Full-Stack Java Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Full-Stack Java Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Full-Stack Java Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 327 437
Rank change year-on-year +52 +110 +107
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Java Developer 29 18 40
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.13% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 14 35
10th Percentile £403 - £428
25th Percentile £410 £463 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £477 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -9.14% -
75th Percentile £563 £539 £603
90th Percentile £591 £673 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £610
% change year-on-year +10.53% -22.07% +5.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Full-Stack Java Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Full-Stack Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Full-Stack Java Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Full-Stack Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Full-Stack Java Developer.

Full-Stack Java Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Full-Stack Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Full-Stack Java Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Full-Stack Java Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Full-Stack Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Full-Stack Java Developer.

Full-Stack Java Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Full-Stack 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Full-Stack Java Developer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Java
1 29 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 19 (65.52%) AWS
3 17 (58.62%) Spring
4 13 (44.83%) CI/CD
5 12 (41.38%) Spring Boot
5 12 (41.38%) Docker
6 11 (37.93%) Microservices
6 11 (37.93%) React
6 11 (37.93%) Agile
7 10 (34.48%) Node.js
7 10 (34.48%) AngularJS
8 9 (31.03%) Terraform
9 8 (27.59%) Kubernetes
10 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
10 6 (20.69%) Azure
11 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
11 5 (17.24%) RESTful
11 5 (17.24%) TDD
11 5 (17.24%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
11 5 (17.24%) SQL
11 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
12 4 (13.79%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (13.79%) API Integration
12 4 (13.79%) GraphQL
12 4 (13.79%) User Experience
12 4 (13.79%) Relational Database
12 4 (13.79%) Python

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (65.52%) AWS
2 6 (20.69%) Azure
3 4 (13.79%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (10.34%) Amazon SQS
4 3 (10.34%) Serverless
5 2 (6.90%) GCP
5 2 (6.90%) GitHub
6 1 (3.45%) Amazon Bedrock
6 1 (3.45%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (13.79%) Relational Database
3 3 (10.34%) MongoDB
4 2 (6.90%) DynamoDB
4 2 (6.90%) MySQL
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (3.45%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Git
1 3 (10.34%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.90%) GitLab
3 1 (3.45%) Bitbucket
General
1 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (10.34%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Wholesale Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (58.62%) Spring
2 12 (41.38%) Spring Boot
3 11 (37.93%) React
4 10 (34.48%) AngularJS
4 10 (34.48%) Node.js
5 5 (17.24%) RESTful
6 4 (13.79%) GraphQL
7 3 (10.34%) CSS
7 3 (10.34%) Express.js
7 3 (10.34%) HTML
7 3 (10.34%) Jest
7 3 (10.34%) REST
8 2 (6.90%) Apache Avro
8 2 (6.90%) JSON
8 2 (6.90%) OAuth
8 2 (6.90%) Web Services
8 2 (6.90%) XML
9 1 (3.45%) Apache Camel
9 1 (3.45%) gRPC
9 1 (3.45%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Derivative
1 2 (6.90%) Equities
1 2 (6.90%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 13 (44.83%) CI/CD
3 11 (37.93%) Agile
3 11 (37.93%) Microservices
4 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
5 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
5 5 (17.24%) TDD
6 4 (13.79%) API Integration
6 4 (13.79%) Containerisation
6 4 (13.79%) User Experience
7 3 (10.34%) BDD
7 3 (10.34%) Code Quality
7 3 (10.34%) Event-Driven
7 3 (10.34%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 3 (10.34%) Front End Development
7 3 (10.34%) Scrum
7 3 (10.34%) The Twelve-Factor App
8 2 (6.90%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (6.90%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
2 5 (17.24%) SQL
3 4 (13.79%) Python
4 2 (6.90%) Kotlin
4 2 (6.90%) Scala
5 1 (3.45%) Bash
5 1 (3.45%) PHP
5 1 (3.45%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.45%) Ruby
5 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
1 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) Terraform
2 8 (27.59%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.90%) Kibana
3 2 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle
2 2 (6.90%) Virgin Media