Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Java Developer
North West > Cheshire

The median Java Developer daily rate in Cheshire is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 53 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 25 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 3.72% 0.42% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.19% 0.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 25 2 0
10th Percentile £320 £317 -
25th Percentile £355 £328 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £346 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.28% - -
75th Percentile £468 £364 -
90th Percentile £482 £375 -
North West median daily rate £430 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -21.82% +22.22% -23.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 597 421 336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.84% 88.82% 85.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 244 221
10th Percentile £271 £323 £265
25th Percentile £358 £377 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% -2.65% +11.11%
75th Percentile £551 £572 £550
90th Percentile £688 £639 £588
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 24 24
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.01 £17.14
25th Percentile £19.00 £15.84 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £22.09 £28.31
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -21.96% +48.97%
75th Percentile £36.75 £30.67 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.33 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £25.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.00% -27.71% +74.43%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java Developer in Cheshire

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Cheshire

Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Knutsford +1 25 £430 +24.28%
Java Developer
North West

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 13 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 Cheshire region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Java
2 24 (96.00%) Spring Boot
3 21 (84.00%) Git
3 21 (84.00%) Spring
4 20 (80.00%) Agile
4 20 (80.00%) CI/CD
5 18 (72.00%) Microservices
6 16 (64.00%) SQL
7 15 (60.00%) TDD
8 14 (56.00%) Docker
8 14 (56.00%) JIRA
8 14 (56.00%) Kubernetes
8 14 (56.00%) RESTful
8 14 (56.00%) Test Automation
9 13 (52.00%) AWS
9 13 (52.00%) GitLab
9 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (52.00%) REST
10 12 (48.00%) QA
11 11 (44.00%) Hibernate
11 11 (44.00%) Jenkins
11 11 (44.00%) React
12 10 (40.00%) Containerisation
12 10 (40.00%) GitHub
12 10 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
13 9 (36.00%) AI
13 9 (36.00%) Cucumber
13 9 (36.00%) DevOps
13 9 (36.00%) JUnit
13 9 (36.00%) Oracle

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 13 (52.00%) AWS
2 10 (40.00%) GitHub
3 6 (24.00%) Azure
4 4 (16.00%) Apigee
4 4 (16.00%) GCP
4 4 (16.00%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (4.00%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) HTTP
1 4 (16.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) MySQL
1 4 (16.00%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (16.00%) Relational Database
2 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (84.00%) Git
2 14 (56.00%) JIRA
3 13 (52.00%) GitLab
4 11 (44.00%) Jenkins
5 9 (36.00%) Cucumber
5 9 (36.00%) JUnit
6 4 (16.00%) Postman
6 4 (16.00%) SonarQube
7 3 (12.00%) Bitbucket
7 3 (12.00%) Maven
7 3 (12.00%) Mockito
7 3 (12.00%) Selenium
7 3 (12.00%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (4.00%) Cypress.io
8 1 (4.00%) Grunt
8 1 (4.00%) gulp
General
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Banking
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (96.00%) Spring Boot
2 21 (84.00%) Spring
3 14 (56.00%) RESTful
4 13 (52.00%) REST
5 11 (44.00%) Hibernate
5 11 (44.00%) React
6 7 (28.00%) Kafka
7 6 (24.00%) JMS
8 5 (20.00%) JSON
9 4 (16.00%) CSS
9 4 (16.00%) HTML
9 4 (16.00%) JAX-RS
9 4 (16.00%) Jest
9 4 (16.00%) Node.js
9 4 (16.00%) OAuth
9 4 (16.00%) OAuth2
9 4 (16.00%) Redux
9 4 (16.00%) Spring MVC
9 4 (16.00%) Spring Security
9 4 (16.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Cloud Native
1 6 (24.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Agile
1 20 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 18 (72.00%) Microservices
3 15 (60.00%) TDD
4 14 (56.00%) Test Automation
5 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (40.00%) Containerisation
6 10 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (36.00%) AI
7 9 (36.00%) DevOps
8 8 (32.00%) API Design
8 8 (32.00%) Computer Science
8 8 (32.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (32.00%) SDLC
9 6 (24.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 6 (24.00%) Performance Optimisation
9 6 (24.00%) Sprint Planning
10 5 (20.00%) API Development
10 5 (20.00%) Migration
10 5 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) Java
2 16 (64.00%) SQL
3 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (16.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (32.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (48.00%) QA
2 6 (24.00%) ISO 20022
2 6 (24.00%) PSD2
2 6 (24.00%) SEPA
3 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (56.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (56.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Oracle
2 4 (16.00%) Splunk
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) Veracode
4 1 (4.00%) Perforce