Senior Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Senior Java Developer
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Senior Java Developer daily rate in Bournemouth is £409, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 5.63% 3.92% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.71% 3.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 - -
Dorset median daily rate £409 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 70 51 90
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.59% 100.00% 96.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 35 61
10th Percentile £274 £325 £170
25th Percentile £409 £389 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £334
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +34.93% -31.59%
75th Percentile £675 £528 £825
90th Percentile £688 £635 -
Dorset median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 20
10th Percentile - - £13.90
25th Percentile - £14.41 £14.48
Median hourly rate £22.00 £14.81 £15.33
Median % change year-on-year +48.55% -3.39% -12.40%
75th Percentile £33.41 £20.11 £17.86
90th Percentile £40.25 £23.04 £18.87
Dorset median hourly rate £44.81 £14.81 £53.34
% change year-on-year +202.57% -72.23% +6.86%

Senior Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Senior Java Developer job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Senior Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Developer job vacancies in Bournemouth

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, Senior 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 Bournemouth region featuring Senior Java Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (50.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (50.00%) MVC
2 2 (50.00%) MySQL
2 2 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Spring
2 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (50.00%) Spring MVC

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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 4 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
1 2 (50.00%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
1 2 (50.00%) Spring MVC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) MVC
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes