Java Contracts in Somerset

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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 19 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 -10
Contract jobs citing Java 4 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 1.76% 5.03% 6.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.11% 14.75% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £453 £463
25th Percentile - £515 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £633 £495
Median % change year-on-year -28.94% +27.93% -1.00%
75th Percentile - £756 £516
90th Percentile - £820 £521
South West median daily rate £550 £539 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% +2.62% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - £49.60 £50.95
25th Percentile - £52.38 £52.75
Median hourly rate - £56.25 £56.09
Median % change year-on-year - +0.29% -
75th Percentile - £64.00 £59.76
90th Percentile - £68.30 £62.15
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +64.56%

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 36 61 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 15.86% 34.08% 35.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 49 58
10th Percentile £376 £318 £394
25th Percentile £416 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £629 £525
90th Percentile £600 £726 £682
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile - £41.61 £50.95
25th Percentile - £48.88 £52.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.25 £56.09
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +0.29% +27.48%
75th Percentile - £62.06 £59.76
90th Percentile - £66.87 £62.15
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Java in Somerset

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Java in Somerset

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Java in Somerset

Java
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 20 June 2024. 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
Yeovil -8 2 - -
Bath +1 1 - - 2
Weston-super-Mare - 1 £450 -
Java
South West

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Git
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (25.00%) JUnit
3 1 (25.00%) Maven
3 1 (25.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) Spring
1 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (75.00%) SDLC
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) OOD
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory