Java
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 | - | 23 | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -2 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Java | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | - | 1.97% | 6.28% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 13.33% | 21.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £616 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £622 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £450 | £750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -40.00% | +42.86% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £850 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £855 |
| South West median daily rate | £614 | £569 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.91% | +3.41% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £52.38 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £60.13 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £65.79 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £69.02 |
| South West median hourly rate | £66.25 | £70.00 | £65.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.36% | +6.87% | +0.77% |
All Programming Languages
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 25 | 30 | 61 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 17.99% | 14.78% | 29.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 16 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £422 | £424 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £469 | £463 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.35% | -2.63% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £538 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £727 | £613 | £726 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +2.44% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £42.96 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £40.00 | £56.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -28.89% | +13.07% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £62.06 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £66.87 |
| South West median hourly rate | £67.50 | £67.25 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.37% | +3.46% | +6.12% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in Somerset.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in Somerset.