Senior Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Java Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Java Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - 96
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Java Engineer 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.28% - 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% - 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £461 - -
25th Percentile £478 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £533 - -
90th Percentile £549 - -
North West median daily rate £505 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,684 856 1,407
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 92.94% 95.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 983 594 953
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £575
90th Percentile £669 £668 £688
North West median daily rate £475 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 47 87
10th Percentile £22.50 - £12.14
25th Percentile £34.88 £13.00 £13.41
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.80 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +177.78% -26.67% +32.66%
75th Percentile £77.00 £64.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £28.75 £32.90
% change year-on-year +62.78% -12.60% +16.07%

Senior Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Senior Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior Java Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Senior Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 June 2026, Senior Java Engineer 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 Manchester region featuring Senior Java Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Spring
2 3 (60.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon S3
3 2 (40.00%) API Design
3 2 (40.00%) AWS Fargate
3 2 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Docker
3 2 (40.00%) DynamoDB
3 2 (40.00%) Git
3 2 (40.00%) Gradle
3 2 (40.00%) GraphQL
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Maven
3 2 (40.00%) Micro Frontends
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (40.00%) React
3 2 (40.00%) Serverless
3 2 (40.00%) Spring Security
4 1 (20.00%) Accessibility

Senior Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon S3
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Fargate
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (40.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (40.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
1 2 (40.00%) Gradle
1 2 (40.00%) Maven
2 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (20.00%) JUnit
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Spring
1 3 (60.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (40.00%) GraphQL
2 2 (40.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) Spring Security
3 1 (20.00%) AWS CDK
3 1 (20.00%) Jest
3 1 (20.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) API Design
2 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Micro Frontends
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP