Java Developer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Java Developer
England > North of England

The median Java Developer daily rate in the North of England is £522, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 110 99
Rank change year-on-year -28 -11 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 132 91 71
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 1.71% 2.14% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 2.33% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 71 63
10th Percentile £402 £358 £374
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% +8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £550
90th Percentile £675 £680 £605
England median daily rate £546 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.05% -12.50% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £64.25 £68.75
% change year-on-year +8.95% -6.55% +5.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 7,042 3,898 3,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 91.63% 92.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,035 2,590 2,029
10th Percentile £313 £230 £263
25th Percentile £406 £370 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £468 £485
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -3.61% -3.00%
75th Percentile £588 £567 £575
90th Percentile £675 £671 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 744 228 228
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.85 £15.32
25th Percentile £21.98 £17.88 £18.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.81 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.23% -23.66% +18.83%
75th Percentile £70.00 £47.78 £49.06
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.40 £70.00
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -7.61%

Java Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Java Developer Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Java Developer in the North of England

Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Java Developer 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 Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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 -42 55 £522 +21.40% 10
Yorkshire -23 52 £450 -30.77% 11
North East -13 31 £505 +3.59% 25
Java Developer
England

Java Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, Java Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Java100.0%132
2Agile59.1%78
3Microservices47.7%63
4Spring40.2%53
5CI/CD38.6%51
6AWS37.9%50
7Spring Boot37.1%49
8Test Automation36.4%48
9Software Engineering33.3%44
10Kubernetes32.6%43
11SC Cleared28.0%37
11Security Cleared28.0%37
13DevOps25.8%34
14Kafka22.0%29
15Scrum21.2%28
16MongoDB20.5%27
16SDLC20.5%27
18Docker18.9%25
19JavaScript18.2%24
20AngularJS17.4%23
20GitHub17.4%23
20Jenkins17.4%23
20TDD17.4%23
24QA16.7%22
24SQL16.7%22
26Problem-Solving15.2%20
26REST15.2%20
28Argo13.6%18
28Front End Development13.6%18
28GCP13.6%18

Java Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Java Developer28.8%38
2SC Cleared Java Developer10.6%14
3React Developer7.6%10
4Full-Stack Java Developer5.3%7
4Senior React Developer5.3%7
6Backend Developer4.5%6
6Senior UI Developer4.5%6
8AWS Developer3.8%5
8Lead Java Developer3.8%5
10Senior Backend Developer3.0%4
11Java Software Developer2.3%3
11Senior Java/J2EE Developer2.3%3
13Node.js Developer1.5%2
14Agile Java Developer0.8%1
14Artificial Intelligence Developer0.8%1
14Cloud Developer0.8%1
14DevOps Developer0.8%1
14Digital Developer0.8%1
14GCP Developer0.8%1
14GCP DevOps0.8%1
45 Java Developer jobs in the North of England