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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 24 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 +14
Permanent jobs citing Java 9 15 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 6.34% 6.30% 5.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.14% 15.00% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 9
10th Percentile £65,875 - £44,950
25th Percentile £71,875 £32,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +140.00% -28.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £101,250 £64,063 £57,500
90th Percentile £105,375 £68,375 £62,600
Surrey median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +13.04%

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 28 100 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 19.72% 42.02% 48.84%
Number of salaries quoted 26 60 77
10th Percentile £47,500 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £54,375 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £106,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £71,750 £69,500
Surrey median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Job vacancy trend for Java 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Java in Guildford

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford 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 1 (11.11%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) GIS
2 1 (11.11%) Big Data
2 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
2 3 (33.33%) Selenium
3 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
3 2 (22.22%) JIRA
3 2 (22.22%) TestRail
4 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
4 1 (11.11%) Postman
4 1 (11.11%) SoapUI
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Java Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Java Developer
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Development
4 1 (11.11%) QA Automation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Qt
1 2 (22.22%) React
1 2 (22.22%) Spring Boot
2 1 (11.11%) Kafka
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (11.11%) pytest
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
1 2 (22.22%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) BDD
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
2 2 (22.22%) Mathematical Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
2 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
2 2 (22.22%) Parallel Programming
2 2 (22.22%) Physics
2 2 (22.22%) TDD
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (11.11%) Fintech
3 1 (11.11%) Microservices
3 1 (11.11%) QA Automation
3 1 (11.11%) SDLC
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
1 4 (44.44%) TypeScript
2 3 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) Bash
3 2 (22.22%) C++
3 2 (22.22%) Go
4 1 (11.11%) PHP
4 1 (11.11%) Scala
4 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
1 2 (22.22%) PhD
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (22.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Guidewire
1 1 (11.11%) Progress