Java Contracts in the South East

Java
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 54 54 37
Rank change year-on-year 0 -17 -3
Contract jobs citing Java 119 192 327
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.95% 3.45% 5.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.03% 15.93% 20.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 126 208
10th Percentile £378 £365 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -11.78% +8.49% +0.95%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £628
90th Percentile £663 £738 £708
England median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 18
10th Percentile £26.68 £40.00 £48.50
25th Percentile £35.43 £61.25 £59.26
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.02 £75.00
90th Percentile £54.00 £73.40 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.73% -1.92% +5.69%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 792 1,205 1,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.31% 21.68% 27.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 831 1,136
10th Percentile £353 £325 £328
25th Percentile £450 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £679 £700
England median daily rate £525 £540 £565
% change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 73 91
10th Percentile £40.05 £35.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £48.99 £46.25 £32.30
Median hourly rate £56.75 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% +26.03%
75th Percentile £64.52 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.19 £74.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the South East

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Java in the South East

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Java in the South East

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Java in the South East

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Java in the South East

Java
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the South East 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
Thames Valley +26 66 £501 -14.44% 79
Berkshire +28 60 £500 -14.71% 34
West Sussex +21 21 £495 +25.67% 19
Hampshire -19 16 £498 -16.03% 49
Surrey +10 14 £594 -1.04% 32
Buckinghamshire +3 4 £575 -0.86% 37
Oxfordshire +4 2 - - 18
East Sussex -4 1 £375 -23.47% 26
Java
England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (6.72%) NetWeaver
2 7 (5.88%) Confluence
3 6 (5.04%) SAP EP
4 5 (4.20%) Anypoint
4 5 (4.20%) Apache
4 5 (4.20%) WebLogic
5 4 (3.36%) CMS
5 4 (3.36%) Drupal
5 4 (3.36%) Mule
5 4 (3.36%) Mule ESB
5 4 (3.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (3.36%) WordPress
6 2 (1.68%) Apache Solr
6 2 (1.68%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.68%) Camunda
6 2 (1.68%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.84%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.84%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (4.20%) EngageOne
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.84%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 6 (5.04%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.84%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 45 (37.82%) Azure
2 35 (29.41%) AWS
3 10 (8.40%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (7.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 9 (7.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (6.72%) Azure API Management
5 8 (6.72%) Azure Service Bus
6 7 (5.88%) Serverless
7 6 (5.04%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (4.20%) PaaS
9 4 (3.36%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (3.36%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.36%) GitHub
9 4 (3.36%) SaaS
10 3 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (2.52%) Azure Functions
10 3 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.52%) IaaS
10 3 (2.52%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.45%) ATM
1 16 (13.45%) Ethernet
1 16 (13.45%) Frame Relay
1 16 (13.45%) GPRS
1 16 (13.45%) GSM
1 16 (13.45%) LAN
1 16 (13.45%) LTE
1 16 (13.45%) MPLS
1 16 (13.45%) SAN
1 16 (13.45%) SDH
1 16 (13.45%) UMTS
1 16 (13.45%) VPN
1 16 (13.45%) WAN
1 16 (13.45%) Wireshark
2 4 (3.36%) Internet
3 1 (0.84%) GPON
3 1 (0.84%) HTTP
3 1 (0.84%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.08%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (9.24%) MySQL
3 10 (8.40%) Relational Database
4 7 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.20%) NoSQL
6 4 (3.36%) Oracle Database
7 3 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.52%) Big Data
8 2 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.68%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.68%) Metadata
8 2 (1.68%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.68%) NewSQL
8 2 (1.68%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.68%) Sybase IQ
9 1 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.84%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.84%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.84%) GIS
Development Applications
1 32 (26.89%) Selenium
2 26 (21.85%) JIRA
3 21 (17.65%) Jenkins
4 18 (15.13%) Git
4 18 (15.13%) GitLab
5 14 (11.76%) Cucumber
6 13 (10.92%) REST Assured
7 10 (8.40%) SonarQube
8 6 (5.04%) Maven
9 5 (4.20%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (2.52%) JUnit
10 3 (2.52%) Mockito
10 3 (2.52%) Toad
11 2 (1.68%) Bitbucket
11 2 (1.68%) Burp Suite
11 2 (1.68%) GCC
11 2 (1.68%) JMeter
11 2 (1.68%) Metasploit
11 2 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (1.68%) Terragrunt
General
1 47 (39.50%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.33%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (15.13%) Telecoms
4 9 (7.56%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.72%) Law
6 6 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.36%) Finance
7 4 (3.36%) Police
8 3 (2.52%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.52%) Billing
8 3 (2.52%) Retail
9 1 (0.84%) Automotive
9 1 (0.84%) Banking
9 1 (0.84%) Electronics
9 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.84%) Marketing
9 1 (0.84%) Military
9 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (32.77%) Developer
2 20 (16.81%) Architect
3 16 (13.45%) Software Engineer
4 15 (12.61%) IP Engineer
4 15 (12.61%) Test Engineer
5 13 (10.92%) Java Developer
6 11 (9.24%) Full-Stack Developer
6 11 (9.24%) Java Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) Azure Developer
7 9 (7.56%) Java Software Engineer
8 8 (6.72%) Senior
8 8 (6.72%) Technical Architect
9 6 (5.04%) SAP Architect
9 6 (5.04%) SAP Technical Architect
9 6 (5.04%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 5 (4.20%) Consultant
10 5 (4.20%) IP Network Engineer
10 5 (4.20%) Network Engineer
10 5 (4.20%) Python Developer
10 5 (4.20%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (21.85%) REST
2 17 (14.29%) Java EE
3 15 (12.61%) Web Services
4 14 (11.76%) React
4 14 (11.76%) XML
5 13 (10.92%) SOAP
6 11 (9.24%) JSON
7 9 (7.56%) AngularJS
7 9 (7.56%) ARM Templates
7 9 (7.56%) HTML
7 9 (7.56%) Spring Boot
8 8 (6.72%) RESTful
9 7 (5.88%) ADO
9 7 (5.88%) CSS
10 6 (5.04%) Ajax
10 6 (5.04%) jQuery
10 6 (5.04%) SAP Fiori
10 6 (5.04%) SAP PI
10 6 (5.04%) SAPUI5
11 5 (4.20%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.17%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (8.40%) Algorithms
3 9 (7.56%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (7.56%) Onboarding
4 8 (6.72%) Cloud Native
5 6 (5.04%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (4.20%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (3.36%) Legacy Code
8 3 (2.52%) FPGA
8 3 (2.52%) Verilog
8 3 (2.52%) VHDL
9 2 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.68%) Replication
10 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.84%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 26 (21.85%) Linux
2 23 (19.33%) Unix
3 6 (5.04%) Windows
4 5 (4.20%) MVS
5 3 (2.52%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (39.50%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (29.41%) Agile
2 35 (29.41%) Test Automation
3 29 (24.37%) DevOps
4 21 (17.65%) CI/CD
4 21 (17.65%) Software Engineering
5 18 (15.13%) Continuous Integration
5 18 (15.13%) Project Management
5 18 (15.13%) Test Strategy
6 16 (13.45%) Fault Management
6 16 (13.45%) Microservices
6 16 (13.45%) Regression Testing
6 16 (13.45%) Technical Leadership
7 15 (12.61%) Full-Stack Development
8 13 (10.92%) Configuration Management
8 13 (10.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (10.92%) Software Architecture
9 11 (9.24%) Containerisation
9 11 (9.24%) Migration
9 11 (9.24%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 46 (38.66%) Python
2 28 (23.53%) SQL
3 23 (19.33%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.56%) ABAP
5 7 (5.88%) C#
5 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
6 6 (5.04%) C++
6 6 (5.04%) PHP
7 5 (4.20%) DataWeave
8 4 (3.36%) Bash
8 4 (3.36%) Perl
8 4 (3.36%) Ruby
8 4 (3.36%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.36%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.68%) C
9 2 (1.68%) Scala
9 2 (1.68%) XPath
10 1 (0.84%) Go
10 1 (0.84%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.84%) Magik
Qualifications
1 45 (37.82%) Security Cleared
2 39 (32.77%) SC Cleared
3 19 (15.97%) ISEB
3 19 (15.97%) ISTQB
3 19 (15.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 16 (13.45%) CCNP
4 16 (13.45%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (10.08%) Degree
6 6 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (4.20%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.36%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.68%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.68%) CISSP
9 2 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.68%) GPEN
9 2 (1.68%) GWAPT
9 2 (1.68%) OSCE
9 2 (1.68%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.72%) QA
2 4 (3.36%) GDPR
2 4 (3.36%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.68%) NCSC
3 2 (1.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (12.61%) Docker
2 10 (8.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.52%) Firmware
4 2 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.84%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 14 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 12 (10.08%) Terraform
3 9 (7.56%) Ansible
3 9 (7.56%) Docker Swarm
3 9 (7.56%) Podman
4 5 (4.20%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.68%) Kibana
5 2 (1.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (1.68%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.84%) Grafana
6 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.45%) Cisco
2 16 (13.45%) Juniper
3 15 (12.61%) SAP
4 14 (11.76%) Oracle
5 6 (5.04%) Ariba
6 5 (4.20%) MuleSoft
7 4 (3.36%) Zend
8 3 (2.52%) Adobe
8 3 (2.52%) Algorithmics
8 3 (2.52%) Intel
8 3 (2.52%) webMethods
9 2 (1.68%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.68%) Google
9 2 (1.68%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.68%) Splunk
9 2 (1.68%) Sybase
10 1 (0.84%) BiZZdesign
10 1 (0.84%) Jaspersoft
10 1 (0.84%) Sparx