Java Contracts in the North of England

Java
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Java skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Java over the 6 months to 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Java 278 333 510
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.86% 6.11% 7.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.60% 21.65% 22.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 256 379
10th Percentile £375 £411 £400
25th Percentile £431 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.83% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £625
90th Percentile £656 £700 £675
England median daily rate £588 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -2.08% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 10
10th Percentile £45.88 £28.60 £31.58
25th Percentile £48.43 £36.16 £65.00
Median hourly rate £68.75 £40.59 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.38% -45.88% +147.93%
75th Percentile £74.00 £57.94 £80.13
90th Percentile £82.05 £63.75 £81.00
England median hourly rate £67.26 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.69% +0.77% +8.33%

All Programming Languages
North of England

Java is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,230 1,538 2,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.93% 28.20% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,126 1,704
10th Percentile £320 £356 £325
25th Percentile £400 £421 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £688 £650
England median daily rate £540 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 25 51
10th Percentile £37.55 £28.26 £14.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.80 £21.64
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £44.68
Median % change year-on-year - +6.31% +71.85%
75th Percentile £68.75 £57.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.70 £65.90 £77.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +21.39%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the North of England

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Java in the North of England

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Java in the North of England

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Java in the North of England

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Java in the North of England

Java
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 June 2024. 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
North West +1 145 £495 -13.91% 98
Yorkshire +11 120 £538 -10.42% 21
North East -19 13 £450 -20.35% 13
Java
England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (7.19%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.24%) Apache
2 9 (3.24%) Confluence
3 8 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (1.44%) Mule
6 3 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (1.08%) IIS
6 3 (1.08%) Jupyter
6 3 (1.08%) nginx
7 2 (0.72%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.36%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.36%) Camunda
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.36%) Site Server
Applications
1 8 (2.88%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.52%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.08%) Maximo
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 113 (40.65%) AWS
2 43 (15.47%) Azure
3 28 (10.07%) GCP
4 20 (7.19%) Serverless
5 17 (6.12%) Amazon S3
6 16 (5.76%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (4.32%) GitHub
8 10 (3.60%) Apigee
9 8 (2.88%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
9 8 (2.88%) Kong
10 7 (2.52%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (2.16%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.80%) Amazon EMR
12 5 (1.80%) BrowserStack
12 5 (1.80%) SaaS
13 4 (1.44%) CloudBees
13 4 (1.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.88%) HTTP
2 6 (2.16%) SSL
3 5 (1.80%) FTP
4 4 (1.44%) Firewall
5 2 (0.72%) DNS
5 2 (0.72%) LAN
5 2 (0.72%) WAN
6 1 (0.36%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.36%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.36%) NAS
6 1 (0.36%) Network Security
6 1 (0.36%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.07%) MongoDB
2 25 (8.99%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (7.91%) Relational Database
4 18 (6.47%) Big Data
5 15 (5.40%) MySQL
6 13 (4.68%) Hadoop
6 13 (4.68%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.96%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (3.96%) Apache Cassandra
8 10 (3.60%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (3.60%) Data Lake
8 10 (3.60%) SQL Server
9 9 (3.24%) BigQuery
10 7 (2.52%) OLAP
10 7 (2.52%) OLTP
11 6 (2.16%) Oracle OLAP
12 5 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.80%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 48 (17.27%) Git
2 45 (16.19%) Jenkins
3 32 (11.51%) Selenium
4 30 (10.79%) JUnit
5 28 (10.07%) JIRA
6 13 (4.68%) Android Studio
7 12 (4.32%) Cucumber
7 12 (4.32%) JMeter
7 12 (4.32%) Mockito
8 8 (2.88%) Cypress.io
8 8 (2.88%) GitLab
9 7 (2.52%) Maven
9 7 (2.52%) Postman
10 5 (1.80%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.80%) Gatling
10 5 (1.80%) Liquibase
10 5 (1.80%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (1.44%) Log4j
11 4 (1.44%) WebDriver
12 3 (1.08%) TeamCity
General
1 36 (12.95%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.87%) Finance
3 32 (11.51%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.99%) Banking
5 15 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.80%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.72%) Law
8 2 (0.72%) Retail
9 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.36%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.36%) Public Speaking
9 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 111 (39.93%) Developer
2 66 (23.74%) Java Developer
3 37 (13.31%) Architect
4 28 (10.07%) Senior
5 22 (7.91%) Software Engineer
6 20 (7.19%) Test Engineer
7 18 (6.47%) Android Developer
8 16 (5.76%) Tester
9 15 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (4.68%) Data Engineer
10 13 (4.68%) Java Engineer
10 13 (4.68%) Lead
11 12 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
11 12 (4.32%) SC Cleared Java Developer
11 12 (4.32%) Senior Developer
12 11 (3.96%) Automation Tester
13 10 (3.60%) Full Stack Developer
13 10 (3.60%) Senior Test Engineer
14 8 (2.88%) AWS Architect
15 7 (2.52%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (24.82%) Spring
2 60 (21.58%) Spring Boot
3 40 (14.39%) RESTful
4 37 (13.31%) Kafka
5 36 (12.95%) React
6 33 (11.87%) REST
7 25 (8.99%) Hibernate
8 24 (8.63%) Web Services
9 23 (8.27%) JPA
10 22 (7.91%) XML
11 20 (7.19%) .NET
12 19 (6.83%) HTML
12 19 (6.83%) Node.js
13 14 (5.04%) JSON
14 12 (4.32%) Gherkin
14 12 (4.32%) OAuth
15 11 (3.96%) AngularJS
15 11 (3.96%) J2EE
16 10 (3.60%) CSS
16 10 (3.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.68%) Mobile App
2 12 (4.32%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.52%) DataPower
6 6 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.44%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.44%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.44%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.44%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.08%) Derivative
9 3 (1.08%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.08%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.72%) Blockchain
10 2 (0.72%) IoT
10 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.43%) Android
2 19 (6.83%) Unix
3 17 (6.12%) Linux
4 8 (2.88%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.52%) Mac OS X
5 7 (2.52%) Windows
6 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.72%) zOS
8 1 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (46.04%) Agile
2 66 (23.74%) Test Automation
3 64 (23.02%) Microservices
4 56 (20.14%) CI/CD
5 53 (19.06%) DevOps
6 51 (18.35%) Software Engineering
7 44 (15.83%) Scrum
7 44 (15.83%) Unit Testing
8 41 (14.75%) TDD
9 34 (12.23%) Containerisation
10 33 (11.87%) Design Patterns
11 29 (10.43%) Data Modelling
11 29 (10.43%) OO
11 29 (10.43%) Software Testing
12 28 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (8.99%) Front End Development
13 25 (8.99%) Mentoring
14 22 (7.91%) Continuous Integration
14 22 (7.91%) Full Stack Development
14 22 (7.91%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 60 (21.58%) JavaScript
2 59 (21.22%) Python
3 36 (12.95%) SQL
4 26 (9.35%) TypeScript
5 21 (7.55%) Kotlin
6 20 (7.19%) Scala
7 17 (6.12%) C#
8 10 (3.60%) Groovy
8 10 (3.60%) PHP
9 9 (3.24%) C
10 6 (2.16%) Go
11 4 (1.44%) Perl
11 4 (1.44%) Ruby
11 4 (1.44%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.08%) C++
12 3 (1.08%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.36%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.36%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.36%) Rust
13 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (20.14%) Security Cleared
2 51 (18.35%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.83%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.60%) Degree
5 3 (1.08%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.72%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.71%) QA
2 16 (5.76%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.52%) WCAG
4 6 (2.16%) GDPR
5 5 (1.80%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.80%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.72%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.72%) SLA
7 1 (0.36%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.36%) GxP
7 1 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (14.03%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.08%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.36%) ACF2
3 1 (0.36%) IAG
3 1 (0.36%) RACF
3 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (13.31%) Kubernetes
2 25 (8.99%) Terraform
3 12 (4.32%) Ansible
4 10 (3.60%) Grafana
5 6 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.44%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.08%) Kibana
8 1 (0.36%) Anchore
8 1 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.36%) Packer
8 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (7.91%) Google
2 19 (6.83%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.04%) Oracle
4 10 (3.60%) IBM
5 7 (2.52%) TSYS
6 5 (1.80%) Informatica
6 5 (1.80%) Talend
7 4 (1.44%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.44%) SAP
8 3 (1.08%) Adobe
8 3 (1.08%) Nintex
8 3 (1.08%) Pega
9 2 (0.72%) AVEVA
9 2 (0.72%) Databricks
9 2 (0.72%) ESRI
10 1 (0.36%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.36%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.36%) F5
10 1 (0.36%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow