Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Java Developer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Java Developer daily rate in Guildford is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 17.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 17.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £513 £638 £650
% change year-on-year -19.61% -1.92% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Guildford with a recognized job title 64 43 75
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 90.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 67
10th Percentile £247 £250 £358
25th Percentile £397 £344 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.79% -2.71% -
75th Percentile £519 £581 £663
90th Percentile - £593 £768
Surrey median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 2
10th Percentile £55.00 £23.50 -
25th Percentile £58.75 £27.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £28.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +141.07% +60.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 - £18.75
90th Percentile - £29.73 -
Surrey median hourly rate £66.99 £27.75 £28.37
% change year-on-year +141.41% -2.17% -36.97%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Guildford

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Guildford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Guildford

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Guildford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Guildford

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 10 May 2026, Java Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Guildford region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Agile
1 11 (100.00%) Java
1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (90.91%) Software Engineering
3 7 (63.64%) AngularJS
3 7 (63.64%) Argo
3 7 (63.64%) DevSecOps
3 7 (63.64%) Kubernetes
3 7 (63.64%) OpenShift
3 7 (63.64%) Quarkus
3 7 (63.64%) SonarQube
3 7 (63.64%) Unit Testing
4 6 (54.55%) Front End Development
4 6 (54.55%) Red Hat
4 6 (54.55%) Scrum
4 6 (54.55%) SDLC
4 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
5 5 (45.45%) QA
5 5 (45.45%) Sprint Planning
5 5 (45.45%) Sprint Review
6 1 (9.09%) Clean Code

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (9.09%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) AngularJS
1 7 (63.64%) Quarkus
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
2 10 (90.91%) Software Engineering
3 7 (63.64%) DevSecOps
3 7 (63.64%) Unit Testing
4 6 (54.55%) Front End Development
4 6 (54.55%) Scrum
4 6 (54.55%) SDLC
4 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
5 5 (45.45%) Sprint Planning
5 5 (45.45%) Sprint Review
6 1 (9.09%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) Argo
1 7 (63.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Red Hat