Java Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Java
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -
Contract jobs citing Java 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 1.61% 2.08% 2.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.33% 9.09% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.90 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate - £21.90 -

All Programming Languages
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12 11 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 19.35% 22.92% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 12
10th Percentile £260 £285 £362
25th Percentile £400 £355 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £613 £519 £544
90th Percentile £660 £553 £600
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.72 £20.85 -
Median hourly rate £26.44 £21.90 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.73% -66.31% -
75th Percentile £27.16 £22.95 -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.16 £21.90 £65.00
% change year-on-year +24.02% -66.31% +101.24%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Java relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Java job vacancy trend in Oxford

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Java.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Java

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Java.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Java

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby