Java Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Java
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring Java skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Java 6 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basildon 18.75% - 20.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.33% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile £487 - £433
25th Percentile £488 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.79%
75th Percentile £634 - £580
90th Percentile £691 - £639
Essex median daily rate £500 - £513
% change year-on-year - - -5.09%

All Programming Languages
Basildon

Java falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 18 10 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 56.25% 20.83% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 11
10th Percentile £435 - £209
25th Percentile £476 - £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +56.79%
75th Percentile £537 - £570
90th Percentile £687 - £592
Essex median daily rate £500 £288 £500
% change year-on-year +73.91% -42.50% +1.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £54.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £80.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +39.13% +4.55%
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -12.16% +0.68%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

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

Job vacancy trend for Java in Basildon

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Java.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Java

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in Basildon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in Basildon over the 6 months to 10 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in Basildon

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Java.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Java

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basildon 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 2 (33.33%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) GCP Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) GCP Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Java Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Java Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) R Developer
4 1 (16.67%) SAS Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Software Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scorecard
3 2 (33.33%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Community of Practice
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) R
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google