Java Contracts in Central London

Java
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 25 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 -15 +1
Contract jobs citing Java 158 181 498
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.91% 7.40% 12.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.44% 21.73% 30.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 137 353
10th Percentile £425 £425 £465
25th Percentile £500 £500 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £701 £750 £775
90th Percentile £838 £843 £950
London median daily rate £630 £601 £650
% change year-on-year +4.78% -7.50% +2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
London median hourly rate £48.50 £56.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -14.16% +11.88% -28.77%

All Programming Languages
Central London

Java falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 773 833 1,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.71% 34.06% 42.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 608 1,091
10th Percentile £409 £412 £420
25th Percentile £463 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £620
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -8.87% +3.33%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.75 £47.19
Median hourly rate £29.07 £48.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.06% -15.65% -4.96%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £65.00
90th Percentile - - £84.13
London median hourly rate £44.50 £50.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.88% -12.17% +15.00%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Java in Central London

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Java in Central London

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in Central London

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Java in Central London

Java
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London +2 152 £585 -10.00% 78
City of Westminster 0 2 - - 2
Southwark -3 1 - -
Java
London

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 12 (7.59%) Apache Spark
2 10 (6.33%) Apache
2 10 (6.33%) Confluence
3 2 (1.27%) IIS
4 1 (0.63%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.63%) Camunda
4 1 (0.63%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.63%) Luigi
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.63%) nginx
4 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (4.43%) Endur
2 4 (2.53%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.90%) BASE24
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (33.54%) AWS
2 28 (17.72%) Azure
3 15 (9.49%) GCP
4 7 (4.43%) OpenShift
5 5 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.16%) GitHub
6 3 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.90%) OCI
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.27%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.27%) PaaS
7 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Slack
8 1 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.63%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.63%) IaaS
8 1 (0.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.80%) HTTP
2 3 (1.90%) ATM
2 3 (1.90%) Firewall
3 2 (1.27%) Multicast
4 1 (0.63%) DNS
4 1 (0.63%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.63%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (17.09%) MongoDB
2 25 (15.82%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (13.92%) NoSQL
4 13 (8.23%) Relational Database
5 12 (7.59%) Big Data
6 11 (6.96%) SQL Server
7 9 (5.70%) Hadoop
8 6 (3.80%) MySQL
9 4 (2.53%) BigQuery
9 4 (2.53%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (2.53%) KDB
10 3 (1.90%) DB2
10 3 (1.90%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.27%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (1.27%) Apache Hive
11 2 (1.27%) DynamoDB
11 2 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (1.27%) RDBMS
11 2 (1.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 32 (20.25%) Git
2 23 (14.56%) Jenkins
3 16 (10.13%) JIRA
4 14 (8.86%) JUnit
5 10 (6.33%) Maven
6 9 (5.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 8 (5.06%) Bitbucket Server
7 8 (5.06%) SonarQube
8 6 (3.80%) TeamCity
9 5 (3.16%) GitLab
10 4 (2.53%) Bitbucket
10 4 (2.53%) Gradle
10 4 (2.53%) IntelliJ
10 4 (2.53%) Postman
11 3 (1.90%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.90%) Selenium
11 3 (1.90%) Subversion
12 2 (1.27%) Appium
12 2 (1.27%) Mockito
12 2 (1.27%) SoapUI
General
1 60 (37.97%) Finance
2 43 (27.22%) Social Skills
3 30 (18.99%) Banking
3 30 (18.99%) Public Sector
4 18 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.86%) Investment Banking
6 11 (6.96%) Front Office
7 7 (4.43%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.16%) Back Office
9 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.63%) Advertising
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Military
10 1 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (55.70%) Developer
2 62 (39.24%) Java Developer
3 17 (10.76%) Architect
3 17 (10.76%) Lead
3 17 (10.76%) SC Cleared Java Developer
4 15 (9.49%) Senior
5 11 (6.96%) Senior Developer
6 8 (5.06%) React Developer
6 8 (5.06%) Technical Architect
7 7 (4.43%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (4.43%) Senior Java Developer
7 7 (4.43%) Software Engineer
7 7 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (3.80%) Angular Developer
8 6 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (3.80%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 6 (3.80%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
8 6 (3.80%) Java Engineer
8 6 (3.80%) Team Leader
9 5 (3.16%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (29.75%) Spring
2 34 (21.52%) Kafka
3 33 (20.89%) Spring Boot
4 26 (16.46%) React
5 15 (9.49%) AngularJS
6 13 (8.23%) HTML
7 12 (7.59%) REST
8 8 (5.06%) CSS
8 8 (5.06%) RESTful
8 8 (5.06%) Web Services
9 7 (4.43%) .NET
10 6 (3.80%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (3.80%) JPA
10 6 (3.80%) Swagger
11 5 (3.16%) HTML5
11 5 (3.16%) OAuth
11 5 (3.16%) Spark Streaming
12 4 (2.53%) JMS
12 4 (2.53%) SAML
12 4 (2.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.86%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (5.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (4.43%) Equities
4 6 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.80%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (3.16%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.16%) Market Risk
6 4 (2.53%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.90%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.90%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.90%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.90%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.27%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.27%) iSeries
8 2 (1.27%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (20.89%) Linux
2 12 (7.59%) Unix
3 5 (3.16%) Windows
4 3 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.27%) Android
5 2 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.27%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.63%) Solaris
6 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (36.08%) Agile
2 52 (32.91%) DevOps
3 44 (27.85%) CI/CD
4 39 (24.68%) Microservices
5 33 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (16.46%) Software Engineering
7 25 (15.82%) Clean Code
8 21 (13.29%) API Development
9 18 (11.39%) SDLC
9 18 (11.39%) TDD
10 17 (10.76%) SOLID
11 15 (9.49%) Low Latency
11 15 (9.49%) Test Automation
12 14 (8.86%) Electronic Trading
13 13 (8.23%) Analytics
13 13 (8.23%) Mentoring
14 12 (7.59%) Computer Science
14 12 (7.59%) Unit Testing
15 11 (6.96%) Algorithmic Trading
15 11 (6.96%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 54 (34.18%) Python
2 44 (27.85%) SQL
3 37 (23.42%) JavaScript
4 17 (10.76%) C++
5 16 (10.13%) C#
6 11 (6.96%) C
7 9 (5.70%) Scala
8 8 (5.06%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.43%) PL/SQL
9 7 (4.43%) Shell Script
10 5 (3.16%) Groovy
10 5 (3.16%) Perl
10 5 (3.16%) PowerShell
11 4 (2.53%) Go
12 3 (1.90%) Bash
12 3 (1.90%) DAML
12 3 (1.90%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.90%) Ruby
13 2 (1.27%) Apex Code
13 2 (1.27%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 36 (22.78%) Security Cleared
2 34 (21.52%) SC Cleared
3 19 (12.03%) Degree
4 17 (10.76%) AWS Certified Developer
5 10 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.53%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.90%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.90%) OCP
7 3 (1.90%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.27%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.16%) QA
2 4 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (1.90%) NIST
4 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.63%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.63%) PSD2
System Software
1 24 (15.19%) Docker
2 2 (1.27%) Lustre
3 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.63%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.63%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.63%) OpenIDM
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.63%) Platform Symphony
3 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.63%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 46 (29.11%) Kubernetes
2 12 (7.59%) Terraform
3 6 (3.80%) Ansible
4 3 (1.90%) Argo
4 3 (1.90%) Grafana
4 3 (1.90%) Kibana
4 3 (1.90%) Podman
5 2 (1.27%) Control-M
5 2 (1.27%) Istio
5 2 (1.27%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.63%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.63%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 1 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.63%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.63%) Puppet
6 1 (0.63%) QRadar
6 1 (0.63%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 25 (15.82%) Oracle
2 9 (5.70%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.70%) Splunk
3 8 (5.06%) OpenLink
4 6 (3.80%) Google
4 6 (3.80%) IBM
5 5 (3.16%) Sybase
6 4 (2.53%) HP
6 4 (2.53%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.27%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (1.27%) Databricks
7 2 (1.27%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.27%) ION Trading
7 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.27%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.27%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.63%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.63%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.63%) Solace
8 1 (0.63%) Talend