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Java Software Engineer

DWP Digital Heeley, Sheffield

From £59,813 / year Posted 2 weeks ago

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DWP Digital is hiring a contract Java Software Engineer in Heeley, Sheffield. The ad gives pay from £59,813 a year. The ad names Java.

71 other software engineer jobs are open in the United Kingdom on our board; this pay sits around the middle of the 40 that state a yearly salary.

Company: DWP Digital
Location: Heeley, Sheffield
Type: Contract
Salary: From £59,813 / year
Posted: Oct 10, 2026 (2 weeks ago)
Listed until: Nov 9, 2026
Category: IT Jobs

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DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join DWP as a Java Software Engineer and help build modern cloud-first services that support some of the UK's most important public services. Our DWP Digital teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and emp…

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