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.
Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title
1,632
2,086
3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.94%
94.95%
95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,021
1,483
2,364
10th Percentile
£350
£350
£350
25th Percentile
£463
£450
£475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£575
£563
£600
Median % change year-on-year
+2.22%
-6.25%
+6.19%
75th Percentile
£681
£688
£725
90th Percentile
£775
£798
£820
Central London median daily rate
£575
£550
£585
% change year-on-year
+4.55%
-5.98%
+4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted
13
15
22
10th Percentile
£22.00
£15.62
£15.50
25th Percentile
£24.66
£20.22
£18.50
Median hourly rate
£31.00
£23.00
£35.00
Median % change year-on-year
+34.78%
-34.29%
-6.04%
75th Percentile
£48.75
£27.25
£58.75
90th Percentile
£92.75
£40.00
£87.97
Central London median hourly rate
£29.07
£25.78
£35.00
% change year-on-year
+12.76%
-26.34%
-6.04%
Java Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings that featured Java Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Java Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java Engineer 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 1 May 2025.
Java Engineer Contract Job Locations in the City of London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Engineer within the City of 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
Java Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Java Engineer 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 across the City of London region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.
Java Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:
