Java Contracts in Shropshire

Java
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 27 27
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 -14
Contract jobs citing Java 12 2 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 9.23% 1.49% 22.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.00% 2.78% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 29
10th Percentile £411 - £472
25th Percentile £455 - £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 - £540
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.46%
75th Percentile £538 - £554
90th Percentile £550 - £600
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +11.11%

All Programming Languages
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 40 72 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 30.77% 53.73% 73.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 48 101
10th Percentile £441 £351 £420
25th Percentile £455 £496 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £535 £540
Median % change year-on-year -7.48% -0.93% +9.09%
75th Percentile £531 £538 £550
90th Percentile £538 - £595
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £456 £525
% change year-on-year +4.11% -13.10% +14.57%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Job vacancy trend for Java in Shropshire

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in Shropshire.

Daily rate trend for Java in Shropshire

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in Shropshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in Shropshire

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in Shropshire.

Hourly rate trend for Java in Shropshire

Java
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 within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +8 11 £513 - 33
Java
West Midlands

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) WebLogic
2 1 (8.33%) NetWeaver
2 1 (8.33%) SAP EP
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Maven
2 3 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (16.67%) Git
3 2 (16.67%) GitLab
4 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
4 1 (8.33%) JBehave
4 1 (8.33%) JIRA
4 1 (8.33%) Selenium
4 1 (8.33%) SoapUI
4 1 (8.33%) Toad
4 1 (8.33%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Java Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Java Developer
4 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Architect
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Test Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Test Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) WebLogic Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) React
2 2 (16.67%) Apache Camel
2 2 (16.67%) CSS
2 2 (16.67%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) Next.js
2 2 (16.67%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (16.67%) Spring
3 1 (8.33%) .NET
3 1 (8.33%) JSON
3 1 (8.33%) Quarkus
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (8.33%) SAP PI
3 1 (8.33%) SAPUI5
3 1 (8.33%) SOAP
3 1 (8.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (8.33%) Web Services
3 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Unix
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Microservices
3 4 (33.33%) BDD
3 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 3 (25.00%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) User Stories
5 2 (16.67%) Application Security
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (16.67%) DevSecOps
5 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
5 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 1 (8.33%) ABAP
4 1 (8.33%) COBOL
4 1 (8.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) ISEB
3 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) Rancher
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Ariba
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) webMethods