Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Java Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Java Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £388 £198 -
% change year-on-year +96.20% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 349 287 337
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 90.82% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 184 261
10th Percentile £203 £164 £157
25th Percentile £290 £213 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -2.94% -7.61%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 26 25
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.66 £13.74
25th Percentile £15.83 £20.40 £21.34
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.16% -21.97% +97.63%
75th Percentile £30.00 £41.25 £55.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £87.08
Wales median hourly rate £20.25 £25.36 £29.83
% change year-on-year -20.15% -14.99% +86.45%

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Java Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Java Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. 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
Newport - 1 £375 -
Java Engineer
Wales

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, Java Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Numerate Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Numerate Degree