Java Contract Job Trends in Brighton

Java
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Brighton requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 16 10
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +15
Contract jobs citing Java 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 8.11% 4.84% 5.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.43% 8.82% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £300 £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.14%
75th Percentile - - £315
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £300 £300 £300
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Programming Languages
Brighton

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 Brighton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14 34 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 37.84% 54.84% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 18
10th Percentile £300 £375 £285
25th Percentile £399 £380 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £573 £588 £549
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
East Sussex median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +7.69%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Java job vacancy trend in Brighton

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Java

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Brighton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Java

Java
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Tricentis Tosca
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Toad
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Test Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Voice Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Kotlin
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Ariba
2 2 (66.67%) SAP