Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Java Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Java Developer daily rate in Birmingham is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 43 63
Rank change year-on-year -23 +20 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 10 26 8
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.37% 3.59% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 3.78% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 7
10th Percentile £330 £443 £435
25th Percentile - £500 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £700
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +28.44%
75th Percentile - £702 -
90th Percentile £508 £763 -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £550 £700
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +35.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 654 687 713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 94.89% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 463 493
10th Percentile £227 £196 £254
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.54% -2.12%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £725 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 21
10th Percentile - £17.33 £14.54
25th Percentile £12.62 £23.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.69 £30.45 £31.04
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% -1.90% +63.37%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £31.50 £56.45 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.71 £22.50
% change year-on-year +5.44% +5.38% +26.98%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java Developer in Birmingham

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 8 (80.00%) Kafka
2 8 (80.00%) Microservices
2 8 (80.00%) SDLC
3 7 (70.00%) Gherkin
3 7 (70.00%) JUnit
3 7 (70.00%) MongoDB
3 7 (70.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (40.00%) NoSQL
4 4 (40.00%) Spring
4 4 (40.00%) TDD
5 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (30.00%) GitLab
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Open Source
6 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Spring Boot

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) MongoDB
2 4 (40.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) JUnit
2 3 (30.00%) GitLab
General
1 6 (60.00%) Banking
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Retail Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) Kafka
2 7 (70.00%) Gherkin
3 4 (40.00%) Spring
4 1 (10.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (30.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Microservices
1 8 (80.00%) SDLC
2 7 (70.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (40.00%) TDD
4 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared