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 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 22 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 112 82 233
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 5.67% 8.52% 11.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.19% 10.35% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 106 69 191
10th Percentile £46,875 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £45,000
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 £83,750 £75,000 £83,750
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 1,810 792 1,756
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 82.33% 89.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,185 519 1,260
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,500 £26,740
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,250 £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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +7 41 £65,000 - 17
Weybridge +4 20 £50,000 -20.00%
Woking -3 9 £55,000 -24.14% 2
Staines -7 9 £75,000 +15.38%
Epsom +30 7 £60,000 - 2
Caterham - 3 £50,000 -
Horley - 3 £55,000 - 2
Leatherhead -4 2 £47,500 -17.39%
Esher - 2 £60,000 -
Redhill -6 1 £95,000 +90.00% 2
Camberley - 1 - -
Warlingham - 1 £42,500 -
Whyteleafe - 1 £50,000 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 21 March 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 38 (33.93%) .NET
2 37 (33.04%) Azure
3 36 (32.14%) React
4 35 (31.25%) HTML
5 33 (29.46%) Agile
5 33 (29.46%) CSS
6 28 (25.00%) SQL
7 25 (22.32%) Front End Development
8 24 (21.43%) DevOps
8 24 (21.43%) GitHub
9 23 (20.54%) Git
10 22 (19.64%) Full-Stack Development
10 22 (19.64%) Unit Testing
11 21 (18.75%) Clean Code
12 20 (17.86%) API Integration
12 20 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (17.86%) Wireframes
13 19 (16.96%) JavaScript
13 19 (16.96%) TypeScript
14 18 (16.07%) REST
15 17 (15.18%) B2B
15 17 (15.18%) B2C
15 17 (15.18%) Bootstrap
15 17 (15.18%) Degree
15 17 (15.18%) Mobile Application Development
15 17 (15.18%) React Native
16 16 (14.29%) SaaS
17 14 (12.50%) C#
17 14 (12.50%) CI/CD
18 12 (10.71%) AI

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 (1.79%) Anypoint
1 2 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.89%) Confluence
2 1 (0.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (3.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.79%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 37 (33.04%) Azure
2 24 (21.43%) GitHub
3 20 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (14.29%) SaaS
5 8 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.46%) AWS
7 4 (3.57%) Figma
7 4 (3.57%) Miro
8 3 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.68%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.79%) Google Play
9 2 (1.79%) TestFlight
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.89%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.89%) GCP
10 1 (0.89%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.89%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.89%) npm
10 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.14%) VoIP
2 3 (2.68%) Broadband
2 3 (2.68%) HTTP
2 3 (2.68%) RTP
2 3 (2.68%) Unified Communications
2 3 (2.68%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.79%) Network Security
4 1 (0.89%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.89%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.36%) Power BI
2 5 (4.46%) MongoDB
2 5 (4.46%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.68%) MySQL
4 2 (1.79%) GIS
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (20.54%) Git
2 4 (3.57%) Axure RP
2 4 (3.57%) Babel
2 4 (3.57%) rollup.js
3 3 (2.68%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.68%) JIRA
3 3 (2.68%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.79%) Android Studio
4 2 (1.79%) CMake
4 2 (1.79%) Gradle
4 2 (1.79%) JUnit
4 2 (1.79%) Maven
4 2 (1.79%) Selenium
4 2 (1.79%) Subversion
4 2 (1.79%) Xcode
5 1 (0.89%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.89%) Gatling
5 1 (0.89%) GitLab
5 1 (0.89%) JMeter
5 1 (0.89%) TestNG
General
1 20 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (6.25%) Finance
3 5 (4.46%) Tech for Good
4 4 (3.57%) Games
4 4 (3.57%) Retail
4 4 (3.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.79%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.79%) Aviation
5 2 (1.79%) Banking
5 2 (1.79%) Military
5 2 (1.79%) Publishing
6 1 (0.89%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (33.93%) .NET
2 36 (32.14%) React
3 35 (31.25%) HTML
4 33 (29.46%) CSS
5 18 (16.07%) REST
6 17 (15.18%) Bootstrap
6 17 (15.18%) React Native
7 7 (6.25%) Blazor
7 7 (6.25%) OAuth
8 6 (5.36%) .NET Core
8 6 (5.36%) AngularJS
8 6 (5.36%) Jest
8 6 (5.36%) JSON
8 6 (5.36%) Node.js
8 6 (5.36%) RESTful
8 6 (5.36%) Vue
9 5 (4.46%) OAuth2
9 5 (4.46%) SOAP
9 5 (4.46%) XML
10 4 (3.57%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.96%) Mobile App
2 6 (5.36%) Video\Live Streaming
3 2 (1.79%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (1.79%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.89%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.89%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.89%) Cyberattack
4 1 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.89%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (0.89%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.14%) Linux
2 3 (2.68%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.79%) Android
3 2 (1.79%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.79%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (29.46%) Agile
2 25 (22.32%) Front End Development
3 24 (21.43%) DevOps
4 22 (19.64%) Full-Stack Development
4 22 (19.64%) Unit Testing
5 21 (18.75%) Clean Code
6 20 (17.86%) API Integration
6 20 (17.86%) Wireframes
7 17 (15.18%) B2B
7 17 (15.18%) B2C
7 17 (15.18%) Mobile Application Development
8 14 (12.50%) CI/CD
9 12 (10.71%) AI
10 11 (9.82%) MVC
11 10 (8.93%) Fintech
12 9 (8.04%) Software Engineering
13 8 (7.14%) Machine Learning
13 8 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (5.36%) Microservices
14 6 (5.36%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 28 (25.00%) SQL
2 19 (16.96%) JavaScript
2 19 (16.96%) TypeScript
3 14 (12.50%) C#
4 11 (9.82%) Java
5 9 (8.04%) C++
6 8 (7.14%) C
7 6 (5.36%) Python
8 3 (2.68%) Bash
9 2 (1.79%) DataWeave
9 2 (1.79%) Go
9 2 (1.79%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.89%) PHP
10 1 (0.89%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.89%) Scala
10 1 (0.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (15.18%) Degree
2 5 (4.46%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.68%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.79%) PhD
5 1 (0.89%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.46%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.68%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.89%) ITGC
4 1 (0.89%) NCSC
4 1 (0.89%) NIST
4 1 (0.89%) QA
4 1 (0.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (7.14%) Docker
2 3 (2.68%) Kamailio
3 2 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.68%) Argo
3 2 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (8.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.68%) BT
2 3 (2.68%) Fortinet
2 3 (2.68%) Mitel
2 3 (2.68%) Xamarin
3 2 (1.79%) Apple
3 2 (1.79%) ESRI
3 2 (1.79%) Google
3 2 (1.79%) Mapbox
3 2 (1.79%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.79%) Oracle
4 1 (0.89%) Peregrine
4 1 (0.89%) Typelevel