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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 -10
Contract jobs citing Java 128 152 149
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.63% 8.62% 7.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.48% 23.10% 20.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 91 100
10th Percentile £435 £413 £475
25th Percentile £481 £464 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £610 £684
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -10.79% +5.03%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £762
90th Percentile £793 £838 £863
Central London median daily rate £575 £605 £700
% change year-on-year -4.96% -13.57% +7.61%
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 657 658 729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 28.92% 37.30% 35.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 456 499
10th Percentile £401 £393 £400
25th Percentile £462 £463 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £593
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £709
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £575
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 0
10th Percentile £25.14 £22.05 -
25th Percentile £31.71 £26.00 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% - -
75th Percentile £49.68 £63.75 -
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 4 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 4 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 8 (6.25%) Apache Spark
2 6 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.91%) Confluence
4 4 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (2.34%) Apache
5 3 (2.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.78%) Camunda
6 1 (0.78%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.78%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.78%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.78%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 53 (41.41%) AWS
2 35 (27.34%) Azure
3 25 (19.53%) GitHub
4 12 (9.38%) GCP
5 10 (7.81%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (5.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.47%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (4.69%) PaaS
7 6 (4.69%) Serverless
8 5 (3.91%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (3.91%) Amazon S3
8 5 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (3.91%) Azure AKS
8 5 (3.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (3.91%) Snowflake
9 4 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (3.13%) dbt
10 3 (2.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.13%) Multicast
2 3 (2.34%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.56%) DNS
3 2 (1.56%) VLAN
3 2 (1.56%) VPN
4 1 (0.78%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (0.78%) Firewall
4 1 (0.78%) FTP
4 1 (0.78%) OpenVPN
4 1 (0.78%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.78%) RTCP
4 1 (0.78%) RTP
4 1 (0.78%) SSH
4 1 (0.78%) VoIP
4 1 (0.78%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.38%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 7 (5.47%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (5.47%) DynamoDB
3 7 (5.47%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.69%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.13%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.34%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (2.34%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.56%) Big Data
7 2 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.56%) Power BI
8 1 (0.78%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.78%) Db2
8 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.78%) MySQL
8 1 (0.78%) Redis
8 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (16.41%) Git
2 20 (15.63%) Jenkins
3 14 (10.94%) JUnit
4 13 (10.16%) GitLab
5 10 (7.81%) JIRA
6 9 (7.03%) Mockito
7 7 (5.47%) Maven
7 7 (5.47%) Postman
8 6 (4.69%) Cucumber
8 6 (4.69%) Gradle
9 5 (3.91%) Selenium
10 4 (3.13%) SonarQube
11 3 (2.34%) Artifactory
11 3 (2.34%) eggPlant
11 3 (2.34%) SoapUI
12 2 (1.56%) Appium
12 2 (1.56%) Bitbucket
12 2 (1.56%) HP UFT
12 2 (1.56%) JMeter
12 2 (1.56%) LoadRunner
General
1 47 (36.72%) Finance
2 36 (28.13%) Banking
3 29 (22.66%) Social Skills
4 18 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.94%) Investment Banking
6 13 (10.16%) Front Office
7 9 (7.03%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.91%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.56%) Back Office
10 2 (1.56%) Marketing
10 2 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.78%) Billing
11 1 (0.78%) Legal
11 1 (0.78%) Military
11 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (38.28%) Developer
2 39 (30.47%) Senior
3 37 (28.91%) Java Developer
4 28 (21.88%) Senior Developer
5 26 (20.31%) Senior Java Developer
6 14 (10.94%) Lead
7 12 (9.38%) Architect
8 10 (7.81%) Java Engineer
9 8 (6.25%) Data Engineer
10 7 (5.47%) Automation Engineer
