The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 31 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
18
25
23
Rank change year-on-year
+7
-2
-7
Contract jobs citing Java
9
18
22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
45
72
63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth
34.09%
25.35%
25.61%
Number of daily rates quoted
25
32
26
10th Percentile
£463
£100
£406
25th Percentile
£507
£400
£406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£531
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+3.53%
+6.25%
+5.26%
75th Percentile
£626
£603
£569
90th Percentile
£675
£637
£676
Hampshire median daily rate
£537
£550
£500
% change year-on-year
-2.36%
+10.00%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
13
21
14
10th Percentile
£50.00
£61.25
£52.33
25th Percentile
£52.50
£62.00
£55.00
Median hourly rate
£55.00
£65.00
£57.50
Median % change year-on-year
-15.38%
+13.04%
+10.82%
75th Percentile
£60.13
£70.00
£69.38
90th Percentile
£62.50
£73.75
£70.89
Hampshire median hourly rate
£55.00
£62.50
£57.50
% change year-on-year
-12.00%
+8.70%
+64.29%
Java Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.
Java Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in Portsmouth.
Java Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Java Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in Portsmouth.
Java Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Java also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region with a requirement for Java.
Java Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
