Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Java	40	+13	£450	-21.73%	244 4.51%	122
Java Card	205	-	£585	-	1 0.019%
Java Engineer	181	-27	£370	-43.07%	25 0.46%	11
Java Developer	130	+16	£425	-27.96%	77 1.42%	23
Java Architect	205	-51	£450	-21.73%	1 0.019%	1
JavaFX	204	-	£740	-	2 0.037%	2
Java Software Engineer	201	-	£469	-	5 0.093%	2
Senior Java Developer	196	-	£473	-	10 0.19%	8
Senior Java Engineer	204	-	£588	-	2 0.037%	4
Full-Stack Java Developer	195	-41	£375	-19.35%	11 0.20%	1
Java Software Developer	204	-	£600	-	2 0.037%	1
Java Persistence API (JPA)	200	-	£313	-	6 0.11%	1
SC Cleared Java Developer	203	-49	£364	-42.90%	3 0.056%	2
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)	204	-50	-	-	2 0.037%	1
Java Messaging Service (JMS)	205	-	-	-	1 0.019%	1
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)	205	-53	-	-	1 0.019%	2
Java Applications Developer	204	-	£585	-	2 0.037%
Senior Java Software Developer	205	-	£600	-	1 0.019%
Mid-Level Java Developer	200	-	-	-	6 0.11%
Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)	205	-50	£313	-	1 0.019%
Content Repository API for Java (JCR) (JSR 170)	204	-	-	-	2 0.037%
Java Software Architect	205	-	£450	-	1 0.019%
Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB)	205	-51	£600	-8.57%	1 0.019%	1