Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Java Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Java Developer daily rate in Glasgow is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
16 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 24 53
Rank change year-on-year +5 +29 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 72 59 26
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 9.39% 8.06% 2.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.01% 8.98% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 35 20
10th Percentile £356 £350 £395
25th Percentile £425 £356 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £618
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -31.98% -8.52%
75th Percentile £538 £440 £647
90th Percentile £606 £486 £753
Scotland median daily rate £458 £414 £461
% change year-on-year +10.51% -10.10% -5.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 719 657 844
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 89.75% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 448 571
10th Percentile £249 £249 £338
25th Percentile £363 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £441 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.16% -11.90% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £666 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 16 18
10th Percentile £16.84 £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £20.18 £16.50 £12.76
Median hourly rate £24.09 £19.59 £16.46
Median % change year-on-year +22.97% +19.02% -34.16%
75th Percentile £37.36 £29.44 £18.89
90th Percentile £57.50 £43.27 £32.40
Scotland median hourly rate £24.62 £19.59 £19.06
% change year-on-year +25.68% +2.81% +7.53%

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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025, 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 72 (100.00%) Java
2 56 (77.78%) Spring
3 47 (65.28%) SQL
4 43 (59.72%) Linux
5 40 (55.56%) Agile
6 33 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (43.06%) Kafka
8 26 (36.11%) MongoDB
8 26 (36.11%) SDLC
9 25 (34.72%) Relational Database
10 24 (33.33%) JUnit
10 24 (33.33%) Spring Boot
11 23 (31.94%) CI/CD
11 23 (31.94%) Multithreading
12 22 (30.56%) Full-Stack Development
12 22 (30.56%) Microservices
12 22 (30.56%) Performance Tuning
13 21 (29.17%) Python
14 19 (26.39%) Software Engineering
15 18 (25.00%) DB2
16 17 (23.61%) Database Tuning
16 17 (23.61%) JMS
16 17 (23.61%) Shell Script
16 17 (23.61%) Sybase
17 16 (22.22%) Open Source
17 16 (22.22%) React
18 15 (20.83%) AngularJS
19 11 (15.28%) DevOps
20 10 (13.89%) AWS
20 10 (13.89%) Computer Science

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 6 (8.33%) CMS
2 2 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.39%) Apache
3 1 (1.39%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.89%) AWS
2 9 (12.50%) Azure
3 4 (5.56%) Apigee
4 1 (1.39%) BlazeMeter
4 1 (1.39%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.94%) DHCP
1 5 (6.94%) DNS
1 5 (6.94%) HTTP
2 4 (5.56%) SSL
2 4 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (36.11%) MongoDB
2 25 (34.72%) Relational Database
3 18 (25.00%) DB2
4 7 (9.72%) NoSQL
5 3 (4.17%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (33.33%) JUnit
2 7 (9.72%) Jenkins
3 6 (8.33%) Git
4 3 (4.17%) Cypress.io
4 3 (4.17%) Vite
5 2 (2.78%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.78%) Mockito
6 1 (1.39%) JIRA
6 1 (1.39%) Maven
General
1 29 (40.28%) Finance
2 26 (36.11%) Social Skills
3 23 (31.94%) Banking
4 19 (26.39%) Investment Banking
5 17 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (23.61%) Front Office
6 9 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (77.78%) Spring
2 31 (43.06%) Kafka
3 24 (33.33%) Spring Boot
4 17 (23.61%) JMS
5 16 (22.22%) React
6 15 (20.83%) AngularJS
7 9 (12.50%) REST
8 8 (11.11%) Hibernate
8 8 (11.11%) RESTful
9 7 (9.72%) Ext JS
10 6 (8.33%) SOAP
11 4 (5.56%) J2EE
12 3 (4.17%) Jest
12 3 (4.17%) Next.js
13 2 (2.78%) CSS
13 2 (2.78%) JPA
13 2 (2.78%) Middleware
13 2 (2.78%) OpenTelemetry
13 2 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
13 2 (2.78%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 24 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 16 (22.22%) Equities
3 13 (18.06%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (13.89%) Public Cloud
5 6 (8.33%) Management Information System
6 5 (6.94%) Distributed Applications
6 5 (6.94%) Onboarding
7 3 (4.17%) Cloud Native
7 3 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (4.17%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.78%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.39%) Derivative
9 1 (1.39%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.39%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 43 (59.72%) Linux
2 6 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (55.56%) Agile
2 33 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (36.11%) SDLC
4 23 (31.94%) CI/CD
4 23 (31.94%) Multithreading
5 22 (30.56%) Full-Stack Development
5 22 (30.56%) Microservices
5 22 (30.56%) Performance Tuning
6 19 (26.39%) Software Engineering
7 17 (23.61%) Database Tuning
8 16 (22.22%) Open Source
9 11 (15.28%) DevOps
10 10 (13.89%) Computer Science
11 8 (11.11%) Fintech
11 8 (11.11%) Observability
11 8 (11.11%) Operational Stability
12 7 (9.72%) Test Automation
13 6 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
13 6 (8.33%) Risk Management
14 5 (6.94%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 72 (100.00%) Java
2 47 (65.28%) SQL
3 21 (29.17%) Python
4 17 (23.61%) Shell Script
5 10 (13.89%) JavaScript
6 5 (6.94%) Perl
7 4 (5.56%) Bash
8 1 (1.39%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (1.39%) AWS Certification
2 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.94%) QA
2 3 (4.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.56%) Terraform
3 3 (4.17%) Ansible
3 3 (4.17%) Grafana
Vendors
1 17 (23.61%) Sybase
2 10 (13.89%) Oracle
3 5 (6.94%) F5
3 5 (6.94%) Infoblox
4 4 (5.56%) MuleSoft
5 3 (4.17%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.39%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.39%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.39%) Facebook
6 1 (1.39%) Google
6 1 (1.39%) IBM
6 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.39%) Splunk
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