Java SE Contracts in London

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, JSE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Java SE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java SE over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 - 486
Rank change year-on-year - - +109
Contract jobs citing Java SE 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.008% - 0.026%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.031% - 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.27%
75th Percentile £369 - £754
90th Percentile - - £758
England median daily rate £363 - £729
% change year-on-year - - +24.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

Java SE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,271 4,464 7,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.07% 25.04% 27.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,298 3,349 5,511
10th Percentile £385 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £459 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £725 £700 £730
90th Percentile £838 £825 £813
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 26 40
10th Percentile £33.25 £16.25 £30.68
25th Percentile £36.06 £23.90 £37.84
Median hourly rate £52.50 £37.17 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.24% -43.68% +35.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £68.50 £76.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Java SE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Java SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Java SE in London

Java SE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Java SE in London

Java SE
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Struts
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) OCP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle