Software Engineer Jobs in Surrey

Software Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Software Engineer salary in Surrey is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 43 37
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 174 121 328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 6.50% 5.77% 9.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.10% 6.18% 9.55%
Number of salaries quoted 119 67 157
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +17.07%
75th Percentile £66,250 £89,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £53,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.40% +13.64% +10.00%

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 2,452 1,957 3,436
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 93.37% 96.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,559 1,216 2,061
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,375 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +7.95% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +30 60 £55,000 -15.38% 8
Leatherhead +2 39 - -
Woking +3 19 £50,000 -20.00% 2
Godalming - 4 £50,000 -
Egham - 4 £90,000 - 1
Reigate +8 2 £87,500 +34.62% 1
Esher - 2 £100,000 -
Chertsey - 2 £57,500 -
Cranleigh - 2 - -
Tadworth -5 1 - -
Dorking - 1 £62,500 -
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 1 June 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.

1 174 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 92 (52.87%) C++
3 70 (40.23%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (39.66%) Security Cleared
5 68 (39.08%) C
6 64 (36.78%) SC Cleared
7 59 (33.91%) Degree
8 51 (29.31%) Java
9 49 (28.16%) Python
10 43 (24.71%) Linux
10 43 (24.71%) Git
11 38 (21.84%) C#
12 34 (19.54%) Actionable Insight
12 34 (19.54%) SQL
13 33 (18.97%) Electronics
14 29 (16.67%) Test Automation
14 29 (16.67%) Mathematics
14 29 (16.67%) Agile
15 28 (16.09%) Computer Science
16 27 (15.52%) JavaScript
17 26 (14.94%) Simulink
17 26 (14.94%) Mentoring
18 25 (14.37%) Signal Processing
19 24 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
19 24 (13.79%) Azure
20 23 (13.22%) Artificial Intelligence
20 23 (13.22%) .NET
20 23 (13.22%) Machine Learning
21 21 (12.07%) Physics
22 20 (11.49%) SaaS

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 (4.60%) Apache
2 5 (2.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (14.94%) Simulink
2 2 (1.15%) Stateflow
2 2 (1.15%) TargetLink
3 1 (0.57%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (2.87%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (13.79%) Azure
2 20 (11.49%) SaaS
3 18 (10.34%) AWS
4 9 (5.17%) GCP
5 2 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.15%) Serverless
6 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.57%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.72%) Wireless
2 1 (0.57%) 4G
2 1 (0.57%) 5G
2 1 (0.57%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.57%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.57%) Modbus
2 1 (0.57%) MQTT
2 1 (0.57%) RS-232
2 1 (0.57%) RS-485
2 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.49%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.87%) MySQL
2 5 (2.87%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 43 (24.71%) Git
2 14 (8.05%) Jenkins
2 14 (8.05%) JIRA
3 10 (5.75%) Visual Studio
4 9 (5.17%) Vagrant
5 8 (4.60%) CMake
5 8 (4.60%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (4.60%) TestRail
6 5 (2.87%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.87%) Robot Framework
7 4 (2.30%) Subversion
8 1 (0.57%) GDB
General
1 33 (18.97%) Electronics
2 20 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (10.34%) Social Skills
4 9 (5.17%) Automotive
5 8 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.02%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.30%) Finance
8 3 (1.72%) Games
9 2 (1.15%) Retail
9 2 (1.15%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.57%) Marketing
10 1 (0.57%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (13.22%) .NET
2 19 (10.92%) Middleware
3 15 (8.62%) React
3 15 (8.62%) WPF
4 11 (6.32%) OpenGL
4 11 (6.32%) Vulkan
4 11 (6.32%) WinForms
5 10 (5.75%) HTML
6 9 (5.17%) HTML5
7 8 (4.60%) AngularJS
7 8 (4.60%) Apache NiFi
7 8 (4.60%) OpenCL
7 8 (4.60%) QML
7 8 (4.60%) Qt
7 8 (4.60%) STL
7 8 (4.60%) VTK
8 6 (3.45%) Hibernate
9 5 (2.87%) Spring
10 3 (1.72%) DirectX
10 3 (1.72%) OpenGL ES
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.92%) Algorithms
2 18 (10.34%) Satnav
3 14 (8.05%) Analogue Electronics
4 13 (7.47%) FPGA
5 12 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (6.90%) VHDL
6 10 (5.75%) Embedded Systems
7 9 (5.17%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (4.60%) CUDA
8 8 (4.60%) Device Driver
9 7 (4.02%) CAN bus
10 2 (1.15%) 3D Graphics
10 2 (1.15%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.15%) IoT
11 1 (0.57%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.57%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.57%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 43 (24.71%) Linux
2 20 (11.49%) Windows
3 12 (6.90%) Android
4 11 (6.32%) CentOS
4 11 (6.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (6.32%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 70 (40.23%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (19.54%) Actionable Insight
4 29 (16.67%) Agile
4 29 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 29 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 28 (16.09%) Computer Science
6 26 (14.94%) Mentoring
7 25 (14.37%) Signal Processing
8 23 (13.22%) Artificial Intelligence
8 23 (13.22%) Machine Learning
9 21 (12.07%) Physics
10 18 (10.34%) Code Quality
10 18 (10.34%) Quality Management
11 16 (9.20%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (8.05%) Coaching
13 12 (6.90%) Schematic Capture
14 11 (6.32%) Infrastructure as Code
15 10 (5.75%) Full Stack Development
15 10 (5.75%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 92 (52.87%) C++
2 68 (39.08%) C
3 51 (29.31%) Java
4 49 (28.16%) Python
5 38 (21.84%) C#
6 34 (19.54%) SQL
7 27 (15.52%) JavaScript
8 17 (9.77%) Kotlin
9 13 (7.47%) PowerShell
10 8 (4.60%) Bash
10 8 (4.60%) C-shell
10 8 (4.60%) Fortran
11 4 (2.30%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.30%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.15%) Bicep
12 2 (1.15%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.57%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 69 (39.66%) Security Cleared
2 64 (36.78%) SC Cleared
3 59 (33.91%) Degree
4 24 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (9.20%) PhD
6 12 (6.90%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.92%) QA
2 18 (10.34%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.57%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 12 (6.90%) Docker
2 9 (5.17%) Embedded Firmware
2 9 (5.17%) Firmware
3 4 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (9.77%) Terraform
2 14 (8.05%) Ansible
3 2 (1.15%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (5.17%) Xilinx
2 5 (2.87%) Atlassian
2 5 (2.87%) Oracle
2 5 (2.87%) Siebel
3 4 (2.30%) VMware
4 3 (1.72%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.57%) Atmel
5 1 (0.57%) Freescale
5 1 (0.57%) SAP