Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Java Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Java Developer daily rate in Glasgow is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 20 45
Rank change year-on-year -7 +25 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 53 73 34
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 7.41% 9.62% 3.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.90% 10.72% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 38 25
10th Percentile £311 - £400
25th Percentile £425 £350 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £390 £618
Median % change year-on-year +19.38% -36.92% -17.67%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £750
90th Percentile £606 £520 £768
Scotland median daily rate £450 £408 £475
% change year-on-year +10.29% -14.11% -7.77%

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 671 681 846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 89.72% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 439 573
10th Percentile £249 £301 £325
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £448 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -10.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £542 £538 £619
90th Percentile £626 £651 £700
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +1.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 16
10th Percentile £20.62 £11.78 £12.19
25th Percentile £22.39 £16.37 £15.42
Median hourly rate £28.09 £19.30 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year +45.58% +9.57% +17.40%
75th Percentile £46.61 £25.07 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.35 £38.50 £41.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £29.32
% change year-on-year +4.74% -21.56% +65.46%

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 27 December 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 27 December 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 53 (100.00%) Java
2 42 (79.25%) Spring
3 31 (58.49%) SQL
4 29 (54.72%) Agile
4 29 (54.72%) Linux
5 25 (47.17%) Kafka
6 24 (45.28%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (39.62%) Spring Boot
8 20 (37.74%) MongoDB
9 18 (33.96%) CI/CD
9 18 (33.96%) Full-Stack Development
9 18 (33.96%) JUnit
9 18 (33.96%) Microservices
9 18 (33.96%) Multithreading
9 18 (33.96%) Performance Tuning
10 16 (30.19%) SDLC
11 15 (28.30%) Python
11 15 (28.30%) Relational Database
12 14 (26.42%) AngularJS
12 14 (26.42%) React
13 12 (22.64%) Database Tuning
13 12 (22.64%) DB2
13 12 (22.64%) JMS
13 12 (22.64%) Sybase
14 11 (20.75%) Docker
14 11 (20.75%) Open Source
14 11 (20.75%) Shell Script
15 10 (18.87%) DevOps
15 10 (18.87%) Software Engineering
16 9 (16.98%) AWS

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 (11.32%) CMS
2 2 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.89%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.98%) AWS
1 9 (16.98%) Azure
2 3 (5.66%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) DHCP
1 4 (7.55%) DNS
2 3 (5.66%) HTTP
2 3 (5.66%) SSL
2 3 (5.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (37.74%) MongoDB
2 15 (28.30%) Relational Database
3 12 (22.64%) DB2
4 6 (11.32%) NoSQL
5 2 (3.77%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.89%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.89%) HBase
6 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (33.96%) JUnit
2 5 (9.43%) Git
2 5 (9.43%) Jenkins
3 4 (7.55%) Cypress.io
4 3 (5.66%) Vite
5 2 (3.77%) Cucumber
5 2 (3.77%) Mockito
General
1 21 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 20 (37.74%) Finance
3 18 (33.96%) Banking
4 13 (24.53%) Investment Banking
5 12 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (22.64%) Front Office
6 6 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (79.25%) Spring
2 25 (47.17%) Kafka
3 21 (39.62%) Spring Boot
4 14 (26.42%) AngularJS
4 14 (26.42%) React
5 12 (22.64%) JMS
6 8 (15.09%) Hibernate
7 7 (13.21%) Ext JS
7 7 (13.21%) RESTful
8 5 (9.43%) REST
9 4 (7.55%) Jest
9 4 (7.55%) SOAP
10 3 (5.66%) Next.js
11 2 (3.77%) J2EE
11 2 (3.77%) JPA
11 2 (3.77%) Middleware
11 2 (3.77%) Spring Cloud
12 1 (1.89%) J2SE
12 1 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
12 1 (1.89%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.42%) Data Structures
2 11 (20.75%) Equities
3 9 (16.98%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (15.09%) Public Cloud
5 5 (9.43%) Distributed Applications
6 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
6 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
6 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.89%) Derivative
7 1 (1.89%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.89%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 29 (54.72%) Linux
2 4 (7.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (54.72%) Agile
2 24 (45.28%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (33.96%) CI/CD
3 18 (33.96%) Full-Stack Development
3 18 (33.96%) Microservices
3 18 (33.96%) Multithreading
3 18 (33.96%) Performance Tuning
4 16 (30.19%) SDLC
5 12 (22.64%) Database Tuning
6 11 (20.75%) Open Source
7 10 (18.87%) DevOps
7 10 (18.87%) Software Engineering
8 9 (16.98%) Fintech
9 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (13.21%) Observability
9 7 (13.21%) Test Automation
10 6 (11.32%) Containerisation
11 5 (9.43%) Computer Science
11 5 (9.43%) Operational Stability
12 4 (7.55%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 53 (100.00%) Java
2 31 (58.49%) SQL
3 15 (28.30%) Python
4 11 (20.75%) Shell Script
5 5 (9.43%) JavaScript
6 4 (7.55%) Perl
7 3 (5.66%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (3.77%) Degree
1 2 (3.77%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) QA
2 4 (7.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (20.75%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.55%) Ansible
2 4 (7.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (22.64%) Sybase
2 9 (16.98%) Oracle
3 4 (7.55%) F5
3 4 (7.55%) Infoblox
4 3 (5.66%) MuleSoft
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft