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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 23 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 -13
Contract jobs citing Java 152 151 163
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.79% 8.56% 7.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.90% 21.15% 22.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 84 116
10th Percentile £450 £425 £425
25th Percentile £493 £519 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £653
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -10.34% -3.69%
75th Percentile £614 £701 £756
90th Percentile £788 £833 £866
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £650
% change year-on-year -5.98% -10.00% -3.70%
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 636 714 734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 28.42% 40.48% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 469 519
10th Percentile £350 £413 £411
25th Percentile £425 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £636 £690 £693
90th Percentile £750 £788 £790
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -8.70% +1.77% -8.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £28.77 - -
25th Percentile £33.90 - £46.75
Median hourly rate £48.75 - £48.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.65%
75th Percentile £57.91 - £50.25
90th Percentile £67.36 - -
Central London median hourly rate £48.75 £29.07 £48.50
% change year-on-year +67.68% -40.06% -15.65%

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 21 April 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
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 3 (1.97%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.97%) Confluence
2 2 (1.32%) Apache
2 2 (1.32%) Ethereum
2 2 (1.32%) Hyperledger
2 2 (1.32%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.66%) Camunda
3 1 (0.66%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.66%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.66%) JBoss
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.66%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.66%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Maya
Business Applications
1 8 (5.26%) Fidessa
2 3 (1.97%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.66%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.66%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 55 (36.18%) AWS
2 35 (23.03%) Azure
3 31 (20.39%) GitHub
4 13 (8.55%) GCP
5 9 (5.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 9 (5.92%) Amazon S3
5 9 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (5.26%) Azure AKS
6 8 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (5.26%) Serverless
7 6 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
7 6 (3.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (2.63%) Amazon Kinesis
8 4 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.63%) GitHub Copilot
8 4 (2.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 4 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.32%) HTTP
2 1 (0.66%) FTP
2 1 (0.66%) Multicast
2 1 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.87%) NoSQL
2 14 (9.21%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (8.55%) MongoDB
4 9 (5.92%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (5.92%) DynamoDB
5 6 (3.95%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.29%) Apache Cassandra
6 5 (3.29%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.63%) Tick Data
8 3 (1.97%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.97%) MySQL
9 2 (1.32%) DB2
9 2 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.32%) Hazelcast
9 2 (1.32%) KDB
9 2 (1.32%) Kdb+
9 2 (1.32%) Power BI
9 2 (1.32%) Redis
10 1 (0.66%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.66%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 27 (17.76%) Git
2 19 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 13 (8.55%) JIRA
4 11 (7.24%) JUnit
5 9 (5.92%) Cucumber
5 9 (5.92%) GitLab
6 7 (4.61%) Maven
7 6 (3.95%) Bitbucket
7 6 (3.95%) Mockito
8 5 (3.29%) Postman
9 4 (2.63%) Gradle
9 4 (2.63%) Selenium
10 3 (1.97%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (1.32%) Gatling
11 2 (1.32%) REST Assured
11 2 (1.32%) SonarQube
11 2 (1.32%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.66%) Jaeger
12 1 (0.66%) Vite
General
1 52 (34.21%) Finance
2 33 (21.71%) Social Skills
3 32 (21.05%) Banking
4 17 (11.18%) Front Office
5 10 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.61%) Investment Banking
6 7 (4.61%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.63%) Legal
8 3 (1.97%) Back Office
8 3 (1.97%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Games
10 1 (0.66%) Law
10 1 (0.66%) Marketing
10 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Retail
10 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 81 (53.29%) Developer
2 55 (36.18%) Java Developer
3 34 (22.37%) Senior
4 26 (17.11%) Senior Developer
5 16 (10.53%) Senior Java Developer
6 14 (9.21%) Architect
7 12 (7.89%) Java Engineer
8 10 (6.58%) Lead
9 9 (5.92%) Backend Developer
9 9 (5.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 8 (5.26%) Senior Backend Developer
11 7 (4.61%) Technical Architect
12 6 (3.95%) Full-Stack Developer
12 6 (3.95%) Software Engineer
13 5 (3.29%) Data Engineer
13 5 (3.29%) Fidessa Developer
14 4 (2.63%) Automation Engineer
15 3 (1.97%) Electronic Trading Developer
15 3 (1.97%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
15 3 (1.97%) Low Latency Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (26.32%) Spring
2 32 (21.05%) React
3 31 (20.39%) Spring Boot
4 28 (18.42%) Kafka
5 27 (17.76%) REST
6 14 (9.21%) AngularJS
7 13 (8.55%) JSON
7 13 (8.55%) RESTful
8 11 (7.24%) .NET
9 10 (6.58%) CSS
9 10 (6.58%) HTML
9 10 (6.58%) Node.js
9 10 (6.58%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (3.95%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (3.95%) OSGi
10 6 (3.95%) SOAP
10 6 (3.95%) Web Services
11 5 (3.29%) J2EE
11 5 (3.29%) JMS
11 5 (3.29%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 27 (17.76%) Cloud Native
2 14 (9.21%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (9.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (7.24%) Equities
4 6 (3.95%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.29%) AI Agents
5 5 (3.29%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.63%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.97%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.32%) Hackathon
8 2 (1.32%) NHS
9 1 (0.66%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.66%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.66%) PMI
9 1 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.66%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.26%) Linux
2 7 (4.61%) Unix
3 3 (1.97%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.32%) Android
5 1 (0.66%) AIX
5 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (32.24%) CI/CD
2 48 (31.58%) Microservices
3 45 (29.61%) Agile
4 31 (20.39%) DevOps
4 31 (20.39%) Test Automation
5 25 (16.45%) Containerisation
6 24 (15.79%) Observability
6 24 (15.79%) Software Engineering
7 22 (14.47%) AI
7 22 (14.47%) Full-Stack Development
8 20 (13.16%) Event-Driven
8 20 (13.16%) Low Latency
8 20 (13.16%) TDD
9 18 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (11.84%) Scrum
10 14 (9.21%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (9.21%) Roadmaps
11 12 (7.89%) BDD
11 12 (7.89%) Computer Science
12 10 (6.58%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 46 (30.26%) Python
2 36 (23.68%) SQL
3 20 (13.16%) JavaScript
4 17 (11.18%) TypeScript
5 14 (9.21%) C#
6 5 (3.29%) Kotlin
7 4 (2.63%) Ruby
7 4 (2.63%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.97%) C++
8 3 (1.97%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.97%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.32%) Go
9 2 (1.32%) ProC
9 2 (1.32%) R
9 2 (1.32%) Scala
9 2 (1.32%) Swift
10 1 (0.66%) Jython
10 1 (0.66%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.66%) VB
10 1 (0.66%) XPath
Qualifications
1 17 (11.18%) SC Cleared
1 17 (11.18%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.92%) Degree
3 7 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.32%) CISSP
5 1 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.66%) CCSP
5 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.66%) CISM
5 1 (0.66%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.66%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.66%) OSCP
5 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.66%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.87%) QA
2 5 (3.29%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.97%) ISO 20022
3 3 (1.97%) PSD2
3 3 (1.97%) SEPA
4 2 (1.32%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.32%) GDPR
4 2 (1.32%) ISO 8583
4 2 (1.32%) NIST
4 2 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.66%) GRC
5 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.66%) NCSC
5 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.66%) TARGET2
System Software
1 31 (20.39%) Docker
2 2 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) GridGain
3 1 (0.66%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 39 (25.66%) Kubernetes
2 15 (9.87%) Grafana
3 11 (7.24%) Prometheus
4 10 (6.58%) Terraform
5 6 (3.95%) Ansible
6 2 (1.32%) Argo
7 1 (0.66%) CA Wily
7 1 (0.66%) Istio
7 1 (0.66%) Puppet
7 1 (0.66%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 20 (13.16%) Oracle
2 11 (7.24%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.61%) Google
4 5 (3.29%) Splunk
5 4 (2.63%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.97%) AppDynamics
6 3 (1.97%) Charles River
6 3 (1.97%) Confluent
6 3 (1.97%) Databricks
6 3 (1.97%) IBM
6 3 (1.97%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.97%) Solace
7 2 (1.32%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.32%) SAP
7 2 (1.32%) Sybase
7 2 (1.32%) Workday
8 1 (0.66%) Apple
8 1 (0.66%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.66%) Informatica
8 1 (0.66%) Salesforce