38%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 29 (44.62%) C#
2 22 (33.85%) JavaScript
3 21 (32.31%) SQL
4 15 (23.08%) Java
5 12 (18.46%) C++
5 12 (18.46%) Python
6 10 (15.38%) Go
6 10 (15.38%) Rust
7 9 (13.85%) TypeScript
8 4 (6.15%) C
9 3 (4.62%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.54%) Bash
10 1 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.54%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.54%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.54%) R
10 1 (1.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (27.69%) Degree
2 11 (16.92%) DV Cleared
2 11 (16.92%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.62%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.54%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.54%) PhD
5 1 (1.54%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.23%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.08%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) WCAG
3 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 16 (24.62%) Docker
2 2 (3.08%) Firmware
3 1 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) Terraform
2 12 (18.46%) Kubernetes
3 10 (15.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.54%) Apple
2 1 (1.54%) ESRI
2 1 (1.54%) Google
2 1 (1.54%) Mapbox
2 1 (1.54%) Samsung
2 1 (1.54%) Xamarin