Software Engineer Job Trends in Surrey

Software Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Software Engineer salary in Surrey is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 21 53
Rank change year-on-year -29 +32 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 51 125 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 3.69% 8.44% 4.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.24% 8.81% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 35 77 26
10th Percentile £36,250 - £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £50,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -21.57% +21.43%
75th Percentile £95,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £80,000 -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +9.09%

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 1,204 1,419 842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.12% 95.81% 94.18%
Number of salaries quoted 813 751 608
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £53,760
% change year-on-year -13.64% +2.31% -2.25%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Surrey

Software 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 Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Redhill +14 14 £90,000 - 1
Guildford -14 11 £90,000 +125.00% 7
Woking +6 5 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Staines - 5 £75,000 -
Weybridge - 3 - -
Cobham - 3 - -
Epsom -9 2 £42,500 -26.09%
Esher - 2 £33,000 -
Reigate +7 1 £95,000 +22.58%
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, Software 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 51 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 28 (54.90%) Mentoring
3 25 (49.02%) Coaching
4 20 (39.22%) Agile
5 16 (31.37%) DevOps
5 16 (31.37%) Guidewire
6 15 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
7 13 (25.49%) Active Listening
7 13 (25.49%) AI
7 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (23.53%) Degree
9 11 (21.57%) Machine Learning
10 10 (19.61%) C#
11 9 (17.65%) C++
11 9 (17.65%) Master's Degree
11 9 (17.65%) PhD
12 8 (15.69%) Azure
12 8 (15.69%) Mathematics
13 7 (13.73%) Microservices
14 6 (11.76%) .NET
14 6 (11.76%) Mathematical Modelling
14 6 (11.76%) Multithreading
14 6 (11.76%) NoSQL
14 6 (11.76%) Qt
15 5 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (9.80%) High Availability
15 5 (9.80%) Java
15 5 (9.80%) MongoDB
15 5 (9.80%) Node.js
15 5 (9.80%) Redis

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (15.69%) Azure
2 2 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.92%) GitHub
2 2 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.76%) NoSQL
2 5 (9.80%) MongoDB
2 5 (9.80%) Redis
3 4 (7.84%) MySQL
4 3 (5.88%) GIS
5 2 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Git
2 3 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.88%) JIRA
2 3 (5.88%) TestRail
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) .NET
1 6 (11.76%) Qt
2 5 (9.80%) Node.js
2 5 (9.80%) WPF
3 2 (3.92%) Blazor
3 2 (3.92%) REST
3 2 (3.92%) WinForms
4 1 (1.96%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.96%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 6 (11.76%) 3D Graphics
2 6 (11.76%) Algorithms
3 3 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Android
1 2 (3.92%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 28 (54.90%) Mentoring
3 25 (49.02%) Coaching
4 20 (39.22%) Agile
5 16 (31.37%) DevOps
6 15 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
7 13 (25.49%) Active Listening
7 13 (25.49%) AI
7 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (21.57%) Machine Learning
9 8 (15.69%) Mathematics
10 7 (13.73%) Microservices
11 6 (11.76%) Mathematical Modelling
11 6 (11.76%) Multithreading
12 5 (9.80%) High Availability
13 4 (7.84%) CI/CD
14 3 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
14 3 (5.88%) Digital Twin
14 3 (5.88%) MVVM
14 3 (5.88%) Reinforcement Learning
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) C#
2 9 (17.65%) C++
3 5 (9.80%) Java
4 3 (5.88%) Bash
4 3 (5.88%) C
4 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.88%) Julia
4 3 (5.88%) Python
4 3 (5.88%) SQL
4 3 (5.88%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.92%) BrightScript
5 2 (3.92%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
2 9 (17.65%) Master's Degree
2 9 (17.65%) PhD
3 5 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (31.37%) Guidewire
2 5 (9.80%) Sage
3 2 (3.92%) Databricks
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.92%) Roku