Java Contracts in the City of London

Java
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -12 0
Contract jobs citing Java 152 167 486
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 8.66% 7.60% 13.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.53% 22.45% 30.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 124 342
10th Percentile £425 £422 £476
25th Percentile £513 £500 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £704 £750 £788
90th Percentile £838 £851 £950
Central London median daily rate £585 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -10.00% -3.70% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Central London median hourly rate - - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -49.09%

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 706 744 1,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.21% 33.86% 43.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 530 1,040
10th Percentile £413 £406 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £577 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £694 £688 £738
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £565 £620
% change year-on-year +1.77% -8.87% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.75 £47.19
Median hourly rate - £48.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.65% -4.96%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £65.00
90th Percentile - - £84.13
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £48.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -40.06% -15.65% -4.96%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the City of London

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Java in the City of London

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in the City of London

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Java in the City of London

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 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
Live
Jobs
London Bridge -1 1 - -
Java
Central London

Java
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (7.89%) Apache Spark
2 10 (6.58%) Apache
2 10 (6.58%) Confluence
3 2 (1.32%) IIS
4 1 (0.66%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.66%) Camunda
4 1 (0.66%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.66%) Luigi
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.66%) nginx
4 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (4.61%) Endur
2 4 (2.63%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.66%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 52 (34.21%) AWS
2 25 (16.45%) Azure
3 15 (9.87%) GCP
4 7 (4.61%) OpenShift
5 5 (3.29%) GitHub
6 4 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.97%) OCI
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.32%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.32%) PaaS
8 2 (1.32%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.32%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (1.32%) Slack
9 1 (0.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.66%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.66%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.95%) HTTP
2 3 (1.97%) Firewall
3 2 (1.32%) Multicast
4 1 (0.66%) ATM
4 1 (0.66%) DNS
4 1 (0.66%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.66%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.66%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (17.76%) MongoDB
2 23 (15.13%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (14.47%) NoSQL
4 13 (8.55%) Relational Database
5 12 (7.89%) Big Data
6 11 (7.24%) SQL Server
7 9 (5.92%) Hadoop
8 6 (3.95%) MySQL
9 4 (2.63%) BigQuery
9 4 (2.63%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (2.63%) KDB
10 3 (1.97%) DB2
11 2 (1.32%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (1.32%) Apache Hive
11 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
11 2 (1.32%) DynamoDB
11 2 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (1.32%) Power BI
11 2 (1.32%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 29 (19.08%) Git
2 21 (13.82%) Jenkins
3 14 (9.21%) JIRA
4 12 (7.89%) JUnit
5 8 (5.26%) Bitbucket Server
6 7 (4.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (4.61%) Maven
7 6 (3.95%) SonarQube
7 6 (3.95%) TeamCity
8 4 (2.63%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.63%) GitLab
8 4 (2.63%) Gradle
8 4 (2.63%) IntelliJ
9 3 (1.97%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.97%) Selenium
10 2 (1.32%) Appium
10 2 (1.32%) JMeter
10 2 (1.32%) LoadRunner
10 2 (1.32%) Postman
10 2 (1.32%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (38.16%) Finance
2 39 (25.66%) Social Skills
3 30 (19.74%) Public Sector
4 28 (18.42%) Banking
5 18 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (9.21%) Investment Banking
7 11 (7.24%) Front Office
8 7 (4.61%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.63%) Back Office
10 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.66%) Advertising
11 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.66%) Marketing
11 1 (0.66%) Military
11 1 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 87 (57.24%) Developer
2 61 (40.13%) Java Developer
3 17 (11.18%) SC Cleared Java Developer
4 16 (10.53%) Architect
5 15 (9.87%) Lead
5 15 (9.87%) Senior
6 11 (7.24%) Senior Developer
7 8 (5.26%) React Developer
8 7 (4.61%) Full-Stack Developer
8 7 (4.61%) Senior Java Developer
