Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Java Engineer
Bedfordshire > Bedford

As of 28 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Java Engineer daily rate in Bedford.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 2.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 35 15 29
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 100.00% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 16
10th Percentile £466 £217 £173
25th Percentile £475 £502 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £275
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% +100.00% +50.68%
75th Percentile £647 £675 £513
90th Percentile £675 £679 £756
Bedfordshire median daily rate £513 £580 £500
% change year-on-year -11.64% +16.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £13.47
25th Percentile £65.00 - £15.29
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £31.80
Median % change year-on-year - - +128.86%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £32.90
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £41.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year +64.36% +130.56% -36.84%

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Bedford

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 28 March 2026, Java Engineer 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 Bedford region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java