Senior Jobs in Surrey

Senior
South East > Surrey

The median Senior salary in Surrey is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 9 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 166 346 362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 13.96% 13.08% 16.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.04% 14.27% 18.05%
Number of salaries quoted 106 191 185
10th Percentile £48,625 £44,863 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,625 £83,750 £90,000
South East median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -11.11% +3.85%

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 974 2,425 2,005
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.92% 91.68% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 547 1,548 1,235
10th Percentile £30,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,625 £50,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.25% -14.89% +6.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,813 £90,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Surrey

Senior
Salary Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in Surrey.

Salary trend for Senior in Surrey

Senior
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Surrey over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Surrey

Senior
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 within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Epsom +19 34 £70,000 +37.25% 2
Guildford +11 14 £60,000 +4.35% 264
Weybridge +3 14 £62,500 -26.47% 1
Redhill -13 14 £70,000 +16.67% 11
Staines -1 9 £67,500 +12.50% 1
Woking +14 5 £82,500 +26.92% 249
Farnham +3 5 £57,500 -
Dorking -2 5 £70,000 +12.00%
Banstead 0 4 £72,500 -
Thames Ditton +4 3 - -
East Molesey +3 3 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames +19 2 - - 1
Esher +5 2 - - 1
Reigate -4 2 £61,500 +37.09% 5
Warlingham - 2 - -
Whyteleafe - 2 - - 1
Caterham -6 1 £42,500 -39.29%
Camberley -8 1 £75,000 +25.00% 1
Godalming - 1 £75,000 -
Senior
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 73 (43.98%) Azure
2 66 (39.76%) Python
3 57 (34.34%) Degree
3 57 (34.34%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (33.13%) Social Skills
4 55 (33.13%) SQL
5 46 (27.71%) CI/CD
6 43 (25.90%) Broadband
7 36 (21.69%) Agile
7 36 (21.69%) .NET
8 34 (20.48%) Software Engineering
8 34 (20.48%) TypeScript
9 32 (19.28%) AWS
9 32 (19.28%) Analytical Skills
10 31 (18.67%) Mentoring
10 31 (18.67%) Self-Motivation
11 30 (18.07%) C#
12 29 (17.47%) Artificial Intelligence
13 28 (16.87%) Databricks
14 24 (14.46%) Serverless
14 24 (14.46%) DevOps
14 24 (14.46%) Analytics
15 23 (13.86%) Games
15 23 (13.86%) Microsoft
16 22 (13.25%) Finance
16 22 (13.25%) React
16 22 (13.25%) Data Science
16 22 (13.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 21 (12.65%) GCP
18 20 (12.05%) GraphQL

