Java Engineer
UK
The median Java Engineer daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 337 | 302 | 475 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -35 | +173 | -107 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer | 217 | 309 | 205 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.68% | 0.71% | 0.36% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.74% | 0.77% | 0.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 155 | 214 | 155 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £418 | £414 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £475 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £600 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.00% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £825 | £850 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | £875 | £888 | £788 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £485 | £500 | £506 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.00% | -1.23% | -15.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 28 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.25 | £67.13 | £42.36 |
| 25th Percentile | £59.38 | - | £59.43 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | £70.00 | £65.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.57% | +7.28% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | - | £66.89 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.75 | £70.75 | £70.30 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.50 | £70.00 | £65.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.57% | +6.87% | +0.38% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 29,261 | 40,308 | 53,403 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.00% | 92.99% | 94.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,659 | 25,937 | 37,084 |
| 10th Percentile | £287 | £285 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -1.20% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,318 | 2,814 | 1,558 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.65 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.39 | £38.50 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.47% | -10.47% | +70.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.25 | £63.31 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £74.00 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £39.55 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | +1.14% | +96.47% |
Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Java Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Java Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java Engineer.
Java Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Engineer over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.
Java Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java Engineer.
Java Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java Engineer over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.
Java Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 July 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 |
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| England | -7 | 192 | £675 | -0.92% | 478 |
| London | +22 | 150 | £750 | -6.25% | 293 |
| Work from Home | -4 | 110 | £750 | -6.25% | 209 |
| UK excluding London | -17 | 53 | £485 | -3.00% | 247 |
| South East | +15 | 10 | £650 | +4.00% | 47 |
| North of England | -1 | 10 | £458 | -14.88% | 69 |
| Scotland | -3 | 10 | £475 | +9.20% | 44 |
| North West | -1 | 8 | - | - | 39 |
| Midlands | +13 | 7 | £525 | -8.70% | 23 |
| East of England | +21 | 6 | £600 | +12.36% | 19 |
| South West | +8 | 6 | £525 | +23.53% | 29 |
| West Midlands | +11 | 5 | £525 | -25.00% | 16 |
| Northern Ireland | -10 | 4 | £435 | -27.50% | 9 |
| East Midlands | +4 | 2 | £315 | -41.40% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 1 | £525 | +23.53% | 21 |
| North East | - | 1 | £390 | - | 9 |
Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, Java Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Java Engineer in the job title.
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Java Engineer Skill Set
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:
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