Java Card Contract Job Trends

JavaCard
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Java Card in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java Card over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Java Card 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.017% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £585 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Java Card falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,741 11,657 15,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.78% 30.52% 32.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,193 7,033 10,934
10th Percentile £293 £285 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £672 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 599 437 465
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.22 £16.74
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £29.00 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +12.36% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.30 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -48.91% +14.70% +127.27%

Java Card
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Java Card as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Java Card in the UK

Java Card
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Java Card.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Java Card

Java Card
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Card within the UK over the 6 months to 28 September 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
England - 2 £585 - 4
UK excluding London - 1 £585 - 4
London - 1 - -
South East - 1 £585 - 4

Java Card
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) EMV
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Android Development
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 2 (100.00%) Key Management
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree