Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Java Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Java Developer daily rate in Glasgow is £328, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 14 24
Rank change year-on-year -25 +10 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 58 116 51
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 5.53% 14.66% 7.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.87% 15.55% 7.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 42 38
10th Percentile £300 £300 £379
25th Percentile £310 £410 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -27.11% +2.86% -20.74%
75th Percentile £403 £534 £500
90th Percentile £499 £550 £520
Scotland median daily rate £377 £450 £435
% change year-on-year -16.22% +3.45% -7.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 - -

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 988 746 643
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 94.31% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 471 461
10th Percentile £285 £287 £230
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £460 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -0.54% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 17 24
10th Percentile £13.84 - £15.20
25th Percentile £28.45 £16.84 £19.32
Median hourly rate £40.32 £19.83 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +103.33% -51.56% +131.04%
75th Percentile £60.91 £26.21 £41.72
90th Percentile £77.50 £57.50 £61.00
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.59 £18.13
% change year-on-year +78.66% +8.05% +2.31%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 58 (100.00%) Java
2 39 (67.24%) Spring
3 35 (60.34%) Spring Boot
4 29 (50.00%) CI/CD
5 27 (46.55%) Git
5 27 (46.55%) Microservices
6 22 (37.93%) SQL
7 21 (36.21%) Agile
8 20 (34.48%) TDD
9 19 (32.76%) AWS
9 19 (32.76%) React
9 19 (32.76%) REST
10 18 (31.03%) Full-Stack Development
11 17 (29.31%) Test Automation
12 15 (25.86%) Kubernetes
13 14 (24.14%) JavaScript
13 14 (24.14%) MuleSoft
13 14 (24.14%) Scrum
14 13 (22.41%) Jenkins
14 13 (22.41%) JPA
14 13 (22.41%) JSF
14 13 (22.41%) Kafka
14 13 (22.41%) Maven
15 12 (20.69%) FreeMarker
15 12 (20.69%) Node.js
15 12 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
16 11 (18.97%) DevOps
16 11 (18.97%) Oracle
16 11 (18.97%) RESTful
17 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement

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 (3.45%) Apache
1 2 (3.45%) Apache Spark
1 2 (3.45%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.76%) AWS
2 8 (13.79%) Azure
3 5 (8.62%) GCP
4 4 (6.90%) ChatGPT
4 4 (6.90%) GitHub
5 2 (3.45%) Anthropic Claude
5 2 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.45%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) HTTP
1 2 (3.45%) HTTPS
1 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.24%) MongoDB
2 9 (15.52%) Relational Database
3 5 (8.62%) MySQL
4 4 (6.90%) Db2
4 4 (6.90%) Metadata
4 4 (6.90%) NoSQL
5 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
6 2 (3.45%) Big Data
6 2 (3.45%) Flink
6 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (3.45%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.72%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (1.72%) Apache Ignite
7 1 (1.72%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (1.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 27 (46.55%) Git
2 13 (22.41%) Jenkins
2 13 (22.41%) Maven
3 9 (15.52%) Gradle
3 9 (15.52%) JUnit
4 8 (13.79%) GoCD
5 7 (12.07%) JProfiler
6 6 (10.34%) JIRA
7 3 (5.17%) Subversion
8 1 (1.72%) Bundler
8 1 (1.72%) IntelliJ
8 1 (1.72%) Leiningen
General
1 20 (34.48%) Finance
2 15 (25.86%) Banking
3 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
4 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.62%) Investment Banking
5 4 (6.90%) Front Office
6 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.45%) Law
8 1 (1.72%) Prime Brokerage
8 1 (1.72%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (67.24%) Spring
2 35 (60.34%) Spring Boot
3 19 (32.76%) React
3 19 (32.76%) REST
4 13 (22.41%) JPA
4 13 (22.41%) JSF
4 13 (22.41%) Kafka
5 12 (20.69%) FreeMarker
5 12 (20.69%) Node.js
6 11 (18.97%) RESTful
7 10 (17.24%) HTML
8 9 (15.52%) CSS
8 9 (15.52%) Redux
9 8 (13.79%) HTML5
9 8 (13.79%) Spring MVC
10 7 (12.07%) CSS3
10 7 (12.07%) Jest
11 5 (8.62%) Hibernate
11 5 (8.62%) JDBC
11 5 (8.62%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.62%) Derivative
2 5 (8.62%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.90%) Data Structures
3 4 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (6.90%) Equity Derivative
3 4 (6.90%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.72%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.52%) Linux
2 5 (8.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 27 (46.55%) Microservices
3 21 (36.21%) Agile
4 20 (34.48%) TDD
5 18 (31.03%) Full-Stack Development
6 17 (29.31%) Test Automation
7 14 (24.14%) Scrum
8 12 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (18.97%) DevOps
10 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (15.52%) Containerisation
12 8 (13.79%) Event-Driven
12 8 (13.79%) MVC
12 8 (13.79%) Performance Monitoring
13 7 (12.07%) AI
13 7 (12.07%) Concurrent Programming
13 7 (12.07%) Functional Programming
13 7 (12.07%) Multithreading
13 7 (12.07%) Technical Leadership
13 7 (12.07%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 58 (100.00%) Java
2 22 (37.93%) SQL
3 14 (24.14%) JavaScript
4 6 (10.34%) Python
5 4 (6.90%) Bash
5 4 (6.90%) Ruby
6 2 (3.45%) C++
6 2 (3.45%) Perl
7 1 (1.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (1.72%) Degree
1 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) QA
2 7 (12.07%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (25.86%) Kubernetes
2 8 (13.79%) Ansible
3 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (24.14%) MuleSoft
2 11 (18.97%) Oracle
3 4 (6.90%) Sybase
4 2 (3.45%) IBM
4 2 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.72%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.72%) Google
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.72%) Solace