Java Software Developer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Java Software Developer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

As of 9 June 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Java Software Developer daily rate in Portsmouth.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 - £675
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 239 134 265
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 99.17% 95.04% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 82 98
10th Percentile £313 £200 £268
25th Percentile £421 £324 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £555
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -7.39% +11.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £649
90th Percentile £632 £657 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +12.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 28 110
10th Percentile £15.72 £25.00 £51.06
25th Percentile £41.85 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.43 £51.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -14.58% +1.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £64.13 £77.17
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £54.88 £57.35
% change year-on-year -27.11% -4.32% +4.27%

Java Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Java Software Developer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Java Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in Portsmouth

Java Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in Portsmouth

Java Software Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Java Software Developer 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 Portsmouth region featuring Java Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services

Java Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared