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 15 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 17 11
Rank change year-on-year -21 -6 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 59 192 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 5.12% 10.43% 11.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.95% 10.95% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 49 138 112
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £44,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £86,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.68%

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 992 1,753 1,110
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.11% 95.27% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 688 959 736
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,813 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,000 £55,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -5.88% +0.45%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,852 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% -5.72% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Developer 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 September 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 15 September 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 -9 12 £62,500 +23.15% 20
Farnham - 11 £57,500 - 1
Redhill -6 6 £71,250 +29.55% 1
Woking +3 4 £45,000 -43.75% 7
Reigate 0 3 £100,000 +25.00% 3
Weybridge - 3 £62,500 -
Staines -6 2 £75,000 +30.43% 3
Leatherhead +11 1 £47,500 - 2
Walton-on-Thames +10 1 - -
Godalming -1 1 £31,500 -40.00%
Caterham - 1 - - 1
Esher - 1 - -
Warlingham - 1 - -
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Surrey region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 32 (54.24%) .NET
1 32 (54.24%) AWS
2 26 (44.07%) Azure
3 23 (38.98%) C#
4 22 (37.29%) Node.js
5 21 (35.59%) SQL
6 18 (30.51%) Java
6 18 (30.51%) Docker
6 18 (30.51%) React
7 16 (27.12%) Kubernetes
7 16 (27.12%) AngularJS
8 15 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (25.42%) JavaScript
8 15 (25.42%) SQL Server
8 15 (25.42%) Full-Stack Development
8 15 (25.42%) CI/CD
9 14 (23.73%) Agile
9 14 (23.73%) Software Engineering
9 14 (23.73%) Degree
10 13 (22.03%) RESTful
10 13 (22.03%) Web Development
10 13 (22.03%) ASP.NET
10 13 (22.03%) Terraform
10 13 (22.03%) Design Patterns
11 12 (20.34%) Onboarding
11 12 (20.34%) Power Platform
11 12 (20.34%) Python
11 12 (20.34%) MVC
11 12 (20.34%) Mathematics
11 12 (20.34%) User Experience

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.69%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (54.24%) AWS
2 26 (44.07%) Azure
3 12 (20.34%) Power Platform
4 10 (16.95%) Amazon EKS
4 10 (16.95%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (10.17%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (10.17%) PowerApps
6 4 (6.78%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (6.78%) GCP
6 4 (6.78%) Serverless
7 2 (3.39%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) Broadband
1 1 (1.69%) Network Security
1 1 (1.69%) RS-232
1 1 (1.69%) RS-422
1 1 (1.69%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (25.42%) SQL Server
2 10 (16.95%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (10.17%) Power BI
4 4 (6.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (6.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (6.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.39%) Tableau
6 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.69%) MySQL
6 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Selenium
2 1 (1.69%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) Gradle
2 1 (1.69%) Maven
2 1 (1.69%) RSpec
2 1 (1.69%) Subversion
2 1 (1.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (13.56%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.39%) Finance
5 2 (3.39%) Games
5 2 (3.39%) Law
6 1 (1.69%) Electronics
6 1 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (54.24%) .NET
2 22 (37.29%) Node.js
3 18 (30.51%) React
4 16 (27.12%) AngularJS
5 13 (22.03%) ASP.NET
5 13 (22.03%) RESTful
6 10 (16.95%) Pandas
7 7 (11.86%) Spring Boot
8 6 (10.17%) Blazor
9 5 (8.47%) REST
10 4 (6.78%) .NET Core
10 4 (6.78%) .NET Framework
10 4 (6.78%) Kafka
10 4 (6.78%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (6.78%) WPF
10 4 (6.78%) XML
11 3 (5.08%) Vue
12 1 (1.69%) Ruby on Rails
12 1 (1.69%) Spring
12 1 (1.69%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.34%) Onboarding
2 10 (16.95%) Cyberattack
3 4 (6.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) Acoustics
5 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.64%) Linux
2 10 (16.95%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) CI/CD
1 15 (25.42%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (23.73%) Agile
2 14 (23.73%) Software Engineering
3 13 (22.03%) Design Patterns
3 13 (22.03%) Web Development
4 12 (20.34%) Mathematics
4 12 (20.34%) MVC
4 12 (20.34%) User Experience
5 11 (18.64%) DevOps
5 11 (18.64%) OOP
6 10 (16.95%) Android Development
6 10 (16.95%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (16.95%) Containerisation
6 10 (16.95%) Kanban
6 10 (16.95%) Line Management
6 10 (16.95%) OO
6 10 (16.95%) OWASP
6 10 (16.95%) Secure Coding
6 10 (16.95%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 23 (38.98%) C#
2 21 (35.59%) SQL
3 18 (30.51%) Java
4 15 (25.42%) JavaScript
5 12 (20.34%) Python
6 11 (18.64%) C++
7 10 (16.95%) Go
7 10 (16.95%) Rust
8 6 (10.17%) TypeScript
9 4 (6.78%) T-SQL
10 3 (5.08%) C
11 1 (1.69%) Embedded C
11 1 (1.69%) R
11 1 (1.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (23.73%) Degree
2 11 (18.64%) DV Cleared
2 11 (18.64%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.78%) Azure Certification
4 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.39%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.69%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.69%) PhD
6 1 (1.69%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) GDPR
2 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 18 (30.51%) Docker
2 2 (3.39%) Firmware
3 1 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (27.12%) Kubernetes
2 13 (22.03%) Terraform
3 10 (16.95%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.69%) Samsung