The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East Sussex 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
15
18
Rank change year-on-year
-4
+3
+13
Contract jobs citing Java
1
3
6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex
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 East Sussex.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
26
31
41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex
22.81%
36.47%
34.17%
Number of daily rates quoted
23
28
23
10th Percentile
£325
£306
£405
25th Percentile
£375
£325
£481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£475
£575
Median % change year-on-year
-
-17.39%
+15.00%
75th Percentile
£575
£545
£773
90th Percentile
£638
£566
£845
South East median daily rate
£514
£500
£525
% change year-on-year
+2.80%
-4.76%
+5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
0
3
10th Percentile
-
-
£51.50
25th Percentile
-
-
£51.88
Median hourly rate
-
-
£55.00
75th Percentile
-
-
£62.50
90th Percentile
-
-
£65.50
South East median hourly rate
£56.75
£60.00
£55.00
% change year-on-year
-5.42%
+9.09%
+26.03%
Java Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex
Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.
Java Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in East Sussex.
Java Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in East Sussex.
Java Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Java also mentioned 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 East Sussex region with a requirement for Java.
Java Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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:
