Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Java	41	+14	£475	-9.52%	239 4.29%	136
Java Engineer	182	-36	£425	-34.61%	26 0.47%	8
Java Developer	131	+13	£475	-1.60%	77 1.38%	30
Java Architect	207	-56	£450	-21.73%	1 0.018%
JavaFX	206	-	£740	-	2 0.036%	2
Java Software Engineer	202	-54	£469	-	6 0.11%	2
Senior Java Developer	200	-	£509	-	8 0.14%	9
Senior Java Engineer	204	-	£553	-	4 0.072%	3
Full-Stack Java Developer	197	-46	£375	-19.35%	11 0.20%	1
SC Cleared Java Developer	201	-50	£513	-19.60%	7 0.13%	5
Java Persistence API (JPA)	202	-	£313	-	6 0.11%	3
Java Software Developer	206	-	£600	-	2 0.036%
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)	206	-55	-	-	2 0.036%	1
Java Messaging Service (JMS)	206	-	-	-	2 0.036%	3
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)	206	-55	-	-	2 0.036%	2
Java Applications Developer	205	-	£585	-	3 0.054%
Senior Java Software Developer	207	-	£600	-	1 0.018%
Mid-Level Java Developer	202	-	-	-	6 0.11%
Content Repository API for Java (JCR) (JSR 170)	206	-	-	-	2 0.036%
Senior Java Applications Developer	207	-	-	-	1 0.018%
Java Software Architect	207	-	£450	-	1 0.018%
Core Java Developer	207	-	£600	-	1 0.018%
Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)	207	-55	£313	-	1 0.018%
Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB)	207	-56	£600	-8.57%	1 0.018%