Java
West Midlands > Worcestershire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 8 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +17 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing Java | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire | - | 12.00% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 40.91% | 3.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £510 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £513 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | +40.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £575 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | +11.11% |
All Programming Languages
Worcestershire
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 Worcestershire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 3 | 22 | 32 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire | 6.52% | 29.33% | 27.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 19 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £580 | £420 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £625 | £438 | £503 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £525 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -6.67% | +50.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £575 | £606 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £582 | £650 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £456 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.11% | -13.10% | +14.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £70.00 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £27.50 | £57.50 | £29.32 |
| % change year-on-year | -52.17% | +96.13% | +68.59% |
Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire
Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.
Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in Worcestershire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in Worcestershire.