Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Java Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Java Developer daily rate in Glasgow is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 13 23
Rank change year-on-year -42 +10 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 27 122 69
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 3.53% 15.58% 8.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.71% 16.33% 8.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 55 48
10th Percentile £297 £300 £370
25th Percentile £400 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £450 £455
Median % change year-on-year -10.06% -1.10% -39.33%
75th Percentile £567 £500 £638
90th Percentile £663 £550 £750
Scotland median daily rate £425 £441 £450
% change year-on-year -3.63% -2.00% -11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +9.99%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 727 747 819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 95.40% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 469 532
10th Percentile £306 £308 £253
25th Percentile £363 £383 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £458 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.67% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 40
10th Percentile £16.16 £16.75 £12.29
25th Percentile £17.60 £19.59 £15.92
Median hourly rate £52.50 £19.97 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year +162.89% -5.48% +3.06%
75th Percentile £60.91 £27.75 £44.14
90th Percentile £63.41 £67.05 £63.75
Scotland median hourly rate £21.90 £20.94 £24.26
% change year-on-year +4.58% -13.67% +11.52%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Glasgow

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Java Developer in Glasgow

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Glasgow

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 7 May 2026, Java Developer 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 Glasgow region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) Java
2 17 (62.96%) Spring
3 15 (55.56%) Spring Boot
3 15 (55.56%) SQL
4 11 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (37.04%) AWS
5 10 (37.04%) CI/CD
6 9 (33.33%) React
7 8 (29.63%) Containerisation
7 8 (29.63%) Microservices
7 8 (29.63%) Relational Database
8 7 (25.93%) Azure
8 7 (25.93%) Data Protection
8 7 (25.93%) Docker
8 7 (25.93%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (25.93%) Kafka
8 7 (25.93%) TDD
9 6 (22.22%) Agile
9 6 (22.22%) Code Quality
9 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
9 6 (22.22%) Jest
9 6 (22.22%) Kubernetes
9 6 (22.22%) Python
10 5 (18.52%) AI
10 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (18.52%) CSS
10 5 (18.52%) CSS3
10 5 (18.52%) DevOps
10 5 (18.52%) HTML
10 5 (18.52%) HTML5

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (7.41%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.70%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) AWS
2 7 (25.93%) Azure
3 4 (14.81%) ChatGPT
4 2 (7.41%) Anthropic Claude
4 2 (7.41%) GCP
4 2 (7.41%) GitHub
4 2 (7.41%) GitHub Copilot
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) Relational Database
2 5 (18.52%) MySQL
3 4 (14.81%) DB2
3 4 (14.81%) Metadata
4 3 (11.11%) MongoDB
5 2 (7.41%) Flink
5 2 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (7.41%) RDBMS
5 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
6 1 (3.70%) Apache Ignite
6 1 (3.70%) Big Data
6 1 (3.70%) Hadoop
6 1 (3.70%) HBase
6 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) JUnit
General
1 12 (44.44%) Finance
2 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Banking
4 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Investment Banking
5 3 (11.11%) Front Office
6 1 (3.70%) Prime Brokerage
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.70%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (62.96%) Spring
2 15 (55.56%) Spring Boot
3 9 (33.33%) React
4 7 (25.93%) Kafka
5 6 (22.22%) Jest
6 5 (18.52%) CSS
6 5 (18.52%) CSS3
6 5 (18.52%) HTML
6 5 (18.52%) HTML5
6 5 (18.52%) Redux
6 5 (18.52%) Spring MVC
7 4 (14.81%) AngularJS
8 3 (11.11%) RESTful
8 3 (11.11%) Spring Batch
9 2 (7.41%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (3.70%) Hibernate
10 1 (3.70%) REST
10 1 (3.70%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Derivative
1 4 (14.81%) Equity Derivative
2 3 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 3 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (7.41%) Data Structures
3 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Linux
2 3 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (37.04%) CI/CD
3 8 (29.63%) Containerisation
3 8 (29.63%) Microservices
4 7 (25.93%) Data Protection
4 7 (25.93%) Full-Stack Development
4 7 (25.93%) TDD
5 6 (22.22%) Agile
5 6 (22.22%) Code Quality
6 5 (18.52%) AI
6 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (18.52%) DevOps
6 5 (18.52%) MVC
6 5 (18.52%) SDLC
6 5 (18.52%) Test Automation
7 4 (14.81%) BDD
7 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
7 4 (14.81%) Data Lineage
7 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
7 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (100.00%) Java
2 15 (55.56%) SQL
3 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 6 (22.22%) Python
4 3 (11.11%) Bash
5 2 (7.41%) C++
5 2 (7.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (7.41%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
2 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (7.41%) Grafana
2 2 (7.41%) Prometheus
2 2 (7.41%) Terraform
3 1 (3.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle
1 4 (14.81%) Sybase
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.41%) IBM