Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Java Developer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Java Developer daily rate in Bedfordshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.74% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £375 £485
% change year-on-year +33.33% -22.68% -19.83%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 248 129 249
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 90.21% 90.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 66 158
10th Percentile £398 £215 £285
25th Percentile £413 £500 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 25
10th Percentile £48.03 £21.61 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £29.00 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £50.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.42% +177.78% -58.86%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.10 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.55 £77.60 £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £23.83 £53.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -55.05% +34.01% +88.24%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 6 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 2 £500 -
Java Developer
East of England

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Storage
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Storage
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft