Java Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Java Software Engineer
Central London > City of Westminster

The median Java Software Engineer daily rate in the City of Westminster is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 2.08% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Central London median daily rate £563 £925 £850
% change year-on-year -39.19% +8.82% +13.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of Westminster with a recognized job title 43 41 44
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.58% 89.13% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 33 30
10th Percentile £350 £380 £400
25th Percentile £434 £409 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% -1.12% +1.14%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £795
90th Percentile £650 £675 £855
Central London median daily rate £550 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -1.35% +1.36% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Median hourly rate £26.11 - £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £28.61 £25.78
% change year-on-year -8.74% +10.98% -26.34%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Java Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in the City of Westminster.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in the City of Westminster

Java Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Westminster - 1 £600 -
Java Software Engineer
Central London

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 14 May 2026, Java Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of Westminster region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes