Java Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Java Software Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

As of 7 April 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Java Software Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.49% - 2.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% - 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £67
Hampshire median daily rate - - £648

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 201 107 282
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.57% 94.69% 92.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 66 118
10th Percentile £272 £200 £400
25th Percentile £413 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £538 £547
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% -1.74% +9.40%
75th Percentile £600 £622 £635
90th Percentile £625 £649 £825
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 22 96
10th Percentile £25.00 £25.19 £48.00
25th Percentile £45.56 £31.25 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.50 £53.75 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -8.90% +0.16%
75th Percentile £56.97 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.63 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £35.50 £52.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -32.38% -8.46% +14.70%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Java Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Java Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 7 April 2026, Java Software 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 Portsmouth region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
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%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
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%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) UML

Java Software Engineer 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%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
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%) Continuous Improvement
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%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java