Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Burgess Hill

Java Developer
West Sussex > Burgess Hill

The median Java Developer daily rate in Burgess Hill is £359, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Burgess Hill 9.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £352 - -
25th Percentile £353 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 - -
75th Percentile £367 - -
90th Percentile £369 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £359 £590 £430
% change year-on-year -39.19% +37.21% -24.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Burgess Hill

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Burgess Hill. 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 Burgess Hill with a recognized job title 17 14 22
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 77.27% 82.35% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 10
10th Percentile £252 £194 £211
25th Percentile £275 £206 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £281 £300 £291
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +3.09% -
75th Percentile £356 £338 £384
90th Percentile £368 - £467
West Sussex median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.50 - £20.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -30.23% -
75th Percentile £24.50 - £22.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median hourly rate £22.99 £19.83 £21.50
% change year-on-year +15.94% -7.77% -2.98%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Burgess Hill

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 Burgess Hill.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Burgess Hill

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Burgess Hill

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Burgess Hill

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burgess Hill

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, 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 Burgess Hill region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) Gradle
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Maven
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Vert.x
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burgess Hill 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 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Gradle
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Maven
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk