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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 23 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 -9
Contract jobs citing Java 137 152 158
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.58% 8.54% 7.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.47% 21.68% 20.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 88 114
10th Percentile £425 £418 £425
25th Percentile £481 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £675
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £669 £690 £763
90th Percentile £790 £816 £871
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £653
% change year-on-year -5.98% -10.34% -3.33%
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 638 701 780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 26.00% 39.40% 36.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 471 545
10th Percentile £357 £404 £406
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £653 £700 £690
90th Percentile £763 £775 £808
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -9.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £26.32 £19.28 -
25th Percentile £32.39 £23.44 £46.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% -8.25% -26.79%
75th Percentile £56.11 £70.00 £50.25
90th Percentile £65.83 £81.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £52.49 £40.26 £48.50
% change year-on-year +30.39% -17.00% -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 2 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 2 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 (3.65%) 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 49 (35.77%) AWS
2 27 (19.71%) Azure
3 24 (17.52%) GitHub
4 10 (7.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 9 (6.57%) Serverless
6 8 (5.84%) Amazon S3
6 8 (5.84%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (5.84%) Azure AKS
6 8 (5.84%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (5.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 7 (5.11%) GCP
8 6 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (3.65%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.92%) Amazon Kinesis
10 4 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.92%) PaaS
11 3 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (2.19%) Power Platform
11 3 (2.19%) Snowflake
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 12 (8.76%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (8.03%) DynamoDB
4 10 (7.30%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (6.57%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.65%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (3.65%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.92%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.46%) Db2
8 2 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.46%) MySQL
8 2 (1.46%) Power BI
8 2 (1.46%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.46%) Tick Data
9 1 (0.73%) CockroachDB
9 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.73%) Kdb+
9 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 23 (16.79%) Git
2 19 (13.87%) Jenkins
3 17 (12.41%) JUnit
4 14 (10.22%) JIRA
5 13 (9.49%) GitLab
6 10 (7.30%) Mockito
7 8 (5.84%) Cucumber
8 7 (5.11%) Maven
9 6 (4.38%) Gradle
10 5 (3.65%) Postman
11 2 (1.46%) Artifactory
11 2 (1.46%) Cypress.io
11 2 (1.46%) Liquibase
11 2 (1.46%) Selenium
11 2 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.73%) Gatling
12 1 (0.73%) Introscope
12 1 (0.73%) Jasmine
12 1 (0.73%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.73%) Subversion
General
1 55 (40.15%) Finance
2 41 (29.93%) Banking
3 31 (22.63%) Social Skills
4 17 (12.41%) Front Office
5 14 (10.22%) Investment Banking
6 13 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.11%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.38%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.19%) Legal
11 2 (1.46%) Back Office
12 1 (0.73%) Marketing
12 1 (0.73%) Military
12 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (43.80%) Developer
2 48 (35.04%) Java Developer
3 44 (32.12%) Senior
4 32 (23.36%) Senior Developer
5 27 (19.71%) Senior Java Developer
6 13 (9.49%) Architect
6 13 (9.49%) Java Engineer
7 11 (8.03%) Lead
8 9 (6.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Data Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Technical Architect
10 7 (5.11%) React Developer
10 7 (5.11%) Senior React Developer
10 7 (5.11%) Senior UI Developer
10 7 (5.11%) Software Engineer
10 7 (5.11%) UI Developer
11 5 (3.65%) Automation Engineer
11 5 (3.65%) Backend Developer
11 5 (3.65%) Senior Backend Developer
12 4 (2.92%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (33.58%) Spring
2 38 (27.74%) Spring Boot
3 32 (23.36%) Kafka
4 28 (20.44%) React
5 25 (18.25%) REST
6 15 (10.95%) RESTful
7 12 (8.76%) JSON
8 8 (5.84%) .NET
8 8 (5.84%) Node.js
8 8 (5.84%) SOAP
9 7 (5.11%) AngularJS
9 7 (5.11%) Redux
9 7 (5.11%) Web Services
9 7 (5.11%) WireMock
10 6 (4.38%) HTML
10 6 (4.38%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (3.65%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (3.65%) Gherkin
11 5 (3.65%) JMS
11 5 (3.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (21.90%) Cloud Native
2 19 (13.87%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (10.95%) Equities
3 15 (10.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (8.03%) Fixed Income
5 8 (5.84%) Algorithms
6 7 (5.11%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (3.65%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.65%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.19%) AI Agents
8 3 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.19%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.46%) Hackathon
9 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.73%) Derivative
10 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.73%) Exotic Derivative
10 1 (0.73%) NHS
10 1 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.11%) Linux
2 5 (3.65%) Unix
3 3 (2.19%) Windows
4 2 (1.46%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.73%) AIX
5 1 (0.73%) Android
5 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (39.42%) CI/CD
2 39 (28.47%) Microservices
3 34 (24.82%) Agile
4 28 (20.44%) DevOps
4 28 (20.44%) Test Automation
5 26 (18.98%) Software Engineering
6 25 (18.25%) Containerisation
7 22 (16.06%) Event-Driven
8 21 (15.33%) Observability
9 18 (13.14%) Full-Stack Development
9 18 (13.14%) Low Latency
10 17 (12.41%) Electronic Trading
11 16 (11.68%) AI
11 16 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (10.22%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (10.22%) TDD
13 11 (8.03%) API Design
13 11 (8.03%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 10 (7.30%) Data Engineering
14 10 (7.30%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 44 (32.12%) Python
2 29 (21.17%) SQL
3 19 (13.87%) JavaScript
3 19 (13.87%) TypeScript
4 15 (10.95%) C#
5 5 (3.65%) PowerShell
5 5 (3.65%) Ruby
6 4 (2.92%) Scala
7 3 (2.19%) Kotlin
7 3 (2.19%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.46%) C++
8 2 (1.46%) R
9 1 (0.73%) Bash
9 1 (0.73%) Go
9 1 (0.73%) Groovy
9 1 (0.73%) Jython
9 1 (0.73%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (16.06%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.60%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.11%) Degree
4 5 (3.65%) 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%) DV Cleared
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
4 3 (2.19%) GDPR
5 2 (1.46%) EMIR
5 2 (1.46%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.46%) MiFID
5 2 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.46%) SEPA
6 1 (0.73%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.73%) NIST
6 1 (0.73%) PSD2
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
3 1 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (27.74%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.30%) Terraform
3 9 (6.57%) Grafana
4 7 (5.11%) Ansible
5 6 (4.38%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.46%) Puppet
7 1 (0.73%) CA Wily
7 1 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.73%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.73%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.73%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 13 (9.49%) Oracle
2 12 (8.76%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.65%) Splunk
4 4 (2.92%) IBM
5 3 (2.19%) AppDynamics
5 3 (2.19%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.19%) Charles River
5 3 (2.19%) Google
5 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.19%) Sybase
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%) VMware
7 1 (0.73%) Workday