Guidewire Job Trends

Guidewire
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Guidewire products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Guidewire over the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Guidewire Software, Inc.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 664 722
Rank change year-on-year +92 +58 +262
Permanent jobs citing Guidewire 78 31 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.058% 0.049%
As % of the Vendors category 0.41% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 62 23 11
10th Percentile £57,500 £49,500 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £71,875 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £81,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.04% +30.40% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,000 £75,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year +1.33% +32.16% +3.18%

All Vendors
UK

Guidewire falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,025 19,842 23,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.18% 37.23% 39.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10,670 10,063 17,875
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,232 £50,055 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.63% +5.38% -5.00%

Guidewire
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Guidewire relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Guidewire job vacancy trend in the UK

Guidewire
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Guidewire.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Guidewire

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Guidewire over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Guidewire in the UK

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Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Guidewire within the UK over the 6 months to 18 January 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
England +110 78 £72,500 -11.04% 9
London +98 64 £72,500 -17.14% 6
Work from Home +93 19 £60,000 -7.69% 3
UK excluding London +63 14 £76,000 +1.33% 5
North of England - 5 £42,500 - 2
North West - 5 £42,500 - 2
South East +40 4 £90,000 +20.00% 2
Midlands +29 3 £80,000 +52.38%
West Midlands +28 3 £80,000 +52.38%
South West - 2 £73,500 -

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Maya
Business Applications
1 9 (11.54%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.95%) Datadog
2 9 (11.54%) IaaS
2 9 (11.54%) PaaS
3 5 (6.41%) Azure
4 3 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (3.85%) Figma
4 3 (3.85%) SaaS
5 2 (2.56%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (2.56%) GCP
6 1 (1.28%) GitHub
6 1 (1.28%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.95%) Relational Database
2 10 (12.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Eclipse
1 3 (3.85%) Storybook
2 2 (2.56%) GitLab
2 2 (2.56%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.28%) Bower
3 1 (1.28%) gulp
3 1 (1.28%) webpack
General
1 39 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (28.21%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (15.38%) Dutch Language
3 12 (15.38%) French Language
3 12 (15.38%) Games
3 12 (15.38%) Law
4 10 (12.82%) Billing
5 7 (8.97%) Finance
6 3 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 26 (33.33%) Developer
2 21 (26.92%) Analyst
2 21 (26.92%) Senior
3 18 (23.08%) Lead
4 11 (14.10%) Senior Developer
5 10 (12.82%) Applications Support
5 10 (12.82%) Applications Support Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) Support Analyst
6 9 (11.54%) Architect
6 9 (11.54%) IT Architect
6 9 (11.54%) Lead Architect
7 6 (7.69%) Business Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) Business IT Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) Business Systems Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) IT Business Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) Senior Business Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) Senior IT Business Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.38%) RESTful
2 10 (12.82%) .NET
3 4 (5.13%) React
4 3 (3.85%) CSS
4 3 (3.85%) HTML
4 3 (3.85%) Node.js
5 2 (2.56%) Playwright
6 1 (1.28%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (30.77%) Onboarding
2 12 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.85%) Blockchain
4 3 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.74%) DevOps
2 24 (30.77%) Microservices
2 24 (30.77%) Migration
3 23 (29.49%) Agile
4 22 (28.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (24.36%) CI/CD
7 17 (21.79%) Business Strategy
7 17 (21.79%) Scrum
8 16 (20.51%) Document Management
8 16 (20.51%) Mentoring
8 16 (20.51%) Test Automation
9 14 (17.95%) Error Analysis
9 14 (17.95%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (15.38%) IT Strategy
10 12 (15.38%) ITIL
10 12 (15.38%) Project Management
10 12 (15.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (33.33%) Java
2 24 (30.77%) C#
2 24 (30.77%) SQL
3 14 (17.95%) Python
4 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (2.56%) ISTQB
2 2 (2.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 2 (2.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) IFRS
1 9 (11.54%) IFRS 17
1 9 (11.54%) Solvency II
2 6 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (16.67%) Duck Creek
2 10 (12.82%) Microsoft
3 9 (11.54%) SAP
4 4 (5.13%) Pega
4 4 (5.13%) Sitecore
5 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow