Java Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Java
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Java 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 4.00% 3.37% 2.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.50% 11.54% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £338 £490
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -31.12% +0.51%
South East median daily rate £450 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -21.74% +2.68% +4.19%

All Programming Languages
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 24 26 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 32.00% 29.21% 40.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 28
10th Percentile £336 £311 £306
25th Percentile £428 £375 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.90% +21.88% -23.81%
75th Percentile £613 £591 £539
90th Percentile £629 £639 £556
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £508
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.89% -4.15%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Java relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Java job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Java
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Java.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Java

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Java.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Java

Java
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 21 March 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
Brighton +2 3 £450 +50.00% 2
Java
South East

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Tricentis Tosca
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Toad
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Test Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) Express.js
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
2 1 (33.33%) MERN Stack
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) React
2 1 (33.33%) Spring
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Ariba
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) SAP