Java Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Java Software Engineer
South East > Hampshire

As of 7 April 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Java Software Engineer daily rate in Hampshire.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 1 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.061% - 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% - 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £178
25th Percentile - - £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £648
75th Percentile - - £692
90th Percentile - - £704
South East median daily rate £469 - £624
% change year-on-year - - +15.51%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,528 685 1,401
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 94.88% 89.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 507 794
10th Percentile £350 £300 £358
25th Percentile £475 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £675
90th Percentile £738 £665 £738
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 43 161
10th Percentile £13.95 £20.00 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.66 £27.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £52.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% -8.46% +14.70%
75th Percentile £51.88 £73.13 £62.50
90th Percentile £63.15 £75.00 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £34.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.68% -27.37% +5.56%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Java Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

Java Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

Java Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 7 April 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
Portsmouth - 1 - -
Java Software Engineer
South East

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 7 April 2026, Java Software Engineer 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 Hampshire region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) UML

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java