Swing Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Java Swing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Swing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Swing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.057% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £904 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £908 - -
75th Percentile £911 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £908 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

Swing falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 427 501 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.39% 24.12% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 324 533
10th Percentile £400 £425 £413
25th Percentile £450 £506 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £738
90th Percentile £752 £838 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £600 £620
% change year-on-year -4.17% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £63.75 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £38.50 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.81% -27.36% +11.58%
75th Percentile £82.50 £40.25 -
90th Percentile £86.25 - -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £32.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +94.43% -39.35% +11.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Swing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Swing in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Swing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Swing

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Swing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Swing

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate