Java Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Java
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Java 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 16.67% - 3.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% - 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £375 - £729
25th Percentile £443 - £734
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 - £763
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.93%
75th Percentile £563 - £784
90th Percentile £585 - £786
Surrey median daily rate £208 £350 £450
% change year-on-year -40.71% -22.22% -25.00%

All Programming Languages
Guildford

Java falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 33.33% 17.14% 18.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 5
10th Percentile £369 - £403
25th Percentile £426 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £70 £500
Median % change year-on-year +660.00% -86.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £550 - £775
90th Percentile £575 £325 £783
Surrey median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £47.00
25th Percentile - - £48.13
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -26.67% +37.61% +70.31%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Java relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Java job vacancy trend in Guildford

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Java.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Java

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in Guildford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in Guildford over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in Guildford

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Java.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Java

Java
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 1 (20.00%) Datadog
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Android Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Principal Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (20.00%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Applications Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) iOS Android Developer
4 1 (20.00%) iOS Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Java Android Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Java Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Principal Java Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior ABAP Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Android Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Material Design
1 3 (60.00%) RESTful
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) Spring Batch
2 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android
1 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (60.00%) Android Development
2 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) Asynchronous Programming
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 3 (60.00%) MVVM
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 3 (60.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) iOS Development
3 1 (20.00%) Observability
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Kotlin
1 3 (60.00%) Objective-C
1 3 (60.00%) Swift
2 1 (20.00%) ABAP
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Perl
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) SAP