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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 26 23
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -16
Contract jobs citing Java 137 137 171
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 7.17% 7.55% 7.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.42% 20.27% 21.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 67 118
10th Percentile £443 £413 £425
25th Percentile £498 £501 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £688 £731 £784
90th Percentile £845 £928 £875
Central London median daily rate £600 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% -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 585 676 785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 30.60% 37.27% 32.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 422 575
10th Percentile £356 £411 £413
25th Percentile £425 £476 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £652 £688 £702
90th Percentile £779 £793 £825
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £28.30 £51.80 £46.30
25th Percentile £31.00 £74.38 £46.38
Median hourly rate £39.50 £112.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.73% +133.33% +0.52%
75th Percentile £50.56 - £49.88
90th Percentile £56.06 - £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £39.50 £76.75 £48.00
% change year-on-year -48.53% +59.90% +0.52%

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 16 February 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 (2.92%) Confluence
2 3 (2.19%) Ethereum
2 3 (2.19%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.73%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.73%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Maya
Business Applications
1 8 (5.84%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.46%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.73%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.73%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.73%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.73%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 47 (34.31%) AWS
2 29 (21.17%) Azure
3 25 (18.25%) GitHub
4 15 (10.95%) GCP
5 12 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (7.30%) Amazon S3
7 9 (6.57%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (6.57%) Serverless
8 7 (5.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.65%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (2.19%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (2.19%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (2.19%) AWS Control Tower
12 3 (2.19%) OpenShift
13 2 (1.46%) Apigee
13 2 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (1.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.46%) HTTP
2 1 (0.73%) DKIM
2 1 (0.73%) DNS
2 1 (0.73%) SNMP
2 1 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.03%) MongoDB
1 11 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (7.30%) NoSQL
3 7 (5.11%) Relational Database
4 6 (4.38%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.65%) Tick Data
6 4 (2.92%) MySQL
7 3 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.19%) DynamoDB
7 3 (2.19%) KDB
7 3 (2.19%) Kdb+
8 2 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.46%) Big Data
8 2 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.46%) DB2
8 2 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.46%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.46%) Hazelcast
8 2 (1.46%) Redis
9 1 (0.73%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 26 (18.98%) Git
2 18 (13.14%) Jenkins
3 13 (9.49%) JIRA
4 11 (8.03%) Cucumber
5 9 (6.57%) Bitbucket
6 8 (5.84%) GitLab
7 7 (5.11%) JUnit
7 7 (5.11%) Maven
8 6 (4.38%) Selenium
9 5 (3.65%) Postman
9 5 (3.65%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (2.92%) Cypress.io
11 3 (2.19%) Gatling
11 3 (2.19%) Mockito
11 3 (2.19%) REST Assured
11 3 (2.19%) SonarQube
12 2 (1.46%) Gradle
12 2 (1.46%) SoapUI
12 2 (1.46%) SpecFlow
12 2 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 53 (38.69%) Finance
2 34 (24.82%) Banking
3 33 (24.09%) Social Skills
4 23 (16.79%) Front Office
5 10 (7.30%) Investment Banking
6 8 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.65%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.92%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Legal
9 3 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Back Office
10 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.73%) Games
11 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.73%) Law
11 1 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 75 (54.74%) Developer
2 48 (35.04%) Java Developer
3 23 (16.79%) Senior
4 13 (9.49%) Senior Developer
5 11 (8.03%) Lead
6 10 (7.30%) Backend Developer
7 9 (6.57%) Architect
8 8 (5.84%) Senior Backend Developer
9 6 (4.38%) Fidessa Developer
