Java Developer Contracts in Edinburgh

Java Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Java Developer daily rate in Edinburgh is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 63 82
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 13 14 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.05% 1.58% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 1.67% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 25
10th Percentile - £380 £406
25th Percentile £400 £390 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £480
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -16.58% +2.02%
75th Percentile £445 £441 £508
90th Percentile £546 £445 £613
Scotland median daily rate £450 £430 £470
% change year-on-year +4.65% -8.51% +4.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 585 840 1,153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 95.02% 95.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 460 785
10th Percentile £229 £178 £225
25th Percentile £400 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £534 £543 £538
90th Percentile £600 £646 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 49 13
10th Percentile - £13.61 £14.07
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% +3.10% -8.89%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £21.67
90th Percentile £74.00 £60.80 £51.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.83 £18.27 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.54% +3.10% -52.66%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Java Developer in Edinburgh

Java Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java Developer in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Java Developer in Edinburgh

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java Developer in Edinburgh

Java Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java Developer in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Java Developer in Edinburgh

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, Java Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Java
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) Spring
3 6 (46.15%) Spring Boot
4 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
5 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
5 4 (30.77%) Design Patterns
5 4 (30.77%) API Development
5 4 (30.77%) React
5 4 (30.77%) Continuous Delivery
5 4 (30.77%) Node.js
5 4 (30.77%) REST
5 4 (30.77%) RESTful
5 4 (30.77%) TDD
5 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
5 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
6 3 (23.08%) Linux
6 3 (23.08%) DevOps
7 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
7 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
7 2 (15.38%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
7 2 (15.38%) Microservices
7 2 (15.38%) GCP
7 2 (15.38%) GraphQL
7 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
7 2 (15.38%) API Integration
7 2 (15.38%) SOAP
7 2 (15.38%) Finance

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) OpenROAD
2 1 (7.69%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) Spring
2 6 (46.15%) Spring Boot
3 4 (30.77%) Node.js
3 4 (30.77%) React
3 4 (30.77%) REST
3 4 (30.77%) RESTful
4 2 (15.38%) GraphQL
4 2 (15.38%) Java SE
4 2 (15.38%) SOAP
5 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
5 1 (7.69%) React Native
5 1 (7.69%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Android
2 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (30.77%) API Development
3 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Design Patterns
3 4 (30.77%) TDD
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) API Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) Microservices
5 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 1 (7.69%) Android Development
6 1 (7.69%) Generative AI
6 1 (7.69%) LLM
6 1 (7.69%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (7.69%) Mobile Development
6 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
3 1 (7.69%) Perl
3 1 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Google
17 Java Developer jobs in Scotland