Senior Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North West

Senior Java Engineer
England > North West

The median Senior Java Engineer daily rate in the North West is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 - 134
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Java Engineer 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.14% - 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - 0.038%
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 - -
England median daily rate £560 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -25.33% -3.23% +21.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 3,161 1,851 2,637
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 92.92% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,777 1,241 1,626
10th Percentile £300 £268 £268
25th Percentile £400 £375 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £453 £488
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -7.08% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £576
90th Percentile £675 £663 £670
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 118 314
10th Percentile £18.34 £13.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.49 £14.13 £14.17
Median hourly rate £46.80 £28.75 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +62.78% -12.60% +16.07%
75th Percentile £73.75 £59.98 £47.88
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.43 £71.32
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.04 £39.50
% change year-on-year +54.99% -26.49% -12.22%

Senior Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

Senior Java Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Senior Java Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in the North West

Senior Java Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in the North West

Senior Java Engineer
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 Senior Java Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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 - 5 £505 - 2
Senior Java Engineer
England

Senior Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 13 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 North West 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 the North West 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 Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
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