Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Java Developer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Java Developer daily rate in Cheltenham is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 2.33% - 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.46% - 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 122 54 188
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 94.74% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 33 90
10th Percentile £156 £515 £361
25th Percentile £380 £548 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £615 £555
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +10.81% -7.50%
75th Percentile £625 £676 £668
90th Percentile £700 £748 £739
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 10
10th Percentile - - £62.30
25th Percentile £12.43 £55.00 £68.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £60.00 £71.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.17% -15.49% -12.35%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.35 - £73.88
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £42.50 £67.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.04% +68.75% -45.21%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 25 May 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 Cheltenham region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
1 3 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) RESTful
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Kafka
3 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (33.33%) React
3 1 (33.33%) Terraform
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Vue

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
1 3 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (33.33%) Kafka
3 1 (33.33%) React
3 1 (33.33%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform
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