Java Software Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Java Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

As of 1 May 2025, 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 Manchester.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 91 115
Rank change year-on-year +19 +24 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 7 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.76% 0.33% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.34% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £535 -
25th Percentile - £550 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile - £650 £675
90th Percentile - £665 -
North West median daily rate - £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
North West median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year - +72.46% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Java Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Java Software Engineer in Manchester

Java Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java Software Engineer in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Java Software Engineer in Manchester

Java Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java Software Engineer in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Java Software Engineer in Manchester

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Java Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Java
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Docker
2 6 (85.71%) Microservices
2 6 (85.71%) Spring
2 6 (85.71%) Spring Boot
2 6 (85.71%) Containerisation
3 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
3 5 (71.43%) OpenAPI
3 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
3 5 (71.43%) Swagger
3 5 (71.43%) React
3 5 (71.43%) Liquibase
3 5 (71.43%) DevOps
3 5 (71.43%) TypeScript
3 5 (71.43%) Relational Database
3 5 (71.43%) Kafka
3 5 (71.43%) Gradle
3 5 (71.43%) Jenkins
3 5 (71.43%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (71.43%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (71.43%) Mockito
3 5 (71.43%) Marketing
3 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 5 (71.43%) JUnit
3 5 (71.43%) SAP
3 5 (71.43%) Electronics

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (71.43%) Relational Database
2 1 (14.29%) Apache Accumulo
2 1 (14.29%) Big Data
2 1 (14.29%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Gradle
1 5 (71.43%) Jenkins
1 5 (71.43%) JUnit
1 5 (71.43%) Liquibase
1 5 (71.43%) Mockito
General
1 5 (71.43%) Electronics
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
1 5 (71.43%) Marketing
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) Spring
1 6 (85.71%) Spring Boot
2 5 (71.43%) Kafka
2 5 (71.43%) OpenAPI
2 5 (71.43%) React
2 5 (71.43%) Swagger
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (85.71%) Containerisation
2 6 (85.71%) Microservices
3 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
3 5 (71.43%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (71.43%) DevOps
3 5 (71.43%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (71.43%) Migration
3 5 (71.43%) Programme Management
3 5 (71.43%) TDD
4 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
4 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) OO
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat