Java Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Java
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing Java 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.49% 1.09% 2.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.33% 5.56% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £466
25th Percentile £450 - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.84%
75th Percentile £550 - £497
90th Percentile - - £499
South East median daily rate £425 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -26.09% +2.68% +3.70%

All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 30 18 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 14.78% 19.57% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 18
10th Percentile £231 £325 £387
25th Percentile £239 £355 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £569
90th Percentile £638 £538 £606
South East median daily rate £500 £503 £525
% change year-on-year -0.50% -4.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £25.94 - £51.88
25th Percentile £26.26 - £60.31
Median hourly rate £27.16 - £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £27.70 - -
90th Percentile £27.81 - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.75 £59.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.12% +7.27%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Java job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Java

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Java

Java
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Oxford - 1 £500 - 1
Java
South East

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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