Java Architect Contracts in London

Java Architect
England > London

The median Java Architect daily rate in London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 328 454
Rank change year-on-year -29 +126 +97
Contract jobs requiring a Java Architect 18 48 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.29% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.31% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 45 11
10th Percentile £418 £523 £600
25th Percentile £455 £600 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £825 £750
Median % change year-on-year -37.88% +10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £626 £888 £956
90th Percentile £723 - £1,088
England median daily rate £575 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -20.69% +3.57% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,674 15,337 22,789
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 94.20% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,579 10,876 16,694
10th Percentile £326 £346 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 199 243
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.80 £18.55
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.00 £23.88
Median hourly rate £29.54 £33.07 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -11.81% +12.78%
75th Percentile £50.50 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Java Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Java Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Java Architect in London

Java Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for Java Architect in London

Java Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Architect in London over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java Architect in London

Java Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java Architect in London.

Hourly rate trend for Java Architect in London

Java Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 4 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -5 2 £704 -2.90% 1
Java Architect
England

Java Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, Java Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Java Architect in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Java
2 11 (61.11%) Microservices
3 10 (55.56%) CI/CD
4 8 (44.44%) Oracle
5 7 (38.89%) Finance
5 7 (38.89%) GCP
5 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
6 5 (27.78%) Spring Boot
6 5 (27.78%) GitHub
6 5 (27.78%) Data Modelling
6 5 (27.78%) Agile
6 5 (27.78%) Google
7 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
7 4 (22.22%) Spring
7 4 (22.22%) Data Integration
7 4 (22.22%) TeamCity
7 4 (22.22%) AWS
7 4 (22.22%) Data Security
7 4 (22.22%) Python
7 4 (22.22%) Jenkins
7 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (22.22%) BigQuery
7 4 (22.22%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (16.67%) Event-Driven
8 3 (16.67%) Code Quality
8 3 (16.67%) Design Patterns
8 3 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 3 (16.67%) AngularJS
8 3 (16.67%) REST
8 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills

Java Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) GCP
2 5 (27.78%) GitHub
3 4 (22.22%) AWS
3 4 (22.22%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (5.56%) IBM Watson
5 1 (5.56%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) BigQuery
2 1 (5.56%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Jenkins
1 4 (22.22%) TeamCity
2 2 (11.11%) JIRA
3 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) Spring Boot
2 4 (22.22%) Spring
3 3 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 3 (16.67%) REST
3 3 (16.67%) RESTful
4 2 (11.11%) .NET
4 2 (11.11%) React
4 2 (11.11%) SOAP
4 2 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (5.56%) Hibernate
5 1 (5.56%) J2EE
5 1 (5.56%) JSON
5 1 (5.56%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (5.56%) Tandem
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Microservices
2 10 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Data Modelling
4 4 (22.22%) Data Integration
4 4 (22.22%) Data Security
4 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) API Development
5 3 (16.67%) Code Quality
5 3 (16.67%) Design Patterns
5 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (16.67%) Event-Driven
5 3 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 3 (16.67%) Scrum
5 3 (16.67%) Software Architecture
5 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (11.11%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (11.11%) Go
3 2 (11.11%) PL/SQL
3 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.56%) COBOL
4 1 (5.56%) Korn
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 15022
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Ansible
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Oracle
2 5 (27.78%) Google
3 2 (11.11%) IBM
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.56%) Calypso
4 1 (5.56%) HP
4 1 (5.56%) Murex
4 1 (5.56%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.56%) SAP