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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Java 16 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 3.00% 4.35% 5.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.94% 19.35% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 10
10th Percentile £38,920 £63,125 £32,250
25th Percentile £58,480 £71,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +140.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile - £105,938 £64,688
90th Percentile - £106,875 £69,750
Surrey median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 134 31 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 25.14% 22.46% 44.09%
Number of salaries quoted 120 30 50
10th Percentile £44,650 £47,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £78,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +43.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £65,000
90th Percentile - £114,500 £76,500
Surrey median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +17.39% - +4.55%

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 14 October 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) Subversion
General
1 2 (12.50%) Aviation
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Developer
1 11 (68.75%) Java Developer
2 9 (56.25%) Senior
2 9 (56.25%) Senior Developer
2 9 (56.25%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Java Developer
3 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared Java Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (56.25%) Swing
2 1 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (6.25%) Image Processing
4 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Physics
4 1 (6.25%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C++
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) C
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) PhD