Lead Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Lead Java Engineer
UK > England

The median Lead Java Engineer daily rate in England is £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 483 584
Rank change year-on-year -30 +101 +144
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Java Engineer 5 18 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.018% 0.058% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.062% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 7
10th Percentile £516 £660 £504
25th Percentile £516 £725 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £825 £630
Median % change year-on-year -35.45% +30.95% -10.00%
75th Percentile £850 £888 £665
90th Percentile - - £730
UK median daily rate £533 £825 £630
% change year-on-year -35.45% +30.95% -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 26,022 28,980 37,943
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 92.99% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,702 17,689 26,414
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £539
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.60% -2.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,501 1,127 1,418
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.10 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.38 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +55.17%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.92 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.73% -10.67% +61.82%

Lead Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Lead Java Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Lead Java Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Lead Java Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Java Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Java Engineer in England

Lead Java Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Lead 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 Lead Java Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 October 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
Midlands - 3 £533 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £533 - 1
London -16 2 £800 -3.03% 10
Lead Java Engineer
UK

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, Lead 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 Lead Java Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) React
2 3 (60.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (60.00%) Spring
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (40.00%) Architectural Design
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (40.00%) Go
3 2 (40.00%) GraphQL
3 2 (40.00%) Investment Management
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) Kafka
3 2 (40.00%) Node.js
3 2 (40.00%) Order Management
3 2 (40.00%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) QA
3 2 (40.00%) Redux
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) TypeScript

Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Amazon ECS
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) React
2 3 (60.00%) Spring
3 2 (40.00%) GraphQL
3 2 (40.00%) Kafka
3 2 (40.00%) Node.js
3 2 (40.00%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Front End Development
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Management
2 2 (40.00%) Order Management
2 2 (40.00%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Go
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes