Java Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Java
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 19 35
Rank change year-on-year -23 +16 -21
Contract jobs citing Java 1 7 17
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 0.29% 5.15% 4.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.08% 14.89% 38.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 14
10th Percentile - - £643
25th Percentile - - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £725
Median % change year-on-year - -17.24% +38.10%
75th Percentile - - £738
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £456 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -27.08% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 - £65.00

All Programming Languages
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 48 47 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 14.04% 34.56% 11.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 35 20
10th Percentile £500 £456 £515
25th Percentile £600 £463 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £528 £725
Median % change year-on-year +18.48% -27.24% +28.89%
75th Percentile £725 £618 £738
90th Percentile £746 £688 -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -1.36% -3.23% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £33.78
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -24.00% +0.81% +16.98%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Java relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Java job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Java

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Java

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Documentum
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared