Java Architect Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Java Architect
South West > Dorset

The median Java Architect daily rate in Dorset is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.98% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South West median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 97 112 268
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 94.12% 97.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 68 148
10th Percentile £167 £307 £176
25th Percentile £203 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -7.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £543 £630 £638
90th Percentile £556 £700 £679
South West median daily rate £508 £508 £538
% change year-on-year - -5.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 60
10th Percentile £14.95 £14.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.71 £17.62
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -72.35% +10.40%
75th Percentile £15.75 £22.79 £65.98
90th Percentile £18.91 £43.84 £69.62
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +3.94%

Java Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings that featured Java Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Java Architect in Dorset

Java Architect
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Architect within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Bournemouth - 1 £500 -
Java Architect
South West

Java Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Java Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Dorset region featuring Java Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Security
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering

Java Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Security
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java