Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newport

Java Engineer
South Wales > Newport

The median Java Engineer daily rate in Newport is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 1.64% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £375 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 58 64 70
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 91.43% 84.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 28 47
10th Percentile £378 £146 £139
25th Percentile £406 £185 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £365 £425
Median % change year-on-year +50.68% -14.12% -19.05%
75th Percentile £594 £603 £613
90th Percentile £668 £668 £638
South Wales median daily rate £413 £413 £425
% change year-on-year - -2.94% -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 20 17
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.20 £13.03
25th Percentile £30.00 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.93 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.83% -45.98% +146.28%
75th Percentile - £41.25 £55.25
90th Percentile £83.00 £45.00 £86.72
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £32.50
% change year-on-year -19.16% -21.97% +97.63%

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Newport

Java Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Newport

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, 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 Newport region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Numerate Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Numerate Degree