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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 25 14
Rank change year-on-year +5 -11 +16
Permanent jobs citing Java 11 2 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 4.93% 1.57% 9.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.75% 2.90% 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 20
10th Percentile £75,000 £64,625 £37,000
25th Percentile £80,000 £65,938 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £71,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +29.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £97,500 £75,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £76,875 £66,500
Surrey median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +12.50% +4.35%

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 53 69 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 23.77% 54.33% 38.21%
Number of salaries quoted 46 37 76
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £57,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% +10.58% -5.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £82,500 £69,500
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%

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 29 January 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 2 (18.18%) Google Play
1 2 (18.18%) TestFlight
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
2 3 (27.27%) Git
2 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (18.18%) Android Studio
3 2 (18.18%) CMake
3 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
3 2 (18.18%) Xcode
4 1 (9.09%) Postman
4 1 (9.09%) SoapUI
4 1 (9.09%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (9.09%) TestRail
General
1 2 (18.18%) Aviation
1 2 (18.18%) Publishing
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Java Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Java Software Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Java Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Java Software Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Developer
3 4 (36.36%) UI Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Android Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Applications Developer
4 2 (18.18%) iOS Android Developer
4 2 (18.18%) iOS Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Java Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Mobile Developer
5 1 (9.09%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Lead Java Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
1 3 (27.27%) Qt
2 2 (18.18%) Google Maps API
2 2 (18.18%) OpenGL
2 2 (18.18%) OpenSceneGraph
2 2 (18.18%) QML
2 2 (18.18%) Qt Quick
2 2 (18.18%) Vulkan
3 1 (9.09%) HTML
3 1 (9.09%) REST
3 1 (9.09%) SOAP
3 1 (9.09%) Spring
3 1 (9.09%) Spring Boot
3 1 (9.09%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
3 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
1 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
1 2 (18.18%) Mac OS
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Android Development
3 2 (18.18%) Batch Scripting
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (18.18%) Cross-Platform Development
3 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (18.18%) iOS Development
4 1 (9.09%) API Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Fintech
4 1 (9.09%) Mathematical Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile Development
4 1 (9.09%) Multithreading
4 1 (9.09%) MVC
4 1 (9.09%) Parallel Programming
4 1 (9.09%) Physics
4 1 (9.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Bash
1 3 (27.27%) C++
2 2 (18.18%) C
2 2 (18.18%) Objective-C
3 1 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PhD
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Apple
1 2 (18.18%) ESRI
1 2 (18.18%) Google
1 2 (18.18%) Mapbox
1 2 (18.18%) Xamarin