Java Engineer Contracts

The median contractor rate for a Java Engineer was £456 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Java Engineer UK
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	362	442	432
Rank change year-on-year	+80	-10
Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer	237	216	209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.51%	0.41%	0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.54%	0.43%	0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted	170	176	152
Median daily rate	£456	£449	£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+1.61%	-0.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£348	£350	£321
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£585	£650	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£405	£400	£425
% change year-on-year	+1.25%	-5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted	11	3	19
Median hourly rate	£47.50	£38.50	£55.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+23.37%	-30.00%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£47.50	£38.50	£55.00
% change year-on-year	+23.37%	-30.00%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles UK
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	43855	50329	53147
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	94.75%	94.86%	94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted	28363	32827	33406
Median daily rate	£438	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.94%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£260	£245
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£568
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1353	1495	2037
Median hourly rate	£18.00	£17.50	£16.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+2.85%	+6.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.50	£11.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.50	£44.00	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.45	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.28%	+9.06%

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised that featured Java Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Java Engineer in the UK

Java Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Java Engineer.

Contractor daily rate trend for Java Engineer in the UK

Java Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Java Engineer over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Java Engineer in the UK

Java Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Engineer.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Java Engineer in the UK

Java Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Java Engineer over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Java Engineer in the UK

Java Engineer
Top 30 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 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+49	213	£463	+2.77%	115
London	+42	133	£513	+2.50%	48
South West	+19	26	£350	-5.08%	14
South East	+17	24	£415	+3.75%	16
City of London	-1	22	£585	+6.27%	10
North West	+28	17	£456	+14.06%	12
Somerset	-1	11	£425	+13.33%	1
Berkshire	+28	10	£300	-	4
Yorkshire	+13	10	£410	-13.68%	9
Scotland	+49	9	£375	+66.66%	3
Manchester	+19	9	£463	+15.62%	10
West Yorkshire	+11	9	£420	-11.57%	5
Edinburgh	+21	8	£363	+61.11%	3
Leeds	+8	8	£420	-11.57%	5
Wales	-	8	£369	-
Wiltshire	+11	7	£350	-	3
Bristol	0	7	£325	-	9
Swindon	-	7	£350	-	3
Bath	+6	6	£425	+13.33%	1
Newbury	-	6	£300	-
Channel Islands	-	6	-	-
Jersey	-	6	-	-
Buckinghamshire	-10	5	£500	+166.66%	4
Hampshire	+9	4	£450	-
Oxfordshire	-15	4	£415	+3.75%	4
Liverpool	-	4	£450	-
Merseyside	-	4	£450	-
Milton Keynes	-	4	£500	-	4
Swansea	-	4	£475	-
West Wales	-	4	£475	-

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, Java Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1	494 (100.00%)	Java
2	233 (47.17%)	Agile Software Development
3	152 (30.77%)	Spring
4	149 (30.16%)	Linux
5	147 (29.76%)	Software Engineering
6	145 (29.35%)	DevOps
7	139 (28.14%)	Git (software)
8	132 (26.72%)	Jenkins
9	118 (23.89%)	Test Automation
10	117 (23.68%)	TDD
11	104 (21.05%)	Continuous Integration
12	98 (19.84%)	Microservices
13	97 (19.64%)	JavaScript
14	94 (19.03%)	Maven
14	94 (19.03%)	Ansible

15	91 (18.42%)	Python
16	88 (17.81%)	Scrum
17	85 (17.21%)	Amazon AWS
18	83 (16.80%)	Docker
19	78 (15.79%)	SQL
20	77 (15.59%)	Web Services
21	75 (15.18%)	BDD
22	74 (14.98%)	REST
23	67 (13.56%)	Hadoop
24	66 (13.36%)	Finance
25	64 (12.96%)	Cucumber
26	62 (12.55%)	Puppet
27	61 (12.35%)	MongoDB
28	60 (12.15%)	Big Data
29	59 (11.94%)	Hibernate

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	36 (7.29%)	Apache Spark
2	35 (7.09%)	Apache
2	35 (7.09%)	Confluence
3	29 (5.87%)	Tomcat
4	26 (5.26%)	Elasticsearch
5	18 (3.64%)	JBoss
6	12 (2.43%)	WebLogic
7	9 (1.82%)	Cloud Foundry
8	7 (1.42%)	Apache Pig
9	5 (1.01%)	Facebook Platform
9	5 (1.01%)	WebSphere
10	4 (0.81%)	Alfresco
10	4 (0.81%)	Jetty
11	3 (0.61%)	Mule
11	3 (0.61%)	nginx
11	3 (0.61%)	WebSphere Application Server
12	2 (0.40%)	Apache Solr
12	2 (0.40%)	OpenStack
12	2 (0.40%)	Oracle Service Bus
12	2 (0.40%)	SAS

Applications
1	1 (0.20%)	HipChat

Business Applications
1	2 (0.40%)	Oracle Cash Management
1	2 (0.40%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	1 (0.20%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	85 (17.21%)	Amazon AWS
2	19 (3.85%)	Microsoft Azure
3	16 (3.24%)	GitHub
4	7 (1.42%)	OpenShift
4	7 (1.42%)	Slack
5	5 (1.01%)	Amazon EC2
5	5 (1.01%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	3 (0.61%)	Google Cloud Platform
6	3 (0.61%)	SaaS
6	3 (0.61%)	Sauce Labs
7	2 (0.40%)	Amazon ElastiCache
7	2 (0.40%)	Cloud Computing
7	2 (0.40%)	PaaS
8	1 (0.20%)	Amazon Kinesis
8	1 (0.20%)	Amazon S3
8	1 (0.20%)	Amazon SQS
8	1 (0.20%)	AWS Lambda
8	1 (0.20%)	Google App Engine
8	1 (0.20%)	Heroku
8	1 (0.20%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	35 (7.09%)	HTTP
2	18 (3.64%)	LDAP
3	13 (2.63%)	Internet
4	10 (2.02%)	TCP/IP
5	8 (1.62%)	SSH
6	6 (1.21%)	ICMP
7	5 (1.01%)	Firewall
7	5 (1.01%)	SSL
8	4 (0.81%)	DNS
8	4 (0.81%)	tcpdump
8	4 (0.81%)	VPN
8	4 (0.81%)	Wireshark
9	2 (0.40%)	Kerberos
10	1 (0.20%)	Intrusion Detection
10	1 (0.20%)	IPv4
10	1 (0.20%)	IPv6
10	1 (0.20%)	SMS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	67 (13.56%)	Hadoop
2	61 (12.35%)	MongoDB
3	60 (12.15%)	Big Data
4	55 (11.13%)	MySQL
5	38 (7.69%)	NoSQL
6	35 (7.09%)	PostgreSQL
7	27 (5.47%)	Apache Cassandra
8	22 (4.45%)	Relational Database
9	20 (4.05%)	Oracle Database
10	14 (2.83%)	HBase
11	12 (2.43%)	Apache Hive
12	9 (1.82%)	Redis
13	8 (1.62%)	RDBMS
14	6 (1.21%)	SQL Server
15	5 (1.01%)	Blockchain
16	4 (0.81%)	Data Mining
16	4 (0.81%)	DB2
16	4 (0.81%)	Sqoop
17	3 (0.61%)	Hazelcast
17	3 (0.61%)	Sybase ASE

Development Applications
1	139 (28.14%)	Git (software)
2	132 (26.72%)	Jenkins
3	94 (19.03%)	Maven
4	64 (12.96%)	Cucumber
5	58 (11.74%)	JIRA
6	53 (10.73%)	Selenium
7	42 (8.50%)	JUnit
8	26 (5.26%)	WebDriver
9	24 (4.86%)	Subversion
10	22 (4.45%)	Atlassian Bamboo
11	19 (3.85%)	Eclipse
12	18 (3.64%)	Ant
12	18 (3.64%)	Gradle
13	16 (3.24%)	Mockito
14	13 (2.63%)	Hudson
14	13 (2.63%)	JMeter
15	11 (2.23%)	Sonatype Nexus
16	10 (2.02%)	SoapUI
17	9 (1.82%)	Jasmine
18	8 (1.62%)	Bitbucket

General
1	66 (13.36%)	Finance
2	52 (10.53%)	Banking
3	16 (3.24%)	Retail
4	14 (2.83%)	Marketing
5	13 (2.63%)	Games
6	9 (1.82%)	Investment Banking
6	9 (1.82%)	Telecoms
7	8 (1.62%)	Back Office
7	8 (1.62%)	International Banking
8	6 (1.21%)	Advertising
9	5 (1.01%)	Financial Institution
10	4 (0.81%)	Electronics
10	4 (0.81%)	Manufacturing
10	4 (0.81%)	Publishing
10	4 (0.81%)	Retail Banking
11	3 (0.61%)	Aerospace
11	3 (0.61%)	Military
12	2 (0.40%)	French Language
12	2 (0.40%)	Front Office
13	1 (0.20%)	Legal

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	152 (30.77%)	Spring
2	77 (15.59%)	Web Services
3	74 (14.98%)	REST
4	59 (11.94%)	Hibernate
5	47 (9.51%)	Spring Boot
6	46 (9.31%)	HTML
7	45 (9.11%)	RESTful
8	44 (8.91%)	J2EE
9	42 (8.50%)	CSS
10	38 (7.69%)	Node.js
11	36 (7.29%)	Kafka
12	35 (7.09%)	AngularJS
12	35 (7.09%)	JSON
12	35 (7.09%)	XML
13	24 (4.86%)	React
14	23 (4.66%)	JPA
15	22 (4.45%)	.NET
15	22 (4.45%)	Elastic Stack
15	22 (4.45%)	SOAP
16	18 (3.64%)	Java EE

Miscellaneous
1	45 (9.11%)	Greenfield Project
2	26 (5.26%)	Computer Science
3	21 (4.25%)	Linux Command Line
4	15 (3.04%)	Enterprise Software
5	14 (2.83%)	User Experience
6	12 (2.43%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
7	10 (2.02%)	Analytical Skills
8	8 (1.62%)	iSeries
9	6 (1.21%)	Algorithms
10	5 (1.01%)	Data Structures
11	4 (0.81%)	Client/Server
11	4 (0.81%)	Market Risk
11	4 (0.81%)	Wiki
12	3 (0.61%)	Credit Risk
12	3 (0.61%)	Data Centre
12	3 (0.61%)	Fintech
12	3 (0.61%)	iPad
12	3 (0.61%)	PKI
12	3 (0.61%)	RIA
13	2 (0.40%)	Driving Licence

Operating Systems
1	149 (30.16%)	Linux
2	59 (11.94%)	Unix
3	27 (5.47%)	CentOS
4	25 (5.06%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	18 (3.64%)	Windows
6	11 (2.23%)	Android
7	9 (1.82%)	Ubuntu
7	9 (1.82%)	Windows Server
8	7 (1.42%)	Apple iOS
8	7 (1.42%)	Debian
9	6 (1.21%)	Amazon Linux
10	3 (0.61%)	Mac OS X
11	2 (0.40%)	Solaris
11	2 (0.40%)	Windows Server 2008
11	2 (0.40%)	Windows Server 2012
12	1 (0.20%)	AIX
12	1 (0.20%)	Kali Linux
12	1 (0.20%)	Mac OS

Processes & Methodologies
1	233 (47.17%)	Agile Software Development
2	147 (29.76%)	Software Engineering
3	145 (29.35%)	DevOps
4	118 (23.89%)	Test Automation
5	117 (23.68%)	TDD
6	104 (21.05%)	Continuous Integration
7	98 (19.84%)	Microservices
8	88 (17.81%)	Scrum
9	75 (15.18%)	BDD
10	44 (8.91%)	Kanban
11	43 (8.70%)	E-Commerce
12	42 (8.50%)	Continuous Delivery
13	41 (8.30%)	Open Source
14	33 (6.68%)	OO
15	32 (6.48%)	Configuration Management
16	30 (6.07%)	MVC
16	30 (6.07%)	SDLC
17	24 (4.86%)	Continuous Deployment
17	24 (4.86%)	Unit Testing
18	22 (4.45%)	High Availability

Programming Languages
1	494 (100.00%)	Java
2	97 (19.64%)	JavaScript
3	91 (18.42%)	Python
4	78 (15.79%)	SQL
5	39 (7.89%)	Bash Shell
6	31 (6.28%)	Scala
7	21 (4.25%)	Groovy
7	21 (4.25%)	Ruby
8	20 (4.05%)	C#
9	19 (3.85%)	C++
9	19 (3.85%)	Perl
10	11 (2.23%)	Go
10	11 (2.23%)	PHP
10	11 (2.23%)	PL/SQL
11	10 (2.02%)	Shell Script
12	8 (1.62%)	C
13	6 (1.21%)	R
14	4 (0.81%)	Clojure
15	3 (0.61%)	F#
15	3 (0.61%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	55 (11.13%)	Security Cleared
2	48 (9.72%)	SC Cleared
3	21 (4.25%)	Degree
4	8 (1.62%)	DV Cleared
5	4 (0.81%)	Master's Degree
6	3 (0.61%)	Computer Science Degree
7	1 (0.20%)	AWS Certification
7	1 (0.20%)	BPSS Clearance
7	1 (0.20%)	ISEB
7	1 (0.20%)	ISTQB
7	1 (0.20%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
7	1 (0.20%)	PhD

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	36 (7.29%)	QA
2	1 (0.20%)	MiFID

System Software
1	83 (16.80%)	Docker
2	13 (2.63%)	Virtual Machines
3	9 (1.82%)	HDFS
4	7 (1.42%)	Active Directory
5	3 (0.61%)	Apache ZooKeeper
6	2 (0.40%)	Xen
7	1 (0.20%)	Oracle RAC
7	1 (0.20%)	Shibboleth
7	1 (0.20%)	VMware Infrastructure
7	1 (0.20%)	vSphere

Systems Management
1	94 (19.03%)	Ansible
2	62 (12.55%)	Puppet
3	39 (7.89%)	Opscode Chef
4	27 (5.47%)	Kubernetes
5	16 (3.24%)	OpenAM
6	11 (2.23%)	Terraform
7	10 (2.02%)	Icinga
8	8 (1.62%)	Kibana
8	8 (1.62%)	logstash
8	8 (1.62%)	Nagios
9	6 (1.21%)	Graphite
9	6 (1.21%)	Mesos
9	6 (1.21%)	SELinux
9	6 (1.21%)	ZABBIX
10	5 (1.01%)	Hadoop YARN
11	4 (0.81%)	Docker Swarm
11	4 (0.81%)	OpenIDM
11	4 (0.81%)	Salt
12	3 (0.61%)	Grafana
12	3 (0.61%)	Prometheus

Vendors
1	55 (11.13%)	Oracle
2	30 (6.07%)	Red Hat
3	19 (3.85%)	Atlassian
4	15 (3.04%)	Splunk
5	10 (2.02%)	IBM
6	8 (1.62%)	Facebook
7	7 (1.42%)	Google
8	6 (1.21%)	Dynatrace
8	6 (1.21%)	Sybase
9	5 (1.01%)	Cloudera
9	5 (1.01%)	Microsoft
10	4 (0.81%)	AppDynamics
10	4 (0.81%)	ForgeRock
10	4 (0.81%)	Luciad
10	4 (0.81%)	New Relic
10	4 (0.81%)	TIBCO
10	4 (0.81%)	VMware
11	3 (0.61%)	Hortonworks
11	3 (0.61%)	HP
11	3 (0.61%)	Perforce