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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 24 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 124 69 246
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 5.72% 7.48% 10.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.18% 9.44% 12.11%
Number of salaries quoted 118 60 205
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,063 £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 £85,000 £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 2,008 731 2,031
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 79.28% 90.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,312 549 1,372
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £26,650
25th Percentile £36,750 £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 15 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 15 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 0 44 £65,000 - 14
Weybridge +2 20 £50,000 -20.00%
Woking +5 18 £55,000 +2.33% 4
Epsom +18 8 £55,000 -8.33% 1
Staines -10 4 £75,000 +15.38%
Horley - 3 £55,000 - 1
Leatherhead -6 2 £40,000 -30.43% 3
Esher - 2 £60,000 -
Caterham - 2 £50,000 -
Redhill 0 1 £95,000 +40.74%
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 15 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 43 (34.68%) .NET
2 35 (28.23%) HTML
3 34 (27.42%) Azure
4 33 (26.61%) CSS
4 33 (26.61%) React
5 32 (25.81%) SaaS
5 32 (25.81%) SQL
6 31 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 27 (21.77%) Agile
8 23 (18.55%) DevOps
9 22 (17.74%) Front End Development
9 22 (17.74%) GitHub
10 21 (16.94%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (16.94%) TypeScript
11 20 (16.13%) Clean Code
11 20 (16.13%) Unit Testing
12 19 (15.32%) API Integration
13 17 (13.71%) B2B
13 17 (13.71%) B2C
13 17 (13.71%) Bootstrap
13 17 (13.71%) JavaScript
13 17 (13.71%) Mobile Application Development
13 17 (13.71%) React Native
13 17 (13.71%) Wireframes
14 16 (12.90%) C#
14 16 (12.90%) Git
15 14 (11.29%) REST
16 13 (10.48%) CI/CD
16 13 (10.48%) Software Engineering
17 11 (8.87%) 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 (2.42%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (27.42%) Azure
2 32 (25.81%) SaaS
3 22 (17.74%) GitHub
4 21 (16.94%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (8.06%) AWS
6 7 (5.65%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.23%) Figma
8 3 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.42%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.81%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.81%) GCP
9 1 (0.81%) Google Play
9 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.81%) Miro
9 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.81%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.45%) VoIP
2 3 (2.42%) Broadband
2 3 (2.42%) HTTP
2 3 (2.42%) RTP
2 3 (2.42%) Unified Communications
2 3 (2.42%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.61%) Network Security
4 1 (0.81%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.81%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.03%) MongoDB
1 5 (4.03%) Power BI
2 4 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.42%) MySQL
4 1 (0.81%) GIS
4 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (12.90%) Git
2 4 (3.23%) Babel
2 4 (3.23%) rollup.js
3 2 (1.61%) Gradle
3 2 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.61%) JUnit
3 2 (1.61%) Maven
3 2 (1.61%) Selenium
3 2 (1.61%) Subversion
4 1 (0.81%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.81%) Axure RP
4 1 (0.81%) CMake
4 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.81%) Gatling
4 1 (0.81%) GitLab
4 1 (0.81%) JIRA
4 1 (0.81%) JMeter
4 1 (0.81%) TestNG
4 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.81%) Xcode
General
1 20 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (4.84%) Finance
3 5 (4.03%) Games
3 5 (4.03%) Tech for Good
4 4 (3.23%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.61%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.61%) Aviation
5 2 (1.61%) Military
6 1 (0.81%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.81%) Publishing
6 1 (0.81%) Retail
6 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (34.68%) .NET
2 35 (28.23%) HTML
3 33 (26.61%) CSS
3 33 (26.61%) React
4 17 (13.71%) Bootstrap
4 17 (13.71%) React Native
5 14 (11.29%) REST
6 11 (8.87%) Node.js
7 10 (8.06%) Vue
8 8 (6.45%) OAuth
9 6 (4.84%) OAuth2
9 6 (4.84%) SOAP
10 5 (4.03%) Jest
10 5 (4.03%) Laravel
11 4 (3.23%) Django
11 4 (3.23%) Flask
11 4 (3.23%) RESTful
12 3 (2.42%) JSON
12 3 (2.42%) Spring
12 3 (2.42%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.52%) Mobile App
2 6 (4.84%) Video\Live Streaming
3 2 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (1.61%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.81%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.81%) Cyberattack
4 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.81%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.45%) Linux
2 3 (2.42%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.81%) Android
3 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 27 (21.77%) Agile
3 23 (18.55%) DevOps
4 22 (17.74%) Front End Development
5 20 (16.13%) Clean Code
5 20 (16.13%) Unit Testing
6 19 (15.32%) API Integration
7 17 (13.71%) B2B
7 17 (13.71%) B2C
7 17 (13.71%) Mobile Application Development
7 17 (13.71%) Wireframes
8 13 (10.48%) CI/CD
8 13 (10.48%) Software Engineering
9 11 (8.87%) Fintech
9 11 (8.87%) Microservices
9 11 (8.87%) SDLC
10 10 (8.06%) AI
10 10 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (5.65%) CQRS
11 7 (5.65%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 32 (25.81%) SQL
2 21 (16.94%) TypeScript
3 17 (13.71%) JavaScript
4 16 (12.90%) C#
5 10 (8.06%) Java
6 8 (6.45%) C++
7 7 (5.65%) C
8 6 (4.84%) Python
9 3 (2.42%) DataWeave
9 3 (2.42%) Go
10 2 (1.61%) Bash
11 1 (0.81%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.81%) PHP
11 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.81%) Scala
11 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (8.87%) Degree
2 5 (4.03%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.42%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.61%) PhD
5 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.42%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.61%) QA
4 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.81%) ITGC
4 1 (0.81%) NCSC
4 1 (0.81%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (5.65%) Docker
2 3 (2.42%) Kamailio
3 2 (1.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.42%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (8.87%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.42%) BT
2 3 (2.42%) Fortinet
2 3 (2.42%) Mitel
2 3 (2.42%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.61%) Oracle
3 2 (1.61%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.81%) Apple
4 1 (0.81%) ESRI
4 1 (0.81%) Google
4 1 (0.81%) Mapbox
4 1 (0.81%) Peregrine
4 1 (0.81%) Typelevel