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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing Java 5 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Guildford 13.16% 1.85% 5.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.45% 11.11% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £729
25th Percentile £481 - £734
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £500 £763
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% -34.43% +8.93%
75th Percentile £563 - £784
90th Percentile £585 - £786
Surrey median daily rate £208 £550 £469
% change year-on-year -62.27% +17.33% -21.88%

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 11 9 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 28.95% 16.67% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile £444 - £323
25th Percentile £481 - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £70 £525
Median % change year-on-year +660.00% -86.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £550 £498 £675
90th Percentile £575 £510 £780
Surrey median daily rate £463 £489 £525
% change year-on-year -5.37% -6.90% -
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 £52.25
% change year-on-year -26.67% +43.54% +148.81%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Job vacancy trend for Java 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
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 and Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Android Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Principal Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (40.00%) ABAP Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior ABAP Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Applications Developer
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%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Principal Java 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 2 (40.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android
1 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Android Development
1 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (60.00%) Asynchronous Programming
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) MVVM
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience
1 3 (60.00%) UX Design
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) iOS Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Kotlin
1 3 (60.00%) Objective-C
1 3 (60.00%) Swift
2 2 (40.00%) ABAP
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Perl
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Apple
2 2 (40.00%) Adobe
2 2 (40.00%) SAP