Guava Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Guava skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Guava 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.060% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £414 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - -
75th Percentile £449 - -
90th Percentile £451 - -
UK median daily rate £435 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

Guava falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,311 2,523 3,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.97% 18.10% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,187 1,570 2,268
10th Percentile £350 £345 £325
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £676
UK median daily rate £510 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 57 138
10th Percentile £40.00 £23.85 £30.20
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £75.80 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -15.38%

Guava
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Guava relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Guava job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Guava
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Guava.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Guava

Guava
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Guava within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 January 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
North of England - 2 £430 - 2
North East - 1 £425 - 1
North West - 1 £435 - 1
Guava
UK

Guava
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Apache
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Junior
2 1 (50.00%) Junior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Commons
1 2 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 2 (100.00%) JSF
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Struts
1 2 (100.00%) Swagger
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes