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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Java	34	Up 17 places+17	£505	-1.07%	192 6.72%	30
Java Engineer	132	New entry-	£500	-	19 0.66%	2
Java Developer	98	Down -4 places-4	£490	-2.00%	53 1.85%	8
Java Architect	139	Down -39 places-39	£600	+20.00%	12 0.42%
Senior Java Developer	136	New entry-	£488	-	15 0.52%
Java Software Engineer	142	New entry-	£494	-	9 0.31%
Full-Stack Java Developer	144	Down -45 places-45	£400	-9.39%	7 0.24%	2
Java Persistence API (JPA)	143	New entry-	£450	-	8 0.28%	1
SC Cleared Java Developer	148	New entry-	£519	-	3 0.11%	1
Lead Java Developer	150	Down -50 places-50	-	-	1 0.035%	3
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)	148	Down -55 places-55	£450	-14.28%	3 0.11%
Java Software Developer	149	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.070%	1
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)	150	New entry-	-	-	1 0.035%
Lead Java Engineer	149	New entry-	£500	-	2 0.070%
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311, Jersey)	147	Down -46 places-46	£700	-	4 0.14%
Senior Java Software Developer	150	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.035%
Mid-Level Java Developer	150	New entry-	-	-	1 0.035%
Agile Java Developer	149	New entry-	£570	-	2 0.070%
Senior Agile Java Developer	150	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.035%
Java Scala Software Engineer	150	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.035%
Content Repository API for Java (JCR) (JSR 170)	150	New entry-	£440	-	1 0.035%