Java Contracts in London

Java
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Java skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Java over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing Java 1,489 2,922 4,815
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.53% 11.29% 12.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.28% 28.00% 29.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 2,306 3,652
10th Percentile £413 £463 £463
25th Percentile £500 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £650 £640
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +1.56% +11.30%
75th Percentile £825 £775 £750
90th Percentile £888 £863 £838
England median daily rate £588 £606 £600
% change year-on-year -3.01% +0.96% +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 21
10th Percentile £46.70 £35.00 £27.75
25th Percentile £49.25 £39.31 £36.25
Median hourly rate £51.50 £69.75 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.16% +5.28% +3.52%
75th Percentile £66.52 £86.50 £75.84
90th Percentile £73.25 £90.00 £84.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.38% +0.38% +15.04%

All Programming Languages
London

Java is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,395 10,434 16,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.63% 40.32% 41.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,885 7,812 12,407
10th Percentile £381 £413 £416
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £700
90th Percentile £835 £825 £800
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 80 113
10th Percentile £23.80 £30.30 £31.05
25th Percentile £40.77 £49.65 £35.00
Median hourly rate £51.13 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64.02 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.05
% change year-on-year - +22.43% +20.12%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Java in London

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java in London.

Daily rate trend for Java in London

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Java in London

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java in London.

