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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 -10
Contract jobs citing Java 127 154 155
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.60% 8.60% 7.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.33% 23.26% 20.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 93 102
10th Percentile £425 £413 £429
25th Percentile £488 £463 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £610 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.38% -9.63% +3.05%
75th Percentile £638 £685 £751
90th Percentile £795 £833 £850
Central London median daily rate £575 £610 £684
% change year-on-year -5.74% -10.79% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - £36.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £38.50
75th Percentile £75.00 - £40.25
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £70.00 - £38.50

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 657 662 739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 28.97% 36.96% 35.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 457 505
10th Percentile £400 £385 £403
25th Percentile £460 £463 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £593
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.27% -2.07%
75th Percentile £670 £688 £710
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £579
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.22% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 1
10th Percentile £25.14 £22.05 -
25th Percentile £31.71 £26.00 £36.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -11.69% +208.00%
75th Percentile £49.68 £63.75 £40.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £73.75 -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £42.72 £40.00
% change year-on-year +5.33% +6.80% +220.00%

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 13 September 2026.

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
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 within the City of London region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
Moorgate - 1 £875 -
Java
Central London

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 6 (4.72%) Apache Spark
1 6 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (3.15%) Confluence
3 3 (2.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
4 1 (0.79%) Camunda
4 1 (0.79%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.79%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.79%) JBoss
4 1 (0.79%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.79%) nginx
4 1 (0.79%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.79%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 52 (40.94%) AWS
2 37 (29.13%) Azure
3 26 (20.47%) GitHub
4 13 (10.24%) GCP
5 10 (7.87%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (6.30%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (5.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (4.72%) Serverless
9 5 (3.94%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (3.94%) Amazon S3
9 5 (3.94%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.94%) Azure AKS
9 5 (3.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (3.94%) PaaS
9 5 (3.94%) Snowflake
10 4 (3.15%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (3.15%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (3.15%) dbt
11 3 (2.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.15%) Multicast
2 3 (2.36%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.57%) DNS
3 2 (1.57%) VLAN
3 2 (1.57%) VPN
4 1 (0.79%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (0.79%) Firewall
4 1 (0.79%) FTP
4 1 (0.79%) OpenVPN
4 1 (0.79%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.79%) RTCP
4 1 (0.79%) RTP
4 1 (0.79%) SSH
4 1 (0.79%) VoIP
4 1 (0.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.24%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (7.87%) Relational Database
3 8 (6.30%) NoSQL
4 7 (5.51%) DynamoDB
5 6 (4.72%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (4.72%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.94%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (2.36%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (2.36%) Big Data
7 3 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.57%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.57%) Power BI
9 1 (0.79%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.79%) Db2
9 1 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.79%) Redis
9 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (16.54%) Git
1 21 (16.54%) Jenkins
2 14 (11.02%) GitLab
2 14 (11.02%) JUnit
3 9 (7.09%) JIRA
3 9 (7.09%) Mockito
4 8 (6.30%) Maven
5 7 (5.51%) Gradle
5 7 (5.51%) Postman
6 6 (4.72%) Cucumber
7 5 (3.94%) Selenium
8 4 (3.15%) SonarQube
9 3 (2.36%) Artifactory
9 3 (2.36%) eggPlant
9 3 (2.36%) SoapUI
10 2 (1.57%) Appium
10 2 (1.57%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.57%) HP UFT
10 2 (1.57%) Liquibase
10 2 (1.57%) LoadRunner
General
1 50 (39.37%) Finance
2 40 (31.50%) Banking
3 30 (23.62%) Social Skills
4 17 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (12.60%) Investment Banking
6 14 (11.02%) Front Office
7 8 (6.30%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.94%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.36%) Back Office
9 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.57%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.79%) Billing
11 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.79%) Legal
11 1 (0.79%) Marketing
11 1 (0.79%) Military
11 1 (0.79%) Retail
11 1 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (37.01%) Developer
2 41 (32.28%) Senior
3 34 (26.77%) Java Developer
4 27 (21.26%) Senior Developer
5 25 (19.69%) Senior Java Developer
6 14 (11.02%) Lead
7 13 (10.24%) Architect
8 10 (7.87%) Java Engineer
9 7 (5.51%) Automation Engineer
9 7 (5.51%) Data Engineer
9 7 (5.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 7 (5.51%) React Developer
9 7 (5.51%) Senior React Developer
9 7 (5.51%) Senior UI Developer
9 7 (5.51%) UI Developer
10 5 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Technical Architect
11 4 (3.15%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (31.50%) Spring
1 40 (31.50%) Spring Boot
2 30 (23.62%) Kafka
3 24 (18.90%) React
3 24 (18.90%) REST
4 22 (17.32%) Terraform
5 16 (12.60%) RESTful
6 12 (9.45%) SOAP
6 12 (9.45%) Web Services
7 11 (8.66%) .NET
8 9 (7.09%) JSON
9 8 (6.30%) HTML
9 8 (6.30%) Node.js
10 7 (5.51%) AngularJS
10 7 (5.51%) Redux
11 5 (3.94%) Middleware
11 5 (3.94%) XML
12 4 (3.15%) WireMock
13 3 (2.36%) GraphQL
13 3 (2.36%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 37 (29.13%) Cloud Native
2 22 (17.32%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (9.45%) Fixed Income
4 11 (8.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (7.09%) Product Ownership
6 8 (6.30%) Equities
6 8 (6.30%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (4.72%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.15%) Algorithms
8 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.57%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.57%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.57%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.57%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.81%) Linux
2 10 (7.87%) Unix
3 5 (3.94%) Windows
4 2 (1.57%) Android
4 2 (1.57%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.79%) AIX
5 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.79%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (51.18%) CI/CD
2 41 (32.28%) DevOps
3 37 (29.13%) Microservices
4 36 (28.35%) Test Automation
5 33 (25.98%) Agile
6 32 (25.20%) Containerisation
7 27 (21.26%) Software Engineering
8 25 (19.69%) Event-Driven
8 25 (19.69%) Observability
9 24 (18.90%) Infrastructure as Code
10 22 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (14.17%) AI
12 17 (13.39%) TDD
13 16 (12.60%) Full-Stack Development
14 15 (11.81%) Electronic Trading
14 15 (11.81%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 15 (11.81%) Low Latency
14 15 (11.81%) SDLC
15 14 (11.02%) Translating Business Requirements
16 13 (10.24%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 39 (30.71%) Python
2 28 (22.05%) SQL
3 23 (18.11%) JavaScript
4 21 (16.54%) TypeScript
5 18 (14.17%) C#
6 10 (7.87%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.94%) Korn
7 5 (3.94%) Scala
8 4 (3.15%) Bash
8 4 (3.15%) Kotlin
8 4 (3.15%) Ruby
9 3 (2.36%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.36%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.57%) Bicep
10 2 (1.57%) C++
10 2 (1.57%) Go
10 2 (1.57%) R
10 2 (1.57%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.79%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.79%) DAML
Qualifications
1 25 (19.69%) Security Cleared
2 22 (17.32%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.51%) Degree
4 5 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.57%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.57%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.79%) CISM
6 1 (0.79%) CISSP
6 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) ISEB
6 1 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.39%) QA
2 7 (5.51%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.51%) GDPR
3 4 (3.15%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.36%) ISO 20022
4 3 (2.36%) SEPA
5 2 (1.57%) EMIR
5 2 (1.57%) MiFID
6 1 (0.79%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.79%) PSD2
6 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.79%) SLA
6 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (29.92%) Docker
2 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.79%) GridGain
3 1 (0.79%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (31.50%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.30%) Grafana
3 6 (4.72%) Ansible
3 6 (4.72%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.36%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (1.57%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.79%) Bosun
6 1 (0.79%) Control-M
6 1 (0.79%) Puppet
6 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.79%) SELinux
6 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.79%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.79%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (18.11%) Oracle
2 14 (11.02%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.51%) IBM
4 5 (3.94%) Databricks
4 5 (3.94%) SAP
5 4 (3.15%) Google
5 4 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.36%) ION Trading
6 3 (2.36%) Splunk
7 2 (1.57%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.57%) Foundry
7 2 (1.57%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.57%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.57%) Sybase
8 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.79%) Calypso
8 1 (0.79%) Murex
8 1 (0.79%) Pega
8 1 (0.79%) Temenos
8 1 (0.79%) VMware