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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Java 8 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 23.53% - 7.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.67% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £374 - -
25th Percentile £440 - £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £565
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.08%
75th Percentile £575 - £778
90th Percentile £590 - £784
Surrey median daily rate £208 £285 £525
% change year-on-year -27.19% -45.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £56.50 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median hourly rate £57.50 - £54.50

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 12 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 35.29% 8.70% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile £408 - £365
25th Percentile £525 £485 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +0.51% -4.88%
75th Percentile - £495 £719
90th Percentile £580 - £779
Surrey median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £56.50 - £46.63
25th Percentile £58.75 - £47.19
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £48.75
75th Percentile - - £49.69
90th Percentile - - £49.88
Surrey median hourly rate £55.00 £13.50 £66.13
% change year-on-year +307.41% -79.59% -

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 30 January 2026.

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 4 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (12.50%) Datadog
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) SonarQube
2 3 (37.50%) Git
3 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) Java Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Android Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Principal Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (12.50%) iOS Android Developer
4 1 (12.50%) iOS Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Android Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Android Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 4 (50.00%) Quarkus
2 3 (37.50%) Material Design
2 3 (37.50%) RESTful
3 1 (12.50%) Spring
3 1 (12.50%) Spring Batch
3 1 (12.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Android
1 3 (37.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (50.00%) Front End Development
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) SDLC
3 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
3 4 (50.00%) Sprint Review
3 4 (50.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (37.50%) Asynchronous Programming
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (37.50%) MVVM
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) User Experience
4 3 (37.50%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Kotlin
1 3 (37.50%) Objective-C
1 3 (37.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Argo
1 4 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (37.50%) Apple