Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Java Engineer
UK > England

The median Java Engineer daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
21 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 308 387
Rank change year-on-year -15 +79 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer 266 165 156
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.67% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.73% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 103 112
10th Percentile £374 £403 £422
25th Percentile £425 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £600 £831 £750
90th Percentile £689 £875 £888
UK median daily rate £539 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -10.25% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 8 4
10th Percentile - £50.75 £66.63
25th Percentile £52.50 £60.31 £67.19
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +6.87%
75th Percentile £69.38 £68.75 £70.63
90th Percentile £70.00 - £71.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +6.87%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 36,522 22,722 34,320
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.70% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,886 15,172 22,851
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,461 869 2,384
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.75 £19.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -22.22%
75th Percentile £67.47 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.93% -13.00% -22.22%

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Java Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in England

Java Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Engineer in England over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Java Engineer in England

Java Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in England

Java Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java Engineer in England over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Java Engineer in England

Java Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 21 April 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
London -53 127 £550 -26.67% 55
North of England -22 52 £500 -4.76% 12
South West -14 28 £488 -12.56% 3
Midlands -41 28 £469 -10.67% 1
West Midlands -37 27 £469 -10.67% 1
South East -41 25 £469 -27.88% 13
North West -31 24 £478 - 8
Yorkshire -49 18 £523 -18.04% 1
North East -4 11 £425 +8.97% 3
East of England -34 3 £535 -10.83%
East Midlands - 1 - -
Java Engineer
UK

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 April 2026, 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 England region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 266 (100.00%) Java
2 137 (51.50%) Software Engineering
3 98 (36.84%) Spring
4 89 (33.46%) Spring Boot
5 83 (31.20%) Kubernetes
6 76 (28.57%) Microservices
7 75 (28.20%) AWS
8 72 (27.07%) Agile
9 64 (24.06%) CI/CD
10 56 (21.05%) Security Cleared
11 53 (19.92%) Docker
12 52 (19.55%) Kafka
13 50 (18.80%) SC Cleared
14 49 (18.42%) DevOps
14 49 (18.42%) Full-Stack Development
15 42 (15.79%) TDD
16 37 (13.91%) SQL
17 36 (13.53%) Python
17 36 (13.53%) React
18 31 (11.65%) Containerisation
18 31 (11.65%) QA
19 29 (10.90%) Test Automation
20 28 (10.53%) Event-Driven
20 28 (10.53%) Gradle
20 28 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
21 26 (9.77%) Git
21 26 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
22 25 (9.40%) Scrum
23 23 (8.65%) GitLab
24 22 (8.27%) JUnit

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.01%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.26%) Apache
3 4 (1.50%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.13%) JBoss
4 3 (1.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.75%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) Camunda
6 1 (0.38%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.38%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (28.20%) AWS
2 21 (7.89%) Azure
3 17 (6.39%) AWS Lambda
3 17 (6.39%) Serverless
4 16 (6.02%) GCP
5 15 (5.64%) Amazon S3
5 15 (5.64%) GitHub
6 12 (4.51%) Amazon ECS
7 11 (4.14%) OpenShift
8 8 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.88%) AWS Step Functions
10 3 (1.13%) Amazon Kinesis
10 3 (1.13%) AWS CodePipeline
10 3 (1.13%) AWS Fargate
10 3 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.75%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.50%) HTTP
2 3 (1.13%) MQTT
3 1 (0.38%) FTP
3 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (8.27%) MongoDB
3 8 (3.01%) Big Data
3 8 (3.01%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (2.63%) DynamoDB
4 7 (2.63%) MySQL
5 6 (2.26%) Apache Cassandra
5 6 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.88%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.13%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.13%) HBase
9 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.75%) Redis
9 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.38%) Bigtable
10 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 28 (10.53%) Gradle
2 26 (9.77%) Git
3 23 (8.65%) GitLab
4 22 (8.27%) JUnit
5 20 (7.52%) Jenkins
6 18 (6.77%) IntelliJ
7 14 (5.26%) Maven
8 11 (4.14%) SonarQube
9 9 (3.38%) Cucumber
10 8 (3.01%) Selenium
11 6 (2.26%) Mockito
12 5 (1.88%) Artifactory
12 5 (1.88%) JIRA
13 4 (1.50%) Postman
13 4 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
14 3 (1.13%) Eclipse
14 3 (1.13%) Gatling
14 3 (1.13%) Liquibase
15 2 (0.75%) XCUITest
16 1 (0.38%) JMeter
General
1 53 (19.92%) Finance
2 29 (10.90%) Social Skills
3 22 (8.27%) Banking
4 17 (6.39%) Front Office
5 14 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.63%) Law
7 4 (1.50%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (1.50%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.50%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.13%) Back Office
8 3 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.75%) Retail
10 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.38%) Automotive
10 1 (0.38%) French Language
10 1 (0.38%) Legal
10 1 (0.38%) Military
10 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (36.84%) Spring
2 89 (33.46%) Spring Boot
3 52 (19.55%) Kafka
4 36 (13.53%) React
5 19 (7.14%) RESTful
6 17 (6.39%) GraphQL
6 17 (6.39%) Node.js
6 17 (6.39%) REST
7 16 (6.02%) Middleware
8 15 (5.64%) AngularJS
9 13 (4.89%) Swagger
10 12 (4.51%) OpenTelemetry
11 11 (4.14%) Quarkus
12 9 (3.38%) Hibernate
12 9 (3.38%) JSON
12 9 (3.38%) Redux
13 8 (3.01%) OpenAPI
14 6 (2.26%) HTML
14 6 (2.26%) Playwright
14 6 (2.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.53%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.77%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.01%) Fixed Income
5 7 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.26%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (1.88%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.50%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.13%) Derivative
9 3 (1.13%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.13%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.13%) TWAP
9 3 (1.13%) VWAP
10 2 (0.75%) Equity Derivative
10 2 (0.75%) Exotic Derivative
10 2 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.75%) Replication
10 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.77%) Linux
2 8 (3.01%) Unix
3 1 (0.38%) Android
3 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Solaris
3 1 (0.38%) SUSE
3 1 (0.38%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.38%) VMS
3 1 (0.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (51.50%) Software Engineering
2 76 (28.57%) Microservices
3 72 (27.07%) Agile
4 64 (24.06%) CI/CD
5 49 (18.42%) DevOps
5 49 (18.42%) Full-Stack Development
6 42 (15.79%) TDD
7 31 (11.65%) Containerisation
8 29 (10.90%) Test Automation
9 28 (10.53%) Event-Driven
10 26 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (9.40%) Scrum
12 20 (7.52%) Unit Testing
13 18 (6.77%) Clean Code
13 18 (6.77%) Code Quality
13 18 (6.77%) Software Testing
14 17 (6.39%) Migration
15 15 (5.64%) Front End Development
15 15 (5.64%) SDLC
16 14 (5.26%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 266 (100.00%) Java
2 37 (13.91%) SQL
3 36 (13.53%) Python
4 21 (7.89%) TypeScript
5 16 (6.02%) Kotlin
6 14 (5.26%) JavaScript
7 13 (4.89%) Go
8 11 (4.14%) Ada
9 6 (2.26%) Scala
10 5 (1.88%) C++
11 4 (1.50%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.75%) C#
13 1 (0.38%) Groovy
13 1 (0.38%) Rust
13 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.38%) Solidity
13 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 56 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 50 (18.80%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.38%) Degree
4 4 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.50%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.13%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.13%) OCP
5 3 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.65%) QA
2 11 (4.14%) Def Stans
2 11 (4.14%) IEC 61508
3 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.13%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.75%) GDPR
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.38%) SEPA
6 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (19.92%) Docker
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.38%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 83 (31.20%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.39%) Grafana
3 12 (4.51%) Terraform
4 9 (3.38%) Argo
5 5 (1.88%) Ansible
6 3 (1.13%) HAProxy
6 3 (1.13%) Puppet
7 1 (0.38%) Kibana
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 11 (4.14%) Google
1 11 (4.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.38%) Oracle
2 9 (3.38%) Red Hat
3 6 (2.26%) Splunk
4 5 (1.88%) IBM
5 3 (1.13%) Solace
5 3 (1.13%) webMethods
6 2 (0.75%) Checkmarx
6 2 (0.75%) Confluent
6 2 (0.75%) Databricks
6 2 (0.75%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.75%) MKS
6 2 (0.75%) New Relic
6 2 (0.75%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.38%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.38%) Adobe
7 1 (0.38%) Calypso
7 1 (0.38%) Teradata
7 1 (0.38%) VMware
75 Java Engineer jobs in England