Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Java Developer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Java Developer daily rate in Glasgow is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 24 48
Rank change year-on-year 0 +24 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 62 64 30
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 8.21% 8.48% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.76% 9.41% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 36 23
10th Percentile £325 - £400
25th Percentile £425 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £390 £618
Median % change year-on-year +23.88% -36.92% -17.67%
75th Percentile £538 £442 £738
90th Percentile £586 £485 £774
Scotland median daily rate £450 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -5.00%

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 708 680 850
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 90.07% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 458 575
10th Percentile £245 £256 £325
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -10.70% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £622
90th Percentile £625 £656 £700
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +0.89% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 16
10th Percentile £17.98 £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £22.39 £16.75 £14.63
Median hourly rate £26.21 £19.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +33.79% +10.55% +18.13%
75th Percentile £38.04 £24.18 £19.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £37.70 £41.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.62 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +17.57% +7.38% +10.05%

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 8 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 8 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 62 (100.00%) Java
2 48 (77.42%) Spring
3 37 (59.68%) SQL
4 36 (58.06%) Linux
5 34 (54.84%) Agile
6 28 (45.16%) Kafka
6 28 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (37.10%) MongoDB
8 22 (35.48%) Spring Boot
9 21 (33.87%) Full-Stack Development
9 21 (33.87%) SDLC
10 20 (32.26%) CI/CD
10 20 (32.26%) JUnit
10 20 (32.26%) Microservices
10 20 (32.26%) Multithreading
11 19 (30.65%) Performance Tuning
12 18 (29.03%) Python
12 18 (29.03%) Relational Database
13 15 (24.19%) DB2
13 15 (24.19%) React
14 14 (22.58%) AngularJS
14 14 (22.58%) Database Tuning
14 14 (22.58%) JMS
14 14 (22.58%) Shell Script
14 14 (22.58%) Software Engineering
14 14 (22.58%) Sybase
15 13 (20.97%) Open Source
16 10 (16.13%) AWS
16 10 (16.13%) Docker
17 9 (14.52%) Azure

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 (9.68%) CMS
2 2 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.61%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) AWS
2 9 (14.52%) Azure
3 4 (6.45%) Apigee
4 1 (1.61%) BlazeMeter
4 1 (1.61%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.06%) DHCP
1 5 (8.06%) DNS
2 4 (6.45%) HTTP
2 4 (6.45%) SSL
2 4 (6.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (37.10%) MongoDB
2 18 (29.03%) Relational Database
3 15 (24.19%) DB2
4 7 (11.29%) NoSQL
5 3 (4.84%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.61%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.61%) HBase
6 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (32.26%) JUnit
2 6 (9.68%) Git
2 6 (9.68%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.84%) Cypress.io
3 3 (4.84%) Vite
4 2 (3.23%) Cucumber
4 2 (3.23%) Mockito
5 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 24 (38.71%) Finance
2 23 (37.10%) Social Skills
3 20 (32.26%) Banking
4 16 (25.81%) Investment Banking
5 14 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (22.58%) Front Office
6 8 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (77.42%) Spring
2 28 (45.16%) Kafka
3 22 (35.48%) Spring Boot
4 15 (24.19%) React
5 14 (22.58%) AngularJS
5 14 (22.58%) JMS
6 8 (12.90%) Hibernate
7 7 (11.29%) Ext JS
7 7 (11.29%) REST
7 7 (11.29%) RESTful
8 6 (9.68%) SOAP
9 3 (4.84%) J2EE
9 3 (4.84%) Jest
9 3 (4.84%) Next.js
10 2 (3.23%) JPA
10 2 (3.23%) Middleware
10 2 (3.23%) Spring Cloud
11 1 (1.61%) OAuth
11 1 (1.61%) OAuth2
11 1 (1.61%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 18 (29.03%) Data Structures
2 13 (20.97%) Equities
3 11 (17.74%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (14.52%) Public Cloud
5 5 (8.06%) Distributed Applications
5 5 (8.06%) Onboarding
6 4 (6.45%) Management Information System
7 3 (4.84%) Product Ownership
8 2 (3.23%) Algorithms
8 2 (3.23%) Cloud Native
8 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.61%) Derivative
9 1 (1.61%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.61%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 36 (58.06%) Linux
2 6 (9.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (54.84%) Agile
2 28 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (33.87%) Full-Stack Development
3 21 (33.87%) SDLC
4 20 (32.26%) CI/CD
4 20 (32.26%) Microservices
4 20 (32.26%) Multithreading
5 19 (30.65%) Performance Tuning
6 14 (22.58%) Database Tuning
6 14 (22.58%) Software Engineering
7 13 (20.97%) Open Source
8 9 (14.52%) DevOps
9 8 (12.90%) Fintech
10 7 (11.29%) Observability
10 7 (11.29%) Operational Stability
10 7 (11.29%) Test Automation
11 6 (9.68%) Computer Science
11 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
12 5 (8.06%) Containerisation
13 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 62 (100.00%) Java
2 37 (59.68%) SQL
3 18 (29.03%) Python
4 14 (22.58%) Shell Script
5 8 (12.90%) JavaScript
6 5 (8.06%) Perl
7 4 (6.45%) Bash
8 1 (1.61%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (3.23%) Degree
1 2 (3.23%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) QA
2 3 (4.84%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (16.13%) Docker
2 1 (1.61%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.45%) Terraform
3 3 (4.84%) Ansible
4 2 (3.23%) Grafana
Vendors
1 14 (22.58%) Sybase
2 9 (14.52%) Oracle
3 5 (8.06%) F5
3 5 (8.06%) Infoblox
4 4 (6.45%) MuleSoft
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.61%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.61%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.61%) Facebook
6 1 (1.61%) Google
6 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.61%) Splunk