10 7 (5.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 7 (5.47%) React Developer
10 7 (5.47%) Senior React Developer
10 7 (5.47%) Senior UI Developer
10 7 (5.47%) UI Developer
11 6 (4.69%) Technical Architect
12 5 (3.91%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (3.91%) Software Engineer
13 4 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 4 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (29.69%) Spring
1 38 (29.69%) Spring Boot
2 28 (21.88%) Kafka
3 24 (18.75%) React
4 21 (16.41%) REST
4 21 (16.41%) Terraform
5 16 (12.50%) RESTful
6 12 (9.38%) JSON
6 12 (9.38%) Web Services
7 11 (8.59%) SOAP
8 10 (7.81%) .NET
9 8 (6.25%) HTML
10 7 (5.47%) Node.js
10 7 (5.47%) Redux
11 6 (4.69%) AngularJS
12 5 (3.91%) XML
13 4 (3.13%) Middleware
13 4 (3.13%) PySpark
13 4 (3.13%) WireMock
14 3 (2.34%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 35 (27.34%) Cloud Native
2 20 (15.63%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (9.38%) Fixed Income
3 12 (9.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (6.25%) Equities
5 7 (5.47%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (4.69%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.91%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.13%) Algorithms
8 4 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.56%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.56%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.78%) Derivative
11 1 (0.78%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.78%) Exotic Derivative
11 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.78%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.16%) Linux
2 8 (6.25%) Unix
3 5 (3.91%) Windows
4 3 (2.34%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.56%) Android
5 2 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (48.44%) CI/CD
2 39 (30.47%) DevOps
3 36 (28.13%) Microservices
3 36 (28.13%) Test Automation
4 32 (25.00%) Agile
5 29 (22.66%) Containerisation
6 28 (21.88%) Software Engineering
7 26 (20.31%) Observability
8 24 (18.75%) Event-Driven
8 24 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
9 22 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (14.84%) AI
11 17 (13.28%) TDD
12 16 (12.50%) Low Latency
13 15 (11.72%) Electronic Trading
13 15 (11.72%) Full-Stack Development
14 14 (10.94%) API Design
14 14 (10.94%) SDLC
15 13 (10.16%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 13 (10.16%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 44 (34.38%) Python
2 28 (21.88%) SQL
3 23 (17.97%) JavaScript
4 20 (15.63%) TypeScript
5 18 (14.06%) C#
6 10 (7.81%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.91%) Kotlin
7 5 (3.91%) Ruby
7 5 (3.91%) Scala
8 4 (3.13%) Bash
8 4 (3.13%) Korn
8 4 (3.13%) R
9 3 (2.34%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.34%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.56%) Bicep
10 2 (1.56%) C++
10 2 (1.56%) Go
10 2 (1.56%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.78%) DAML
11 1 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 28 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 25 (19.53%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.69%) Degree
4 4 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.56%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.78%) CISM
6 1 (0.78%) CISSP
6 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) ISEB
6 1 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.50%) QA
2 8 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.47%) GDPR
4 5 (3.91%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.56%) EMIR
5 2 (1.56%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.56%) MiFID
5 2 (1.56%) SEPA
6 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.78%) SLA
6 1 (0.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (26.56%) Docker
2 2 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.78%) GridGain
3 1 (0.78%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (28.91%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.25%) Grafana
3 6 (4.69%) Prometheus
4 5 (3.91%) Ansible
5 3 (2.34%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (1.56%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.78%) Bosun
7 1 (0.78%) Control-M
7 1 (0.78%) Puppet
7 1 (0.78%) SELinux
7 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.78%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.78%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (17.19%) Oracle
2 14 (10.94%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.47%) IBM
4 5 (3.91%) Databricks
5 4 (3.13%) Google
5 4 (3.13%) SAP
5 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.34%) ION Trading
6 3 (2.34%) Splunk
7 2 (1.56%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.56%) Foundry
7 2 (1.56%) Sybase
8 1 (0.78%) Apple
8 1 (0.78%) Avaloq
8 1 (0.78%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.78%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.78%) Pega
8 1 (0.78%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.78%) VMware
8 1 (0.78%) Workday