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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -20 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Java 14 9 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 2.57% 6.29% 6.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.72% 32.14% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 12
10th Percentile £38,920 £65,875 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £71,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +140.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £101,250 £64,063
90th Percentile - £105,375 £68,375
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -23.08%

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 144 28 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 26.42% 19.58% 40.76%
Number of salaries quoted 127 26 60
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £64,375 £54,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £82,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +53.49% -14.00%
75th Percentile - £106,250 £65,000
90th Percentile - £117,500 £70,125
Surrey median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -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 14 September 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:

General
1 2 (14.29%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Developer
1 9 (64.29%) Java Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Senior
2 7 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Real Time Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
2 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (14.29%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) C++
2 3 (21.43%) Python
3 2 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Degree