Full-Stack Java Developer Contracts in Scotland

Full-Stack Java Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Full-Stack Java Developer daily rate in Scotland is £441, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 116 154
Rank change year-on-year +6 +38 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Java Developer 6 13 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.59% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.62% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 9
10th Percentile - £388 £462
25th Percentile £433 £431 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £493 £480
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +2.82% +4.81%
75th Percentile £474 £500 £503
90th Percentile £520 £503 £523
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £610
% change year-on-year +10.53% -22.07% +5.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Full-Stack Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Full-Stack Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Full-Stack Java Developer in Scotland

Full-Stack Java Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Full-Stack Java Developer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Full-Stack Java Developer in Scotland

Full-Stack Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Java Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Full-Stack Java Developer in Scotland

Full-Stack Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Java Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow -2 5 £441 -9.26% 2
Edinburgh +3 1 £550 +8.70% 1
Full-Stack Java Developer
UK

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Full-Stack Java Developer 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 Scotland region featuring Full-Stack Java Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) Spring
1 6 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
2 5 (83.33%) React
3 3 (50.00%) Terraform
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Spring Boot
3 3 (50.00%) AWS
3 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (33.33%) JUnit
4 2 (33.33%) CSS
4 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
4 2 (33.33%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
4 2 (33.33%) Splunk
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 2 (33.33%) SDLC
4 2 (33.33%) Dynatrace
4 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
4 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (33.33%) Microservices

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) BlazeMeter
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JUnit
General
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) Spring
2 5 (83.33%) React
3 3 (50.00%) Spring Boot
4 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
4 2 (33.33%) CSS
5 1 (16.67%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
3 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Community of Practice
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
4 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 2 (33.33%) Micro Frontends
4 2 (33.33%) Microservices
4 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) SDLC
4 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
5 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Terraform
2 2 (33.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Dynatrace
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk