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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -8
Contract jobs citing Java 137 151 165
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.64% 8.72% 7.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.78% 21.57% 21.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 86 121
10th Percentile £450 £416 £425
25th Percentile £482 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £675
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £659 £689 £768
90th Percentile £791 £818 £875
Central London median daily rate £550 £583 £655
% change year-on-year -5.58% -11.07% -2.96%
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 629 700 783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.88% 40.42% 36.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 470 549
10th Percentile £363 £404 £411
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £690
90th Percentile £763 £776 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -9.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £26.32 £25.45 -
25th Percentile £32.39 £38.88 £46.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £62.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +28.87% -7.62%
75th Percentile £56.11 £76.25 £50.25
90th Percentile £65.83 £83.75 -
Central London median hourly rate £52.49 £51.44 £48.50
% change year-on-year +2.04% +6.06% -7.62%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 (4.38%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.19%) Apache
2 3 (2.19%) Confluence
3 2 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.46%) Ethereum
3 2 (1.46%) Hyperledger
3 2 (1.46%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.73%) Camunda
4 1 (0.73%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.73%) JBoss
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.73%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.73%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Fidessa
2 4 (2.92%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (2.19%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.73%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.73%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 51 (37.23%) AWS
2 27 (19.71%) Azure
3 24 (17.52%) GitHub
4 10 (7.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 10 (7.30%) GCP
5 9 (6.57%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (5.84%) Amazon S3
6 8 (5.84%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (5.84%) Azure AKS
6 8 (5.84%) Serverless
7 6 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (4.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (3.65%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (2.92%) Amazon Kinesis
9 4 (2.92%) PaaS
10 3 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (2.19%) AWS Control Tower
10 3 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.19%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.92%) Multicast
2 2 (1.46%) HTTP
3 1 (0.73%) Firewall
3 1 (0.73%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.22%) NoSQL
2 11 (8.03%) DynamoDB
2 11 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (7.30%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (5.84%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.65%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (3.65%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.92%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.46%) Big Data
7 2 (1.46%) Db2
7 2 (1.46%) Hazelcast
7 2 (1.46%) Power BI
7 2 (1.46%) Redis
7 2 (1.46%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.46%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.73%) CockroachDB
8 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.73%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (15.33%) Git
1 21 (15.33%) Jenkins
2 15 (10.95%) JUnit
3 14 (10.22%) JIRA
4 12 (8.76%) GitLab
5 10 (7.30%) Mockito
6 8 (5.84%) Cucumber
7 6 (4.38%) Gradle
7 6 (4.38%) Maven
8 5 (3.65%) Postman
9 3 (2.19%) Gatling
10 2 (1.46%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.46%) Cypress.io
10 2 (1.46%) Liquibase
10 2 (1.46%) Selenium
10 2 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.73%) Introscope
11 1 (0.73%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.73%) SpecFlow
General
1 55 (40.15%) Finance
2 41 (29.93%) Banking
3 32 (23.36%) Social Skills
4 18 (13.14%) Front Office
5 13 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (9.49%) Investment Banking
6 7 (5.11%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.38%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.19%) Legal
10 2 (1.46%) Back Office
11 1 (0.73%) Marketing
11 1 (0.73%) Military
11 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (45.26%) Developer
2 49 (35.77%) Java Developer
3 45 (32.85%) Senior
4 33 (24.09%) Senior Developer
5 27 (19.71%) Senior Java Developer
6 14 (10.22%) Java Engineer
7 13 (9.49%) Architect
8 12 (8.76%) Lead
9 10 (7.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 8 (5.84%) Data Engineer
10 8 (5.84%) Technical Architect
11 7 (5.11%) React Developer
11 7 (5.11%) Senior React Developer
11 7 (5.11%) Senior UI Developer
11 7 (5.11%) UI Developer
12 6 (4.38%) Backend Developer
12 6 (4.38%) Senior Backend Developer
12 6 (4.38%) Software Engineer
13 5 (3.65%) Automation Engineer
14 4 (2.92%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (32.12%) Spring
2 37 (27.01%) Spring Boot
3 34 (24.82%) Kafka
4 30 (21.90%) React
5 23 (16.79%) REST
6 14 (10.22%) JSON
6 14 (10.22%) RESTful
7 8 (5.84%) .NET
7 8 (5.84%) Node.js
7 8 (5.84%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (5.84%) SOAP
8 7 (5.11%) Redux
8 7 (5.11%) Web Services
8 7 (5.11%) WireMock
9 6 (4.38%) AngularJS
9 6 (4.38%) HTML
10 5 (3.65%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (3.65%) Gherkin
10 5 (3.65%) JMS
10 5 (3.65%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 29 (21.17%) Cloud Native
2 17 (12.41%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (11.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 15 (10.95%) Equities
5 11 (8.03%) Fixed Income
6 8 (5.84%) Algorithms
7 7 (5.11%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (3.65%) Onboarding
8 5 (3.65%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.19%) AI Agents
9 3 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.19%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.46%) Hackathon
10 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.73%) Derivative
11 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.73%) Exotic Derivative
11 1 (0.73%) NHS
11 1 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.38%) Linux
2 5 (3.65%) Unix
3 2 (1.46%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.46%) Windows
4 1 (0.73%) AIX
4 1 (0.73%) Android
4 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (37.96%) CI/CD
2 38 (27.74%) Microservices
3 34 (24.82%) Agile
4 26 (18.98%) Containerisation
4 26 (18.98%) Test Automation
5 25 (18.25%) DevOps
5 25 (18.25%) Software Engineering
6 24 (17.52%) Event-Driven
7 22 (16.06%) Observability
8 21 (15.33%) Low Latency
9 17 (12.41%) Electronic Trading
9 17 (12.41%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (11.68%) AI
10 16 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (10.22%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (10.22%) TDD
12 12 (8.76%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 11 (8.03%) API Design
14 10 (7.30%) Data Engineering
14 10 (7.30%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 43 (31.39%) Python
2 31 (22.63%) SQL
3 20 (14.60%) JavaScript
4 18 (13.14%) TypeScript
5 15 (10.95%) C#
6 5 (3.65%) Ruby
7 4 (2.92%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.92%) Scala
8 3 (2.19%) Kotlin
8 3 (2.19%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.46%) C++
9 2 (1.46%) R
10 1 (0.73%) Go
10 1 (0.73%) Groovy
10 1 (0.73%) Jython
10 1 (0.73%) Swift
Qualifications
1 21 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.60%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.38%) Degree
4 4 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.73%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.73%) CISM
5 1 (0.73%) CISSP
5 1 (0.73%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.73%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.73%) PhD
5 1 (0.73%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.76%) QA
2 6 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.92%) ISO 20022
3 4 (2.92%) SEPA
4 3 (2.19%) GDPR
4 3 (2.19%) PSD2
5 2 (1.46%) EMIR
5 2 (1.46%) ISO 8583
5 2 (1.46%) MiFID
5 2 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.73%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.73%) NIST
6 1 (0.73%) TARGET2
System Software
1 30 (21.90%) Docker
2 2 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.73%) GridGain
3 1 (0.73%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 37 (27.01%) Kubernetes
2 11 (8.03%) Grafana
3 9 (6.57%) Terraform
4 8 (5.84%) Prometheus
5 7 (5.11%) Ansible
6 2 (1.46%) Argo
7 1 (0.73%) CA Wily
7 1 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.73%) Puppet
7 1 (0.73%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.73%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 13 (9.49%) Oracle
2 10 (7.30%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.65%) Splunk
4 4 (2.92%) Google
5 3 (2.19%) AppDynamics
5 3 (2.19%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.19%) Charles River
5 3 (2.19%) IBM
5 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.19%) Sybase
6 2 (1.46%) Confluent
6 2 (1.46%) Databricks
6 2 (1.46%) Solace
7 1 (0.73%) Apple
7 1 (0.73%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.73%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.73%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.73%) Pega
7 1 (0.73%) SAP
7 1 (0.73%) Workday