Java
Scotland > West Lothian
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Lothian 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 3 | 9 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +6 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing Java | 0 | 18 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Lothian | - | 36.00% | 19.61% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 69.23% | 90.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £451 | £485 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £486 | £554 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £525 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -14.29% | +22.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £585 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £624 | £670 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £450 | £477 | £499 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | -4.31% | -0.30% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £85.00 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | - | £52.50 | £58.27 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.89% | +6.91% |
All Programming Languages
West Lothian
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 West Lothian.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 0 | 26 | 11 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian | - | 52.00% | 21.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £440 | £485 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £499 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £606 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.28% | +33.24% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £588 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £590 | £665 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £470 | £483 | £493 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.69% | -1.93% | +3.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £85.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +335.90% |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £23.77 | £57.50 | £59.03 |
| % change year-on-year | -58.67% | -2.59% | +25.60% |
Java
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian
Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.
Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in West Lothian.