Java Software Developer Contract Job Trends in Essex

Java Software Developer
East of England > Essex

The median Java Software Developer daily rate in Essex is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Developer 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.86% - 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% - 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £497
25th Percentile - - £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - £543
75th Percentile - - £571
90th Percentile - - £589
East of England median daily rate £505 - £543
% change year-on-year - - +4.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 219 86 198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 96.63% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 41 99
10th Percentile £300 £189 £250
25th Percentile £338 £315 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -5.76%
75th Percentile £503 £476 £556
90th Percentile £588 £500 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 18 50
10th Percentile £15.99 £13.25 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.11 £13.65 £16.65
Median hourly rate £20.51 £32.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.89% -40.91% +26.06%
75th Percentile £42.14 £48.30 £80.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £144.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £30.58 £46.18 £43.00
% change year-on-year -33.78% +7.40% +2.87%

Java Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Java Software Developer job vacancy trend in Essex

Java Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in Essex

Java Software Developer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Developer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Basildon - 1 £505 -
Java Software Developer
East of England

Java Software Developer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 16 May 2026, Java Software 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 Essex region featuring Java Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development

Java Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java