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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 23 24
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 -11
Contract jobs citing Java 138 156 155
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.63% 8.41% 7.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.17% 21.25% 19.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 91 110
10th Percentile £425 £420 £426
25th Percentile £467 £463 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £585 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £666 £690 £773
90th Percentile £788 £814 £875
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £675
% change year-on-year -5.98% -13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £70.00 - -

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 652 734 785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 26.58% 39.57% 36.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 496 547
10th Percentile £357 £404 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £661 £697 £698
90th Percentile £764 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile £26.32 £20.20 -
25th Percentile £32.39 £25.75 £46.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £62.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +28.87% -26.79%
75th Percentile £56.11 £63.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £65.83 £78.75 -
Central London median hourly rate £52.49 £51.44 £48.50
% change year-on-year +2.04% +6.06% -26.79%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 5 (3.62%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.17%) Apache
2 3 (2.17%) Confluence
3 2 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.45%) Ethereum
3 2 (1.45%) Hyperledger
3 2 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.72%) Camunda
4 1 (0.72%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.72%) JBoss
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.72%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.72%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Fidessa
2 5 (3.62%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (2.17%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.72%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.72%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 51 (36.96%) AWS
2 28 (20.29%) Azure
3 25 (18.12%) GitHub
4 10 (7.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 9 (6.52%) Serverless
6 8 (5.80%) Amazon S3
6 8 (5.80%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (5.80%) Azure AKS
6 8 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (5.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 7 (5.07%) GCP
8 6 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (3.62%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (3.62%) PaaS
10 4 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.90%) Amazon Kinesis
10 4 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.17%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (2.17%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.90%) Multicast
2 2 (1.45%) HTTP
3 1 (0.72%) Firewall
3 1 (0.72%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.14%) NoSQL
2 12 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (7.97%) DynamoDB
4 10 (7.25%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (6.52%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.62%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (3.62%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.90%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (2.17%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.45%) Db2
9 2 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.45%) MySQL
9 2 (1.45%) Power BI
9 2 (1.45%) Tick Data
10 1 (0.72%) CockroachDB
10 1 (0.72%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.72%) Kdb+
10 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 24 (17.39%) Git
2 19 (13.77%) Jenkins
3 17 (12.32%) JUnit
4 14 (10.14%) JIRA
5 13 (9.42%) GitLab
6 10 (7.25%) Mockito
7 8 (5.80%) Cucumber
8 7 (5.07%) Maven
9 6 (4.35%) Gradle
10 5 (3.62%) Postman
11 2 (1.45%) Artifactory
11 2 (1.45%) Cypress.io
11 2 (1.45%) Liquibase
11 2 (1.45%) Selenium
11 2 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.72%) Gatling
12 1 (0.72%) Jasmine
12 1 (0.72%) Karma Test Runner
12 1 (0.72%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.72%) SpecFlow
General
1 57 (41.30%) Finance
2 41 (29.71%) Banking
3 32 (23.19%) Social Skills
4 15 (10.87%) Front Office
5 14 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.14%) Investment Banking
6 7 (5.07%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.35%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.17%) Legal
11 2 (1.45%) Back Office
12 1 (0.72%) Marketing
12 1 (0.72%) Military
12 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (41.30%) Developer
2 46 (33.33%) Java Developer
3 45 (32.61%) Senior
4 31 (22.46%) Senior Developer
5 27 (19.57%) Senior Java Developer
6 14 (10.14%) Architect
6 14 (10.14%) Java Engineer
7 11 (7.97%) Lead
8 9 (6.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 9 (6.52%) Technical Architect
9 8 (5.80%) Data Engineer
10 7 (5.07%) React Developer
10 7 (5.07%) Senior React Developer
10 7 (5.07%) Senior UI Developer
10 7 (5.07%) Software Engineer
10 7 (5.07%) UI Developer
11 5 (3.62%) Automation Engineer
12 4 (2.90%) Backend Developer
12 4 (2.90%) Senior Backend Developer
12 4 (2.90%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (34.06%) Spring
2 39 (28.26%) Spring Boot
3 32 (23.19%) Kafka
4 27 (19.57%) React
5 26 (18.84%) REST
6 15 (10.87%) RESTful
7 12 (8.70%) JSON
8 9 (6.52%) .NET
9 8 (5.80%) Node.js
9 8 (5.80%) SOAP
10 7 (5.07%) Redux
10 7 (5.07%) Web Services
10 7 (5.07%) WireMock
11 6 (4.35%) AngularJS
11 6 (4.35%) OpenTelemetry
12 5 (3.62%) FIX Protocol
12 5 (3.62%) Gherkin
12 5 (3.62%) HTML
12 5 (3.62%) JMS
12 5 (3.62%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (23.19%) Cloud Native
2 22 (15.94%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (10.87%) Equities
4 13 (9.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (7.97%) Fixed Income
6 8 (5.80%) Algorithms
7 7 (5.07%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (3.62%) Onboarding
8 5 (3.62%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.17%) AI Agents
9 3 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.17%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.45%) Hackathon
10 2 (1.45%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.72%) Derivative
11 1 (0.72%) Exotic Derivative
11 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.72%) Mobile Banking
11 1 (0.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.07%) Linux
2 5 (3.62%) Unix
3 3 (2.17%) Windows
4 2 (1.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.72%) AIX
5 1 (0.72%) Android
5 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (40.58%) CI/CD
2 41 (29.71%) Microservices
3 34 (24.64%) Agile
4 30 (21.74%) Test Automation
5 29 (21.01%) DevOps
6 27 (19.57%) Software Engineering
7 26 (18.84%) Containerisation
8 24 (17.39%) Event-Driven
9 22 (15.94%) Observability
10 18 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
11 17 (12.32%) AI
11 17 (12.32%) Electronic Trading
11 17 (12.32%) Low Latency
12 16 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (11.59%) TDD
13 15 (10.87%) Infrastructure as Code
14 13 (9.42%) API Design
15 12 (8.70%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 11 (7.97%) Data Modelling
16 11 (7.97%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 46 (33.33%) Python
2 31 (22.46%) SQL
3 19 (13.77%) JavaScript
3 19 (13.77%) TypeScript
4 16 (11.59%) C#
5 6 (4.35%) Ruby
6 5 (3.62%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.90%) Scala
8 3 (2.17%) Kotlin
8 3 (2.17%) R
8 3 (2.17%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.45%) C++
9 2 (1.45%) Go
10 1 (0.72%) Bash
10 1 (0.72%) Groovy
10 1 (0.72%) Jython
10 1 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 24 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.94%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.07%) Degree
4 5 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.72%) CISM
5 1 (0.72%) CISSP
5 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.72%) PhD
5 1 (0.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.42%) QA
2 6 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.62%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.17%) GDPR
5 2 (1.45%) EMIR
5 2 (1.45%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.45%) MiFID
5 2 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.45%) SEPA
6 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.72%) NIST
6 1 (0.72%) PSD2
6 1 (0.72%) TARGET2
System Software
1 30 (21.74%) Docker
2 2 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.72%) GridGain
3 1 (0.72%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (27.54%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.25%) Terraform
3 9 (6.52%) Grafana
4 7 (5.07%) Ansible
5 6 (4.35%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.45%) Puppet
7 1 (0.72%) CA Wily
7 1 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.72%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.72%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 15 (10.87%) Oracle
2 13 (9.42%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.62%) Splunk
4 4 (2.90%) IBM
5 3 (2.17%) AppDynamics
5 3 (2.17%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.17%) Charles River
5 3 (2.17%) Google
5 3 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.17%) Sybase
6 2 (1.45%) Databricks
6 2 (1.45%) Solace
7 1 (0.72%) Apple
7 1 (0.72%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.72%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.72%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.72%) Pega
7 1 (0.72%) SAP
7 1 (0.72%) VMware
7 1 (0.72%) Workday