Java Engineer
UK
The median Java Engineer daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 404 | 455 | 361 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +51 | -94 | +17 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer | 197 | 277 | 657 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.45% | 0.46% | 0.74% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.49% | 0.49% | 0.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 135 | 207 | 521 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £431 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £484 | £520 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £706 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £888 | £780 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £563 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +2.27% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 19 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £67.25 | £56.92 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £67.50 | £61.08 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £65.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.87% | +0.77% | +47.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £70.30 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £75.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £65.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.87% | +0.77% | +48.57% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 40,172 | 56,583 | 84,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,161 | 39,538 | 59,512 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.93% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,585 | 2,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.27 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.83 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.38% | +95.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
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 27 April 2024.
Java Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java Engineer.
Java Engineer
Top 11 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 27 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 |
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| England | +77 | 163 | £600 | - | 113 |
| Work from Home | +115 | 95 | £663 | +6.00% | 69 |
| London | +52 | 95 | £710 | +9.23% | 55 |
| UK excluding London | +63 | 83 | £500 | -11.11% | 68 |
| South East | +47 | 30 | £648 | +19.91% | 12 |
| Scotland | +38 | 16 | £435 | +2.84% | 7 |
| North of England | +25 | 14 | £513 | -12.77% | 12 |
| East of England | +26 | 12 | £534 | -5.07% | 3 |
| North West | +23 | 12 | £538 | -17.31% | 9 |
| South West | +1 | 11 | £500 | +5.26% | 22 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 2 | £425 | -17.87% | 2 |
Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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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