Java Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Java Software Engineer
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Java Software Engineer daily rate in Shropshire is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £420 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 473 128 79
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 90.14% 87.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 83 51
10th Percentile £371 £228 £260
25th Percentile £413 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £525 £517 £536
90th Percentile £566 £541 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.50% +5.26% -3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile £12.21 - £14.94
25th Percentile £16.73 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% -18.80% -59.11%
75th Percentile - £17.89 -
90th Percentile - £21.32 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.12 £20.24 £22.50
% change year-on-year +24.11% -10.04% +26.98%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Java Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Java Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Telford - 2 £420 - 1
Java Software Engineer
West Midlands

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 27 February 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 Shropshire region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (50.00%) SQL

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared