Java Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Java Software Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Java Software Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 67 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 8 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.08% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £400 -
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -

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 698 646 752
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 92.15% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 447 514
10th Percentile £263 £230 £325
25th Percentile £363 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £499
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -10.78% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £613 £651 £688
Scotland median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 19
10th Percentile - £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £14.51 £12.71
Median hourly rate £23.75 £19.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.24% +35.10% -61.26%
75th Percentile £32.12 £26.76 £18.24
90th Percentile £58.50 £43.27 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £18.07 £17.72
% change year-on-year +15.11% +1.95% -5.49%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Java Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Java Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) CI/CD
3 4 (50.00%) AngularJS
3 4 (50.00%) Spring
3 4 (50.00%) JUnit
3 4 (50.00%) Linux
3 4 (50.00%) OO
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (37.50%) Docker
4 3 (37.50%) Microservices
4 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
4 3 (37.50%) React
4 3 (37.50%) Spring Boot
4 3 (37.50%) Virtual Team
4 3 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (25.00%) Ansible
5 2 (25.00%) Fintech
5 2 (25.00%) Terraform
5 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (25.00%) Observability
5 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (25.00%) Jest
5 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements

Java Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) BlazeMeter
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (12.50%) DB2
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JUnit
2 2 (25.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (25.00%) Mockito
3 1 (12.50%) Git
3 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 4 (50.00%) Spring
2 3 (37.50%) React
2 3 (37.50%) Spring Boot
3 2 (25.00%) Jest
3 2 (25.00%) RESTful
4 1 (12.50%) CSS
4 1 (12.50%) Kafka
4 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Virtual Team
2 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) CI/CD
3 4 (50.00%) OO
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (37.50%) Microservices
4 3 (37.50%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 2 (25.00%) Fintech
5 2 (25.00%) Front End Development
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (25.00%) Observability
5 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
5 2 (25.00%) UX Design
6 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (25.00%) Ansible
2 2 (25.00%) Terraform
3 1 (12.50%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Dynatrace
1 1 (12.50%) Splunk