Java Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Java
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 23 33
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 -11
Contract jobs citing Java 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.47% 0.67% 3.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.50% 2.70% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
North West median daily rate £450 £450 £530
% change year-on-year - -15.09% -7.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £40.05
25th Percentile - - £43.80
Median hourly rate £81.50 - £45.88
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £81.50 £36.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +126.39% -42.40% +39.88%

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 40 37 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 18.69% 24.83% 23.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 22
10th Percentile £226 £363 £400
25th Percentile £375 £403 £537
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £624
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -19.84% +22.30%
75th Percentile - £556 £645
90th Percentile £565 £570 £650
North West median daily rate £425 £453 £488
% change year-on-year -6.08% -7.18% -5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 28
10th Percentile £57.97 £44.78 £45.88
25th Percentile £63.43 - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +60.81% - +87.88%
75th Percentile - £54.69 £47.14
90th Percentile £74.98 £65.75 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +14.25% +40.75% +20.26%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Java job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Java.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Java

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Java.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Java

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle