Java Contract Job Trends in Sussex

Java
South East > Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sussex requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Java 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sussex 25.00% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £406 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £424 £575 £558
% change year-on-year -26.30% +3.14% +3.48%

All Programming Languages
Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sussex 37.50% 38.46% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile £359 - £358
25th Percentile £422 £475 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +25.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £513 £525 £444
90th Percentile £520 - £463
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

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

Java job vacancy trend in Sussex

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Java

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Java

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex 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 (16.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) CSS3
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) HTML5
1 1 (16.67%) Jest
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) Redux
1 1 (16.67%) Spring
1 1 (16.67%) Spring Boot
1 1 (16.67%) Spring MVC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared