Senior Java Software Engineer Contracts in Reading

Senior Software Engineer - Java
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Software Engineer - Java daily rate in Reading is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Java Software Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.42% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £598 - -
25th Percentile £631 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £659 - -
90th Percentile £676 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,105 983 1,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 95.72% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 662 882
10th Percentile £213 £363 £187
25th Percentile £413 £456 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £655 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.65 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.10% +170.88% -1.29%

Senior Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Senior Java Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Java Software Engineer in Reading

Senior Java Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Java Software Engineer in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Senior Java Software Engineer in Reading

Senior Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Senior Java Software Engineer contract job roles required 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 Reading region featuring Senior Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Java EE
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
1 5 (100.00%) Selenium
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 5 (100.00%) REST
1 5 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) GitLab
1 5 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 5 (100.00%) SonarQube
1 5 (100.00%) Terraform
1 5 (100.00%) Docker Swarm
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 5 (100.00%) REST Assured

Senior Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 5 (100.00%) GitLab
1 5 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
1 5 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 5 (100.00%) Selenium
1 5 (100.00%) SonarQube
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Law
2 4 (80.00%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) ARM Templates
1 5 (100.00%) Java EE
1 5 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 5 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible
1 5 (100.00%) Docker Swarm
1 5 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 5 (100.00%) Podman
1 5 (100.00%) Terraform