Lead Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Lead Java Developer
Essex > Basildon

The median Lead Java Developer daily rate in Basildon is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Java Developer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 1.43% - 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% - 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £515 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £600
75th Percentile £545 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £530 - £600

All Contract IT Job Roles
Basildon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basildon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Basildon with a recognized job title 66 25 68
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 100.00% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 14 18
10th Percentile £350 £316 £265
25th Percentile £382 £332 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £406 £550
Median % change year-on-year +24.92% -26.14% +6.08%
75th Percentile £589 £482 £599
90th Percentile £600 £488 £623
Essex median daily rate £450 £388 £440
% change year-on-year +16.13% -11.83% -12.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 37
10th Percentile £17.26 £37.85 £29.17
25th Percentile £32.75 £39.88 £52.50
Median hourly rate £53.75 £44.00 £70.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.16% -37.59% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.38 £80.00
90th Percentile £72.10 £48.95 -
Essex median hourly rate £18.25 £30.08 £55.00
% change year-on-year -39.32% -45.32% -4.35%

Lead Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Java Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Lead Java Developer job vacancy trend in Basildon

Lead Java Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 8 July 2026, Lead Java Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Basildon region featuring Lead Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD

Lead Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
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