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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 47 36
Rank change year-on-year +1 -11 +2
Contract jobs citing Java 123 201 311
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.12% 3.68% 5.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.55% 16.57% 20.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 136 195
10th Percentile £362 £364 £374
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +10.48% -0.94%
75th Percentile £631 £678 £625
90th Percentile £663 £738 £700
England median daily rate £550 £588 £607
% change year-on-year -6.38% -3.13% +1.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 19
10th Percentile £32.51 £41.75 £52.00
25th Percentile - £60.31 £58.59
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £66.52 £75.00
90th Percentile £53.00 £72.61 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -0.76% +3.06%

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 791 1,213 1,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.48% 22.23% 27.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 841 1,090
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £431 £412 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £612
90th Percentile £663 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 76 85
10th Percentile £40.05 £35.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £48.99 £46.25 £26.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.87 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.64% +10.67% +57.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.02 £67.50
90th Percentile £65.62 £76.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +0.40% - +23.10%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +20 67 £500 -14.53% 110
Berkshire +25 60 £500 -15.79% 65
Hampshire -16 20 £498 -16.03% 71
West Sussex +23 19 £470 +17.50% 15
Surrey +7 15 £550 -8.33% 50
Buckinghamshire +2 5 £575 -0.86% 29
Oxfordshire -2 2 - - 30
East Sussex -5 1 £375 -23.47% 9
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 (6.50%) NetWeaver
2 7 (5.69%) Confluence
3 6 (4.88%) SAP EP
4 5 (4.07%) Anypoint
4 5 (4.07%) Apache
4 5 (4.07%) CMS
4 5 (4.07%) WebLogic
5 4 (3.25%) Drupal
5 4 (3.25%) Mule
5 4 (3.25%) Mule ESB
5 4 (3.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (3.25%) WordPress
6 2 (1.63%) Apache Solr
6 2 (1.63%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.63%) Camunda
6 2 (1.63%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.81%) JBoss
7 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.81%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.81%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.44%) EngageOne
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.81%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 6 (4.88%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.81%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 45 (36.59%) Azure
2 35 (28.46%) AWS
3 10 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.69%) Azure API Management
4 7 (5.69%) Azure Service Bus
5 6 (4.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 6 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (4.88%) SuccessFactors
6 5 (4.07%) GitHub
6 5 (4.07%) PaaS
6 5 (4.07%) Serverless
7 4 (3.25%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (3.25%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (3.25%) SaaS
8 3 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.44%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.44%) IaaS
8 3 (2.44%) iPaaS
9 2 (1.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.01%) ATM
1 16 (13.01%) Ethernet
1 16 (13.01%) Frame Relay
1 16 (13.01%) GPRS
1 16 (13.01%) GSM
1 16 (13.01%) LAN
1 16 (13.01%) LTE
1 16 (13.01%) MPLS
1 16 (13.01%) SAN
1 16 (13.01%) SDH
1 16 (13.01%) UMTS
1 16 (13.01%) VPN
1 16 (13.01%) WAN
1 16 (13.01%) Wireshark
2 4 (3.25%) Internet
3 2 (1.63%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.81%) GPON
4 1 (0.81%) HTTP
4 1 (0.81%) NFC
4 1 (0.81%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.76%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (8.94%) MySQL
3 10 (8.13%) Relational Database
4 7 (5.69%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.25%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.44%) Big Data
6 3 (2.44%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.63%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.63%) Metadata
7 2 (1.63%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.63%) NewSQL
7 2 (1.63%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.63%) Sybase IQ
8 1 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.81%) GIS
Development Applications
1 31 (25.20%) Selenium
2 28 (22.76%) JIRA
3 23 (18.70%) Jenkins
4 19 (15.45%) Git
5 18 (14.63%) GitLab
6 15 (12.20%) Cucumber
7 13 (10.57%) REST Assured
8 10 (8.13%) SonarQube
9 6 (4.88%) Maven
10 5 (4.07%) Bitbucket Server
11 4 (3.25%) JUnit
12 3 (2.44%) Mockito
12 3 (2.44%) Toad
13 2 (1.63%) Bitbucket
13 2 (1.63%) Burp Suite
13 2 (1.63%) Metasploit
13 2 (1.63%) Postman
13 2 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (1.63%) Terragrunt
13 2 (1.63%) WebDriver
General
1 47 (38.21%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (14.63%) Telecoms
4 9 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.50%) Law
6 6 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.25%) Billing
7 4 (3.25%) Finance
7 4 (3.25%) Police
8 3 (2.44%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.44%) Retail
9 1 (0.81%) Automotive
9 1 (0.81%) Banking
9 1 (0.81%) Electronics
9 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.81%) Marketing
9 1 (0.81%) Military
9 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (32.52%) Developer
2 19 (15.45%) Architect
3 17 (13.82%) Software Engineer
4 16 (13.01%) Test Engineer
5 15 (12.20%) IP Engineer
6 14 (11.38%) Java Developer
7 11 (8.94%) Java Engineer
8 10 (8.13%) Senior
9 9 (7.32%) Java Software Engineer
10 8 (6.50%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (6.50%) Technical Architect
11 6 (4.88%) Azure Developer
11 6 (4.88%) Lead
11 6 (4.88%) SAP Architect
11 6 (4.88%) SAP Technical Architect
11 6 (4.88%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
12 5 (4.07%) Consultant
12 5 (4.07%) IP Network Engineer
12 5 (4.07%) Network Engineer
12 5 (4.07%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (23.58%) REST
2 17 (13.82%) Java EE
2 17 (13.82%) Web Services
3 15 (12.20%) React
3 15 (12.20%) XML
4 13 (10.57%) SOAP
5 12 (9.76%) JSON
6 10 (8.13%) Spring Boot
7 9 (7.32%) AngularJS
7 9 (7.32%) ARM Templates
7 9 (7.32%) HTML
7 9 (7.32%) RESTful
8 8 (6.50%) Spring
9 7 (5.69%) CSS
9 7 (5.69%) Hibernate
10 6 (4.88%) ADO
10 6 (4.88%) Ajax
10 6 (4.88%) jQuery
10 6 (4.88%) SAP Fiori
10 6 (4.88%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (21.14%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (8.13%) Algorithms
3 8 (6.50%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.69%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (5.69%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (4.07%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (3.25%) Legacy Code
8 3 (2.44%) FPGA
8 3 (2.44%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.44%) Verilog
8 3 (2.44%) VHDL
9 2 (1.63%) CMDB
9 2 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.63%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.63%) Replication
10 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 27 (21.95%) Linux
2 23 (18.70%) Unix
3 6 (4.88%) Windows
4 3 (2.44%) MVS
4 3 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (39.02%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (30.08%) Test Automation
3 35 (28.46%) Agile
4 30 (24.39%) DevOps
5 23 (18.70%) CI/CD
6 22 (17.89%) Software Engineering
7 19 (15.45%) Project Management
7 19 (15.45%) Test Strategy
8 18 (14.63%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (13.01%) Fault Management
9 16 (13.01%) Microservices
9 16 (13.01%) Regression Testing
9 16 (13.01%) Technical Leadership
10 15 (12.20%) Configuration Management
10 15 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (10.57%) Migration
11 13 (10.57%) Scrum
11 13 (10.57%) Software Architecture
12 12 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
13 11 (8.94%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 48 (39.02%) Python
2 31 (25.20%) SQL
3 28 (22.76%) JavaScript
4 10 (8.13%) C#
5 9 (7.32%) ABAP
5 9 (7.32%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.69%) C++
7 6 (4.88%) PHP
8 5 (4.07%) DataWeave
9 4 (3.25%) Bash
9 4 (3.25%) Perl
9 4 (3.25%) Ruby
9 4 (3.25%) Shell Script
9 4 (3.25%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.63%) C
10 2 (1.63%) Scala
10 2 (1.63%) XPath
11 1 (0.81%) Go
11 1 (0.81%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.81%) Magik
Qualifications
1 46 (37.40%) Security Cleared
2 40 (32.52%) SC Cleared
3 19 (15.45%) ISEB
3 19 (15.45%) ISTQB
3 19 (15.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 16 (13.01%) CCNP
4 16 (13.01%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (10.57%) Degree
6 7 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (4.07%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.25%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.63%) CISSP
9 2 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.63%) GPEN
9 2 (1.63%) GWAPT
9 2 (1.63%) OSCE
9 2 (1.63%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.50%) QA
2 4 (3.25%) GDPR
2 4 (3.25%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.63%) NCSC
3 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (12.20%) Docker
2 8 (6.50%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.44%) Firmware
4 2 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.81%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 16 (13.01%) Kubernetes
2 12 (9.76%) Terraform
3 11 (8.94%) Ansible
4 9 (7.32%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (7.32%) Podman
5 5 (4.07%) CloudHub
6 2 (1.63%) Kibana
6 2 (1.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (1.63%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.81%) Grafana
7 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (28.46%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.01%) Cisco
2 16 (13.01%) Juniper
3 15 (12.20%) SAP
4 14 (11.38%) Oracle
5 6 (4.88%) Ariba
6 5 (4.07%) MuleSoft
7 4 (3.25%) Zend
8 3 (2.44%) Adobe
8 3 (2.44%) Algorithmics
8 3 (2.44%) Intel
8 3 (2.44%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.44%) Splunk
8 3 (2.44%) webMethods
9 2 (1.63%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.63%) Google
9 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.63%) Sybase
10 1 (0.81%) Atlassian