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 11 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
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 672 698
Rank change year-on-year +111 +26 +287
Permanent jobs citing Guidewire 81 33 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.061% 0.050%
As % of the Vendors category 0.43% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 64 25 10
10th Percentile £57,500 £47,250 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +36.36% -12.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 £90,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,000 £55,000 £28,500
% change year-on-year +38.18% +92.98% -46.98%

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 18,772 19,939 21,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.64% 37.12% 39.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,636 10,136 16,824
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% -2.00%

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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 11 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 11 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 +121 81 £72,500 -3.33% 15
London +90 67 £72,500 -17.14% 8
Work from Home +96 20 £60,000 -7.69% 4
UK excluding London +54 14 £76,000 +38.18% 11
North West +28 5 £42,500 -10.53% 4
North of England +23 5 £42,500 -10.53% 4
South East +31 4 £90,000 +20.00% 4
West Midlands +35 3 £80,000 +52.38%
Midlands +22 3 £80,000 +52.38%
South West - 2 £73,500 - 1

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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 (3.70%) Maya
Business Applications
1 9 (11.11%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.52%) Datadog
2 9 (11.11%) IaaS
2 9 (11.11%) PaaS
3 6 (7.41%) Azure
4 3 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (3.70%) GCP
4 3 (3.70%) SaaS
5 2 (2.47%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (2.47%) Figma
6 1 (1.23%) AWS
6 1 (1.23%) GitHub
6 1 (1.23%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.52%) Relational Database
2 11 (13.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.47%) GitLab
2 2 (2.47%) REST Assured
2 2 (2.47%) Storybook
3 1 (1.23%) Bower
3 1 (1.23%) gulp
3 1 (1.23%) webpack
General
1 41 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 22 (27.16%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Billing
3 12 (14.81%) Dutch Language
3 12 (14.81%) French Language
3 12 (14.81%) Games
3 12 (14.81%) Law
4 8 (9.88%) Finance
5 3 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (34.57%) Developer
2 22 (27.16%) Analyst
2 22 (27.16%) Senior
3 18 (22.22%) Lead
4 11 (13.58%) Applications Support
4 11 (13.58%) Applications Support Analyst
4 11 (13.58%) Senior Developer
4 11 (13.58%) Support Analyst
5 10 (12.35%) Architect
6 9 (11.11%) IT Architect
6 9 (11.11%) Lead Architect
7 6 (7.41%) Business Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Business IT Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Business Systems Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) IT Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Senior Business Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Senior IT Business Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.05%) RESTful
2 11 (13.58%) .NET
3 4 (4.94%) React
4 3 (3.70%) CSS
4 3 (3.70%) HTML
4 3 (3.70%) Node.js
5 2 (2.47%) Playwright
6 1 (1.23%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (32.10%) Onboarding
2 12 (14.81%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.17%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.70%) Blockchain
6 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.23%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (39.51%) DevOps
2 26 (32.10%) Microservices
2 26 (32.10%) Migration
3 25 (30.86%) Agile
4 23 (28.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (28.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (24.69%) CI/CD
7 18 (22.22%) Scrum
8 17 (20.99%) Business Strategy
8 17 (20.99%) Document Management
8 17 (20.99%) Test Automation
9 16 (19.75%) Mentoring
10 15 (18.52%) Error Analysis
10 15 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (16.05%) IT Strategy
11 13 (16.05%) ITIL
11 13 (16.05%) Service Management
12 12 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (14.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (34.57%) Java
2 26 (32.10%) C#
2 26 (32.10%) SQL
3 15 (18.52%) Python
4 3 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (14.81%) Degree
2 2 (2.47%) ISTQB
2 2 (2.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 2 (2.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.11%) IFRS
1 9 (11.11%) IFRS 17
1 9 (11.11%) Solvency II
2 5 (6.17%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.47%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (16.05%) Duck Creek
2 11 (13.58%) Microsoft
3 9 (11.11%) SAP
4 3 (3.70%) Pega
4 3 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.70%) Sitecore