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 26 February 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
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 656 771
Rank change year-on-year +46 +115 +219
Permanent jobs citing Guidewire 59 31 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.085% 0.065% 0.064%
As % of the Vendors category 0.29% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48 24 32
10th Percentile £52,625 £49,875 £29,900
25th Percentile £67,500 £72,188 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £86,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.94% +1.47% +54.55%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,938 £100,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £109,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% -11.76% +54.55%

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 20,259 18,533 28,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.08% 38.93% 38.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,132 9,802 22,133
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £34,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +11.70% -6.00%

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

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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 26 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Guidewire in the UK

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Top 9 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 26 February 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 +46 59 £72,500 -15.94% 6
London +65 49 £72,500 -17.14% 6
UK excluding London +4 10 £57,500 -23.33% 3
Work from Home +46 9 £72,500 +11.54% 1
North of England - 5 £42,500 -
North West - 5 £42,500 -
West Midlands +18 3 £80,000 +52.38%
Midlands +8 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 (5.08%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (8.47%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.95%) Datadog
2 7 (11.86%) Azure
3 5 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (8.47%) IaaS
3 5 (8.47%) PaaS
4 3 (5.08%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.08%) Figma
4 3 (5.08%) SaaS
5 2 (3.39%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (3.39%) GCP
5 2 (3.39%) GitHub
5 2 (3.39%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.95%) Relational Database
2 7 (11.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Eclipse
2 3 (5.08%) Storybook
3 2 (3.39%) Bower
3 2 (3.39%) GitLab
3 2 (3.39%) gulp
3 2 (3.39%) REST Assured
3 2 (3.39%) webpack
General
1 25 (42.37%) Social Skills
2 16 (27.12%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.56%) Dutch Language
3 8 (13.56%) Finance
3 8 (13.56%) French Language
3 8 (13.56%) Games
3 8 (13.56%) Law
4 4 (6.78%) Billing
5 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.69%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (32.20%) Senior
2 17 (28.81%) Developer
3 16 (27.12%) Analyst
4 12 (20.34%) Lead
5 11 (18.64%) Senior Developer
6 7 (11.86%) Applications Support
6 7 (11.86%) Applications Support Analyst
6 7 (11.86%) Support Analyst
7 5 (8.47%) Architect
7 5 (8.47%) Business Systems Analyst
7 5 (8.47%) IT Architect
7 5 (8.47%) Lead Architect
7 5 (8.47%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (6.78%) Business Analyst
8 4 (6.78%) Designer
8 4 (6.78%) UI Designer
9 3 (5.08%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) IT Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Senior IT Business Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Senior IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) RESTful
2 5 (8.47%) React
3 4 (6.78%) .NET
4 3 (5.08%) CSS
4 3 (5.08%) HTML
4 3 (5.08%) Node.js
5 2 (3.39%) Next.js
5 2 (3.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 14 (23.73%) Onboarding
2 8 (13.56%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (10.17%) Product Ownership
4 4 (6.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (5.08%) Blockchain
5 3 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) DevOps
2 18 (30.51%) Agile
3 15 (25.42%) CI/CD
3 15 (25.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (23.73%) Document Management
4 14 (23.73%) Microservices
4 14 (23.73%) Migration
5 13 (22.03%) Scrum
6 12 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (20.34%) Test Automation
7 11 (18.64%) Business Strategy
7 11 (18.64%) ITIL
7 11 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (18.64%) Service Management
8 10 (16.95%) Error Analysis
8 10 (16.95%) Mentoring
8 10 (16.95%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (13.56%) IT Strategy
9 8 (13.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (28.81%) SQL
2 16 (27.12%) Java
3 14 (23.73%) C#
4 10 (16.95%) Python
5 3 (5.08%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (13.56%) Degree
2 2 (3.39%) ISTQB
2 2 (3.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 2 (3.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) Accessibility
2 5 (8.47%) IFRS
2 5 (8.47%) IFRS 17
2 5 (8.47%) Solvency II
3 2 (3.39%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Duck Creek
2 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.17%) Pega
3 6 (10.17%) ServiceNow
4 5 (8.47%) SAP
4 5 (8.47%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.69%) Salesforce