Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London
Java Engineer
Central London > City of London
The median Java Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £337, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 134 | 117 | 115 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | -2 | +25 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the City of London | 0.33% | 0.35% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.35% | 0.37% | 0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £284 | £360 | £708 |
| 25th Percentile | £297 | £413 | £710 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £337 | £438 | £850 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.03% | -48.53% | +17.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £442 | £609 | £950 |
| 90th Percentile | £506 | £794 | £1,018 |
| Central London median daily rate | £341 | £438 | £850 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.06% | -48.53% | +17.24% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title | 2,020 | 1,618 | 1,986 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.87% | 94.02% | 93.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,375 | 1,115 | 1,229 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £328 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | -2.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £784 |
| Central London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 18 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.90 | £16.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.60 | £20.63 | £25.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £27.04 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.32% | -52.98% | +51.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.00 | £35.88 | £112.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.50 | £64.30 | £137.50 |
| Central London median hourly rate | £25.00 | £27.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -21.43% | -5.41% |
Java Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Java Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.
Java Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
Java Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, Java Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Java | 100.0% | 7 |
| 2 | Spring | 85.7% | 6 |
| 2 | Spring Boot | 85.7% | 6 |
| 4 | CI/CD | 71.4% | 5 |
| 5 | Microservices | 57.1% | 4 |
| 5 | Unit Testing | 57.1% | 4 |
| 7 | DevOps | 42.9% | 3 |
| 7 | Docker | 42.9% | 3 |
| 7 | Event-Driven | 42.9% | 3 |
| 7 | Event-Driven Architecture | 42.9% | 3 |
| 7 | High Availability | 42.9% | 3 |
| 7 | REST | 42.9% | 3 |
| 7 | SQL | 42.9% | 3 |
| 7 | Test Automation | 42.9% | 3 |
| 15 | Agile | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | API Development | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | API Integration | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | AWS | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Clean Code | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Containerisation | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Customer Experience | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Front End Development | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Git | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Gradle | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Integration Patterns | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Integration Testing | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | JSF | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | JSP | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | JUnit | 28.6% | 2 |
| 15 | Linux | 28.6% | 2 |
Java Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Java Engineer | 42.9% | 3 |
| 2 | Support Engineer | 14.3% | 1 |