Java Contracts in the North West

Java
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 32 31
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 -9
Contract jobs citing Java 118 148 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 6.00% 5.37% 5.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.97% 21.48% 19.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 114 141
10th Percentile £367 £375 £413
25th Percentile £400 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -10.00% +3.77%
75th Percentile £549 £575 £625
90th Percentile £604 £638 £675
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 4
10th Percentile - £45.88 £27.03
25th Percentile £76.25 £47.79 £33.95
Median hourly rate £82.50 £68.75 £40.30
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +70.62% +1.43%
75th Percentile £88.75 £74.63 £43.39
90th Percentile - £82.35 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.73% -1.92% +5.69%

All Programming Languages
North West

Java falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 537 689 929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.29% 25.01% 29.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 516 700
10th Percentile £359 £325 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £540 £544 £594
90th Percentile £625 £613 £651
England median daily rate £525 £540 £565
% change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 32 14
10th Percentile £55.75 £41.25 £20.46
25th Percentile £65.25 £44.72 £37.80
Median hourly rate £70.00 £48.43 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year +44.54% +19.32% -2.19%
75th Percentile £86.00 £69.53 £51.93
90th Percentile £87.10 £80.15 £62.95
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the North West

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Java in the North West

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in the North West

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Java in the North West

Java
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -4 65 £530 +6.00% 178
Cheshire +9 38 £398 -18.71% 31
Lancashire -1 5 £600 -5.88% 59
Merseyside - 3 £600 - 23
Cumbria +1 1 - - 1
Java
England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (6.78%) JBoss
1 8 (6.78%) WebSphere
2 7 (5.93%) Tomcat
3 6 (5.08%) Camunda
3 6 (5.08%) Confluence
4 5 (4.24%) NetWeaver
5 4 (3.39%) WebLogic
6 3 (2.54%) Apache
6 3 (2.54%) CICS
7 2 (1.69%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.85%) CMS
8 1 (0.85%) Documentum
8 1 (0.85%) FileNet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.85%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (35.59%) AWS
2 17 (14.41%) Serverless
3 13 (11.02%) Azure
4 11 (9.32%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (5.93%) OpenShift
6 6 (5.08%) Amazon S3
6 6 (5.08%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (5.08%) GCP
7 5 (4.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (4.24%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (3.39%) Amazon Glacier
8 4 (3.39%) Amazon Kinesis
8 4 (3.39%) Apigee
9 3 (2.54%) GitHub
9 3 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.69%) Slack
11 1 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.85%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.08%) HTTP
2 3 (2.54%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (20.34%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (18.64%) Relational Database
3 10 (8.47%) MongoDB
3 10 (8.47%) NoSQL
4 7 (5.93%) DB2
5 6 (5.08%) DynamoDB
6 4 (3.39%) MySQL
6 4 (3.39%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (2.54%) Hadoop
7 3 (2.54%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.69%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.69%) Big Data
8 2 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (27.12%) Jenkins
2 20 (16.95%) Git
3 17 (14.41%) GitLab
3 17 (14.41%) JUnit
4 14 (11.86%) JIRA
5 13 (11.02%) Gradle
6 11 (9.32%) Mockito
7 10 (8.47%) Liquibase
8 8 (6.78%) Cucumber
8 8 (6.78%) Selenium
9 7 (5.93%) Jasmine
9 7 (5.93%) Maven
10 6 (5.08%) Subversion
11 5 (4.24%) Bitbucket
11 5 (4.24%) CA Release Automation
11 5 (4.24%) gulp
11 5 (4.24%) Mocha
12 4 (3.39%) CircleCI
12 4 (3.39%) SonarQube
12 4 (3.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (26.27%) Public Sector
2 26 (22.03%) Finance
3 14 (11.86%) Banking
4 10 (8.47%) Electronics
4 10 (8.47%) Manufacturing
4 10 (8.47%) Marketing
4 10 (8.47%) Social Skills
4 10 (8.47%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.69%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.69%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.69%) Legal
7 2 (1.69%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Billing
8 1 (0.85%) Military
8 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (41.53%) Developer
2 26 (22.03%) Java Developer
3 17 (14.41%) Architect
3 17 (14.41%) Senior
4 15 (12.71%) Software Engineer
5 13 (11.02%) Full-Stack Developer
6 10 (8.47%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 9 (7.63%) Lead
8 8 (6.78%) Java Architect
8 8 (6.78%) Java Engineer
8 8 (6.78%) Senior Developer
9 7 (5.93%) Java Software Engineer
9 7 (5.93%) Scrum Master
10 6 (5.08%) Java Technical Architect
10 6 (5.08%) Node.js Developer
10 6 (5.08%) React Developer
10 6 (5.08%) SC Cleared Java Developer
10 6 (5.08%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 6 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.08%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (31.36%) Spring Boot
2 32 (27.12%) Spring
3 31 (26.27%) Kafka
4 26 (22.03%) Node.js
5 19 (16.10%) React
6 18 (15.25%) RESTful
7 15 (12.71%) OpenAPI
7 15 (12.71%) Swagger
8 13 (11.02%) REST
8 13 (11.02%) SOAP
9 11 (9.32%) HTML
10 10 (8.47%) AngularJS
10 10 (8.47%) CSS
10 10 (8.47%) Web Services
11 9 (7.63%) HTML5
11 9 (7.63%) J2EE
11 9 (7.63%) JDBC
11 9 (7.63%) Middleware
12 8 (6.78%) jQuery
12 8 (6.78%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.32%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.93%) Private Cloud
3 6 (5.08%) Public Cloud
4 5 (4.24%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.24%) PKI
5 4 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.39%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (3.39%) Mainframe
5 4 (3.39%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.54%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.54%) Taxonomies
6 3 (2.54%) VSAM
7 2 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.69%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.56%) Linux
2 10 (8.47%) Unix
3 7 (5.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.54%) Mac OS X
4 3 (2.54%) Windows
5 2 (1.69%) Android
5 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.69%) Solaris
6 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (51.69%) Agile
2 58 (49.15%) Microservices
3 52 (44.07%) CI/CD
4 30 (25.42%) Containerisation
5 26 (22.03%) DevOps
5 26 (22.03%) Event-Driven
5 26 (22.03%) Scrum
6 25 (21.19%) Software Engineering
6 25 (21.19%) TDD
7 24 (20.34%) SDLC
8 23 (19.49%) Test Automation
9 20 (16.95%) Full-Stack Development
10 19 (16.10%) Migration
11 18 (15.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 15 (12.71%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (11.86%) Mentoring
14 11 (9.32%) API Development
14 11 (9.32%) Budget Control
15 10 (8.47%) Digital Marketing
15 10 (8.47%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.73%) SQL
2 25 (21.19%) JavaScript
3 17 (14.41%) TypeScript
4 16 (13.56%) Python
5 5 (4.24%) ABAP
5 5 (4.24%) Bash
6 3 (2.54%) Clojure
6 3 (2.54%) COBOL
6 3 (2.54%) Go
6 3 (2.54%) JCL
6 3 (2.54%) Kotlin
6 3 (2.54%) Perl
6 3 (2.54%) REXX
7 2 (1.69%) C#
7 2 (1.69%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.69%) Scala
8 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 29 (24.58%) Security Cleared
2 25 (21.19%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.69%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.69%) Degree
4 2 (1.69%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.08%) QA
2 5 (4.24%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.24%) WCAG
3 2 (1.69%) GDPR
3 2 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (39.83%) Docker
2 3 (2.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (23.73%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.63%) Terraform
3 8 (6.78%) Progress Chef
4 6 (5.08%) Prometheus
5 5 (4.24%) Grafana
6 4 (3.39%) Ansible
7 3 (2.54%) Kibana
7 3 (2.54%) Puppet
7 3 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.85%) Graylog
8 1 (0.85%) Packer
Vendors
1 15 (12.71%) SAP
2 14 (11.86%) Virgin Media
3 13 (11.02%) Oracle
4 7 (5.93%) ForgeRock
5 5 (4.24%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.39%) Google
7 3 (2.54%) AppDynamics
7 3 (2.54%) Cloudera
7 3 (2.54%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.54%) Ping Identity
7 3 (2.54%) Splunk
8 2 (1.69%) Ab Initio
8 2 (1.69%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.69%) Informatica
8 2 (1.69%) Microsoft
8 2 (1.69%) PagerDuty
8 2 (1.69%) Parasoft
9 1 (0.85%) Adobe
9 1 (0.85%) IBM
9 1 (0.85%) VMware