Senior Java Developer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Senior Java Developer
England > East of England

The median Senior Java Developer daily rate in the East of England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 81 106
Rank change year-on-year -17 +25 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 1 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.059% 0.55% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.60% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £700
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -46.43% +27.97%
England median daily rate £575 £650 £750
% change year-on-year -11.54% -13.33% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,525 993 1,609
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.40% 90.44% 90.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 455 861
10th Percentile £188 £225 £219
25th Percentile £313 £336 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.52%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £683 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 460 145 374
10th Percentile £13.69 £16.79 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £21.46 £15.81
Median hourly rate £24.01 £50.00 £40.29
Median % change year-on-year -51.99% +24.09% +91.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%

Senior Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Java Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Senior Java Developer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Senior Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Senior Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Java Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Java Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Senior Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 January 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
Suffolk 0 1 £450 +20.00%
Senior Java Developer
England

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, Senior 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 East of England region featuring Senior Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker