Java Contracts in London

Java
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing Java 1,468 2,987 4,848
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.30% 11.36% 12.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.88% 28.07% 29.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 2,343 3,679
10th Percentile £413 £463 £463
25th Percentile £500 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £635
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.36% +10.43%
75th Percentile £825 £775 £750
90th Percentile £888 £863 £838
England median daily rate £577 £601 £600
% change year-on-year -3.91% +0.08% +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 21
10th Percentile £47.55 £35.00 £27.75
25th Percentile £49.25 £39.31 £36.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £69.75 £70.90
Median % change year-on-year -24.73% -1.62% +9.92%
75th Percentile £64.53 £86.50 £77.18
90th Percentile £73.00 £90.00 £84.25
England median hourly rate £63.75 £65.25 £63.50
% change year-on-year -2.30% +2.76% +15.45%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,415 10,642 16,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.26% 40.49% 42.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,915 7,948 12,436
10th Percentile £381 £413 £419
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £730 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.28% +2.33% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 82 114
10th Percentile £23.80 £34.33 £29.08
25th Percentile £40.75 £50.11 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £68.44
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.18 £50.10
% change year-on-year +2.17% +22.11% +15.84%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Java in London

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in London.

Daily rate trend for Java in London

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Java in London

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in London.

Hourly rate trend for Java in London

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Java in London

Java
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Central London -12 177 £650 -3.70% 53
South London +5 36 £480 -1.54% 6
East London -1 26 £520 -20.00% 24
West London 0 20 £450 -25.00% 15
Java
England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 118 (8.04%) Apache
2 115 (7.83%) Apache Airflow
3 47 (3.20%) Apache Spark
4 44 (3.00%) Confluence
5 10 (0.68%) nginx
5 10 (0.68%) WebSphere
6 8 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.54%) Camunda
7 7 (0.48%) CMS
7 7 (0.48%) JBoss
7 7 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
7 7 (0.48%) SAS
8 6 (0.41%) WebLogic
9 5 (0.34%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.27%) MQSeries
10 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.14%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 22 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.068%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.36%) ION MarketView
2 12 (0.82%) ION Anvil
3 8 (0.54%) Endur
4 7 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.48%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.41%) Oracle BPM
6 5 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
6 5 (0.34%) Shopify
7 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.20%) Global One
8 3 (0.20%) RMDS
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
9 2 (0.14%) Front Arena
9 2 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
10 1 (0.068%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.068%) R3 Corda
10 1 (0.068%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.068%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 477 (32.49%) AWS
2 189 (12.87%) Azure
3 170 (11.58%) GCP
4 98 (6.68%) dbt
5 94 (6.40%) Snowflake
6 77 (5.25%) Serverless
7 71 (4.84%) GitHub
8 57 (3.88%) Amazon S3
9 52 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
10 46 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
11 43 (2.93%) Amazon EC2
12 29 (1.98%) Amazon SQS
13 28 (1.91%) Amazon EKS
14 24 (1.63%) Amazon ECS
15 23 (1.57%) OpenShift
15 23 (1.57%) Power Platform
16 21 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 18 (1.23%) Amazon Kinesis
18 17 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
19 15 (1.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.16%) DNS
2 14 (0.95%) Internet
3 13 (0.89%) Network Security
4 11 (0.75%) Firewall
5 10 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.61%) HTTP
7 8 (0.54%) DHCP
8 6 (0.41%) SSH
8 6 (0.41%) VPN
9 4 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.27%) SSL
10 3 (0.20%) IPv4
10 3 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.20%) VoIP
11 2 (0.14%) AMQP
11 2 (0.14%) BIG-IP
11 2 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.14%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.14%) SMS
11 2 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (6.95%) Amazon Athena
2 100 (6.81%) Data Lake
3 97 (6.61%) Apache Arrow
3 97 (6.61%) Dremio
4 89 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
5 83 (5.65%) Apache Ignite
6 82 (5.59%) Relational Database
7 80 (5.45%) SQL Server
8 67 (4.56%) MongoDB
9 64 (4.36%) NoSQL
10 56 (3.81%) MySQL
11 49 (3.34%) Big Data
11 49 (3.34%) KDB
12 47 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
13 33 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
13 33 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
14 30 (2.04%) Oracle Database
15 25 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
16 23 (1.57%) BigQuery
17 21 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 162 (11.04%) Git
2 154 (10.49%) Jenkins
3 106 (7.22%) Selenium
4 94 (6.40%) JIRA
5 81 (5.52%) Cucumber
6 77 (5.25%) JUnit
7 59 (4.02%) Maven
8 46 (3.13%) Mockito
9 41 (2.79%) GitLab
10 39 (2.66%) Cypress.io
11 29 (1.98%) JMeter
12 27 (1.84%) TestNG
13 24 (1.63%) Postman
13 24 (1.63%) REST Assured
14 23 (1.57%) WebDriver
15 21 (1.43%) Gradle
15 21 (1.43%) Subversion
15 21 (1.43%) TeamCity
16 20 (1.36%) Bitbucket
17 19 (1.29%) Appium
General
1 511 (34.81%) Finance
2 340 (23.16%) Banking
3 266 (18.12%) Social Skills
4 236 (16.08%) Front Office
5 181 (12.33%) Investment Banking
6 138 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
7 88 (5.99%) Public Sector
8 26 (1.77%) Financial Institution
9 24 (1.63%) Retail
10 20 (1.36%) Back Office
11 19 (1.29%) Marketing
12 16 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.48%) Law
13 7 (0.48%) Prime Brokerage
13 7 (0.48%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.27%) Aviation
16 4 (0.27%) German Language
16 4 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 722 (49.18%) Developer
2 401 (27.32%) Java Developer
3 276 (18.80%) Senior
4 151 (10.29%) Senior Developer
5 132 (8.99%) Lead
5 132 (8.99%) Software Engineer
6 112 (7.63%) Architect
7 108 (7.36%) Java Engineer
8 88 (5.99%) Senior Java Developer
9 76 (5.18%) Full Stack Developer
10 66 (4.50%) AWS Engineer
11 64 (4.36%) Software Developer
12 51 (3.47%) Data Engineer
13 49 (3.34%) Java Software Engineer
14 47 (3.20%) Senior Software Engineer
15 46 (3.13%) Python Engineer
16 45 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
17 44 (3.00%) Analyst
17 44 (3.00%) Lead Developer
17 44 (3.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (17.23%) Spring
2 220 (14.99%) Spring Boot
3 158 (10.76%) REST
4 146 (9.95%) Kafka
5 145 (9.88%) React
6 102 (6.95%) gRPC
7 99 (6.74%) NumPy
7 99 (6.74%) Pandas
8 98 (6.68%) HTML
8 98 (6.68%) Protocol Buffers
9 95 (6.47%) SciPy
10 87 (5.93%) Web Services
11 86 (5.86%) .NET
12 81 (5.52%) CSS
13 77 (5.25%) Node.js
14 71 (4.84%) Hibernate
15 65 (4.43%) XML
16 60 (4.09%) AngularJS
17 58 (3.95%) JPA
17 58 (3.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 182 (12.40%) Fixed Income
2 154 (10.49%) Derivative
3 146 (9.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 121 (8.24%) Hedge funds
5 116 (7.90%) Equities
6 93 (6.34%) Distributed Systems
7 70 (4.77%) Algorithms
8 48 (3.27%) Data Structures
9 37 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (2.52%) Management Information System
10 33 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
11 32 (2.18%) Onboarding
12 30 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
13 26 (1.77%) Public Cloud
14 24 (1.63%) Cloud Native
15 21 (1.43%) Credit Derivative
16 19 (1.29%) Mobile App
16 19 (1.29%) Product Ownership
17 18 (1.23%) Equity Derivative
17 18 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 159 (10.83%) Linux
2 114 (7.77%) Unix
3 47 (3.20%) Windows
4 28 (1.91%) Android
5 16 (1.09%) Mac OS X
6 15 (1.02%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.75%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.20%) zOS
9 1 (0.068%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.068%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (36.78%) Agile
2 318 (21.66%) Software Engineering
3 302 (20.57%) CI/CD
4 271 (18.46%) DevOps
5 253 (17.23%) Microservices
6 245 (16.69%) Test Automation
7 178 (12.13%) Problem-Solving
8 155 (10.56%) TDD
9 140 (9.54%) SDLC
10 129 (8.79%) Computer Science
11 123 (8.38%) Full Stack Development
12 120 (8.17%) Scrum
13 109 (7.43%) Asset Management
14 106 (7.22%) Continuous Integration
15 103 (7.02%) BDD
16 100 (6.81%) Analytics
17 93 (6.34%) Investment Management
18 90 (6.13%) Electronic Trading
19 84 (5.72%) Design Patterns
20 81 (5.52%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 508 (34.60%) Python
2 339 (23.09%) SQL
3 313 (21.32%) JavaScript
4 213 (14.51%) C#
5 169 (11.51%) TypeScript
6 103 (7.02%) C++
7 71 (4.84%) Go
8 67 (4.56%) Kotlin
9 65 (4.43%) Scala
10 63 (4.29%) Shell Script
11 62 (4.22%) PowerShell
12 41 (2.79%) Perl
13 35 (2.38%) Ruby
14 27 (1.84%) Rust
15 23 (1.57%) Bash
15 23 (1.57%) C
16 22 (1.50%) PL/SQL
17 16 (1.09%) Groovy
17 16 (1.09%) PHP
18 14 (0.95%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 241 (16.42%) Security Cleared
2 216 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 146 (9.95%) Degree
4 67 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (1.77%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.77%) Master's Degree
6 12 (0.82%) PhD
7 11 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (0.41%) ISEB
8 6 (0.41%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.27%) CISSP
10 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.14%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.14%) CCNP
11 2 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.14%) SANS
12 1 (0.068%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.04%) QA
2 52 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.50%) PCI DSS
4 13 (0.89%) Accessibility
4 13 (0.89%) SLA
5 11 (0.75%) MiFID
6 8 (0.54%) GDPR
7 5 (0.34%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.27%) GRC
9 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.068%) Basel III
10 1 (0.068%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.068%) GxP
10 1 (0.068%) NCSC
10 1 (0.068%) NIST
10 1 (0.068%) WCAG
System Software
1 191 (13.01%) Docker
2 41 (2.79%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.57%) IAG
4 22 (1.50%) ACF2
4 22 (1.50%) RACF
5 15 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 6 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.34%) HDFS
8 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.068%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.068%) Cronacle
9 1 (0.068%) Firmware
9 1 (0.068%) GridGain
9 1 (0.068%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.068%) iptables
9 1 (0.068%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.068%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.068%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.068%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 225 (15.33%) Kubernetes
2 108 (7.36%) Terraform
3 57 (3.88%) Grafana
4 54 (3.68%) Ansible
5 53 (3.61%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.02%) Kibana
7 12 (0.82%) Consul
8 10 (0.68%) ITRS Geneos
8 10 (0.68%) Puppet
9 9 (0.61%) BladeLogic
9 9 (0.61%) Opsgenie
9 9 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.48%) Packer
10 7 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.34%) Control-M
11 5 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
11 5 (0.34%) Podman
12 4 (0.27%) Istio
12 4 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 158 (10.76%) Oracle
2 83 (5.65%) Microsoft
3 57 (3.88%) Google
4 44 (3.00%) ION Trading
5 39 (2.66%) IBM
6 35 (2.38%) Splunk
7 33 (2.25%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.98%) Dynatrace
8 29 (1.98%) SAP
9 25 (1.70%) Salesforce
10 22 (1.50%) Sybase
11 21 (1.43%) Adobe
12 14 (0.95%) Databricks
12 14 (0.95%) New Relic
13 13 (0.89%) Virgin Media
14 11 (0.75%) Solace
15 10 (0.68%) CyberArk
15 10 (0.68%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.68%) PagerDuty
15 10 (0.68%) SEEBURGER