9 6 (4.38%) Java Engineer
9 6 (4.38%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.65%) Angular Developer
10 5 (3.65%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (3.65%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 4 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (2.92%) Technical Architect
12 3 (2.19%) Analyst
12 3 (2.19%) Front Office Developer
12 3 (2.19%) Lead Developer
12 3 (2.19%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (18.98%) React
2 25 (18.25%) Spring
3 22 (16.06%) REST
4 20 (14.60%) Kafka
5 18 (13.14%) .NET
5 18 (13.14%) AngularJS
5 18 (13.14%) Spring Boot
6 12 (8.76%) CSS
6 12 (8.76%) HTML
7 11 (8.03%) Node.js
8 8 (5.84%) FIX Protocol
8 8 (5.84%) RESTful
8 8 (5.84%) XML
9 6 (4.38%) JSON
9 6 (4.38%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (4.38%) OSGi
10 5 (3.65%) Playwright
11 4 (2.92%) SOAP
11 4 (2.92%) Web Services
11 4 (2.92%) ZK
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.41%) Cloud Native
2 15 (10.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (8.76%) Equities
4 8 (5.84%) Algorithms
4 8 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (4.38%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.65%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.92%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.19%) Derivative
8 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.46%) Blockchain
9 2 (1.46%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.46%) Hackathon
9 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.73%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.57%) Linux
2 6 (4.38%) Unix
3 3 (2.19%) Windows
4 2 (1.46%) Android
4 2 (1.46%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.46%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.31%) Agile
2 39 (28.47%) CI/CD
3 35 (25.55%) Microservices
4 30 (21.90%) DevOps
4 30 (21.90%) Test Automation
5 28 (20.44%) Scrum
6 25 (18.25%) Software Engineering
7 22 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (15.33%) Containerisation
8 21 (15.33%) Low Latency
8 21 (15.33%) TDD
9 19 (13.87%) Full-Stack Development
10 18 (13.14%) Kanban
11 16 (11.68%) AI
12 14 (10.22%) Event-Driven
13 13 (9.49%) BDD
13 13 (9.49%) SDLC
14 12 (8.76%) Observability
15 11 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
15 11 (8.03%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (37.23%) Python
2 39 (28.47%) SQL
3 23 (16.79%) JavaScript
4 16 (11.68%) TypeScript
5 15 (10.95%) C#
6 5 (3.65%) Kotlin
7 4 (2.92%) C++
8 3 (2.19%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.19%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.46%) Go
9 2 (1.46%) ProC
9 2 (1.46%) Ruby
9 2 (1.46%) Rust
9 2 (1.46%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.73%) Bash
10 1 (0.73%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.73%) Solidity
10 1 (0.73%) SOQL
10 1 (0.73%) Swift
10 1 (0.73%) XPath
Qualifications
1 15 (10.95%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.22%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.76%) Degree
4 9 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.19%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.46%) CBAP
6 2 (1.46%) ISEB
6 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.73%) CCSP
7 1 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.73%) CISSP
7 1 (0.73%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.73%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.73%) OSCP
7 1 (0.73%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.49%) QA
2 3 (2.19%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.46%) ISO 20022
3 2 (1.46%) ISO 8583
3 2 (1.46%) NIST
3 2 (1.46%) PSD2
3 2 (1.46%) SEPA
4 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.73%) GDPR
4 1 (0.73%) GRC
4 1 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.73%) NCSC
4 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (19.71%) Docker
2 4 (2.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.73%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 30 (21.90%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.30%) Ansible
2 10 (7.30%) Grafana
3 8 (5.84%) Terraform
4 7 (5.11%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.46%) Argo
5 2 (1.46%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.73%) Istio
Vendors
1 20 (14.60%) Oracle
2 12 (8.76%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.65%) Google
3 5 (3.65%) Solace
4 4 (2.92%) Splunk
5 3 (2.19%) AppDynamics
5 3 (2.19%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.19%) Confluent
5 3 (2.19%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.46%) Altiris
6 2 (1.46%) Charles River
6 2 (1.46%) Citrix
6 2 (1.46%) Databricks
6 2 (1.46%) ION Trading
6 2 (1.46%) Ivanti
6 2 (1.46%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.46%) Sybase
6 2 (1.46%) Symantec
6 2 (1.46%) UiPath
6 2 (1.46%) VMware