Java Contracts in England

Java
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 24 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -8
Contract jobs citing Java 1,993 2,522 3,855
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 7.56% 6.75% 8.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.49% 21.97% 23.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,394 1,882 2,952
10th Percentile £358 £400 £425
25th Percentile £425 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.12% - -
75th Percentile £700 £750 £738
90th Percentile £838 £875 £848
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 80 94
10th Percentile £33.91 £45.88 £46.70
25th Percentile £44.75 £57.19 £55.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +3.05% +2.25%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £73.74
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.55 £75.85
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £68.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.96% +3.56%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8,860 11,480 16,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.62% 30.74% 34.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,117 8,213 11,848
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £540 £555
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -2.70% +0.18%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 481 410
10th Percentile £28.18 £35.58 £29.71
25th Percentile £36.19 £50.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £56.38 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +4.00% +18.99%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £81.48 £77.50 £80.14
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +19.05%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Java in England

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Java in England

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java in England

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Java in England

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Java in England

Java
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the England region over the 6 months to 4 July 2025. 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
London -4 1,262 £600 -4.00% 3,996
North of England -1 249 £454 -10.50% 918
Midlands +44 171 £420 -16.00% 468
North West +7 165 £420 -15.15% 546
South East -1 152 £475 -18.98% 900
West Midlands +43 88 £500 -9.09% 292
East Midlands +28 82 £362 -21.41% 177
Yorkshire -27 57 £515 -6.39% 287
East of England +6 51 £489 -1.80% 404
South West -19 51 £588 +8.29% 445
North East +11 28 £455 +7.06% 86
Java
UK

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 119 (5.97%) Apache
2 103 (5.17%) Confluence
3 100 (5.02%) Apache Airflow
4 90 (4.52%) Apache Spark
5 33 (1.66%) JBoss
6 29 (1.46%) Tomcat
7 24 (1.20%) WebLogic
8 18 (0.90%) WebSphere
9 15 (0.75%) Oracle Coherence
10 14 (0.70%) NetWeaver
11 13 (0.65%) Camunda
12 10 (0.50%) CMS
12 10 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 10 (0.50%) SharePoint
13 9 (0.45%) Mule
14 8 (0.40%) Anypoint
14 8 (0.40%) CICS
14 8 (0.40%) GemFire
14 8 (0.40%) MQSeries
14 8 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (0.85%) Maya
2 14 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 11 (0.55%) NUKE
4 10 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.30%) Adobe Captivate
7 4 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.10%) Trello
9 1 (0.050%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 17 (0.85%) Oracle BPM
2 15 (0.75%) FLEXCUBE
3 12 (0.60%) Endur
4 9 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.45%) Temenos T24
5 7 (0.35%) SAP CRM
6 6 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.20%) Shopify
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.10%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.10%) Misys Midas
9 2 (0.10%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.10%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.10%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 766 (38.43%) AWS
2 358 (17.96%) Azure
3 193 (9.68%) GCP
4 128 (6.42%) Serverless
5 97 (4.87%) GitHub
6 96 (4.82%) dbt
7 91 (4.57%) AWS Lambda
8 85 (4.26%) OpenShift
9 81 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
10 77 (3.86%) Amazon S3
11 72 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
12 65 (3.26%) Snowflake
13 48 (2.41%) Amazon ECS
14 38 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 38 (1.91%) Amazon SQS
15 36 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
16 34 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
17 33 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
18 30 (1.51%) Amazon Kinesis
19 28 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.41%) HTTP
2 28 (1.40%) Firewall
3 21 (1.05%) DNS
4 19 (0.95%) VPN
5 18 (0.90%) HTTPS
5 18 (0.90%) Wireshark
6 17 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 16 (0.80%) LAN
8 15 (0.75%) Ethernet
8 15 (0.75%) WAN
9 14 (0.70%) ATM
9 14 (0.70%) Frame Relay
9 14 (0.70%) GPRS
9 14 (0.70%) GSM
9 14 (0.70%) LTE
9 14 (0.70%) MPLS
9 14 (0.70%) SAN
9 14 (0.70%) SDH
9 14 (0.70%) UMTS
10 12 (0.60%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (11.69%) PostgreSQL
2 154 (7.73%) Relational Database
3 139 (6.97%) MongoDB
4 105 (5.27%) NoSQL
5 88 (4.42%) Amazon Athena
6 82 (4.11%) Apache Iceberg
6 82 (4.11%) Dremio
7 81 (4.06%) MySQL
8 78 (3.91%) Apache Arrow
9 72 (3.61%) Big Data
10 71 (3.56%) SQL Server
11 59 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
12 52 (2.61%) Data Lake
13 51 (2.56%) Apache Ignite
14 44 (2.21%) DynamoDB
15 42 (2.11%) Oracle Database
16 40 (2.01%) DB2
16 40 (2.01%) Redis
17 38 (1.91%) Hadoop
18 35 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 383 (19.22%) Jenkins
2 324 (16.26%) Git
3 219 (10.99%) JIRA
4 194 (9.73%) JUnit
5 160 (8.03%) GitLab
6 147 (7.38%) Selenium
7 134 (6.72%) Maven
8 117 (5.87%) Cucumber
9 94 (4.72%) Gradle
10 84 (4.21%) SonarQube
11 76 (3.81%) Mockito
12 53 (2.66%) REST Assured
13 48 (2.41%) Bitbucket
14 47 (2.36%) Postman
15 45 (2.26%) IntelliJ
16 42 (2.11%) Cypress.io
17 40 (2.01%) JMeter
18 39 (1.96%) Liquibase
19 38 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
20 36 (1.81%) TeamCity
General
1 579 (29.05%) Finance
2 534 (26.79%) Social Skills
3 385 (19.32%) Banking
4 328 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
5 204 (10.24%) Investment Banking
6 186 (9.33%) Public Sector
7 177 (8.88%) Front Office
8 56 (2.81%) Telecoms
9 37 (1.86%) Financial Institution
10 32 (1.61%) Military
10 32 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (1.56%) Manufacturing
11 31 (1.56%) Marketing
12 27 (1.35%) Automotive
13 23 (1.15%) Electronics
14 22 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (0.95%) Games
16 18 (0.90%) Retail
17 17 (0.85%) Aerospace
18 14 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 877 (44.00%) Developer
2 506 (25.39%) Java Developer
3 319 (16.01%) Senior
4 221 (11.09%) Software Engineer
5 197 (9.88%) Architect
6 191 (9.58%) Java Engineer
7 164 (8.23%) Lead
8 157 (7.88%) Senior Developer
9 121 (6.07%) Senior Java Developer
10 113 (5.67%) AWS Engineer
10 113 (5.67%) Java Software Engineer
11 99 (4.97%) AWS Developer
12 93 (4.67%) Full-Stack Developer
13 77 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
14 75 (3.76%) Test Engineer
15 74 (3.71%) Lead Developer
15 74 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
16 70 (3.51%) Data Engineer
17 65 (3.26%) AWS Software Engineer
18 64 (3.21%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 410 (20.57%) Spring
2 328 (16.46%) Spring Boot
3 323 (16.21%) Kafka
4 289 (14.50%) React
5 233 (11.69%) REST
6 187 (9.38%) AngularJS
7 162 (8.13%) HTML
7 162 (8.13%) RESTful
8 154 (7.73%) Node.js
9 130 (6.52%) .NET
10 126 (6.32%) CSS
11 117 (5.87%) Web Services
12 106 (5.32%) SOAP
13 93 (4.67%) Hibernate
14 75 (3.76%) XML
15 72 (3.61%) NumPy
15 72 (3.61%) Pandas
16 66 (3.31%) SciPy
17 65 (3.26%) OAuth
18 61 (3.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 148 (7.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 117 (5.87%) Equities
3 101 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
4 98 (4.92%) Derivative
4 98 (4.92%) Fixed Income
5 89 (4.47%) Cloud Native
6 78 (3.91%) Hedge funds
7 51 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 51 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 51 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
7 51 (2.56%) Product Ownership
8 50 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
9 43 (2.16%) Public Cloud
10 36 (1.81%) Onboarding
11 34 (1.71%) Mobile App
12 33 (1.66%) Distributed Computing
12 33 (1.66%) Management Information System
13 32 (1.61%) Virtual Team
14 30 (1.51%) Pricing Data
15 26 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 282 (14.15%) Linux
2 112 (5.62%) Unix
3 93 (4.67%) Windows
4 41 (2.06%) Android
5 29 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (1.15%) Windows Server
7 14 (0.70%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.30%) AIX
9 6 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
9 6 (0.30%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.30%) VMS
9 6 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.20%) Solaris
11 2 (0.10%) CentOS
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.10%) zOS
12 1 (0.050%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.050%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.050%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (40.64%) Agile
2 637 (31.96%) CI/CD
3 511 (25.64%) DevOps
4 502 (25.19%) Microservices
5 440 (22.08%) Software Engineering
6 404 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
7 330 (16.56%) Test Automation
8 308 (15.45%) TDD
9 228 (11.44%) Containerisation
10 221 (11.09%) Scrum
11 211 (10.59%) Full-Stack Development
12 182 (9.13%) Computer Science
13 175 (8.78%) Continuous Integration
14 173 (8.68%) SDLC
15 144 (7.23%) Mentoring
16 129 (6.47%) Migration
17 125 (6.27%) Infrastructure as Code
18 122 (6.12%) Design Patterns
18 122 (6.12%) Event-Driven
19 114 (5.72%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 697 (34.97%) Python
2 513 (25.74%) SQL
3 435 (21.83%) JavaScript
4 252 (12.64%) TypeScript
5 178 (8.93%) C#
6 169 (8.48%) C++
7 83 (4.16%) Shell Script
8 82 (4.11%) Kotlin
9 81 (4.06%) Go
10 66 (3.31%) PowerShell
11 65 (3.26%) C
12 64 (3.21%) Scala
13 62 (3.11%) Bash
14 52 (2.61%) PL/SQL
15 47 (2.36%) Perl
16 36 (1.81%) PHP
17 35 (1.76%) Ruby
18 30 (1.51%) Groovy
19 25 (1.25%) Rust
20 18 (0.90%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 393 (19.72%) Security Cleared
2 314 (15.76%) SC Cleared
3 212 (10.64%) Degree
4 104 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.06%) DV Cleared
6 40 (2.01%) Master's Degree
7 30 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 30 (1.51%) ISTQB
8 28 (1.40%) AWS Certification
9 24 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
10 20 (1.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 18 (0.90%) ISEB
12 17 (0.85%) CCNP
13 16 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 13 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
14 13 (0.65%) Azure Certification
14 13 (0.65%) PhD
15 10 (0.50%) CISSP
16 9 (0.45%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (7.73%) QA
2 33 (1.66%) Data Quality
2 33 (1.66%) GDPR
3 29 (1.46%) Accessibility
4 18 (0.90%) HIPAA
5 17 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.60%) NIST
7 11 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.45%) SLA
8 9 (0.45%) WCAG
9 7 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (0.35%) SEPA
10 4 (0.20%) EU AI Act
11 3 (0.15%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.15%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.15%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.10%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.10%) PMO
12 2 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 394 (19.77%) Docker
2 33 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.50%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.45%) Postfix
6 8 (0.40%) GridGain
7 6 (0.30%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.20%) OpenAM
8 4 (0.20%) OpenDJ
8 4 (0.20%) OpenIDM
8 4 (0.20%) Platform Symphony
9 3 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 3 (0.15%) Firmware
9 3 (0.15%) FreeRADIUS
9 3 (0.15%) iptables
9 3 (0.15%) Lustre
9 3 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.10%) vSphere
11 1 (0.050%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 390 (19.57%) Kubernetes
2 189 (9.48%) Terraform
3 101 (5.07%) Ansible
4 75 (3.76%) Grafana
5 58 (2.91%) Prometheus
6 30 (1.51%) Puppet
7 23 (1.15%) Progress Chef
8 22 (1.10%) Kibana
8 22 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (0.70%) Podman
10 12 (0.60%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 11 (0.55%) Control-M
12 10 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
13 9 (0.45%) Istio
14 8 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
15 6 (0.30%) CloudHub
15 6 (0.30%) Perfmon
16 3 (0.15%) Packer
16 3 (0.15%) Rundeck
16 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 212 (10.64%) Oracle
2 161 (8.08%) Microsoft
3 64 (3.21%) SAP
4 58 (2.91%) Google
5 50 (2.51%) ServiceNow
6 45 (2.26%) IBM
7 42 (2.11%) Splunk
8 36 (1.81%) Red Hat
9 32 (1.61%) Sybase
10 27 (1.35%) Virgin Media
11 26 (1.30%) Dynatrace
12 25 (1.25%) Atlassian
13 23 (1.15%) MuleSoft
13 23 (1.15%) Salesforce
14 22 (1.10%) Databricks
15 21 (1.05%) Cisco
16 20 (1.00%) ForgeRock
17 19 (0.95%) Adobe
17 19 (0.95%) Ping Identity
17 19 (0.95%) VMware