Lead Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Lead Java Engineer
England > London

The median Lead Java Engineer daily rate in London is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 361 417
Rank change year-on-year -15 +56 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Java Engineer 2 16 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.10% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.11% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 7
10th Percentile - £601 £504
25th Percentile £750 £725 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £825 £630
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +30.95% -10.00%
75th Percentile £850 £888 £665
90th Percentile - - £730
England median daily rate £533 £825 £630
% change year-on-year -35.45% +30.95% -10.00%

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 13,007 14,697 18,713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 93.96% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,632 9,513 13,580
10th Percentile £333 £338 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -3.08% -1.30%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £792 £795
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 156 221
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.16
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.57 £37.15 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.48% -2.24% +20.63%
75th Percentile £47.75 £56.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Lead Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Lead Java Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Lead Java Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Java Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Java Engineer job vacancies in London

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, Lead Java 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 London region featuring Lead Java Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Go
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Management
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Order Management
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) Redux
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Management
1 2 (100.00%) Order Management
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Go
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
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