The median contractor rate for a Java Developer was £550 per day in advertised job vacancies in England during the 6 months to 20 January 2021.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title
31,771
61,695
85,112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.42%
93.81%
94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted
21,776
41,774
57,884
Median daily rate
£475
£463
£463
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.70%
-
+2.78%
10th Percentile
£255
£250
£275
90th Percentile
£656
£650
£650
UK median daily rate
£470
£450
£450
% change year-on-year
+4.44%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,165
2,238
2,429
Median hourly rate
£22.50
£18.00
£17.66
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00%
+1.93%
-1.06%
10th Percentile
£11.17
£11.17
£11.00
90th Percentile
£57.17
£50.00
£48.75
Median hourly rate
£23.00
£18.00
£17.50
% change year-on-year
+27.78%
+2.86%
-1.35%
Java Developer Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings that featured Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Java Developer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java Developer in England.
Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in England over the 6 months to 20 January 2021.
Java Developer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java Developer in England.
Java Developer Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java Developer in England over the 6 months to 20 January 2021.
Java Developer Contract Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 January 2021. 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
Java Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 20 January 2021, Java Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Java Developer in the job title.
Java Developer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
