Java Contracts in Slough

Java
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Slough 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 8 14 22
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +15
Contract jobs citing Java 16 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 22.54% 1.32% 2.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 64.00% 14.29% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile £390 - £245
25th Percentile - - £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £585 £375
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +56.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile - - £394
90th Percentile - - £398
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £586 £488
% change year-on-year -14.71% +20.26% -7.14%

All Programming Languages
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 25 7 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 35.21% 9.21% 19.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 6 32
10th Percentile £188 £453 £351
25th Percentile £284 £544 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £566 £485
Median % change year-on-year -20.53% +16.75% -3.00%
75th Percentile £538 £584 £588
90th Percentile £568 £584 £625
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £61.60 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.48% -12.00% -12.50%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for Java in Slough

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Daily rate trend for Java in Slough

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in Slough

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

Daily rate histogram for Java in Slough

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Hourly rate trend for Java in Slough

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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:

Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) ATM
1 16 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 16 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 16 (100.00%) GPRS
1 16 (100.00%) GSM
1 16 (100.00%) LAN
1 16 (100.00%) LTE
1 16 (100.00%) MPLS
1 16 (100.00%) SAN
1 16 (100.00%) SDH
1 16 (100.00%) UMTS
1 16 (100.00%) VPN
1 16 (100.00%) WAN
1 16 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 16 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) IP Engineer
2 14 (87.50%) Test Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Network Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) IP Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) IP Network Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Linux
1 16 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 16 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (100.00%) Project Management
1 16 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) CCNP
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (100.00%) ISEB
1 16 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 16 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco
1 16 (100.00%) Juniper
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft