Senior Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Senior Java Engineer
South London > Croydon

The median Senior Java Engineer daily rate in Croydon is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Java Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 - -
South London median daily rate £537 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 88 101 149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.70% 97.12% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 66 113
10th Percentile £320 £380 £231
25th Percentile £463 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £539 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -1.10% -5.22%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £639 £650 £675
South London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.02% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £58.74 £19.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year +201.21% -55.51% -0.62%

Senior Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Senior Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Croydon

Senior Java Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in Croydon

Senior Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, Senior Java 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 Croydon region featuring Senior Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CQRS
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Python
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%) TDD

Senior Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CQRS
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes