Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Brighton

Java Developer
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Java Developer daily rate in Brighton is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 17 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 2.44% 3.23% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 3.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
East Sussex median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Brighton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Brighton. 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 Brighton with a recognized job title 41 56 47
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.32% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 34 32
10th Percentile £361 £331 £285
25th Percentile £438 £413 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -7.45% -6.85%
75th Percentile £629 £625 £674
90th Percentile £950 £638 £745
East Sussex median daily rate £463 £500 £528
% change year-on-year -7.50% -5.21% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £21.98
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £23.95
75th Percentile £27.50 - £25.93
90th Percentile £31.73 - -
East Sussex median hourly rate £15.75 £52.50 £23.95
% change year-on-year -70.00% +119.21% -29.02%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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 Brighton.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Brighton

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

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

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

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton

For the 6 months to 15 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 Brighton region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton 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 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker