Java Contract Job Trends in Gwent

Java
South Wales > Gwent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gwent requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Java 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gwent 12.50% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate £475 £438 £525
% change year-on-year +8.57% -16.67% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
Gwent

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 Gwent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2 12 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gwent 25.00% 33.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate £450 £469 £425
% change year-on-year -4.00% +10.29% -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75.00 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £31.25 £20.24 £51.25
% change year-on-year +54.44% -60.52% +170.38%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Gwent

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

Java job vacancy trend in Gwent

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Dutch Language
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce