Mid-Level Java Developer Contracts

Mid Level Java Developer
UK

The median Mid Level Java Developer daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 594 677
Rank change year-on-year +44 +83 +196
Contract jobs requiring a Mid-Level Java Developer 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.002% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -27.27% +120.00%
75th Percentile £488 - £575
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 29,079 40,388 53,054
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 92.98% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,553 25,970 36,860
10th Percentile £288 £286 £313
25th Percentile £401 £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 1,311 2,837 1,549
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.75 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% -12.21% +68.63%
75th Percentile £55.25 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £74.00 £76.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.01% +94.88%

Mid-Level Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Mid-Level Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mid-Level Java Developer in the UK

Mid-Level Java Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mid-Level Java Developer.

Daily rate trend for Mid-Level Java Developer in the UK

Mid-Level Java Developer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mid-Level Java Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +64 1 £475 +18.75% 4
Work from Home +43 1 £475 +18.75% 3
London +34 1 £475 +18.75% 2

Mid-Level Java Developer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, Mid-Level Java Developer 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 Mid-Level Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot

Mid-Level Java Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java