Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Java Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Java Developer daily rate in Glasgow is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 19 40
Rank change year-on-year -17 +21 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 39 82 40
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 5.81% 11.07% 4.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.17% 12.20% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 42 28
10th Percentile £355 - £400
25th Percentile £414 £350 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £621
Median % change year-on-year +31.33% -35.65% -17.17%
75th Percentile £606 £488 £750
90th Percentile - £538 £759
Scotland median daily rate £438 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -15.00% -20.00%

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 632 672 865
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 90.69% 96.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 416 573
10th Percentile £271 £272 £313
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £600
90th Percentile £650 £625 £700
Scotland median daily rate £452 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +0.44% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 23
10th Percentile £16.17 £11.78 £11.50
25th Percentile £22.39 £15.99 £15.42
Median hourly rate £26.09 £19.59 £16.70
Median % change year-on-year +33.18% +17.31% -0.30%
75th Percentile £49.15 £25.97 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.71 £39.30 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.25 £22.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -11.48% -49.17% +153.95%

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 January 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 27 January 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 39 (100.00%) Java
2 34 (87.18%) Spring
3 23 (58.97%) SQL
4 20 (51.28%) Linux
5 19 (48.72%) Agile
6 18 (46.15%) Spring Boot
7 17 (43.59%) Kafka
7 17 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (35.90%) JUnit
8 14 (35.90%) Microservices
9 13 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
9 13 (33.33%) MongoDB
9 13 (33.33%) Multithreading
9 13 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
10 12 (30.77%) CI/CD
10 12 (30.77%) React
10 12 (30.77%) SDLC
11 11 (28.21%) AngularJS
11 11 (28.21%) Relational Database
12 10 (25.64%) Docker
13 9 (23.08%) AWS
13 9 (23.08%) Python
14 8 (20.51%) Azure
14 8 (20.51%) Database Tuning
14 8 (20.51%) DB2
14 8 (20.51%) DevOps
14 8 (20.51%) JMS
14 8 (20.51%) Open Source
14 8 (20.51%) Shell Script
14 8 (20.51%) Sybase

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 4 (10.26%) CMS
2 2 (5.13%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.56%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.08%) AWS
2 8 (20.51%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Apigee
3 1 (2.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) DHCP
1 1 (2.56%) DNS
1 1 (2.56%) HTTP
1 1 (2.56%) SSL
1 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (33.33%) MongoDB
2 11 (28.21%) Relational Database
3 8 (20.51%) DB2
4 4 (10.26%) NoSQL
5 2 (5.13%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (2.56%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.56%) HBase
6 1 (2.56%) MySQL
6 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (35.90%) JUnit
2 4 (10.26%) Cypress.io
3 2 (5.13%) Cucumber
3 2 (5.13%) Git
3 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.13%) Mockito
4 1 (2.56%) Vite
General
1 15 (38.46%) Finance
2 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
3 13 (33.33%) Banking
4 9 (23.08%) Investment Banking
5 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (20.51%) Front Office
6 4 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (87.18%) Spring
2 18 (46.15%) Spring Boot
3 17 (43.59%) Kafka
4 12 (30.77%) React
5 11 (28.21%) AngularJS
6 8 (20.51%) JMS
7 6 (15.38%) Hibernate
7 6 (15.38%) RESTful
8 5 (12.82%) Jest
9 4 (10.26%) Ext JS
10 2 (5.13%) J2EE
10 2 (5.13%) JPA
10 2 (5.13%) REST
10 2 (5.13%) Spring Cloud
11 1 (2.56%) CSS3
11 1 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (2.56%) Next.js
11 1 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
11 1 (2.56%) Redux
11 1 (2.56%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Data Structures
2 8 (20.51%) Equities
2 8 (20.51%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (10.26%) Public Cloud
4 3 (7.69%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.56%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (51.28%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) Agile
2 17 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (35.90%) Microservices
4 13 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 13 (33.33%) Multithreading
4 13 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
5 12 (30.77%) CI/CD
5 12 (30.77%) SDLC
6 8 (20.51%) Database Tuning
6 8 (20.51%) DevOps
6 8 (20.51%) Open Source
7 7 (17.95%) Containerisation
8 6 (15.38%) Fintech
8 6 (15.38%) Software Engineering
9 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (12.82%) Observability
9 5 (12.82%) Test Automation
10 4 (10.26%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (10.26%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (10.26%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 39 (100.00%) Java
2 23 (58.97%) SQL
3 9 (23.08%) Python
4 8 (20.51%) Shell Script
5 4 (10.26%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.56%) Bash
6 1 (2.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) QA
2 4 (10.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (25.64%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.26%) Ansible
2 4 (10.26%) Terraform
3 1 (2.56%) Grafana
3 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Sybase
2 7 (17.95%) Oracle
3 1 (2.56%) F5
3 1 (2.56%) Infoblox
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.56%) MuleSoft