Senior Java Developer Contracts in Belfast

Senior Java Developer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Senior Java Developer daily rate in Belfast is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 1.36% - 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% - 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile £523 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 135 116 147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.31% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 71 72
10th Percentile £155 £173 £166
25th Percentile £273 £313 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +7.46% -
75th Percentile £530 £575 £504
90th Percentile £625 £650 £636
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £450 £419
% change year-on-year -8.89% +7.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 8
10th Percentile £22.50 - £13.29
25th Percentile £22.92 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +87.45% -2.79% +16.74%
75th Percentile £48.32 £16.12 £15.94
90th Percentile £78.47 - £16.87
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.18 £15.75 £14.59
% change year-on-year +53.52% +7.93% +5.06%

Senior Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings that featured Senior Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Java Developer in Belfast

Senior Java Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Java Developer in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for Senior Java Developer in Belfast

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior Java Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Belfast region featuring Senior Java Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Database Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Derivative
2 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Sybase
2 1 (50.00%) DB2
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) SOA

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) DB2
2 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (50.00%) Derivative
2 1 (50.00%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Distributed Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Database Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Sybase