Java Developers in the UK

For most business-to-business services supplied from outside the UK, the reverse charge applies: you account for the VAT in your own return rather than paying it to us, and it is typically neutral if you are fully recoverable. Our invoices state the position clearly so your accountant is not guessing. If your situation is unusual, for example partial exemption, we would rather your accountant confirms the treatment before we invoice than after.

We build to it rather than claiming a certificate. In practice that means data minimisation designed in rather than bolted on, a documented lawful basis for each processing activity, retention periods that actually delete, subject access and erasure handled as features rather than manual database work, and hosting in a region you approve. Where we process personal data on your behalf we sign a processor agreement setting out exactly that.

Yes, and it is scoped from the start because retrofitting accessibility is considerably more expensive than building it in. We work to WCAG 2.2 AA, test with a screen reader rather than relying on an automated scan, and produce the accessibility statement the regulations require. Automated tools catch perhaps a third of real issues, which is why the manual pass is not optional.

We are happy to contract under English law with the courts of England and Wales, and most UK clients prefer that. IR35 does not apply to us: it governs individuals working through an intermediary, and you are engaging a company for a defined deliverable rather than a person for their time. Your accountant will want to see that the contract reflects that, and ours does.

Senior Java developer and agency rates in India typically run about 700 to 4,500 rupees per hour depending on seniority and system complexity. We quote flat INR with GST for project work and a fixed monthly rate for a dedicated developer, so there are no hourly surprises. Overseas clients are billed the equivalent in USD, CAD, GBP, or AED through Wise. Rates well below market for genuinely senior Spring Boot work usually signal juniors or hidden change-request fees.

We will be straight with you. Our highest-volume production work is in Node.js, Laravel, React, and Flutter, and Java is a service line we take on deliberately rather than a decade-long specialty. What we bring is senior backend engineering: API design, data modeling on PostgreSQL and MongoDB, Redis, AWS, testing, and CI, which are the disciplines that decide whether any backend holds up. If a project needs deep, specialized Java internals we are not the right team for, we will say so on the first call rather than after you have paid.

Pick a dedicated developer when the roadmap is still moving and you want to direct the work sprint by sprint. It is a monthly rolling contract you can stop with notice. Pick fixed-price when the scope is clear and you want a known number against a known date. Many clients start with a small fixed-price build to test how we work, then move to a dedicated developer or retainer once they trust the output.

New work goes on a current LTS Java (17 or 21) and the latest stable Spring Boot 3.x, with Maven or Gradle, and we containerize with Docker. For an existing system we meet the version you are on first, then propose an upgrade path if you are stuck on an end-of-life release like Java 8 or Spring Boot 2.x, phased so nothing breaks in one big jump.

Yes, and it is a common request for a new team. We start with a short audit: a dependency and security review, a look at the build, the tests, and the data layer, and a written list of what is fragile and what to fix first. From there you can hand us the whole system or just the priority work. Because we deploy from your own repo and cloud account, nothing gets locked to us.