Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Luton

Java Developer
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Java Developer daily rate in Luton is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 145 70 181
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 85.37% 90.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 38 121
10th Percentile £371 £121 £363
25th Percentile £413 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £697 £560
90th Percentile £650 £700 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £505 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 10 19
10th Percentile £60.00 £20.26 -
25th Percentile £62.73 £43.06 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £57.20 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +19.25% +262.25% -72.30%
75th Percentile £80.00 £67.03 £61.63
90th Percentile £84.10 £81.25 £65.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £50.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +36.42% +177.78% -58.86%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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 Luton.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Luton

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, 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 Luton region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Storage
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Storage
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft