Java Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Java
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 37 45
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 +14
Contract jobs citing Java 15 23 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 4.81% 4.49% 1.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.48% 21.50% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 6
10th Percentile £316 - £388
25th Percentile £400 £405 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.60% +4.74% -9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £525 £525
90th Percentile - £539 £650
East of England median daily rate £489 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -1.80% -5.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 £63.75 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% - -
75th Percentile £43.75 £71.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £52.50 £60.00 £71.25
% change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +35.71%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 91 107 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 29.17% 20.90% 27.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 57 105
10th Percentile £250 £320 £363
25th Percentile £395 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £552 £550 £525
90th Percentile £669 £585 £575
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 16
10th Percentile £20.78 £35.51 £24.63
25th Percentile £26.82 £48.00 £43.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £49.06 £63.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.25 £57.50
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +17.12%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Java in Cambridgeshire

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for Java in Cambridgeshire

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in Cambridgeshire

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for Java in Cambridgeshire

Java
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 5 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -4 12 £600 +21.21% 77
Peterborough - 2 - - 15
Java
East of England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (53.33%) WebLogic
1 8 (53.33%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Java Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Performance Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Junior
3 2 (13.33%) Junior Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Junior Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Software Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Support Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) .NET
1 8 (53.33%) HTML
1 8 (53.33%) Middleware
1 8 (53.33%) Node.js
2 2 (13.33%) JSON
2 2 (13.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (20.00%) Garbage Collection
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Agile
5 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) CI/CD
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) ITSM
5 1 (6.67%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (6.67%) LLM
5 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (6.67%) Observability
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) C
1 8 (53.33%) C++
1 8 (53.33%) PHP
2 1 (6.67%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Dynatrace
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) Workday