8 7 (4.61%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.61%) Technical Architect
9 6 (3.95%) Angular Developer
9 6 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 6 (3.95%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
9 6 (3.95%) Java Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Apache Spark Developer
10 5 (3.29%) OpenLink Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (28.95%) Spring
2 31 (20.39%) Kafka
3 30 (19.74%) Spring Boot
4 26 (17.11%) React
5 13 (8.55%) AngularJS
6 11 (7.24%) HTML
7 10 (6.58%) REST
8 8 (5.26%) RESTful
9 6 (3.95%) .NET
9 6 (3.95%) CSS
9 6 (3.95%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (3.95%) Web Services
10 5 (3.29%) OAuth
10 5 (3.29%) Spark Streaming
11 4 (2.63%) JMS
11 4 (2.63%) JPA
11 4 (2.63%) SAML
11 4 (2.63%) Swagger
12 3 (1.97%) Middleware
12 3 (1.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.89%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (5.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (4.61%) Equities
4 6 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.95%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (3.29%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.29%) Market Risk
6 4 (2.63%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.97%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.97%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.97%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.32%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.32%) iSeries
8 2 (1.32%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.32%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (21.71%) Linux
2 10 (6.58%) Unix
3 5 (3.29%) Windows
4 3 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.32%) Android
5 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.66%) Solaris
6 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (34.87%) Agile
2 51 (33.55%) DevOps
3 43 (28.29%) CI/CD
4 37 (24.34%) Microservices
5 30 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (16.45%) Software Engineering
7 24 (15.79%) Clean Code
8 21 (13.82%) API Development
9 17 (11.18%) SOLID
10 16 (10.53%) SDLC
11 15 (9.87%) Low Latency
11 15 (9.87%) TDD
11 15 (9.87%) Test Automation
12 14 (9.21%) Electronic Trading
13 13 (8.55%) Analytics
14 11 (7.24%) Algorithmic Trading
14 11 (7.24%) Computer Science
14 11 (7.24%) Kanban
14 11 (7.24%) Market Making
14 11 (7.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 54 (35.53%) Python
2 41 (26.97%) SQL
3 34 (22.37%) JavaScript
4 15 (9.87%) C#
4 15 (9.87%) C++
5 9 (5.92%) C
5 9 (5.92%) Scala
6 8 (5.26%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.61%) PL/SQL
8 5 (3.29%) Perl
8 5 (3.29%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.63%) Go
9 4 (2.63%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.97%) Bash
10 3 (1.97%) DAML
10 3 (1.97%) Groovy
10 3 (1.97%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.97%) Ruby
11 2 (1.32%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.66%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 36 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 34 (22.37%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.84%) Degree
4 17 (11.18%) AWS Certified Developer
5 9 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.63%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.97%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.97%) OCP
7 3 (1.97%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.66%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.29%) QA
2 4 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (1.97%) NIST
4 2 (1.32%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.66%) GDPR
5 1 (0.66%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.66%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (13.82%) Docker
2 2 (1.32%) Lustre
3 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.66%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.66%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.66%) OpenIDM
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.66%) Platform Symphony
3 1 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.66%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 43 (28.29%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.24%) Terraform
3 6 (3.95%) Ansible
4 3 (1.97%) Kibana
4 3 (1.97%) Podman
5 2 (1.32%) Argo
5 2 (1.32%) Control-M
5 2 (1.32%) Grafana
5 2 (1.32%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.66%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.66%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 1 (0.66%) Istio
6 1 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.66%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.66%) Puppet
6 1 (0.66%) QRadar
6 1 (0.66%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.66%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 23 (15.13%) Oracle
2 8 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.26%) OpenLink
3 7 (4.61%) Splunk
4 6 (3.95%) Google
4 6 (3.95%) IBM
5 5 (3.29%) Sybase
6 4 (2.63%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.32%) Databricks
7 2 (1.32%) HP
7 2 (1.32%) ION Trading
7 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.32%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.66%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.66%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.66%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.66%) Solace
8 1 (0.66%) Talend
8 1 (0.66%) WSO2