Java Engineer Contract Job Trends in Westminster

Java Engineer
City of Westminster > Westminster

The median Java Engineer daily rate in Westminster is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Westminster 3.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 29 13 8
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.67% 86.67% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 13 1
10th Percentile £459 £432 -
25th Percentile £500 £525 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £275
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +109.09% -31.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £288
90th Percentile £659 £820 -
City of Westminster median daily rate £544 £550 £556
% change year-on-year -1.14% -1.12% +1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.11 - -
City of Westminster median hourly rate £26.11 - £40.00

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

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

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Westminster

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster

For the 6 months to 14 May 2026, Java Engineer 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 across the Westminster region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes