Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Java Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Java Engineer daily rate in Dorset is £384, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 22 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 2.29% 1.08% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 1.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £357 - -
25th Percentile £366 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 - -
75th Percentile £386 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £384 £590 £600
% change year-on-year -34.92% -1.67% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 125 93 201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 100.00% 99.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 56 109
10th Percentile £248 £223 £170
25th Percentile £375 £363 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £446 £498
Median % change year-on-year +12.23% -10.45% +0.51%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £675
90th Percentile £688 £688 £825
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 61
10th Percentile £22.00 - £13.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £14.41 £14.93
Median hourly rate £65.00 £14.81 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year +338.89% -69.04% -13.16%
75th Percentile £74.68 £20.11 £57.33
90th Percentile - £23.04 £65.98
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Dorset

Java Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Dorset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Dorset

Java Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Dorset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Dorset

Java Engineer
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 Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 11 February 2026. 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 -2 3 £384 - 7
Java Engineer
South West

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 11 February 2026, Java Engineer 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 Dorset region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Terraform

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle