Java Software Architect Contract Job Trends

Java Software Architect
UK

The median Java Software Architect daily rate in the UK is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 32,486 33,393 42,696
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 92.81% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,605 20,273 28,801
10th Percentile £281 £300 £293
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £647
90th Percentile £723 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -4.43% -0.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,896 1,201 1,522
10th Percentile £14.15 £15.25 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +43.93%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

Java Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Software Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Java Software Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Java Software Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Software Architect job vacancies in the UK

Java Software Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Software Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Java Software Architect job vacancies in the UK

Java Software Architect
Top 2 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 Software Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 December 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
London - 1 £700 - 2
England - 1 £700 - 2

Java Software Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Java Software Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Java Software Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Java Software Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Korn