Java Contracts in the UK excluding London

Java
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Java skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Java over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 29 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 -9
Contract jobs citing Java 909 1,641 2,171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.37% 6.78% 6.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.66% 23.17% 24.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 649 1,156 1,439
10th Percentile £375 £413 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% +2.86% +12.90%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 96 78
10th Percentile £38.50 £49.24 £30.23
25th Percentile £50.55 £57.19 £46.87
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +14.54% +27.53%
75th Percentile £70.31 £70.30 £65.38
90th Percentile £78.60 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% +21.05%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

Java is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,871 7,081 9,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.44% 29.25% 28.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,294 5,058 6,298
10th Percentile £318 £338 £331
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +3.09% +14.12%
75th Percentile £584 £594 £575
90th Percentile £656 £678 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 359 341
10th Percentile £35.72 £23.08 £17.28
25th Percentile £49.61 £50.00 £26.98
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year - +25.63% +18.45%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.42
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £61.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.92% +22.35% +14.94%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
North of England -6 254 £510 -9.73% 137
Scotland -7 219 £470 -5.82% 82
South East -16 192 £575 +9.52% 145
North West -1 144 £498 -9.55% 93
Yorkshire +5 101 £525 -4.55% 23
South West -50 86 £575 +4.55% 109
East of England +19 72 £490 -13.50% 54
Midlands -26 69 £500 -7.41% 77
West Midlands -22 47 £525 -4.55% 58
East Midlands -1 22 £489 -9.02% 19
Wales +7 11 £475 -2.56% 17
Northern Ireland -5 9 £500 -4.76% 30
North East -26 9 £525 -8.65% 23
Java
UK

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 41 (4.51%) Confluence
2 31 (3.41%) Apache Spark
3 22 (2.42%) Apache
3 22 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.88%) SAS
5 7 (0.77%) Appian
5 7 (0.77%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.66%) Alfresco
6 6 (0.66%) Camunda
7 5 (0.55%) CMS
7 5 (0.55%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.44%) IIS
8 4 (0.44%) JBoss
8 4 (0.44%) Mule
8 4 (0.44%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.33%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.33%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.33%) Jupyter
Applications
1 7 (0.77%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.55%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.33%) Maximo
3 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.11%) Magento
4 1 (0.11%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 329 (36.19%) AWS
2 112 (12.32%) Azure
3 57 (6.27%) Serverless
4 50 (5.50%) Amazon S3
5 44 (4.84%) GCP
6 42 (4.62%) AWS Lambda
7 33 (3.63%) GitHub
8 32 (3.52%) OpenShift
9 26 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
10 24 (2.64%) Snowflake
11 19 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
11 19 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (1.76%) Amazon SQS
12 16 (1.76%) Power Platform
13 14 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.21%) Amazon EMR
15 10 (1.10%) Apigee
16 9 (0.99%) IaaS
17 8 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.31%) Firewall
2 20 (2.20%) HTTP
2 20 (2.20%) TCP/IP
3 16 (1.76%) DNS
4 15 (1.65%) SSL
4 15 (1.65%) VPN
5 10 (1.10%) DHCP
5 10 (1.10%) Network Security
5 10 (1.10%) Software-Defined Radio
6 9 (0.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 9 (0.99%) SNMP
7 7 (0.77%) Fibre Channel
7 7 (0.77%) iSCSI
7 7 (0.77%) NetScaler
8 6 (0.66%) SAN
9 5 (0.55%) AMQP
9 5 (0.55%) FTP
10 4 (0.44%) Internet
11 3 (0.33%) BGP
11 3 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (8.36%) Relational Database
2 66 (7.26%) PostgreSQL
3 42 (4.62%) NoSQL
4 41 (4.51%) MongoDB
5 32 (3.52%) SQL Server
6 28 (3.08%) MySQL
7 25 (2.75%) Oracle Database
8 21 (2.31%) Big Data
9 18 (1.98%) Amazon Aurora
9 18 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (1.76%) Apache Cassandra
10 16 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.54%) Hadoop
12 13 (1.43%) DB2
12 13 (1.43%) Power BI
13 11 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.99%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.99%) RDBMS
15 8 (0.88%) GIS
Development Applications
1 168 (18.48%) Jenkins
2 119 (13.09%) Git
3 108 (11.88%) JIRA
4 77 (8.47%) Selenium
5 76 (8.36%) Cucumber
6 63 (6.93%) JUnit
7 41 (4.51%) GitLab
8 29 (3.19%) Maven
9 28 (3.08%) REST Assured
10 26 (2.86%) Mockito
10 26 (2.86%) SonarQube
11 24 (2.64%) Cypress.io
12 22 (2.42%) Bitbucket
13 19 (2.09%) JMeter
13 19 (2.09%) Postman
14 17 (1.87%) Eclipse
15 15 (1.65%) Android Studio
16 13 (1.43%) GoogleTest
17 10 (1.10%) Gradle
18 9 (0.99%) WebDriver
General
1 187 (20.57%) Social Skills
2 95 (10.45%) Finance
3 94 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 90 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (5.72%) Banking
6 25 (2.75%) Law
7 24 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (1.54%) Police
9 13 (1.43%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.21%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (0.99%) Back Office
12 9 (0.99%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.88%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.77%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.66%) Automotive
15 6 (0.66%) Retail
16 5 (0.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 423 (46.53%) Developer
2 255 (28.05%) Java Developer
3 111 (12.21%) Senior
4 84 (9.24%) Java Engineer
5 80 (8.80%) Architect
6 79 (8.69%) Software Engineer
7 66 (7.26%) Full Stack Developer
8 50 (5.50%) Senior Developer
9 41 (4.51%) Lead
10 39 (4.29%) Senior Java Developer
10 39 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
11 37 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (3.85%) Data Engineer
13 34 (3.74%) Full Stack Engineer
14 31 (3.41%) Java Software Engineer
15 30 (3.30%) Java Architect
16 27 (2.97%) Full Stack Java Developer
17 26 (2.86%) Java Solutions Architect
18 25 (2.75%) Software Developer
19 24 (2.64%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (26.18%) Spring
2 184 (20.24%) Spring Boot
3 175 (19.25%) REST
4 138 (15.18%) React
5 109 (11.99%) RESTful
6 98 (10.78%) Kafka
7 96 (10.56%) HTML
8 79 (8.69%) AngularJS
8 79 (8.69%) CSS
9 62 (6.82%) Web Services
10 60 (6.60%) Node.js
11 43 (4.73%) JPA
12 40 (4.40%) Hibernate
13 39 (4.29%) JSON
14 37 (4.07%) OAuth
15 34 (3.74%) Java EE
16 29 (3.19%) XML
17 27 (2.97%) .NET
17 27 (2.97%) J2EE
17 27 (2.97%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 45 (4.95%) Distributed Systems
2 43 (4.73%) Product Ownership
3 25 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
4 24 (2.64%) Algorithms
4 24 (2.64%) Public Cloud
5 23 (2.53%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (1.87%) Mobile App
9 16 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.32%) Cloud Native
11 12 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.21%) Client/Server
13 9 (0.99%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.77%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 5 (0.55%) IoT
15 5 (0.55%) NVMe
15 5 (0.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (12.21%) Linux
2 66 (7.26%) Unix
3 46 (5.06%) Windows
4 35 (3.85%) Android
5 17 (1.87%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.66%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.22%) zOS
11 1 (0.11%) AIX
11 1 (0.11%) CentOS
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (39.38%) Agile
2 205 (22.55%) DevOps
3 195 (21.45%) CI/CD
4 194 (21.34%) Software Engineering
5 178 (19.58%) Microservices
6 148 (16.28%) Test Automation
7 138 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
8 124 (13.64%) Scrum
9 123 (13.53%) Full Stack Development
10 103 (11.33%) TDD
11 80 (8.80%) SDLC
12 74 (8.14%) Unit Testing
13 71 (7.81%) OO
14 68 (7.48%) Infrastructure as Code
15 66 (7.26%) Continuous Integration
16 61 (6.71%) Computer Science
17 57 (6.27%) BDD
18 55 (6.05%) Mentoring
19 51 (5.61%) Containerisation
20 50 (5.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 234 (25.74%) Python
2 196 (21.56%) JavaScript
3 173 (19.03%) SQL
4 94 (10.34%) TypeScript
5 72 (7.92%) Scala
6 62 (6.82%) C#
7 51 (5.61%) C++
8 47 (5.17%) C
9 41 (4.51%) Kotlin
10 31 (3.41%) PHP
11 30 (3.30%) Shell Script
12 29 (3.19%) Perl
13 28 (3.08%) Go
14 26 (2.86%) Bash
15 20 (2.20%) Groovy
16 18 (1.98%) PL/SQL
16 18 (1.98%) PowerShell
17 15 (1.65%) Ruby
18 9 (0.99%) R
19 4 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 213 (23.43%) Security Cleared
2 126 (13.86%) SC Cleared
3 85 (9.35%) DV Cleared
4 54 (5.94%) Degree
5 36 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.54%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.33%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.33%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (0.33%) PhD
9 2 (0.22%) IBM Certification
9 2 (0.22%) ISEB
9 2 (0.22%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.11%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.11%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.11%) CISSP
10 1 (0.11%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.61%) QA
2 46 (5.06%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.76%) Disclosure Scotland
4 14 (1.54%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.32%) NIST
6 9 (0.99%) GDPR
6 9 (0.99%) WCAG
7 6 (0.66%) Good Clinical Practice
7 6 (0.66%) GxP
8 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.44%) MISRA
10 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.22%) SLA
12 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 136 (14.96%) Docker
2 12 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.99%) Firmware
5 8 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.77%) NFS
6 7 (0.77%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.55%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 5 (0.55%) HDFS
8 4 (0.44%) GPFS
8 4 (0.44%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.33%) OpenAM
9 3 (0.33%) OpenIDM
10 2 (0.22%) IAG
10 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.22%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.11%) ACF2
11 1 (0.11%) RACF
11 1 (0.11%) vSphere
11 1 (0.11%) zsh
Systems Management
1 126 (13.86%) Kubernetes
2 75 (8.25%) Terraform
3 63 (6.93%) Ansible
4 37 (4.07%) Grafana
5 18 (1.98%) Docker Swarm
5 18 (1.98%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.32%) Podman
6 12 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.21%) Kibana
7 11 (1.21%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.10%) SCCM
9 8 (0.88%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.44%) Puppet
10 4 (0.44%) Veritas Storage Foundation
10 4 (0.44%) Zipkin
11 3 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
11 3 (0.33%) Istio
11 3 (0.33%) Nagios
12 1 (0.11%) Argo
12 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 67 (7.37%) Oracle
2 49 (5.39%) Microsoft
3 44 (4.84%) Google
4 25 (2.75%) IBM
5 15 (1.65%) Databricks
5 15 (1.65%) Informatica
6 13 (1.43%) Atlassian
6 13 (1.43%) VMware
7 12 (1.32%) Pega
8 11 (1.21%) Talend
9 10 (1.10%) SAP
10 9 (0.99%) F5
11 7 (0.77%) Veeam
12 6 (0.66%) Adobe
12 6 (0.66%) AVEVA
12 6 (0.66%) Splunk
12 6 (0.66%) Sybase
13 5 (0.55%) Cisco
13 5 (0.55%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.55%) TSYS