OpenJDK Contracts in the UK excluding London

Oracle OpenJDK
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OpenJDK skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenJDK over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 411 504
Rank change year-on-year - +93 +16
Contract jobs citing OpenJDK 0 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - 0.010% 0.010%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.053% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £414
25th Percentile - - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £300 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -38.14% +61.67%
75th Percentile - - £506
90th Percentile - - £509
UK median daily rate £525 £300 £485
% change year-on-year +75.00% -38.14% -17.45%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

OpenJDK falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,887 3,777 6,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.23% 18.09% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,762 2,662 4,428
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £610
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 146 165
10th Percentile £25.35 £45.24 £18.58
25th Percentile £46.18 £46.18 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +32.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.63 £77.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.56 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.99% -14.52% +32.65%

OpenJDK
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OpenJDK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OpenJDK in the UK excluding London

OpenJDK
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OpenJDK in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for OpenJDK in the UK excluding London