Java Engineer
UK
The median Java Engineer daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 374 | 452 | 357 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +78 | -95 | +31 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer | 217 | 250 | 647 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.51% | 0.43% | 0.74% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.55% | 0.45% | 0.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 146 | 183 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £418 | £425 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £484 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £700 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £888 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £585 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -5.98% | +23.16% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 17 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £67.50 | £52.93 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £68.13 | £60.91 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £65.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.87% | +0.77% | +47.73% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65.75 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £70.30 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £65.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.87% | +0.77% | +48.57% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 39,719 | 54,978 | 83,963 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.74% | 94.64% | 95.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,839 | 38,395 | 59,001 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,655 | 1,545 | 2,052 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.25 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.74 | £76.40 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +117.73% | +2.74% |
Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Java Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Java Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java Engineer.
Java Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.
Java Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java Engineer.
Java Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 |
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| England | +89 | 183 | £600 | - | 125 |
| London | +67 | 107 | £710 | +9.23% | 67 |
| Work from Home | +125 | 106 | £675 | +3.85% | 74 |
| UK excluding London | +83 | 87 | £500 | -9.09% | 65 |
| South East | +42 | 31 | £648 | +19.91% | 19 |
| South West | +5 | 17 | £450 | -0.55% | 18 |
| Scotland | +51 | 14 | £438 | -12.50% | 7 |
| North of England | +20 | 14 | £513 | -21.15% | 9 |
| North West | +30 | 12 | £538 | -17.31% | 7 |
| East of England | +12 | 11 | £534 | -5.07% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +25 | 2 | £425 | -17.87% | 1 |
Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Java Engineer 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 job ads featuring Java Engineer in the job title.
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Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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