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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 27 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -20
Contract jobs citing Java 143 128 170
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 7.63% 6.79% 6.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.16% 18.80% 21.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 63 117
10th Percentile £450 £413 £425
25th Percentile £498 £513 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -10.00% -7.14%
75th Percentile £695 £725 £788
90th Percentile £856 £943 £875
Central London median daily rate £600 £585 £650
% change year-on-year +2.56% -10.00% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £38.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £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 592 681 804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 31.59% 36.13% 33.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 430 594
10th Percentile £357 £410 £407
25th Percentile £425 £482 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £583 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +1.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £26.33 £51.80 £46.30
25th Percentile £26.44 £74.38 £46.38
Median hourly rate £31.00 £112.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.32% +133.33% -4.48%
75th Percentile £38.50 - £49.88
90th Percentile £43.90 - £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £76.75 £48.00
% change year-on-year -59.61% +59.90% -4.48%

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 23 January 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 4 (2.80%) Confluence
2 2 (1.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.40%) Ethereum
2 2 (1.40%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.70%) Apache
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.70%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.70%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.70%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.70%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.70%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 48 (33.57%) AWS
2 30 (20.98%) Azure
3 25 (17.48%) GitHub
4 18 (12.59%) GCP
5 10 (6.99%) Amazon S3
5 10 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (6.29%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (6.29%) Serverless
7 7 (4.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.50%) Snowflake
10 4 (2.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (2.80%) OpenShift
11 3 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.10%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (1.40%) Amazon Neptune
12 2 (1.40%) Figma
12 2 (1.40%) GitHub Copilot
12 2 (1.40%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) DKIM
1 1 (0.70%) DNS
1 1 (0.70%) HTTP
1 1 (0.70%) SNMP
1 1 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.69%) MongoDB
2 9 (6.29%) NoSQL
2 9 (6.29%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.59%) Relational Database
4 7 (4.90%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.80%) MySQL
5 4 (2.80%) Tick Data
6 3 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.10%) Hazelcast
6 3 (2.10%) Redis
7 2 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.40%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.40%) Big Data
7 2 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.40%) DB2
7 2 (1.40%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.40%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.40%) KDB
7 2 (1.40%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.70%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 27 (18.88%) Git
2 19 (13.29%) Jenkins
3 13 (9.09%) JIRA
4 11 (7.69%) Bitbucket
4 11 (7.69%) Cucumber
5 10 (6.99%) GitLab
5 10 (6.99%) Selenium
6 9 (6.29%) Maven
7 7 (4.90%) JUnit
8 5 (3.50%) Postman
8 5 (3.50%) SonarQube
8 5 (3.50%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (2.80%) Cypress.io
9 4 (2.80%) Gradle
10 3 (2.10%) Gatling
10 3 (2.10%) Mockito
11 2 (1.40%) SoapUI
11 2 (1.40%) SpecFlow
11 2 (1.40%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (1.40%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (36.36%) Finance
2 33 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 31 (21.68%) Banking
4 22 (15.38%) Front Office
5 9 (6.29%) Investment Banking
6 8 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.50%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.50%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.10%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.40%) Back Office
9 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Legal
9 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Games
10 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.70%) Law
10 1 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (54.55%) Developer
2 49 (34.27%) Java Developer
3 28 (19.58%) Senior
4 15 (10.49%) Senior Developer
5 11 (7.69%) Lead
6 9 (6.29%) Backend Developer
7 8 (5.59%) Architect
8 7 (4.90%) Angular Developer
8 7 (4.90%) Java Engineer
8 7 (4.90%) Senior Backend Developer
9 6 (4.20%) Fidessa Developer
10 5 (3.50%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (3.50%) Low Latency Java Developer
10 5 (3.50%) Software Engineer
11 4 (2.80%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (2.80%) Lead Developer
11 4 (2.80%) Technical Architect
12 3 (2.10%) Analyst
12 3 (2.10%) Consultant
12 3 (2.10%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (18.88%) React
2 24 (16.78%) Spring
3 21 (14.69%) AngularJS
3 21 (14.69%) REST
4 19 (13.29%) Spring Boot
5 17 (11.89%) .NET
6 15 (10.49%) Kafka
7 13 (9.09%) HTML
8 12 (8.39%) CSS
9 11 (7.69%) Node.js
10 8 (5.59%) XML
11 7 (4.90%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (4.90%) OSGi
12 6 (4.20%) JSON
12 6 (4.20%) RESTful
12 6 (4.20%) Web Services
13 5 (3.50%) ZK
14 4 (2.80%) OAuth
14 4 (2.80%) OAuth2
14 4 (2.80%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.89%) Cloud Native
2 15 (10.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (6.99%) Equities
4 7 (4.90%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.50%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.80%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.10%) Derivative
7 3 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.10%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.40%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.70%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.70%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.59%) Linux
2 6 (4.20%) Unix
3 5 (3.50%) Windows
4 3 (2.10%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.40%) Android
5 2 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (34.97%) Agile
2 39 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 34 (23.78%) DevOps
4 32 (22.38%) Microservices
5 30 (20.98%) Test Automation
6 29 (20.28%) Scrum
7 26 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (16.08%) Containerisation
8 23 (16.08%) Full-Stack Development
9 22 (15.38%) Software Engineering
9 22 (15.38%) TDD
10 20 (13.99%) Kanban
10 20 (13.99%) Low Latency
11 15 (10.49%) BDD
11 15 (10.49%) SDLC
12 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
13 12 (8.39%) AI
13 12 (8.39%) Event-Driven
14 11 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 51 (35.66%) Python
2 38 (26.57%) SQL
3 23 (16.08%) JavaScript
4 16 (11.19%) C#
5 15 (10.49%) TypeScript
6 5 (3.50%) Kotlin
7 4 (2.80%) C++
7 4 (2.80%) Go
8 3 (2.10%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.10%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.40%) ProC
9 2 (1.40%) Ruby
9 2 (1.40%) Rust
9 2 (1.40%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.70%) Scala
10 1 (0.70%) Solidity
10 1 (0.70%) SOQL
10 1 (0.70%) Swift
10 1 (0.70%) XPath
Qualifications
1 14 (9.79%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.39%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.99%) Degree
4 8 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.50%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.40%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.40%) CBAP
6 2 (1.40%) ISEB
6 2 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.70%) CCSP
7 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CISSP
7 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.70%) OSCP
7 1 (0.70%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.09%) QA
2 2 (1.40%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.40%) GDPR
2 2 (1.40%) ISO 20022
2 2 (1.40%) ISO 8583
2 2 (1.40%) PSD2
2 2 (1.40%) SEPA
3 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.70%) GRC
3 1 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.70%) NCSC
3 1 (0.70%) NIST
3 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (20.28%) Docker
2 5 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.70%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 33 (23.08%) Kubernetes
2 13 (9.09%) Terraform
3 12 (8.39%) Ansible
4 8 (5.59%) Grafana
5 6 (4.20%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.80%) Argo
7 3 (2.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.70%) Istio
Vendors
1 22 (15.38%) Oracle
2 12 (8.39%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.90%) Google
4 5 (3.50%) Solace
5 4 (2.80%) Splunk
6 3 (2.10%) Altiris
6 3 (2.10%) Citrix
6 3 (2.10%) Confluent
6 3 (2.10%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.10%) Ivanti
6 3 (2.10%) Symantec
6 3 (2.10%) VMware
7 2 (1.40%) Adobe
7 2 (1.40%) AppDynamics
7 2 (1.40%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.40%) Databricks
7 2 (1.40%) ION Trading
7 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.40%) Sybase
7 2 (1.40%) UiPath