Senior Developer Job Trends in Surrey

Senior Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Senior Developer salary in Surrey is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 76 96
Rank change year-on-year -22 +20 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 32 19 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.28% 1.69% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.95% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 23 19 18
10th Percentile £63,500 - £61,000
25th Percentile £78,125 £53,750 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £57,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.83% -28.13% +23.08%
75th Percentile £92,500 £74,375 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £84,750
South East median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 2,350 973 1,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 86.57% 96.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,739 681 858
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £52,875
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -14.89% -3.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Surrey

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Surrey over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Surrey

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 10 October 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 16 £85,000 +47.83% 3
Godalming - 6 - - 2
Reigate -15 4 £90,000 -10.00%
Redhill +5 3 £52,500 -26.32%
Leatherhead - 2 - - 1
Senior Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 2026, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 14 (43.75%) Linux
1 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
1 14 (43.75%) React
2 11 (34.38%) JavaScript
3 10 (31.25%) .NET
3 10 (31.25%) C#
4 9 (28.13%) Agile
4 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (28.13%) Java
4 9 (28.13%) MySQL
4 9 (28.13%) SC Cleared
4 9 (28.13%) Security Cleared
4 9 (28.13%) Swing
4 9 (28.13%) Web Development
5 8 (25.00%) Degree
5 8 (25.00%) Scrum
6 7 (21.88%) .NET Core
6 7 (21.88%) AngularJS
6 7 (21.88%) Clean Code
6 7 (21.88%) Code Quality
6 7 (21.88%) Front End Development
6 7 (21.88%) OOP
6 7 (21.88%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (21.88%) Software Engineering
6 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
7 6 (18.75%) .NET Framework
7 6 (18.75%) Community of Practice
7 6 (18.75%) CSS
7 6 (18.75%) Entity Framework
7 6 (18.75%) Git

Senior 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 (6.25%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (3.13%) Apache
2 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) OCI
1 2 (6.25%) SaaS
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) GitHub
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) VoIP
2 2 (6.25%) LAN
2 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.25%) WAN
3 1 (3.13%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) MySQL
2 7 (21.88%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
3 6 (18.75%) Relational Database
4 2 (6.25%) Siebel EIM
5 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
5 1 (3.13%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Git
2 4 (12.50%) JIRA
3 3 (9.38%) Bitbucket
3 3 (9.38%) Cypress.io
4 1 (3.13%) SonarQube
General
1 10 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (18.75%) Law
2 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (43.75%) React
2 10 (31.25%) .NET
3 9 (28.13%) Swing
4 7 (21.88%) .NET Core
4 7 (21.88%) AngularJS
5 6 (18.75%) .NET Framework
5 6 (18.75%) CSS
5 6 (18.75%) Entity Framework
5 6 (18.75%) HTML
6 4 (12.50%) Jest
6 4 (12.50%) Node.js
7 3 (9.38%) Electron
7 3 (9.38%) pytest
8 2 (6.25%) Middleware
9 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET
9 1 (3.13%) GraphQL
9 1 (3.13%) LAMP
9 1 (3.13%) Next.js
9 1 (3.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (43.75%) Linux
2 3 (9.38%) Debian
2 3 (9.38%) Ubuntu
3 2 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) Agile
2 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (28.13%) Web Development
3 8 (25.00%) Scrum
4 7 (21.88%) Clean Code
4 7 (21.88%) Code Quality
4 7 (21.88%) Front End Development
4 7 (21.88%) OOP
4 7 (21.88%) Software Engineering
5 6 (18.75%) Community of Practice
5 6 (18.75%) Mentoring
5 6 (18.75%) OO
5 6 (18.75%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 4 (12.50%) Fintech
7 3 (9.38%) User Experience
8 2 (6.25%) Coaching
8 2 (6.25%) Computer Science
8 2 (6.25%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (34.38%) JavaScript
2 10 (31.25%) C#
3 9 (28.13%) Java
4 5 (15.63%) TypeScript
5 3 (9.38%) PHP
5 3 (9.38%) Python
6 2 (6.25%) PL/SQL
6 2 (6.25%) SQL
7 1 (3.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) SC Cleared
1 9 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.00%) Degree
3 6 (18.75%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.13%) HNC
4 1 (3.13%) HND
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle
1 2 (6.25%) Siebel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft