Java
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | - | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Java | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | 1.47% | - | 3.53% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.25% | - | 16.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £378 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £388 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £394 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £398 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £398 | £489 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.71% | -11.09% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £40.00 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | - | - | £31.21 |
All Programming Languages
Chester
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 Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 16 | 6 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 23.53% | 11.11% | 21.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £275 | £369 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £300 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +60.00% | -40.00% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £581 | £325 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £593 | - | £650 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £410 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.16% | -2.20% | +23.15% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £86.00 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +102.35% | +6.25% | - |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £86.00 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +102.35% | +6.25% | +63.27% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in Chester.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in Chester.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:
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