Software Development Engineer Job Trends in Surrey

Software Development Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Software Development Engineer salary in Surrey is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - 125
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.040% - 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% - 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £75,000
75th Percentile - - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £80,000 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

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 2,346 977 1,725
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 86.08% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,743 680 871
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 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £48,924 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.42% -6.81% -4.55%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Software Development Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

Software Development Engineer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 8 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
Staines - 1 £50,000 -
Software Development Engineer
South East

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 8 October 2026, Software Development Engineer 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 Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)

Software Development Engineer 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA