Swing Contract Job Trends in Central London

Java Swing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Swing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Swing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.052% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £904 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £908 - -
75th Percentile £911 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £530 £495 £600
% change year-on-year +7.07% -17.50% -14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Central London

Swing falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 456 550 856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 23.63% 23.94% 25.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 363 572
10th Percentile £376 £425 £413
25th Percentile £425 £500 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £727
90th Percentile £758 £838 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £52.83 £26.53 -
25th Percentile £55.99 £28.23 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £32.15 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.43% -39.35% +11.58%
75th Percentile £76.25 £36.73 -
90th Percentile £83.75 £38.84 -
London median hourly rate £51.97 £42.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +22.28% -33.59% +10.34%

Swing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Swing in Central London

Swing
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Swing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Swing

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Swing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Swing

Swing
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 Swing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 - 1 £908 -
Swing
London

Swing
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate