Java Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Java
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Java 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.18% - 2.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.67% - 8.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.38%
75th Percentile £738 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £385 £356 £500
% change year-on-year +8.15% -28.80% -4.76%

All Programming Languages
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 30 18 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 17.75% 19.15% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 49
10th Percentile £409 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £344 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £530
90th Percentile - £530 £575
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £13.84 - £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
East Midlands median hourly rate £36.92 £17.71 £53.00
% change year-on-year +108.47% -66.58% +169.51%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Java job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Java

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Java

Java
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
Leicester - 2 £725 - 4
Java
East Midlands

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 2 (100.00%) Apache
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Apache NiFi
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared