Java Contracts in Bedfordshire

Java
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 34 31
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Java 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 0.64% 0.41% 1.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.56% 5.00% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £393 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £395 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -16.84% -
75th Percentile - £398 £488
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £490 £490 £539
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -2.00%

All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 18 20 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 11.54% 8.13% 23.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 33
10th Percentile £440 - £320
25th Percentile £506 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £675 £550 £600
90th Percentile £683 £568 -
East of England median daily rate £479 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +0.79% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £41.06 £53.25 -
25th Percentile £60.75 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile - £71.75 -
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.54% - +16.07%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Java in Bedfordshire

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Java in Bedfordshire

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Java in Bedfordshire

Java
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 within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bedford - 1 - - 29
Java
East of England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JTAPI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) MKS
1 1 (100.00%) Verint