Swing Contract Job Trends in London

Java Swing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Swing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 378 458
Rank change year-on-year +21 +80 +125
Contract jobs citing Swing 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.030% 0.012% 0.013%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.12% 0.045% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £538
25th Percentile - - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £495 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.07% -17.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £721 - £631
90th Percentile £835 - £650
England median daily rate £540 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.71% -25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

Swing 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 3,445 4,458 5,777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.02% 27.72% 25.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,362 3,068 4,312
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £713
90th Percentile £825 £850 £810
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 21 42
10th Percentile £31.77 £23.80 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.17 £36.25 £37.72
Median hourly rate £51.97 £42.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.28% -33.59% +10.34%
75th Percentile £62.81 £61.43 £75.00
90th Percentile £85.95 £75.00 £86.20
England median hourly rate £54.35 £62.93 £61.25
% change year-on-year -13.63% +2.74% -2.00%

Swing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Swing in London

Swing
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Swing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Swing

Swing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Swing in London over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Swing in London

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Swing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Swing

Swing
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 Swing within the London region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 - 1 £908 -
Swing
England

Swing
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 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Kerberos
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (50.00%) Git
1 2 (50.00%) IntelliJ
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (50.00%) Maven
General
1 3 (75.00%) Front Office
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) UI Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior UI Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) JavaFX
2 2 (50.00%) AWT
2 2 (50.00%) JPA
2 2 (50.00%) RESTful
2 2 (50.00%) Spring
2 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) BDD
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Batch Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Server Management
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible