Full-Stack Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Full-Stack Java Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Full-Stack Java Developer daily rate in Leeds is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 50 65
Rank change year-on-year -27 +15 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Java Developer 3 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.40% 1.08% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 1.14% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £420 - £581
25th Percentile £450 £425 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £650
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -32.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £538 £444 £656
90th Percentile £560 - £668
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £438 £650
% change year-on-year +14.29% -32.69% +18.18%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 721 437 832
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.50% 94.18% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 278 536
10th Percentile £313 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £600
90th Percentile £650 £648 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 13
10th Percentile - £17.80 £11.24
25th Percentile £14.25 £24.18 £11.75
Median hourly rate £16.25 £25.84 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -37.11% +106.23% -78.49%
75th Percentile £28.75 £40.81 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £100.39 £20.62
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £27.50 £15.37
% change year-on-year -30.91% +78.98% -56.17%

Full-Stack Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Java Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Full-Stack Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancies in Leeds

Full-Stack Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Java Developer in Leeds over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Full-Stack Java Developer in Leeds

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 18 February 2026, Full-Stack 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 Leeds region featuring Full-Stack Java Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) API Development
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
1 3 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) React
2 2 (66.67%) Redux
2 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
2 2 (66.67%) RESTful
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) Mocha
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
1 3 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) React
2 2 (66.67%) Redux
2 2 (66.67%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (33.33%) GraphQL
3 1 (33.33%) Jest
3 1 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) API Development
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Grafana
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes