Software Engineering Jobs in Surrey

Software Engineering
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 20 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 74 228 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 7.58% 9.03% 12.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.43% 9.98% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 59 152 190
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £49,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £47,500 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,375 £95,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 878 2,284 2,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 89.96% 90.42% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 531 1,435 1,395
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,021 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Surrey

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Surrey

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Surrey over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Surrey

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 2 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 +14 21 £70,000 +40.00% 1
Guildford -4 11 £70,000 +27.27% 39
Staines - 6 £67,500 - 6
Dorking +8 5 £70,000 +12.00% 2
Woking +3 4 £82,500 +65.00% 23
Redhill -12 3 £60,000 +14.29% 5
Farnham +9 2 £56,250 +87.50% 7
Tadworth +8 2 £70,000 -
Esher +8 1 - -
Reigate +7 1 £61,500 -29.71% 13
Caterham -5 1 - -
Banstead - 1 £72,500 -
Walton-on-Thames - 1 - -
Warlingham - 1 - -
Weybridge - 1 - - 2
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
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 6 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.70%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) S-PLUS
Cloud Services
1 50 (67.57%) Azure
2 21 (28.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 17 (22.97%) AWS
4 13 (17.57%) Azure API Management
5 12 (16.22%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (13.51%) Amazon EKS
6 10 (13.51%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (10.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (10.81%) GitHub
7 8 (10.81%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (8.11%) Power Platform
8 6 (8.11%) PowerApps
9 5 (6.76%) Figma
10 1 (1.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.92%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (16.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (8.11%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 6 (8.11%) Power BI
4 5 (6.76%) SQL Server
5 4 (5.41%) MongoDB
5 4 (5.41%) MySQL
6 2 (2.70%) Metadata
6 2 (2.70%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (2.70%) Pentaho
6 2 (2.70%) Triplestore
7 1 (1.35%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (16.22%) Git
2 5 (6.76%) rollup.js
3 3 (4.05%) JIRA
4 2 (2.70%) CMake
4 2 (2.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.70%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (2.70%) TestRail
5 1 (1.35%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.35%) Subversion
5 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (16.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (9.46%) Automotive
5 6 (8.11%) Finance
6 2 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (37.84%) Software Engineer
2 26 (35.14%) Senior
3 19 (25.68%) Developer
4 15 (20.27%) Data Engineer
5 13 (17.57%) Senior Data Engineer
6 11 (14.86%) Software Developer
7 10 (13.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 10 (13.51%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 9 (12.16%) Software Manager
9 7 (9.46%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (9.46%) Development Manager
9 7 (9.46%) Senior Developer
9 7 (9.46%) Software Development Manager
10 6 (8.11%) React Developer
10 6 (8.11%) Senior React Developer
11 5 (6.76%) Engineering Manager
11 5 (6.76%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (6.76%) Software Engineering Manager
12 4 (5.41%) Azure Data Engineer
13 3 (4.05%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (48.65%) .NET
2 16 (21.62%) Node.js
3 13 (17.57%) React
4 10 (13.51%) Pandas
5 9 (12.16%) Middleware
6 8 (10.81%) WPF
7 7 (9.46%) WinForms
8 5 (6.76%) Jest
8 5 (6.76%) OpenGL
8 5 (6.76%) Vulkan
9 4 (5.41%) ASP.NET
9 4 (5.41%) Kafka
9 4 (5.41%) Qt
10 2 (2.70%) AngularJS
10 2 (2.70%) HTML
10 2 (2.70%) HTML5
10 2 (2.70%) OpenCL
10 2 (2.70%) QML
10 2 (2.70%) VTK
10 2 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Cyberattack
2 9 (12.16%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.76%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (6.76%) CUDA
4 3 (4.05%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.05%) AS400
4 3 (4.05%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.35%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.22%) Linux
2 11 (14.86%) Android
3 2 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (66.22%) Agile
2 44 (59.46%) CI/CD
3 28 (37.84%) Data Engineering
4 27 (36.49%) Full-Stack Development
5 24 (32.43%) DevOps
6 21 (28.38%) Mathematics
7 17 (22.97%) OO
7 17 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (21.62%) OOP
9 15 (20.27%) API Management
10 14 (18.92%) Design Patterns
11 13 (17.57%) Analytics
12 12 (16.22%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (16.22%) Mentoring
13 11 (14.86%) Artificial Intelligence
13 11 (14.86%) Machine Learning
14 10 (13.51%) Kanban
14 10 (13.51%) OWASP
14 10 (13.51%) Statistics
14 10 (13.51%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 40 (54.05%) C#
1 40 (54.05%) Python
2 29 (39.19%) Java
2 29 (39.19%) SQL
3 22 (29.73%) JavaScript
4 20 (27.03%) C++
5 11 (14.86%) Go
5 11 (14.86%) TypeScript
6 10 (13.51%) Rust
7 8 (10.81%) PowerShell
8 7 (9.46%) C
9 6 (8.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (8.11%) Fortran
9 6 (8.11%) Scala
10 2 (2.70%) Bash
10 2 (2.70%) C-shell
10 2 (2.70%) MATLAB
10 2 (2.70%) Shell Script
10 2 (2.70%) SPARQL
11 1 (1.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (43.24%) Degree
2 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
3 12 (16.22%) DV Cleared
4 7 (9.46%) Azure Certification
5 6 (8.11%) Master's Degree
6 4 (5.41%) SC Cleared
7 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.05%) PhD
8 2 (2.70%) CEH
8 2 (2.70%) CISM
8 2 (2.70%) CISSP
9 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.46%) QA
2 6 (8.11%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.70%) Dublin Core
3 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.70%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (16.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (20.27%) Kubernetes
2 10 (13.51%) Ansible
2 10 (13.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (29.73%) Databricks
2 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.41%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.70%) Informatica
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle
4 2 (2.70%) Talend
5 1 (1.35%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud