Java Contracts in Surrey

Java
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 35 37
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing Java 14 21 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 4.70% 3.58% 4.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.87% 15.00% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 25
10th Percentile £460 £365 £445
25th Percentile £482 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £694 £625
90th Percentile £666 £715 £668
South East median daily rate £507 £575 £530
% change year-on-year -11.78% +8.49% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £51.13
25th Percentile - - £52.81
Median hourly rate - - £56.25
75th Percentile - - £60.31
90th Percentile - - £62.38
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +27.27%

All Programming Languages
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 83 140 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 27.85% 23.85% 26.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 114 148
10th Percentile £344 £255 £396
25th Percentile £406 £376 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £540 £619 £594
90th Percentile £641 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £41.00 £50.50
25th Percentile - £55.63 £51.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £80.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +45.45% +161.90%
75th Percentile - - £60.63
90th Percentile - - £62.50
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% +26.03%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Java in Surrey

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for Java in Surrey

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in Surrey

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for Java in Surrey

Java
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 within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Staines -2 4 £425 -39.29% 3
Leatherhead - 3 £650 - 8
Woking - 2 £550 - 44
Guildford +1 1 £514 +35.26% 48
Camberley - 1 £514 -
Tadworth - 1 - -
Java
South East

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (14.29%) Apache Solr
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (14.29%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (7.14%) MySQL
2 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Git
1 5 (35.71%) Maven
2 4 (28.57%) GitLab
3 3 (21.43%) Jenkins
4 2 (14.29%) Selenium
4 2 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 3 (21.43%) Aerospace
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) ABAP Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Java Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Java Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior ABAP Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Development Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (7.14%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
4 1 (7.14%) GUI Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Java GUI Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (57.14%) React
2 5 (35.71%) JSON
3 4 (28.57%) Java EE
3 4 (28.57%) REST
4 3 (21.43%) Node.js
4 3 (21.43%) RESTful
4 3 (21.43%) Web Services
4 3 (21.43%) XML
5 2 (14.29%) Ajax
5 2 (14.29%) AngularJS
5 2 (14.29%) JAXB
5 2 (14.29%) JAX-RS
5 2 (14.29%) JAX-WS
5 2 (14.29%) SOAP
5 2 (14.29%) XSD
5 2 (14.29%) XSL
5 2 (14.29%) XSLT
6 1 (7.14%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (7.14%) Vaadin
6 1 (7.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Workflow
3 4 (28.57%) SOA
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (21.43%) DevSecOps
4 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (21.43%) Microservices
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Scrum
5 2 (14.29%) API Design
5 2 (14.29%) Clean Code
5 2 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Situational Awareness
5 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) JavaScript
1 11 (78.57%) SQL
2 7 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (21.43%) ABAP
3 3 (21.43%) Perl
3 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
4 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
4 2 (14.29%) XPath
5 1 (7.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) SC Cleared
1 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) OCP
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Oracle
2 4 (28.57%) SAP
3 3 (21.43%) Adobe
4 1 (7.14%) Google
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft