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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -21 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Java 123 151 156
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.47% 8.61% 7.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.81% 23.34% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 92 100
10th Percentile £425 £413 £426
25th Percentile £491 £463 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £610 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% -6.15% -0.46%
75th Percentile £638 £685 £753
90th Percentile £798 £838 £851
Central London median daily rate £575 £600 £663
% change year-on-year -4.17% -9.43% +1.77%
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 - £40.00

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 654 647 745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 29.11% 36.91% 35.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 453 500
10th Percentile £400 £386 £406
25th Percentile £460 £456 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% -3.41%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £708
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.96%
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 £41.50
% change year-on-year +5.33% +2.94% +232.00%

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 18 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 18 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 (4.88%) Apache Spark
1 6 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (3.25%) Confluence
3 3 (2.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.81%) Apache
4 1 (0.81%) Camunda
4 1 (0.81%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.81%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.81%) JBoss
4 1 (0.81%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.81%) nginx
4 1 (0.81%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.81%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 48 (39.02%) AWS
2 36 (29.27%) Azure
3 23 (18.70%) GitHub
4 14 (11.38%) GCP
5 9 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (6.50%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (4.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (4.07%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (4.07%) Serverless
10 4 (3.25%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (3.25%) Amazon S3
10 4 (3.25%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (3.25%) Azure AKS
10 4 (3.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (3.25%) dbt
10 4 (3.25%) PaaS
10 4 (3.25%) Snowflake
11 3 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.44%) Multicast
1 3 (2.44%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.63%) DNS
2 2 (1.63%) VLAN
2 2 (1.63%) VPN
3 1 (0.81%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (0.81%) Firewall
3 1 (0.81%) FTP
3 1 (0.81%) OpenVPN
3 1 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.81%) RTCP
3 1 (0.81%) RTP
3 1 (0.81%) SSH
3 1 (0.81%) VoIP
3 1 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.38%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (9.76%) Relational Database
3 8 (6.50%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.88%) DynamoDB
4 6 (4.88%) MongoDB
5 5 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (4.07%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.44%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (2.44%) Big Data
6 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.63%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.63%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.63%) Power BI
8 1 (0.81%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.81%) CockroachDB
8 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.81%) Redis
8 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (17.07%) Git
2 19 (15.45%) Jenkins
3 13 (10.57%) GitLab
3 13 (10.57%) JUnit
4 8 (6.50%) Gradle
4 8 (6.50%) JIRA
4 8 (6.50%) Maven
4 8 (6.50%) Mockito
5 6 (4.88%) Postman
6 5 (4.07%) Cucumber
6 5 (4.07%) Selenium
7 4 (3.25%) SonarQube
8 3 (2.44%) Artifactory
8 3 (2.44%) Bitbucket
8 3 (2.44%) eggPlant
8 3 (2.44%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.63%) Appium
9 2 (1.63%) HP UFT
9 2 (1.63%) Liquibase
9 2 (1.63%) LoadRunner
General
1 50 (40.65%) Finance
2 38 (30.89%) Banking
3 27 (21.95%) Social Skills
4 16 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.01%) Investment Banking
5 13 (10.57%) Front Office
6 7 (5.69%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.07%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.25%) Back Office
8 4 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.81%) Billing
11 1 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.81%) Legal
11 1 (0.81%) Marketing
11 1 (0.81%) Military
11 1 (0.81%) Retail
11 1 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (36.59%) Developer
2 39 (31.71%) Senior
3 30 (24.39%) Java Developer
4 25 (20.33%) Senior Developer
5 23 (18.70%) Senior Java Developer
6 12 (9.76%) Architect
6 12 (9.76%) Lead
7 10 (8.13%) Java Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) React Developer
8 7 (5.69%) Senior React Developer
8 7 (5.69%) Senior UI Developer
8 7 (5.69%) UI Developer
9 6 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (4.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) Software Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 4 (3.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (31.71%) Spring
2 38 (30.89%) Spring Boot
3 29 (23.58%) Kafka
4 26 (21.14%) REST
5 24 (19.51%) React
6 21 (17.07%) Terraform
7 15 (12.20%) RESTful
8 13 (10.57%) Web Services
9 11 (8.94%) SOAP
10 10 (8.13%) .NET
11 9 (7.32%) JSON
12 8 (6.50%) AngularJS
12 8 (6.50%) HTML
12 8 (6.50%) Node.js
13 7 (5.69%) Redux
14 6 (4.88%) Middleware
15 5 (4.07%) XML
16 3 (2.44%) CSS
16 3 (2.44%) Hibernate
16 3 (2.44%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 33 (26.83%) Cloud Native
2 23 (18.70%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (8.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (8.13%) Fixed Income
5 9 (7.32%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (7.32%) Product Ownership
6 8 (6.50%) Equities
7 6 (4.88%) Onboarding
8 5 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (3.25%) Algorithms
9 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (3.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (2.44%) Client/Server
10 3 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.63%) AI Agents
11 2 (1.63%) Derivative
11 2 (1.63%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.63%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.20%) Linux
2 10 (8.13%) Unix
3 5 (4.07%) Windows
4 2 (1.63%) Android
4 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.81%) AIX
5 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.81%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (51.22%) CI/CD
2 39 (31.71%) DevOps
3 36 (29.27%) Microservices
4 34 (27.64%) Test Automation
5 32 (26.02%) Agile
6 31 (25.20%) Containerisation
7 28 (22.76%) Software Engineering
8 24 (19.51%) Observability
9 22 (17.89%) Event-Driven
9 22 (17.89%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (13.82%) AI
12 16 (13.01%) TDD
13 15 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
14 14 (11.38%) Electronic Trading
14 14 (11.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 14 (11.38%) Low Latency
14 14 (11.38%) SDLC
14 14 (11.38%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (10.57%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 37 (30.08%) Python
2 30 (24.39%) SQL
3 22 (17.89%) JavaScript
3 22 (17.89%) TypeScript
4 17 (13.82%) C#
5 10 (8.13%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.07%) Korn
6 5 (4.07%) Scala
7 4 (3.25%) Bash
7 4 (3.25%) Kotlin
7 4 (3.25%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.44%) Ruby
9 2 (1.63%) Bicep
9 2 (1.63%) C++
9 2 (1.63%) Go
9 2 (1.63%) R
9 2 (1.63%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.63%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.81%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.81%) DAML
Qualifications
1 25 (20.33%) Security Cleared
2 21 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.88%) Degree
4 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.63%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.63%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.81%) CISM
6 1 (0.81%) CISSP
6 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) ISEB
6 1 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.81%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.01%) QA
2 8 (6.50%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.69%) GDPR
4 4 (3.25%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.44%) ISO 20022
5 3 (2.44%) SEPA
6 2 (1.63%) EMIR
6 2 (1.63%) MiFID
7 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.81%) PSD2
7 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.81%) SLA
7 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (29.27%) Docker
2 2 (1.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (30.89%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.50%) Grafana
3 7 (5.69%) Ansible
4 6 (4.88%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.44%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (1.63%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.81%) Bosun
7 1 (0.81%) Control-M
7 1 (0.81%) Puppet
7 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.81%) SELinux
7 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.81%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.81%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (17.89%) Oracle
2 14 (11.38%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.50%) IBM
4 5 (4.07%) Databricks
4 5 (4.07%) Google
4 5 (4.07%) SAP
5 4 (3.25%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.44%) ION Trading
6 3 (2.44%) Splunk
7 2 (1.63%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.63%) Foundry
7 2 (1.63%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.63%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.81%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.81%) FIS
8 1 (0.81%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.81%) Murex
8 1 (0.81%) New Relic
8 1 (0.81%) Temenos
8 1 (0.81%) Workday