Hourly rate trend for Java in London

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Java in London

Java
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Central London -11 178 £650 -3.70% 72
South London +1 30 £480 -1.54% 3
East London -2 26 £520 -20.00% 25
West London +4 20 £450 -25.00% 15
Java
England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 131 (8.80%) Apache
2 129 (8.66%) Apache Airflow
3 47 (3.16%) Apache Spark
4 42 (2.82%) Confluence
5 12 (0.81%) nginx
6 10 (0.67%) WebSphere
7 9 (0.60%) Camunda
8 7 (0.47%) JBoss
8 7 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
8 7 (0.47%) SAS
9 6 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.40%) MQSeries
9 6 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.34%) CMS
11 4 (0.27%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.27%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.20%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 21 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.067%) Sketch
5 1 (0.067%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (1.48%) ION MarketView
2 12 (0.81%) ION Anvil
3 8 (0.54%) Endur
4 7 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle BPM
6 5 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
6 5 (0.34%) Shopify
7 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.27%) RMDS
8 3 (0.20%) Global One
8 3 (0.20%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
9 2 (0.13%) Front Arena
9 2 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
10 1 (0.067%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.067%) R3 Corda
10 1 (0.067%) SAP CX
10 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 487 (32.71%) AWS
2 196 (13.16%) Azure
3 175 (11.75%) GCP
4 111 (7.45%) dbt
5 107 (7.19%) Snowflake
6 72 (4.84%) Serverless
7 71 (4.77%) GitHub
8 49 (3.29%) Amazon S3
9 48 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
9 48 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
10 41 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
11 27 (1.81%) Amazon SQS
12 26 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (1.61%) OpenShift
14 22 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 21 (1.41%) Power Platform
16 19 (1.28%) Amazon Kinesis
17 18 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
17 18 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
18 15 (1.01%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.07%) DNS
2 13 (0.87%) Network Security
3 12 (0.81%) Internet
4 10 (0.67%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.60%) Firewall
6 8 (0.54%) DHCP
6 8 (0.54%) HTTP
7 7 (0.47%) SSH
8 6 (0.40%) VPN
9 4 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.27%) SSL
10 3 (0.20%) IPv4
10 3 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.20%) VoIP
11 2 (0.13%) AMQP
11 2 (0.13%) BIG-IP
11 2 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.13%) SMS
11 2 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (7.79%) Amazon Athena
2 113 (7.59%) Data Lake
3 110 (7.39%) Apache Arrow
3 110 (7.39%) Dremio
4 94 (6.31%) Apache Ignite
5 88 (5.91%) PostgreSQL
6 85 (5.71%) SQL Server
7 81 (5.44%) Relational Database
8 67 (4.50%) NoSQL
9 66 (4.43%) MongoDB
10 57 (3.83%) MySQL
11 54 (3.63%) Big Data
12 51 (3.43%) KDB
13 46 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
14 33 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
15 32 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
16 30 (2.01%) Oracle Database
17 27 (1.81%) Apache Cassandra
18 25 (1.68%) BigQuery
19 21 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 161 (10.81%) Git
2 148 (9.94%) Jenkins
3 108 (7.25%) Selenium
4 94 (6.31%) JIRA
5 80 (5.37%) Cucumber
6 77 (5.17%) JUnit
7 54 (3.63%) Maven
8 45 (3.02%) Mockito
9 44 (2.96%) GitLab
10 35 (2.35%) Cypress.io
11 27 (1.81%) TestNG
12 26 (1.75%) JMeter
13 24 (1.61%) REST Assured
14 23 (1.54%) Postman
14 23 (1.54%) WebDriver
15 21 (1.41%) Gradle
15 21 (1.41%) Subversion
15 21 (1.41%) TeamCity
16 20 (1.34%) Bitbucket
17 19 (1.28%) SoapUI
General
1 538 (36.13%) Finance
2 352 (23.64%) Banking
3 258 (17.33%) Social Skills
4 246 (16.52%) Front Office
5 189 (12.69%) Investment Banking
6 133 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
7 87 (5.84%) Public Sector
8 24 (1.61%) Financial Institution
8 24 (1.61%) Retail
9 20 (1.34%) Back Office
9 20 (1.34%) Marketing
10 17 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (0.47%) Law
11 7 (0.47%) Prime Brokerage
11 7 (0.47%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.27%) Aviation
14 4 (0.27%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.27%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 720 (48.35%) Developer
2 399 (26.80%) Java Developer
3 284 (19.07%) Senior
4 150 (10.07%) Senior Developer
5 143 (9.60%) Software Engineer
6 135 (9.07%) Lead
7 116 (7.79%) Architect
7 116 (7.79%) Java Engineer
8 90 (6.04%) Senior Java Developer
9 76 (5.10%) Full Stack Developer
10 74 (4.97%) AWS Engineer
11 66 (4.43%) Software Developer
12 55 (3.69%) Java Software Engineer
13 53 (3.56%) Python Engineer
13 53 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
14 51 (3.43%) Data Engineer
15 46 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
16 45 (3.02%) Lead Developer
17 44 (2.96%) Analyst
17 44 (2.96%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (16.79%) Spring
2 220 (14.78%) Spring Boot
3 151 (10.14%) REST
4 148 (9.94%) Kafka
5 144 (9.67%) React
6 115 (7.72%) gRPC
7 111 (7.45%) Protocol Buffers
8 110 (7.39%) NumPy
8 110 (7.39%) Pandas
9 106 (7.12%) SciPy
10 99 (6.65%) HTML
11 86 (5.78%) .NET
12 83 (5.57%) Web Services
13 79 (5.31%) CSS
14 69 (4.63%) Node.js
15 66 (4.43%) Hibernate
16 64 (4.30%) XML
17 56 (3.76%) RESTful
18 55 (3.69%) AngularJS
19 53 (3.56%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 192 (12.89%) Fixed Income
2 164 (11.01%) Derivative
3 160 (10.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 136 (9.13%) Hedge funds
5 127 (8.53%) Equities
6 95 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
7 70 (4.70%) Algorithms
8 48 (3.22%) Data Structures
9 39 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
10 37 (2.48%) Management Information System
11 33 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
12 32 (2.15%) Onboarding
13 30 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
14 26 (1.75%) Public Cloud
15 24 (1.61%) Cloud Native
16 21 (1.41%) Credit Derivative
16 21 (1.41%) Mobile App
17 20 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
18 19 (1.28%) Product Ownership
19 18 (1.21%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 161 (10.81%) Linux
2 116 (7.79%) Unix
3 45 (3.02%) Windows
4 30 (2.01%) Android
5 19 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.07%) Mac OS X
7 13 (0.87%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.20%) zOS
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.067%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (36.06%) Agile
2 335 (22.50%) Software Engineering
3 295 (19.81%) CI/CD
4 282 (18.94%) DevOps
5 252 (16.92%) Test Automation
6 251 (16.86%) Microservices
7 175 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
8 158 (10.61%) TDD
9 140 (9.40%) SDLC
10 131 (8.80%) Computer Science
11 125 (8.39%) Full Stack Development
12 121 (8.13%) Asset Management
13 115 (7.72%) Scrum
14 105 (7.05%) Continuous Integration
15 103 (6.92%) BDD
16 101 (6.78%) Investment Management
17 94 (6.31%) Analytics
18 92 (6.18%) Electronic Trading
19 85 (5.71%) Design Patterns
20 83 (5.57%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 528 (35.46%) Python
2 342 (22.97%) SQL
3 324 (21.76%) JavaScript
4 207 (13.90%) C#
5 179 (12.02%) TypeScript
6 111 (7.45%) C++
7 77 (5.17%) Go
8 65 (4.37%) Scala
9 64 (4.30%) Kotlin
9 64 (4.30%) PowerShell
10 63 (4.23%) Shell Script
11 43 (2.89%) Perl
12 32 (2.15%) Ruby
13 29 (1.95%) C
14 28 (1.88%) Rust
15 27 (1.81%) Bash
16 22 (1.48%) PL/SQL
17 17 (1.14%) PHP
18 16 (1.07%) Groovy
18 16 (1.07%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 236 (15.85%) Security Cleared
2 211 (14.17%) SC Cleared
3 147 (9.87%) Degree
4 68 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.81%) DV Cleared
5 27 (1.81%) Master's Degree
6 12 (0.81%) PhD
7 11 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (0.40%) ISEB
8 6 (0.40%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.34%) CISSP
10 3 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.13%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.13%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.13%) CCNP
11 2 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.13%) SANS
12 1 (0.067%) ACCA
12 1 (0.067%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.04%) QA
2 54 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.48%) PCI DSS
4 13 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.81%) SLA
6 11 (0.74%) MiFID
7 8 (0.54%) GDPR
8 5 (0.34%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.27%) GRC
10 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.13%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.067%) Basel III
11 1 (0.067%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.067%) GxP
11 1 (0.067%) NCSC
11 1 (0.067%) NIST
11 1 (0.067%) WCAG
System Software
1 195 (13.10%) Docker
2 44 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.54%) IAG
4 22 (1.48%) ACF2
4 22 (1.48%) RACF
5 14 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 6 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.34%) HDFS
8 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.067%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.067%) Cronacle
9 1 (0.067%) Firmware
9 1 (0.067%) GridGain
9 1 (0.067%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.067%) iptables
9 1 (0.067%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.067%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.067%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 234 (15.72%) Kubernetes
2 115 (7.72%) Terraform
3 61 (4.10%) Grafana
4 56 (3.76%) Prometheus
5 54 (3.63%) Ansible
6 15 (1.01%) Kibana
7 12 (0.81%) Consul
8 11 (0.74%) Puppet
9 10 (0.67%) ITRS Geneos
9 10 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (0.60%) BladeLogic
10 9 (0.60%) Opsgenie
11 7 (0.47%) Control-M
11 7 (0.47%) Packer
12 6 (0.40%) Podman
12 6 (0.40%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
14 4 (0.27%) Istio
14 4 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 164 (11.01%) Oracle
2 82 (5.51%) Microsoft
3 54 (3.63%) Google
4 49 (3.29%) ION Trading
5 38 (2.55%) Splunk
6 34 (2.28%) IBM
7 33 (2.22%) ServiceNow
8 32 (2.15%) SAP
9 27 (1.81%) Dynatrace
10 24 (1.61%) Salesforce
11 22 (1.48%) Sybase
12 17 (1.14%) Adobe
13 14 (0.94%) Databricks
13 14 (0.94%) New Relic
14 12 (0.81%) Virgin Media
15 11 (0.74%) CyberArk
15 11 (0.74%) Solace
16 10 (0.67%) PagerDuty
16 10 (0.67%) SEEBURGER
16 10 (0.67%) TIBCO