Developer Job Trends in Surrey

Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Developer salary in Surrey is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 26 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 -12 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 142 80 257
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 6.30% 7.80% 10.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.77% 9.89% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 135 61 213
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £73,750 £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 2,099 809 2,166
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 78.85% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,363 556 1,424
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,975
25th Percentile £39,000 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £66,672 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £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 6 May 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 6 May 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 49 £65,000 -1.89% 18
Woking +10 26 £55,000 +22.22% 4
Weybridge +2 19 £50,000 -20.00%
Epsom +20 8 £55,000 -8.33% 1
Staines -8 5 £75,000 +15.38% 1
Horley - 3 £55,000 -
Caterham +6 2 £50,000 -
Esher -2 2 £60,000 -
Leatherhead -9 2 £40,000 -30.43% 3
Redhill +2 1 £95,000 +31.03% 2
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 1
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 6 May 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 50 (35.21%) .NET
2 42 (29.58%) Full-Stack Development
3 41 (28.87%) SaaS
4 33 (23.24%) HTML
4 33 (23.24%) React
4 33 (23.24%) SQL
5 32 (22.54%) CSS
6 31 (21.83%) Azure
7 28 (19.72%) TypeScript
8 24 (16.90%) Agile
9 23 (16.20%) DevOps
10 22 (15.49%) GitHub
11 20 (14.08%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (14.08%) C#
11 20 (14.08%) Front End Development
12 19 (13.38%) Software Engineering
13 18 (12.68%) Clean Code
13 18 (12.68%) JavaScript
14 17 (11.97%) Unit Testing
15 16 (11.27%) API Integration
15 16 (11.27%) B2B
15 16 (11.27%) B2C
15 16 (11.27%) Bootstrap
15 16 (11.27%) Microservices
15 16 (11.27%) Mobile Application Development
15 16 (11.27%) Node.js
15 16 (11.27%) React Native
16 15 (10.56%) AWS
16 15 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 15 (10.56%) Wireframes

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 (2.11%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 41 (28.87%) SaaS
2 31 (21.83%) Azure
3 22 (15.49%) GitHub
4 20 (14.08%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (10.56%) AWS
6 5 (3.52%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.82%) Figma
8 3 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.11%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.70%) GCP
10 1 (0.70%) Google Play
10 1 (0.70%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.70%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.70%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.63%) VoIP
2 3 (2.11%) Broadband
2 3 (2.11%) HTTP
2 3 (2.11%) RTP
2 3 (2.11%) Unified Communications
2 3 (2.11%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.70%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.70%) Network Security
3 1 (0.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.93%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.11%) MySQL
3 3 (2.11%) Power BI
4 2 (1.41%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.70%) GIS
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.70%) Redis
5 1 (0.70%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (9.15%) Git
2 4 (2.82%) Babel
2 4 (2.82%) rollup.js
3 2 (1.41%) GitLab
3 2 (1.41%) Gradle
3 2 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.41%) JIRA
3 2 (1.41%) JUnit
3 2 (1.41%) Maven
3 2 (1.41%) Selenium
4 1 (0.70%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.70%) CMake
4 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.70%) Gatling
4 1 (0.70%) JMeter
4 1 (0.70%) Postman
4 1 (0.70%) Subversion
4 1 (0.70%) TestNG
4 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.70%) Xcode
General
1 19 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (4.23%) Finance
2 6 (4.23%) Games
3 5 (3.52%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.52%) Tech for Good
4 4 (2.82%) Aviation
5 1 (0.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.70%) General Ledger
5 1 (0.70%) Military
5 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.70%) Publishing
5 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (35.21%) .NET
2 33 (23.24%) HTML
2 33 (23.24%) React
3 32 (22.54%) CSS
4 16 (11.27%) Bootstrap
4 16 (11.27%) Node.js
4 16 (11.27%) React Native
5 13 (9.15%) REST
5 13 (9.15%) Vue
6 8 (5.63%) OAuth
7 6 (4.23%) Jest
7 6 (4.23%) OAuth2
7 6 (4.23%) SOAP
8 5 (3.52%) Laravel
9 4 (2.82%) Django
9 4 (2.82%) Flask
9 4 (2.82%) RESTful
10 3 (2.11%) Entity Framework
10 3 (2.11%) FreeSWITCH
10 3 (2.11%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.97%) Mobile App
2 6 (4.23%) Video\Live Streaming
3 4 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.41%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.70%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.70%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.70%) Over-the-Top Content
6 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.04%) Linux
2 3 (2.11%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.70%) Android
3 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (29.58%) Full-Stack Development
2 24 (16.90%) Agile
3 23 (16.20%) DevOps
4 20 (14.08%) Front End Development
5 19 (13.38%) Software Engineering
6 18 (12.68%) Clean Code
7 17 (11.97%) Unit Testing
8 16 (11.27%) API Integration
8 16 (11.27%) B2B
8 16 (11.27%) B2C
8 16 (11.27%) Microservices
8 16 (11.27%) Mobile Application Development
9 15 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (10.56%) Wireframes
10 14 (9.86%) CI/CD
10 14 (9.86%) SDLC
11 12 (8.45%) AI
12 11 (7.75%) Fintech
13 10 (7.04%) Product Vision
13 10 (7.04%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 33 (23.24%) SQL
2 28 (19.72%) TypeScript
3 20 (14.08%) C#
4 18 (12.68%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.45%) Java
6 9 (6.34%) Python
7 7 (4.93%) C++
8 6 (4.23%) C
9 4 (2.82%) Go
10 3 (2.11%) Bash
10 3 (2.11%) DataWeave
11 2 (1.41%) PHP
12 1 (0.70%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.70%) Perl
12 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.70%) Scala
12 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (7.75%) Degree
2 6 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.52%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.11%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.11%) QA
3 1 (0.70%) ITGC
3 1 (0.70%) NCSC
3 1 (0.70%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (5.63%) Docker
2 3 (2.11%) Kamailio
3 2 (1.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.11%) Argo
3 1 (0.70%) Ansible
3 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (8.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.11%) BT
2 3 (2.11%) Fortinet
2 3 (2.11%) Mitel
2 3 (2.11%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle
3 2 (1.41%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.70%) Apple
4 1 (0.70%) ESRI
4 1 (0.70%) Google
4 1 (0.70%) Mapbox
4 1 (0.70%) Peregrine
4 1 (0.70%) Typelevel