Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Java Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Java Developer daily rate in Surrey 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 43 39 52
Rank change year-on-year -4 +13 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 11 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 2.12% 1.00% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 1.05% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 £619 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £638 £650
Median % change year-on-year -19.61% -1.92% -7.14%
75th Percentile £519 £656 £675
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £475 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -5.09% +0.10% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -53.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

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

Contract vacancies in Surrey with a recognized job title 477 287 542
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 95.67% 92.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 196 398
10th Percentile £204 £191 £248
25th Percentile £373 £280 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £558 £548 £623
90th Percentile £683 £661 £696
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 26 54
10th Percentile £50.00 £20.00 £12.34
25th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £13.25
Median hourly rate £66.99 £27.75 £28.37
Median % change year-on-year +141.41% -2.17% -36.97%
75th Percentile £72.74 £40.98 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £62.50 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +69.23% -31.58% -1.21%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Guildford - 11 £513 - 3
Java Developer
South East

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

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 Surrey 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 Surrey 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