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 23 November 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 51
Rank change year-on-year +2 +28 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 67 63 27
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 8.66% 8.51% 3.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.23% 9.47% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 37 21
10th Percentile £422 £350 £400
25th Percentile £431 £356 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £408 £618
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% -33.93% -17.67%
75th Percentile £538 £440 £675
90th Percentile £606 £484 £780
Scotland median daily rate £450 £404 £473
% change year-on-year +11.39% -14.50% -2.58%

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 726 665 855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 89.86% 96.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 450 576
10th Percentile £258 £250 £325
25th Percentile £364 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -11.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £547 £606
90th Percentile £625 £664 £700
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.89% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 17
10th Percentile £16.93 £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £22.39 £16.75 £12.26
Median hourly rate £26.21 £19.59 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.79% +11.94% +7.69%
75th Percentile £37.36 £24.18 £18.93
90th Percentile £57.50 £37.70 £36.70
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £19.59 £19.18
% change year-on-year +22.97% +2.14% +8.24%

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 23 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 23 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 67 (100.00%) Java
2 52 (77.61%) Spring
3 43 (64.18%) SQL
4 40 (59.70%) Linux
5 37 (55.22%) Agile
6 31 (46.27%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (44.78%) Kafka
8 25 (37.31%) MongoDB
9 23 (34.33%) JUnit
9 23 (34.33%) Relational Database
9 23 (34.33%) SDLC
9 23 (34.33%) Spring Boot
10 22 (32.84%) Full-Stack Development
10 22 (32.84%) Multithreading
11 21 (31.34%) CI/CD
11 21 (31.34%) Microservices
11 21 (31.34%) Performance Tuning
12 20 (29.85%) Python
13 17 (25.37%) DB2
14 16 (23.88%) Database Tuning
14 16 (23.88%) JMS
14 16 (23.88%) Shell Script
14 16 (23.88%) Software Engineering
14 16 (23.88%) Sybase
15 15 (22.39%) Open Source
15 15 (22.39%) React
16 14 (20.90%) AngularJS
17 10 (14.93%) AWS
17 10 (14.93%) DevOps
17 10 (14.93%) Oracle

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 (8.96%) CMS
2 2 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.93%) AWS
2 9 (13.43%) Azure
3 4 (5.97%) Apigee
4 1 (1.49%) BlazeMeter
4 1 (1.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.46%) DHCP
1 5 (7.46%) DNS
1 5 (7.46%) HTTP
2 4 (5.97%) SSL
2 4 (5.97%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (37.31%) MongoDB
2 23 (34.33%) Relational Database
3 17 (25.37%) DB2
4 7 (10.45%) NoSQL
5 3 (4.48%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (34.33%) JUnit
2 7 (10.45%) Jenkins
3 6 (8.96%) Git
4 3 (4.48%) Cypress.io
4 3 (4.48%) Vite
5 2 (2.99%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.99%) Mockito
6 1 (1.49%) JIRA
6 1 (1.49%) Maven
General
1 27 (40.30%) Finance
2 25 (37.31%) Social Skills
3 22 (32.84%) Banking
4 18 (26.87%) Investment Banking
5 16 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (23.88%) Front Office
6 8 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (77.61%) Spring
2 30 (44.78%) Kafka
3 23 (34.33%) Spring Boot
4 16 (23.88%) JMS
5 15 (22.39%) React
6 14 (20.90%) AngularJS
7 8 (11.94%) Hibernate
7 8 (11.94%) REST
8 7 (10.45%) Ext JS
8 7 (10.45%) RESTful
9 6 (8.96%) SOAP
10 4 (5.97%) J2EE
11 3 (4.48%) Jest
11 3 (4.48%) Next.js
12 2 (2.99%) CSS
12 2 (2.99%) JPA
12 2 (2.99%) Middleware
12 2 (2.99%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (2.99%) Spring Cloud
13 1 (1.49%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (32.84%) Data Structures
2 15 (22.39%) Equities
3 12 (17.91%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (13.43%) Public Cloud
5 6 (8.96%) Management Information System
6 5 (7.46%) Distributed Applications
6 5 (7.46%) Onboarding
7 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.99%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.99%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.49%) Derivative
9 1 (1.49%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.49%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 40 (59.70%) Linux
2 6 (8.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (55.22%) Agile
2 31 (46.27%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (34.33%) SDLC
4 22 (32.84%) Full-Stack Development
4 22 (32.84%) Multithreading
5 21 (31.34%) CI/CD
5 21 (31.34%) Microservices
5 21 (31.34%) Performance Tuning
6 16 (23.88%) Database Tuning
6 16 (23.88%) Software Engineering
7 15 (22.39%) Open Source
8 10 (14.93%) DevOps
9 8 (11.94%) Computer Science
9 8 (11.94%) Fintech
10 7 (10.45%) Observability
10 7 (10.45%) Operational Stability
10 7 (10.45%) Test Automation
11 6 (8.96%) Infrastructure as Code
11 6 (8.96%) Risk Management
12 5 (7.46%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 67 (100.00%) Java
2 43 (64.18%) SQL
3 20 (29.85%) Python
4 16 (23.88%) Shell Script
5 9 (13.43%) JavaScript
6 5 (7.46%) Perl
7 4 (5.97%) Bash
8 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (2.99%) Degree
2 1 (1.49%) AWS Certification
2 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.46%) QA
2 3 (4.48%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (13.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.97%) Terraform
3 3 (4.48%) Ansible
4 2 (2.99%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (23.88%) Sybase
2 10 (14.93%) Oracle
3 5 (7.46%) F5
3 5 (7.46%) Infoblox
4 4 (5.97%) MuleSoft
5 3 (4.48%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.49%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.49%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.49%) Facebook
6 1 (1.49%) Google
6 1 (1.49%) IBM
6 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.49%) Splunk