Java Contracts in the UK excluding London

Java
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 30 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 -9
Contract jobs citing Java 948 1,391 2,199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.55% 6.11% 7.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.19% 21.82% 25.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 668 967 1,460
10th Percentile £373 £406 £400
25th Percentile £424 £453 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £570 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.69% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 84 90
10th Percentile £45.88 £48.43 £42.05
25th Percentile £57.19 £54.69 £49.40
Median hourly rate £67.26 £65.25 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +2.76% +13.90%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £67.84
90th Percentile £74.65 £75.00 £77.03
UK median hourly rate £67.02 £65.50 £63.50
% change year-on-year +2.32% +3.15% +12.39%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,940 6,376 8,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.72% 27.99% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,306 4,469 6,152
10th Percentile £319 £350 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.94%
75th Percentile £583 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 323 321
10th Percentile £37.55 £26.48 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.19 £51.25 £32.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% +28.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.00 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year -0.80% +20.77% +17.21%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Java in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North of England -2 275 £507 -11.83% 149
South East -5 219 £575 +9.52% 123
Scotland -8 183 £453 -7.08% 78
North West +5 145 £495 -12.00% 95
Yorkshire +9 119 £530 -11.67% 29
South West -30 112 £550 +1.85% 132
East of England +7 73 £485 -9.68% 47
Midlands -22 66 £495 -8.33% 90
West Midlands -30 43 £525 -4.55% 65
East Midlands -2 23 £453 -20.44% 24
Northern Ireland +3 17 £588 -6.00% 35
North East -20 11 £501 -11.42% 25
Wales +14 9 £500 - 11
Java
UK

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 41 (4.32%) Apache Spark
2 36 (3.80%) Confluence
3 20 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.90%) Apache
5 7 (0.74%) Alfresco
5 7 (0.74%) Appian
5 7 (0.74%) Camunda
6 6 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.42%) JBoss
7 4 (0.42%) Mule
7 4 (0.42%) SAS
7 4 (0.42%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.32%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.32%) IIS
8 3 (0.32%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.32%) nginx
8 3 (0.32%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.32%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.21%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (0.95%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) InVision
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.21%) Sketch
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.32%) Maximo
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.11%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 328 (34.60%) AWS
2 156 (16.46%) Azure
3 69 (7.28%) GCP
4 66 (6.96%) Serverless
5 57 (6.01%) Amazon S3
6 56 (5.91%) GitHub
7 40 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
8 28 (2.95%) OpenShift
9 27 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (2.53%) Amazon EC2
11 23 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (2.11%) Snowflake
13 17 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (1.69%) Power Platform
15 14 (1.48%) SaaS
16 12 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
17 11 (1.16%) Apigee
18 10 (1.05%) Azure Functions
18 10 (1.05%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.74%) Firewall
2 16 (1.69%) VPN
3 13 (1.37%) DNS
4 11 (1.16%) HTTP
4 11 (1.16%) Network Security
5 10 (1.05%) DHCP
5 10 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.95%) SNMP
6 9 (0.95%) Software-Defined Radio
7 6 (0.63%) AMQP
7 6 (0.63%) SSL
8 5 (0.53%) FTP
9 3 (0.32%) BGP
9 3 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.32%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (0.32%) IOS XR
9 3 (0.32%) iSCSI
9 3 (0.32%) SAN
9 3 (0.32%) WAN
9 3 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
1 69 (7.28%) Relational Database
2 53 (5.59%) NoSQL
3 42 (4.43%) MongoDB
4 32 (3.38%) MySQL
5 30 (3.16%) Big Data
5 30 (3.16%) SQL Server
6 25 (2.64%) Oracle Database
7 22 (2.32%) Hadoop
8 20 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (1.90%) Apache Cassandra
11 17 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 14 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
13 13 (1.37%) Amazon Aurora
13 13 (1.37%) Data Lake
13 13 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (1.37%) Power BI
14 11 (1.16%) DB2
15 9 (0.95%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 170 (17.93%) Jenkins
2 123 (12.97%) JIRA
3 121 (12.76%) Git
4 89 (9.39%) Selenium
5 66 (6.96%) Cucumber
6 63 (6.65%) JUnit
7 39 (4.11%) Maven
8 33 (3.48%) GitLab
9 28 (2.95%) REST Assured
10 26 (2.74%) Mockito
10 26 (2.74%) SonarQube
11 25 (2.64%) GoogleTest
12 24 (2.53%) JMeter
13 21 (2.22%) Cypress.io
14 18 (1.90%) Bitbucket
15 16 (1.69%) Eclipse
16 13 (1.37%) Android Studio
17 12 (1.27%) Postman
18 9 (0.95%) WebDriver
19 8 (0.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 175 (18.46%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.60%) Finance
3 99 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (9.49%) Public Sector
5 57 (6.01%) Banking
6 27 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (2.74%) Law
8 14 (1.48%) Police
9 13 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.27%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.05%) Aerospace
13 9 (0.95%) Back Office
