Software Engineer Jobs in Surrey

Software Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Software Engineer salary in Surrey is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 41 38
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 161 134 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 6.30% 5.88% 8.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.88% 6.28% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 107 71 155
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £89,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £79,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,340 2,133 3,292
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 93.68% 96.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,499 1,332 2,083
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.11% +5.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Surrey

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Surrey

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

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 14 May 2024. 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 +34 50 £55,000 -15.38% 6
Leatherhead 0 42 - - 2
Woking +3 16 £50,000 -20.00% 5
Egham - 4 £90,000 -
Esher - 4 £95,000 -
Godalming - 4 £50,000 - 1
Reigate +10 2 £87,500 +34.62% 1
Chertsey - 2 £57,500 - 1
Cranleigh - 2 - -
Tadworth -2 1 - - 4
Dorking - 1 £62,500 - 1
Caterham - 1 £70,000 -
Software Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 161 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 87 (54.04%) C++
3 70 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (42.86%) Security Cleared
5 64 (39.75%) C
6 63 (39.13%) SC Cleared
7 56 (34.78%) Degree
8 49 (30.43%) Java
9 48 (29.81%) Python
10 42 (26.09%) Linux
11 40 (24.84%) Actionable Insight
12 37 (22.98%) Git
13 35 (21.74%) SQL
13 35 (21.74%) C#
14 34 (21.12%) Electronics
14 34 (21.12%) Test Automation
15 30 (18.63%) JavaScript
15 30 (18.63%) Agile
16 29 (18.01%) Mathematics
17 26 (16.15%) Computer Science
18 25 (15.53%) Mentoring
19 24 (14.91%) Signal Processing
19 24 (14.91%) Azure
19 24 (14.91%) Simulink
20 23 (14.29%) SaaS
20 23 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
20 23 (14.29%) Machine Learning
21 22 (13.66%) QA
22 21 (13.04%) Physics
22 21 (13.04%) Quality Management

Software Engineer 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 (4.97%) Apache
2 5 (3.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (14.91%) Simulink
2 2 (1.24%) Stateflow
2 2 (1.24%) TargetLink
3 1 (0.62%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (4.97%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.91%) Azure
2 23 (14.29%) SaaS
3 18 (11.18%) AWS
4 11 (6.83%) GCP
5 4 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (2.48%) Serverless
6 1 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.62%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.48%) Wireless
2 1 (0.62%) 4G
2 1 (0.62%) 5G
2 1 (0.62%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.62%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.62%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.62%) Modbus
2 1 (0.62%) MQTT
2 1 (0.62%) RS-232
2 1 (0.62%) RS-485
2 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.42%) NoSQL
2 5 (3.11%) MySQL
2 5 (3.11%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 37 (22.98%) Git
2 13 (8.07%) JIRA
3 10 (6.21%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.35%) CMake
4 7 (4.35%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (4.35%) TestRail
4 7 (4.35%) Vagrant
4 7 (4.35%) Visual Studio
5 5 (3.11%) Bitbucket
5 5 (3.11%) Robot Framework
6 4 (2.48%) Subversion
7 2 (1.24%) GDB
General
1 34 (21.12%) Electronics
2 19 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.45%) Social Skills
4 8 (4.97%) Automotive
5 7 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.48%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.48%) Finance
7 3 (1.86%) Games
8 2 (1.24%) Retail
8 2 (1.24%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.62%) Marketing
9 1 (0.62%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (13.04%) .NET
2 18 (11.18%) React
3 17 (10.56%) Middleware
4 13 (8.07%) WPF
5 10 (6.21%) HTML
5 10 (6.21%) OpenGL
5 10 (6.21%) Vulkan
6 9 (5.59%) HTML5
6 9 (5.59%) WinForms
7 8 (4.97%) AngularJS
7 8 (4.97%) Apache NiFi
7 8 (4.97%) STL
8 7 (4.35%) OpenCL
8 7 (4.35%) QML
8 7 (4.35%) Qt
8 7 (4.35%) VTK
9 5 (3.11%) Spring
10 4 (2.48%) Hibernate
10 4 (2.48%) Vue
11 3 (1.86%) OpenGL ES
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.04%) Satnav
2 20 (12.42%) Algorithms
3 15 (9.32%) Analogue Electronics
4 14 (8.70%) FPGA
5 13 (8.07%) VHDL
6 12 (7.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (7.45%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (6.83%) Embedded Systems
8 9 (5.59%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (4.97%) Device Driver
10 7 (4.35%) CAN bus
10 7 (4.35%) CUDA
11 2 (1.24%) 3D Graphics
11 2 (1.24%) Client/Server
11 2 (1.24%) Data Structures
11 2 (1.24%) IoT
12 1 (0.62%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.62%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.62%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 42 (26.09%) Linux
2 18 (11.18%) Windows
3 10 (6.21%) Android
4 9 (5.59%) CentOS
4 9 (5.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (5.59%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.24%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 70 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (24.84%) Actionable Insight
4 34 (21.12%) Test Automation
5 30 (18.63%) Agile
6 29 (18.01%) Mathematics
7 26 (16.15%) Computer Science
8 25 (15.53%) Mentoring
9 24 (14.91%) Signal Processing
10 23 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
10 23 (14.29%) Machine Learning
11 21 (13.04%) Code Quality
11 21 (13.04%) Physics
11 21 (13.04%) Quality Management
12 13 (8.07%) Coaching
12 13 (8.07%) Schematic Capture
13 11 (6.83%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (6.83%) Infrastructure as Code
14 10 (6.21%) Full Stack Development
15 9 (5.59%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 87 (54.04%) C++
2 64 (39.75%) C
3 49 (30.43%) Java
4 48 (29.81%) Python
5 35 (21.74%) C#
5 35 (21.74%) SQL
6 30 (18.63%) JavaScript
7 15 (9.32%) Kotlin
8 9 (5.59%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.35%) Bash
9 7 (4.35%) C-shell
9 7 (4.35%) Fortran
10 4 (2.48%) Bicep
10 4 (2.48%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.48%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.24%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.62%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 69 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 63 (39.13%) SC Cleared
3 56 (34.78%) Degree
4 21 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (10.56%) PhD
6 12 (7.45%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.66%) QA
2 21 (13.04%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.62%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 12 (7.45%) Docker
2 9 (5.59%) Embedded Firmware
2 9 (5.59%) Firmware
3 4 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (9.32%) Terraform
2 9 (5.59%) Ansible
3 2 (1.24%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 8 (4.97%) Oracle
1 8 (4.97%) Siebel
2 7 (4.35%) Xilinx
3 5 (3.11%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.48%) VMware
5 3 (1.86%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.62%) Atmel
6 1 (0.62%) Freescale
6 1 (0.62%) SAP