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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 23 26
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 -13
Contract jobs citing Java 130 157 147
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.52% 8.41% 7.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.79% 21.99% 19.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 95 103
10th Percentile £450 £413 £476
25th Percentile £481 £463 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £610 £700
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -12.86% +6.87%
75th Percentile £656 £690 £764
90th Percentile £850 £819 £873
Central London median daily rate £555 £610 £694
% change year-on-year -9.02% -12.07% +6.57%
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 657 714 745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.87% 38.26% 35.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 491 512
10th Percentile £381 £400 £413
25th Percentile £455 £456 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £593
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -1.27% -3.27%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £710
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -5.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 0
10th Percentile £25.14 £21.13 -
25th Percentile £31.71 £25.88 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £49.68 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £63.75 £76.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £40.26 £41.50
% change year-on-year +11.77% -3.00% -48.13%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 (4.62%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.31%) Apache
3 3 (2.31%) Confluence
4 2 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.77%) Camunda
5 1 (0.77%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.77%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.77%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.77%) JBoss
5 1 (0.77%) nginx
5 1 (0.77%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.77%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.77%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.77%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.77%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.77%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 51 (39.23%) AWS
2 32 (24.62%) Azure
3 29 (22.31%) GitHub
4 12 (9.23%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (7.69%) GCP
6 9 (6.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 8 (6.15%) Azure AKS
7 8 (6.15%) Serverless
8 7 (5.38%) Amazon S3
8 7 (5.38%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (5.38%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (4.62%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (4.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (4.62%) PaaS
10 5 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (3.08%) Amazon Kinesis
12 3 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (2.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.08%) Multicast
2 2 (1.54%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.77%) DNS
3 1 (0.77%) Firewall
3 1 (0.77%) FTP
3 1 (0.77%) OpenVPN
3 1 (0.77%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.77%) SSH
3 1 (0.77%) VLAN
3 1 (0.77%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.46%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 9 (6.92%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (6.92%) DynamoDB
4 7 (5.38%) MongoDB
5 6 (4.62%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.08%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (3.08%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (3.08%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.54%) Big Data
7 2 (1.54%) Db2
7 2 (1.54%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.54%) Power BI
8 1 (0.77%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.77%) CockroachDB
8 1 (0.77%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.77%) Redis
8 1 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (16.92%) Jenkins
2 21 (16.15%) Git
3 16 (12.31%) JUnit
4 15 (11.54%) GitLab
5 9 (6.92%) JIRA
5 9 (6.92%) Mockito
6 8 (6.15%) Cucumber
6 8 (6.15%) Postman
7 6 (4.62%) Gradle
8 5 (3.85%) Maven
9 4 (3.08%) Selenium
10 3 (2.31%) Artifactory
10 3 (2.31%) SoapUI
11 2 (1.54%) Appium
11 2 (1.54%) eggPlant
11 2 (1.54%) JMeter
11 2 (1.54%) Liquibase
11 2 (1.54%) LoadRunner
11 2 (1.54%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.77%) Introscope
General
1 49 (37.69%) Finance
2 37 (28.46%) Banking
3 28 (21.54%) Social Skills
4 16 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.77%) Front Office
6 13 (10.00%) Investment Banking
7 7 (5.38%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.62%) Financial Institution
9 5 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.54%) Back Office
11 2 (1.54%) Marketing
12 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.77%) Legal
12 1 (0.77%) Military
12 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.77%) Retail
12 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (40.00%) Developer
2 40 (30.77%) Java Developer
2 40 (30.77%) Senior
3 30 (23.08%) Senior Developer
4 28 (21.54%) Senior Java Developer
5 12 (9.23%) Architect
5 12 (9.23%) Java Engineer
5 12 (9.23%) Lead
6 9 (6.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 8 (6.15%) Automation Engineer
8 7 (5.38%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.38%) React Developer
8 7 (5.38%) Senior React Developer
8 7 (5.38%) Senior UI Developer
8 7 (5.38%) Technical Architect
8 7 (5.38%) UI Developer
9 6 (4.62%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.08%) Full-Stack Developer
11 3 (2.31%) Backend Developer
11 3 (2.31%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (30.77%) Spring
2 38 (29.23%) Spring Boot
3 29 (22.31%) Kafka
4 26 (20.00%) React
5 20 (15.38%) REST
6 16 (12.31%) RESTful
7 12 (9.23%) JSON
8 11 (8.46%) Web Services
9 9 (6.92%) .NET
9 9 (6.92%) SOAP
10 7 (5.38%) HTML
10 7 (5.38%) Node.js
10 7 (5.38%) Redux
11 6 (4.62%) Middleware
12 5 (3.85%) AngularJS
12 5 (3.85%) WireMock
13 4 (3.08%) Gherkin
13 4 (3.08%) PySpark
13 4 (3.08%) XML
13 4 (3.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (24.62%) Cloud Native
2 21 (16.15%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (9.23%) Fixed Income
3 12 (9.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (6.92%) Equities
5 7 (5.38%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (3.85%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.85%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.54%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.54%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.77%) Derivative
9 1 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.77%) Exotic Derivative
9 1 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.77%) NHS
9 1 (0.77%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.23%) Linux
2 8 (6.15%) Unix
3 4 (3.08%) Windows
4 3 (2.31%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.54%) Android
6 1 (0.77%) AIX
6 1 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (46.15%) CI/CD
2 38 (29.23%) DevOps
3 37 (28.46%) Microservices
4 36 (27.69%) Agile
5 35 (26.92%) Test Automation
6 28 (21.54%) Containerisation
7 25 (19.23%) Observability
8 24 (18.46%) Software Engineering
9 23 (17.69%) Event-Driven
10 20 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (13.85%) Full-Stack Development
12 16 (12.31%) Electronic Trading
12 16 (12.31%) Low Latency
12 16 (12.31%) TDD
13 15 (11.54%) AI
14 14 (10.77%) API Design
15 12 (9.23%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 12 (9.23%) Technical Leadership
16 11 (8.46%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 44 (33.85%) Python
2 31 (23.85%) SQL
3 23 (17.69%) JavaScript
4 20 (15.38%) TypeScript
5 18 (13.85%) C#
6 8 (6.15%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.85%) Kotlin
7 5 (3.85%) Ruby
8 4 (3.08%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.31%) Go
9 3 (2.31%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.31%) R
9 3 (2.31%) Scala
10 2 (1.54%) Bash
10 2 (1.54%) C++
10 2 (1.54%) Korn
11 1 (0.77%) Groovy
11 1 (0.77%) Jython
11 1 (0.77%) Swift
11 1 (0.77%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 26 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (17.69%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.38%) Degree
4 5 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.54%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.77%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.77%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.77%) CISM
6 1 (0.77%) CISSP
6 1 (0.77%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.77%) ISEB
6 1 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.77%) PhD
6 1 (0.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.54%) QA
2 6 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.08%) GDPR
4 2 (1.54%) EMIR
4 2 (1.54%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.54%) MiFID
4 2 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.54%) SEPA
5 1 (0.77%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.77%) PSD2
5 1 (0.77%) SLA
5 1 (0.77%) TARGET2
System Software
1 33 (25.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.77%) GridGain
2 1 (0.77%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (31.54%) Kubernetes
2 17 (13.08%) Terraform
3 7 (5.38%) Ansible
3 7 (5.38%) Grafana
4 5 (3.85%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.54%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.54%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (1.54%) Puppet
6 1 (0.77%) Bosun
6 1 (0.77%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.77%) Control-M
6 1 (0.77%) SELinux
6 1 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.77%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.77%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.77%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 20 (15.38%) Oracle
2 14 (10.77%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.38%) IBM
4 4 (3.08%) Google
4 4 (3.08%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.08%) Splunk
5 3 (2.31%) Databricks
5 3 (2.31%) SAP
5 3 (2.31%) Sybase
6 2 (1.54%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.77%) Apple
7 1 (0.77%) Avaloq
7 1 (0.77%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.77%) Charles River
7 1 (0.77%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.77%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.77%) Pega
7 1 (0.77%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.77%) VMware
7 1 (0.77%) Workday