Java Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Java Software Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Java Software Engineer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.68% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.50 - -
Median hourly rate £48.00 - -
75th Percentile £51.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £48.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 227 157 136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 85.79% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 77 100
10th Percentile £177 £195 £242
25th Percentile £340 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -9.55% -6.13%
75th Percentile £550 £507 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 5
10th Percentile £13.75 £17.01 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.19 £42.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £60.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.92% +252.94% +38.78%
75th Percentile £28.31 £70.00 £32.00
90th Percentile £51.50 - £33.05
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £60.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -67.92% +252.94% +36.00%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Java Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Java Software 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (75.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) API Development
2 3 (75.00%) BDD
2 3 (75.00%) Docker
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) GitLab
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (75.00%) TDD
2 3 (75.00%) Spring
2 3 (75.00%) Amazon EKS
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Terraform
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) API Design
4 1 (25.00%) Front End Development

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 3 (75.00%) Amazon EKS
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) SonarQube
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Spring
1 3 (75.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) Kafka
2 1 (25.00%) Quarkus
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Distributed Architecture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) API Development
2 3 (75.00%) BDD
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) API Design
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (50.00%) Terraform
3 1 (25.00%) Argo
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat