Java Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Java
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Java skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 28 24
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 -17
Contract jobs citing Java 130 149 213
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 7.62% 7.12% 7.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.17% 20.47% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 85 150
10th Percentile £413 £468 £424
25th Percentile £478 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £655
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.76% -3.85%
75th Percentile £688 £775 £788
90th Percentile £854 £870 £875
Central London median daily rate £610 £650 £663
% change year-on-year -6.15% -1.89% -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £38.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £40.00 -

All Programming Languages
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 614 728 972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 35.97% 34.77% 34.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 461 671
10th Percentile £385 £406 £400
25th Percentile £448 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -1.25% -
75th Percentile £678 £704 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £831
Central London median daily rate £575 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile £23.90 £51.80 £15.65
25th Percentile £26.25 £74.38 £20.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £112.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.64% +273.33% -42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £39.75
90th Percentile £68.75 - £45.15
Central London median hourly rate £39.50 £41.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -4.82% +38.33% -42.86%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Java relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Java job vacancy trend in the City of London

Java
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Java.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Java

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in the City of London

Java
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Java.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Java

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.38%) Confluence
2 2 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.77%) Apache
3 1 (0.77%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.77%) Camunda
3 1 (0.77%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.77%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.77%) JBoss
3 1 (0.77%) Luigi
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.77%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Exchequer
1 1 (0.77%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.77%) Summit
1 1 (0.77%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 45 (34.62%) AWS
2 28 (21.54%) Azure
3 21 (16.15%) GCP
4 13 (10.00%) GitHub
5 9 (6.92%) Amazon S3
6 7 (5.38%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (5.38%) Serverless
7 6 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (3.85%) Snowflake
9 4 (3.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 4 (3.08%) Power Platform
9 4 (3.08%) Slack
10 3 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.54%) Amazon Neptune
11 2 (1.54%) Cloud Functions
11 2 (1.54%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.77%) Amazon Glacier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.54%) DNS
1 2 (1.54%) Firewall
2 1 (0.77%) DKIM
2 1 (0.77%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.77%) HTTP
2 1 (0.77%) SNMP
2 1 (0.77%) VPN
2 1 (0.77%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.46%) NoSQL
1 11 (8.46%) Relational Database
2 9 (6.92%) MongoDB
3 6 (4.62%) Hadoop
4 5 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.85%) KDB
5 4 (3.08%) Big Data
5 4 (3.08%) DB2
5 4 (3.08%) MemSQL
5 4 (3.08%) MySQL
5 4 (3.08%) Power BI
5 4 (3.08%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.31%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (2.31%) DataStage
6 3 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.31%) Sybase IQ
7 2 (1.54%) Event Store
7 2 (1.54%) Kdb+
7 2 (1.54%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 26 (20.00%) Git
2 15 (11.54%) JIRA
3 14 (10.77%) Bitbucket
4 13 (10.00%) Jenkins
5 12 (9.23%) Selenium
6 9 (6.92%) Cucumber
6 9 (6.92%) Maven
7 8 (6.15%) GitLab
7 8 (6.15%) Gradle
8 5 (3.85%) Postman
8 5 (3.85%) SonarQube
9 4 (3.08%) JUnit
9 4 (3.08%) TeamCity
10 3 (2.31%) REST Assured
10 3 (2.31%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (1.54%) Eclipse
11 2 (1.54%) IntelliJ
11 2 (1.54%) Mockito
11 2 (1.54%) SoapUI
11 2 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 49 (37.69%) Finance
2 32 (24.62%) Banking
3 30 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 17 (13.08%) Front Office
5 13 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.15%) Investment Banking
6 8 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.08%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.31%) Back Office
8 3 (2.31%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Military
10 1 (0.77%) Advertising
10 1 (0.77%) Automotive
10 1 (0.77%) Games
10 1 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.77%) Legal
10 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (45.38%) Developer
2 41 (31.54%) Java Developer
3 21 (16.15%) Senior
4 15 (11.54%) Lead
5 10 (7.69%) Software Engineer
6 9 (6.92%) Angular Developer
7 8 (6.15%) Architect
8 7 (5.38%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.62%) Java Engineer
9 6 (4.62%) Lead Developer
10 5 (3.85%) Data Engineer
10 5 (3.85%) Lead Java Developer
11 4 (3.08%) Consultant
11 4 (3.08%) GCP Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) KDB Developer
11 4 (3.08%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 4 (3.08%) Technical Architect
12 3 (2.31%) Analyst
12 3 (2.31%) Test Engineer
12 3 (2.31%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (17.69%) Spring
1 23 (17.69%) Spring Boot
2 21 (16.15%) REST
3 17 (13.08%) React
4 16 (12.31%) AngularJS
5 15 (11.54%) .NET
6 13 (10.00%) Kafka
7 11 (8.46%) Node.js
8 8 (6.15%) XML
9 7 (5.38%) RESTful
10 6 (4.62%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (4.62%) Web Services
11 5 (3.85%) GraphQL
12 4 (3.08%) Hibernate
12 4 (3.08%) HTML
12 4 (3.08%) ZK
13 3 (2.31%) JPA
13 3 (2.31%) jQuery
13 3 (2.31%) Middleware
13 3 (2.31%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.85%) Cloud Native
2 13 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (6.15%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.08%) Derivative
5 4 (3.08%) Equities
5 4 (3.08%) Fixed Income
5 4 (3.08%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.08%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.08%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.31%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.77%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.00%) Linux
2 11 (8.46%) Unix
3 6 (4.62%) Windows
4 3 (2.31%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.54%) Android
5 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (40.00%) Agile
2 34 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (23.85%) CI/CD
4 29 (22.31%) DevOps
4 29 (22.31%) Scrum
5 27 (20.77%) Microservices
6 26 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 23 (17.69%) Test Automation
8 21 (16.15%) Full-Stack Development
9 19 (14.62%) Containerisation
9 19 (14.62%) Kanban
9 19 (14.62%) TDD
10 17 (13.08%) SDLC
11 16 (12.31%) Low Latency
12 15 (11.54%) Migration
13 14 (10.77%) Event-Driven
14 13 (10.00%) BDD
15 12 (9.23%) Computer Science
15 12 (9.23%) Infrastructure as Code
16 11 (8.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 50 (38.46%) Python
2 37 (28.46%) SQL
3 16 (12.31%) C#
3 16 (12.31%) TypeScript
4 15 (11.54%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.62%) C++
6 4 (3.08%) Go
6 4 (3.08%) Kotlin
7 3 (2.31%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.31%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.31%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.54%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.54%) Bash
8 2 (1.54%) Rust
9 1 (0.77%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.77%) R
9 1 (0.77%) Scala
9 1 (0.77%) Solidity
9 1 (0.77%) SOQL
9 1 (0.77%) Swift
Qualifications
1 13 (10.00%) Degree
2 12 (9.23%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (6.92%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.15%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.31%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.54%) CBAP
6 2 (1.54%) CISSP
6 2 (1.54%) ISEB
7 1 (0.77%) CEH
7 1 (0.77%) CISA
7 1 (0.77%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.77%) CRISC
7 1 (0.77%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.77%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.77%) OSCP
7 1 (0.77%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.77%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.23%) QA
2 6 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.77%) GDPR
3 1 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.77%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (13.85%) Docker
2 4 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.77%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 23 (17.69%) Kubernetes
2 12 (9.23%) Terraform
3 9 (6.92%) Ansible
4 4 (3.08%) Argo
5 3 (2.31%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 2 (1.54%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.77%) Grafana
7 1 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.77%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.77%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.77%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (10.00%) Oracle
2 12 (9.23%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.38%) Google
4 3 (2.31%) Altiris
4 3 (2.31%) Citrix
4 3 (2.31%) ION Trading
4 3 (2.31%) Ivanti
4 3 (2.31%) Solace
4 3 (2.31%) Symantec
4 3 (2.31%) UiPath
4 3 (2.31%) VMware
5 2 (1.54%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.54%) IBM
5 2 (1.54%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.54%) Splunk
5 2 (1.54%) Sybase
6 1 (0.77%) Adobe
6 1 (0.77%) Calypso
6 1 (0.77%) Informatica
6 1 (0.77%) Murex