Java Developer
South East > Hampshire
The median Java Developer daily rate in Hampshire is £493, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 76 | 84 | 86 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +2 | +9 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire | 0.31% | 0.44% | 0.70% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.34% | 0.47% | 0.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £391 | £456 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £426 | £513 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £493 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.19% | +5.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £551 | £538 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £580 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £501 | £508 | £428 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.38% | +18.71% | -25.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £68.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £70.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | - | £72.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £55.00 | - | £72.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +5.45% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title | 886 | 1,276 | 1,195 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.00% | 93.07% | 92.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 611 | 810 | 681 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £358 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £422 | £450 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +1.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £649 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £700 | £680 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | +2.50% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 67 | 115 | 104 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.17 | £22.03 | £16.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.94 | £51.06 | £21.04 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.89 | £57.35 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.92% | +4.27% | +61.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.25 | £72.50 | £66.84 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.00 | £77.99 | £75.00 |
| South East median hourly rate | £25.15 | £57.50 | £50.71 |
| % change year-on-year | -56.26% | +13.39% | +111.29% |
Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire
Job postings that featured Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.
Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Hampshire.
Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Hampshire.
Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire
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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farnborough | +9 | 1 | £385 | -3.75% | 1 |
| Basingstoke | - | 1 | £600 | - | |
| Portsmouth | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Java Developer South East |
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Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire
For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Java Developer contract job roles required 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 Hampshire region featuring Java Developer in the job title.
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Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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: