Java Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Java
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 18 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing Java 8 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 4.52% 2.67% 1.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.62% 11.76% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £425 - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £498 - -
90th Percentile £504 - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £490 £490
% change year-on-year +2.04% - -9.09%

All Programming Languages
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 37 17 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 20.90% 22.67% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 8 9
10th Percentile £428 - £290
25th Percentile £500 £200 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £250 £550
Median % change year-on-year +135.00% -54.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile £711 £392 £638
90th Percentile £736 £536 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £479 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% +0.79% -2.56%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Java relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Java job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Java.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Java

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Java.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Java

Java
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Ipswich -4 7 £473 - 4
Java
East of England

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 2 (25.00%) Apple Pay
1 2 (25.00%) Google Ads
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Git
1 7 (87.50%) GitLab
2 6 (75.00%) Gradle
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
1 6 (75.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Node.js Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) Spring Boot
2 4 (50.00%) Spring
3 1 (12.50%) Express.js
3 1 (12.50%) Kafka
3 1 (12.50%) MERN Stack
3 1 (12.50%) Node.js
3 1 (12.50%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Containerisation
2 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
3 5 (62.50%) Microservices
4 4 (50.00%) TDD
4 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (37.50%) User Stories
6 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Engineering
6 2 (25.00%) DevOps
6 2 (25.00%) High Availability
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (25.00%) Secure Coding
7 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
7 1 (12.50%) Kanban
7 1 (12.50%) Pair Programming
7 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Ansible