14 7 (0.74%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.63%) Automotive
15 6 (0.63%) Marketing
15 6 (0.63%) Retail
16 4 (0.42%) Electronics
16 4 (0.42%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 422 (44.51%) Developer
2 257 (27.11%) Java Developer
3 100 (10.55%) Senior
3 100 (10.55%) Software Engineer
4 98 (10.34%) Architect
5 95 (10.02%) Java Engineer
6 68 (7.17%) Full Stack Developer
7 53 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
8 46 (4.85%) Java Software Engineer
8 46 (4.85%) Lead
9 38 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
10 37 (3.90%) Full Stack Engineer
10 37 (3.90%) Senior Developer
11 31 (3.27%) Data Engineer
12 30 (3.16%) Senior Java Developer
13 29 (3.06%) Tester
14 27 (2.85%) Java Architect
15 26 (2.74%) Full Stack Java Developer
16 24 (2.53%) Analyst
16 24 (2.53%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (27.22%) Spring
2 217 (22.89%) Spring Boot
3 165 (17.41%) REST
4 147 (15.51%) React
5 109 (11.50%) Kafka
6 98 (10.34%) HTML
7 94 (9.92%) RESTful
8 78 (8.23%) CSS
9 71 (7.49%) AngularJS
10 50 (5.27%) Node.js
11 48 (5.06%) Web Services
12 40 (4.22%) JPA
13 38 (4.01%) .NET
13 38 (4.01%) Java EE
14 33 (3.48%) Hibernate
15 32 (3.38%) JSON
16 31 (3.27%) XML
17 27 (2.85%) J2EE
17 27 (2.85%) OAuth
18 26 (2.74%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.49%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (3.48%) Data Structures
4 28 (2.95%) Public Cloud
5 26 (2.74%) Algorithms
6 24 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
7 20 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 19 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.79%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.79%) Mobile App
9 17 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (0.95%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.95%) Mainframe
11 7 (0.74%) Client/Server
11 7 (0.74%) DataPower
11 7 (0.74%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.53%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 114 (12.03%) Linux
2 54 (5.70%) Unix
3 45 (4.75%) Windows
4 37 (3.90%) Android
5 14 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.95%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.74%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.21%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.21%) zOS
10 1 (0.11%) AIX
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (40.08%) Agile
2 252 (26.58%) DevOps
3 226 (23.84%) Software Engineering
4 222 (23.42%) CI/CD
5 193 (20.36%) Microservices
6 175 (18.46%) Test Automation
7 141 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
8 128 (13.50%) Scrum
9 123 (12.97%) Full Stack Development
10 109 (11.50%) TDD
11 95 (10.02%) SDLC
12 85 (8.97%) Unit Testing
13 74 (7.81%) Containerisation
14 71 (7.49%) OO
15 67 (7.07%) Computer Science
15 67 (7.07%) Continuous Integration
16 66 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
17 60 (6.33%) Technical Leadership
18 58 (6.12%) Data Modelling
19 53 (5.59%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 253 (26.69%) Python
2 181 (19.09%) JavaScript
3 164 (17.30%) SQL
4 89 (9.39%) TypeScript
5 76 (8.02%) C++
6 68 (7.17%) Scala
7 65 (6.86%) C
8 62 (6.54%) C#
9 42 (4.43%) Kotlin
10 31 (3.27%) PHP
11 27 (2.85%) Shell Script
12 25 (2.64%) Go
13 19 (2.00%) Perl
14 18 (1.90%) Bash
14 18 (1.90%) Groovy
15 15 (1.58%) Ruby
16 14 (1.48%) PowerShell
17 11 (1.16%) R
18 9 (0.95%) PL/SQL
19 6 (0.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 230 (24.26%) Security Cleared
2 130 (13.71%) SC Cleared
3 103 (10.86%) DV Cleared
4 59 (6.22%) Degree
5 38 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.53%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.42%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.32%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.32%) PhD
10 2 (0.21%) CISSP
10 2 (0.21%) IBM Certification
10 2 (0.21%) ISEB
10 2 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.11%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.59%) QA
2 38 (4.01%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.00%) MISRA
4 15 (1.58%) GDPR
5 13 (1.37%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
6 9 (0.95%) NIST
6 9 (0.95%) WCAG
7 6 (0.63%) Good Clinical Practice
7 6 (0.63%) GxP
8 5 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.32%) SLA
10 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 151 (15.93%) Docker
2 17 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.84%) Firmware
4 8 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.74%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.53%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (0.32%) HDFS
7 3 (0.32%) NFS
7 3 (0.32%) OpenAM
7 3 (0.32%) OpenIDM
7 3 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.21%) GPFS
8 2 (0.21%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.11%) ACF2
9 1 (0.11%) IAG
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) zsh
Systems Management
1 146 (15.40%) Kubernetes
2 93 (9.81%) Terraform
3 59 (6.22%) Ansible
4 39 (4.11%) Grafana
5 25 (2.64%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.00%) Docker Swarm
7 18 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.27%) Podman
9 11 (1.16%) Progress Chef
10 10 (1.05%) Kibana
10 10 (1.05%) SCCM
11 8 (0.84%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.84%) Zipkin
12 3 (0.32%) Nagios
12 3 (0.32%) Puppet
13 2 (0.21%) Istio
13 2 (0.21%) Veritas Storage Foundation
14 1 (0.11%) Anchore
14 1 (0.11%) Argo
14 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 75 (7.91%) Google
2 64 (6.75%) Microsoft
3 60 (6.33%) Oracle
4 24 (2.53%) IBM
5 18 (1.90%) SAP
6 14 (1.48%) Databricks
6 14 (1.48%) VMware
7 12 (1.27%) Atlassian
8 10 (1.05%) Informatica
9 9 (0.95%) Pega
10 8 (0.84%) Splunk
11 7 (0.74%) TSYS
11 7 (0.74%) Veeam
12 6 (0.63%) Adobe
12 6 (0.63%) AVEVA
12 6 (0.63%) Talend
13 5 (0.53%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.42%) Cisco
14 4 (0.42%) Sybase
14 4 (0.42%) Workday