Senior 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 8 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 73 (43.98%) Azure
2 32 (19.28%) AWS
3 24 (14.46%) Serverless
4 22 (13.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 21 (12.65%) GCP
6 20 (12.05%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (9.04%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (7.83%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (7.83%) GitHub
9 9 (5.42%) Power Platform
10 7 (4.22%) Entra ID
10 7 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (4.22%) PowerApps
11 6 (3.61%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (3.61%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (3.01%) Amazon S3
13 4 (2.41%) Figma
14 3 (1.81%) AWS Step Functions
14 3 (1.81%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 43 (25.90%) Broadband
2 9 (5.42%) Firewall
3 7 (4.22%) DNS
4 6 (3.61%) VPN
5 3 (1.81%) BGP
5 3 (1.81%) MPLS
5 3 (1.81%) Network Security
5 3 (1.81%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.81%) WAN
6 1 (0.60%) DHCP
6 1 (0.60%) HTTP
6 1 (0.60%) Intranet
6 1 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.02%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (5.42%) Big Data
2 9 (5.42%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.82%) Power BI
4 7 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (1.81%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.81%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.20%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.20%) Tableau
8 1 (0.60%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.60%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.60%) MySQL
8 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (6.02%) JIRA
2 7 (4.22%) Git
3 4 (2.41%) rollup.js
4 3 (1.81%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.60%) CMake
5 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.28%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (13.86%) Games
4 22 (13.25%) Finance
5 14 (8.43%) Automotive
6 11 (6.63%) Marketing
7 10 (6.02%) Advertising
8 6 (3.61%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.61%) Electronics
9 5 (3.01%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.60%) Aviation
10 1 (0.60%) Billing
10 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Law
10 1 (0.60%) Legal
10 1 (0.60%) Local Government
10 1 (0.60%) Military
10 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (21.69%) .NET
2 22 (13.25%) React
3 20 (12.05%) GraphQL
4 17 (10.24%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 17 (10.24%) WebGL
5 15 (9.04%) Node.js
6 13 (7.83%) Blazor
7 10 (6.02%) RESTful
8 9 (5.42%) HTML
9 8 (4.82%) Bootstrap
9 8 (4.82%) HTML5
10 7 (4.22%) Kafka
11 6 (3.61%) AngularJS
11 6 (3.61%) ASP.NET
11 6 (3.61%) YAML
12 4 (2.41%) JSON
12 4 (2.41%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (2.41%) REST
12 4 (2.41%) Spring
12 4 (2.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.67%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (10.24%) Animation
3 14 (8.43%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.42%) Digital Media
4 9 (5.42%) Marketing Technology
5 7 (4.22%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.61%) VHDL
6 6 (3.61%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.81%) PMI
8 2 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.60%) Acoustics
9 1 (0.60%) CCTV
9 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.60%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.61%) Linux
2 3 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.20%) Android
4 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.60%) Debian
4 1 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (34.34%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (27.71%) CI/CD
3 36 (21.69%) Agile
4 34 (20.48%) Software Engineering
5 31 (18.67%) Mentoring
6 29 (17.47%) Artificial Intelligence
7 24 (14.46%) Analytics
7 24 (14.46%) DevOps
8 22 (13.25%) Data Science
9 20 (12.05%) Clean Code
10 19 (11.45%) Machine Learning
10 19 (11.45%) Prototyping
11 17 (10.24%) 3D Animation
11 17 (10.24%) Creative Thinking
11 17 (10.24%) Performance Metrics
11 17 (10.24%) Personalization
11 17 (10.24%) Rapid Prototyping
11 17 (10.24%) Storytelling
11 17 (10.24%) Visual Effects
12 16 (9.64%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 66 (39.76%) Python
2 55 (33.13%) SQL
3 34 (20.48%) TypeScript
4 30 (18.07%) C#
5 19 (11.45%) Java
6 17 (10.24%) HLSL
7 14 (8.43%) JavaScript
8 13 (7.83%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (3.61%) Bicep
10 6 (3.61%) Scala
11 3 (1.81%) C
11 3 (1.81%) C++
12 2 (1.20%) MATLAB
12 2 (1.20%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.60%) Bash
13 1 (0.60%) BrightScript
13 1 (0.60%) PHP
13 1 (0.60%) R
13 1 (0.60%) Rust
Qualifications
1 57 (34.34%) Degree
2 17 (10.24%) Azure Certification
2 17 (10.24%) PhD
3 14 (8.43%) DBS Check
4 8 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.81%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.81%) CCNP
6 3 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.81%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (1.20%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.60%) CRISC
8 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.60%) COBIT
2 1 (0.60%) GDPR
2 1 (0.60%) GRC
2 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 6 (3.61%) Firmware
1 6 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.41%) Docker
3 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (4.22%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.81%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.60%) Ansible
3 1 (0.60%) Packer
3 1 (0.60%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (16.87%) Databricks
2 23 (13.86%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.82%) Atlassian
4 7 (4.22%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.01%) Cisco
5 5 (3.01%) Juniper
6 3 (1.81%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.20%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.20%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Adobe
8 1 (0.60%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.60%) Roku
8 1 (0.60%) Tanium
8 1 (0.60%) VMware