Java Applications Architect Contracts

Java Application Architect
UK

The median Java Application Architect daily rate in the UK is £660 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 690 846
Rank change year-on-year +108 +156 -147
Contract jobs requiring a Java Applications Architect 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.005% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £655 - £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £600 £340
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +76.47% -40.56%
75th Percentile £665 - £360
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Java Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Java Applications Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Java Applications Architect in the UK

Java Applications Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Java Applications Architect in the UK

Java Applications Architect
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Applications Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +103 2 £660 +10.00%
London +88 2 £660 +10.00%
Work from Home +126 1 - -

Java Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Java Applications Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Java Applications Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) REST
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Angular 2
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Spring
3 1 (33.33%) Maven
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
3 1 (33.33%) SOAP
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) J2SE
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) Migration

Java Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Maven
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Angular 2
2 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) J2EE
2 1 (33.33%) J2SE
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) Spring
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) B2B
1 1 (33.33%) B2C
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) IBM