Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Java Developer
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Java Developer daily rate in Knutsford is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 31 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 23 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 8.46% 2.82% -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.95% 3.01% -
Number of daily rates quoted 22 5 0
10th Percentile £313 £332 -
25th Percentile £358 £366 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £372 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% - -
75th Percentile £469 £382 -
90th Percentile £488 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £430 £373 -
% change year-on-year +15.28% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 257 166 85
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 93.79% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 137 62
10th Percentile £310 £324 £422
25th Percentile £358 £356 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £415 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -20.95% +6.82%
75th Percentile £492 £550 £586
90th Percentile £565 £658 £595
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -5.86% -4.40% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £22.09 £28.31
% change year-on-year +3.44% -21.96% +29.96%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Knutsford

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Knutsford over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java Developer in Knutsford

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Java 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 Knutsford region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Java
2 22 (95.65%) Spring Boot
3 19 (82.61%) Spring
4 18 (78.26%) Git
5 17 (73.91%) JIRA
5 17 (73.91%) Microservices
6 16 (69.57%) REST
7 15 (65.22%) Agile
7 15 (65.22%) SQL
8 14 (60.87%) AWS
9 13 (56.52%) CI/CD
9 13 (56.52%) Jenkins
9 13 (56.52%) JUnit
10 12 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (52.17%) React
11 11 (47.83%) QA
11 11 (47.83%) TDD
12 10 (43.48%) RESTful
12 10 (43.48%) Test Automation
13 9 (39.13%) Cucumber
13 9 (39.13%) DevOps
13 9 (39.13%) GitLab
13 9 (39.13%) Oracle
13 9 (39.13%) User Acceptance Testing
14 7 (30.43%) Docker
14 7 (30.43%) Kafka
14 7 (30.43%) Kubernetes
14 7 (30.43%) Maven
14 7 (30.43%) Requirements Gathering
14 7 (30.43%) SDLC

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) JBoss
1 4 (17.39%) Tomcat
2 3 (13.04%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 14 (60.87%) AWS
2 6 (26.09%) GitHub
3 5 (21.74%) Azure
4 4 (17.39%) OpenShift
5 2 (8.70%) Apigee
5 2 (8.70%) GCP
6 1 (4.35%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) HTTP
1 2 (8.70%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (78.26%) Git
2 17 (73.91%) JIRA
3 13 (56.52%) Jenkins
3 13 (56.52%) JUnit
4 9 (39.13%) Cucumber
4 9 (39.13%) GitLab
5 7 (30.43%) Maven
5 7 (30.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (17.39%) Gradle
6 4 (17.39%) SonarQube
7 3 (13.04%) Bitbucket
7 3 (13.04%) Mockito
7 3 (13.04%) Selenium
8 2 (8.70%) Postman
9 1 (4.35%) Cypress.io
9 1 (4.35%) Grunt
9 1 (4.35%) gulp
General
1 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Banking
2 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (95.65%) Spring Boot
2 19 (82.61%) Spring
3 16 (69.57%) REST
4 12 (52.17%) React
5 10 (43.48%) RESTful
6 7 (30.43%) Kafka
7 5 (21.74%) Hibernate
7 5 (21.74%) JMS
8 4 (17.39%) CSS
8 4 (17.39%) HTML
8 4 (17.39%) Jest
8 4 (17.39%) Node.js
8 4 (17.39%) Redux
8 4 (17.39%) SOAP
8 4 (17.39%) Spring Cloud
9 3 (13.04%) JPA
9 3 (13.04%) JSON
10 2 (8.70%) JWT
10 2 (8.70%) OAuth
10 2 (8.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Cloud Native
1 5 (21.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Linux
1 4 (17.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Microservices
2 15 (65.22%) Agile
3 13 (56.52%) CI/CD
4 12 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (47.83%) TDD
6 10 (43.48%) Test Automation
7 9 (39.13%) DevOps
7 9 (39.13%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (30.43%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (30.43%) SDLC
9 6 (26.09%) Performance Optimisation
9 6 (26.09%) Sprint Planning
10 5 (21.74%) AI
10 5 (21.74%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 5 (21.74%) Containerisation
10 5 (21.74%) Migration
10 5 (21.74%) Release Management
10 5 (21.74%) Scrum
10 5 (21.74%) Sprint Retrospective
11 4 (17.39%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) Java
2 15 (65.22%) SQL
3 5 (21.74%) JavaScript
4 4 (17.39%) Python
4 4 (17.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (47.83%) QA
2 5 (21.74%) ISO 20022
2 5 (21.74%) PSD2
2 5 (21.74%) SEPA
3 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Oracle
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) Veracode
4 2 (8.70%) Splunk
5 1 (4.35%) Perforce