Java Contract Job Trends in Swansea

Java
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Java 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Swansea 10.81% - 4.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.67% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £508 - -
25th Percentile £575 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £638 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median daily rate £625 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

All Programming Languages
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15 18 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea 40.54% 64.29% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 3
10th Percentile £433 £455 £233
25th Percentile £463 £500 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £497
90th Percentile £638 £560 £510
West Wales median daily rate £475 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
West Wales median hourly rate - £22.50 -

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

Java job vacancy trend in Swansea

Java
Daily Rate Trend in Swansea

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Java

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in Swansea

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in Swansea over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in Swansea

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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 3 (75.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (25.00%) Spring
1 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes