Java Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Java
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bracknell requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 37
Rank change year-on-year -3 +23 -21
Contract jobs citing Java 6 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 5.71% 7.79% 0.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.58% 33.33% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £204 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £390 £375
Median % change year-on-year -46.79% +4.00% -9.96%
75th Percentile £258 £402 £388
90th Percentile £343 £423 -
Berkshire median daily rate £375 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -34.78% - +19.79%

All Programming Languages
Bracknell

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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 19 18 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 18.10% 23.38% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 9
10th Percentile - £390 £196
25th Percentile £204 £407 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £471 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.12% +4.72% +2.86%
75th Percentile £430 £528 £500
90th Percentile £440 £571 £538
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -11.71% -2.18% +4.76%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Java relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell.

Java job vacancy trend in Bracknell

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Java.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Java

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in Bracknell

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in Bracknell over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Java in Bracknell

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Java.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Java

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell 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 1 (16.67%) Datadog
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Browser DevTools
1 3 (50.00%) Firebug
2 2 (33.33%) Eclipse
2 2 (33.33%) Maven
2 2 (33.33%) Subversion
3 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Applications Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Backend Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) XML
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) Spring
3 1 (16.67%) Spring Batch
3 1 (16.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (33.33%) Component Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Observability
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Atlassian