Java Developer Contract Job Trends in South London

Java Developer
London > South London

The median Java Developer daily rate in South London is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 27 31
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 6 10 16
As % of all contract jobs in South London 2.87% 4.41% 5.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 4.59% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 7
10th Percentile £510 £418 £472
25th Percentile £513 £425 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £549 £715 £625
90th Percentile £745 £729 -
London median daily rate £575 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -14.81% -3.57% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South 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 South London with a recognized job title 200 218 270
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.69% 96.04% 97.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 136 194
10th Percentile £269 £205 £180
25th Percentile £413 £381 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% +2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £573 £630 £600
90th Percentile £638 £766 £673
London median daily rate £533 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 21
10th Percentile £32.54 - £16.63
25th Percentile £54.46 £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate £66.00 £19.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +238.46% -55.51% -0.62%
75th Percentile £76.58 £35.91 £55.00
90th Percentile - £61.41 £67.50
London median hourly rate £27.61 £36.65 £36.14
% change year-on-year -24.68% +1.41% +3.26%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Java Developer job vacancy trend in South London

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in South London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in South London

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in South London over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Java Developer in South London

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in South London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in South London

Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the South London region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Croydon -2 4 £528 +11.05% 1
Bromley -5 1 £850 +88.89%
Java Developer
London

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Java Developer 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 South London region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) TDD
2 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (66.67%) AWS
3 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 4 (66.67%) CQRS
3 4 (66.67%) Docker
3 4 (66.67%) Domain-Driven Design
3 4 (66.67%) GCP
3 4 (66.67%) Kubernetes
3 4 (66.67%) Microservices
3 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Spring
4 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
4 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
5 2 (33.33%) Eclipse
5 2 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (33.33%) Garbage Collection
5 2 (33.33%) Git
5 2 (33.33%) Gradle
5 2 (33.33%) IntelliJ
5 2 (33.33%) Low Latency
5 2 (33.33%) Maven
5 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
5 2 (33.33%) OO

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) FIX Connectivity
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) Gradle
1 2 (33.33%) IntelliJ
1 2 (33.33%) Maven
General
1 2 (33.33%) Front Office
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) Derivative
2 1 (16.67%) Equities
2 1 (16.67%) TWAP
2 1 (16.67%) VWAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 6 (100.00%) TDD
2 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (66.67%) CQRS
3 4 (66.67%) Domain-Driven Design
3 4 (66.67%) Microservices
4 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
4 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
5 2 (33.33%) Garbage Collection
5 2 (33.33%) Low Latency
5 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
5 2 (33.33%) OO
5 2 (33.33%) OOD
5 2 (33.33%) Quantitative Trading
5 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (33.33%) UML
5 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Kubernetes