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 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 25 54
Rank change year-on-year +7 +29 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 78 53 18
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 10.37% 7.50% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.05% 8.33% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 15
10th Percentile £369 £350 £370
25th Percentile £423 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £433 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.51% -8.95% -26.92%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £631
90th Percentile £588 £513 £705
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -6.64%

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 706 636 818
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.96% 96.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 437 558
10th Percentile £244 £238 £325
25th Percentile £363 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -12.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £584
90th Percentile £625 £675 £700
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 16
10th Percentile £16.84 £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.07 £12.23
Median hourly rate £24.09 £19.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.97% +35.10% -61.26%
75th Percentile £37.70 £29.34 £17.98
90th Percentile £57.50 £43.42 £40.72
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £18.38 £18.93
% change year-on-year +31.10% -2.93% +6.83%

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 3 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 3 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 78 (100.00%) Java
2 61 (78.21%) Spring
3 50 (64.10%) SQL
4 45 (57.69%) Linux
5 44 (56.41%) Agile
6 36 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (43.59%) Kafka
8 33 (42.31%) MongoDB
9 30 (38.46%) JUnit
9 30 (38.46%) SDLC
10 27 (34.62%) CI/CD
10 27 (34.62%) Relational Database
11 26 (33.33%) Spring Boot
12 25 (32.05%) Multithreading
13 24 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
13 24 (30.77%) Microservices
14 23 (29.49%) Performance Tuning
14 23 (29.49%) Python
15 21 (26.92%) Software Engineering
16 20 (25.64%) DB2
17 19 (24.36%) Database Tuning
17 19 (24.36%) JMS
17 19 (24.36%) React
17 19 (24.36%) Shell Script
17 19 (24.36%) Sybase
18 18 (23.08%) AngularJS
18 18 (23.08%) Open Source
19 13 (16.67%) DevOps
20 12 (15.38%) JavaScript
20 12 (15.38%) 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 (7.69%) CMS
2 2 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.28%) Apache
3 1 (1.28%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.10%) AWS
2 9 (11.54%) Azure
3 4 (5.13%) Apigee
4 3 (3.85%) BlazeMeter
5 2 (2.56%) GCP
6 1 (1.28%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.41%) DHCP
1 5 (6.41%) DNS
1 5 (6.41%) HTTP
2 4 (5.13%) SSL
2 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (42.31%) MongoDB
2 27 (34.62%) Relational Database
3 20 (25.64%) DB2
4 10 (12.82%) NoSQL
5 5 (6.41%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.56%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.28%) MySQL
7 1 (1.28%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (38.46%) JUnit
2 10 (12.82%) Jenkins
3 9 (11.54%) Git
4 5 (6.41%) Mockito
5 4 (5.13%) Maven
6 3 (3.85%) Vite
7 2 (2.56%) Cucumber
7 2 (2.56%) Cypress.io
7 2 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (1.28%) GitLab
8 1 (1.28%) Gradle
8 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 31 (39.74%) Finance
2 28 (35.90%) Social Skills
3 24 (30.77%) Banking
4 20 (25.64%) Investment Banking
5 19 (24.36%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (24.36%) Front Office
6 11 (14.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (78.21%) Spring
2 34 (43.59%) Kafka
3 26 (33.33%) Spring Boot
4 19 (24.36%) JMS
4 19 (24.36%) React
5 18 (23.08%) AngularJS
6 10 (12.82%) REST
7 9 (11.54%) Hibernate
7 9 (11.54%) RESTful
8 7 (8.97%) Ext JS
9 6 (7.69%) SOAP
10 4 (5.13%) CSS
10 4 (5.13%) J2EE
11 3 (3.85%) JPA
11 3 (3.85%) Next.js
11 3 (3.85%) OAuth
11 3 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (2.56%) Jest
12 2 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
12 2 (2.56%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 26 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 18 (23.08%) Equities
3 13 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (12.82%) Public Cloud
5 6 (7.69%) Management Information System
6 5 (6.41%) Distributed Applications
6 5 (6.41%) Onboarding
7 4 (5.13%) Algorithms
8 3 (3.85%) Cloud Native
8 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (3.85%) Product Ownership
9 2 (2.56%) Derivative
9 2 (2.56%) Equity Derivative
10 1 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 45 (57.69%) Linux
2 6 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (56.41%) Agile
2 36 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (38.46%) SDLC
4 27 (34.62%) CI/CD
5 25 (32.05%) Multithreading
6 24 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
6 24 (30.77%) Microservices
7 23 (29.49%) Performance Tuning
8 21 (26.92%) Software Engineering
9 19 (24.36%) Database Tuning
10 18 (23.08%) Open Source
11 13 (16.67%) DevOps
12 10 (12.82%) Computer Science
12 10 (12.82%) Operational Stability
13 8 (10.26%) Test Automation
14 7 (8.97%) Fintech
14 7 (8.97%) Observability
15 6 (7.69%) Front End Development
15 6 (7.69%) Micro Frontends
15 6 (7.69%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 78 (100.00%) Java
2 50 (64.10%) SQL
3 23 (29.49%) Python
4 19 (24.36%) Shell Script
5 12 (15.38%) JavaScript
6 5 (6.41%) Perl
7 4 (5.13%) Bash
8 3 (3.85%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (1.28%) AWS Certification
2 1 (1.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.41%) QA
2 2 (2.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (12.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (11.54%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.41%) Grafana
3 3 (3.85%) Terraform
4 2 (2.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (24.36%) Sybase
2 12 (15.38%) Oracle
3 5 (6.41%) F5
3 5 (6.41%) Infoblox
4 4 (5.13%) MuleSoft
5 3 (3.85%) Dynatrace
5 3 (3.85%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.85%) Splunk
6 1 (1.28%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.28%) Facebook
6 1 (1.28%) Google
6 1 (1.28%) IBM
6 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow