Java Engineer
UK
The median Java Engineer daily rate in the UK is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 337 | 468 | 363 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +131 | -105 | +35 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer | 252 | 221 | 638 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.59% | 0.39% | 0.73% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.63% | 0.42% | 0.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 167 | 161 | 506 |
| 10th Percentile | £416 | £419 | £439 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £489 | £528 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £588 | £625 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.00% | +4.17% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £850 | £725 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £888 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £530 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | -11.67% | +26.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 16 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £67.50 | £47.98 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £60.91 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £65.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.87% | +0.77% | +30.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £70.30 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £65.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.87% | +0.77% | +52.94% |
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 | 39,969 | 53,015 | 83,520 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.83% | 94.58% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,870 | 37,031 | 58,844 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +10.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,841 | 1,476 | 1,963 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +83.67% | +12.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.33 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.13 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
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 1 June 2024.
Java Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java Engineer.
Java Engineer
Top 12 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 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 |
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| England | +119 | 211 | £638 | +2.00% | 102 |
| London | +111 | 130 | £750 | +15.38% | 53 |
| Work from Home | +148 | 128 | £710 | +9.23% | 77 |
| UK excluding London | +65 | 95 | £500 | -5.66% | 66 |
| South East | +31 | 30 | £625 | +15.74% | 7 |
| South West | +4 | 24 | £475 | +5.56% | 21 |
| Scotland | +45 | 16 | £435 | +24.29% | 9 |
| North of England | +20 | 13 | £500 | -25.93% | 14 |
| East of England | +10 | 11 | £534 | -3.78% | 3 |
| North West | +24 | 10 | £525 | -1.41% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 3 | £425 | -12.37% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 1 | £600 | +4.35% | 9 |
Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 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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