Java Job Trends in Guildford

Java
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 14 24
Rank change year-on-year -18 +10 +2
Permanent jobs citing Java 19 8 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 4.27% 7.41% 7.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.39% 20.51% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 18 7 24
10th Percentile £51,250 £64,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +50.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,000 -
Surrey median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +30.00% -16.67%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Guildford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 132 39 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 29.66% 36.11% 38.81%
Number of salaries quoted 102 37 132
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £54,043 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £90,000 £71,125
Surrey median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Java job vacancy trend in Guildford

Java
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Guildford over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Guildford

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 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Google Play
1 1 (5.26%) TestFlight
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Android Studio
2 1 (5.26%) CMake
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.26%) Postman
2 1 (5.26%) SoapUI
2 1 (5.26%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.26%) Xcode
General
1 5 (26.32%) Aviation
2 1 (5.26%) Health Technology
2 1 (5.26%) Publishing
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Senior
2 9 (47.37%) Developer
3 8 (42.11%) Java Developer
3 8 (42.11%) Software Engineer
4 6 (31.58%) Senior Developer
4 6 (31.58%) Senior Java Developer
5 5 (26.32%) Java Engineer
5 5 (26.32%) Java Software Engineer
5 5 (26.32%) Senior Java Engineer
5 5 (26.32%) Senior Java Software Engineer
5 5 (26.32%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (21.05%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (21.05%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 4 (21.05%) UI Engineer
7 3 (15.79%) C++ Software Engineer
7 3 (15.79%) Real Time Engineer
7 3 (15.79%) Real Time Software Engineer
8 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 2 (10.53%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 1 (5.26%) iOS Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) Swing
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) Google Maps API
3 1 (5.26%) HTML
3 1 (5.26%) OpenGL
3 1 (5.26%) OpenSceneGraph
3 1 (5.26%) QML
3 1 (5.26%) Qt
3 1 (5.26%) Qt Quick
3 1 (5.26%) SOAP
3 1 (5.26%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.26%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Android
2 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Software Engineering
2 6 (31.58%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (15.79%) Physics
4 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Agile
5 1 (5.26%) Android Development
5 1 (5.26%) API Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Batch Scripting
5 1 (5.26%) Code Quality
5 1 (5.26%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (5.26%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Cross-Platform Development
5 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
5 1 (5.26%) iOS Development
5 1 (5.26%) Mobile Development
5 1 (5.26%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Scrum
5 1 (5.26%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) C
1 4 (21.05%) C++
2 1 (5.26%) Bash
2 1 (5.26%) C#
2 1 (5.26%) Objective-C
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Apple
1 1 (5.26%) ESRI
1 1 (5.26%) Google
1 1 (5.26%) Mapbox
1 1 (5.26%) Xamarin