Java Engineer
UK
The median Java Engineer daily rate in the UK is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 347 | 458 | 373 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +111 | -85 | +11 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Java Engineer | 236 | 241 | 636 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.55% | 0.42% | 0.72% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.60% | 0.44% | 0.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 158 | 179 | 506 |
| 10th Percentile | £421 | £424 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £492 | £531 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £588 | £600 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.08% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £850 | £712 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £888 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £540 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.41% | -10.00% | +26.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £67.50 | £50.93 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £69.38 | £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 | £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% | +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 | 39,468 | 54,175 | 84,246 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.61% | 95.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,716 | 37,826 | 59,224 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +8.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,674 | 1,504 | 2,051 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.82 |
| 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 | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +4.19% |
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 20 May 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 20 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 | +122 | 200 | £600 | - | 140 |
| London | +100 | 122 | £725 | +11.54% | 82 |
| Work from Home | +127 | 118 | £710 | +10.29% | 86 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 90 | £500 | -7.41% | 96 |
| South East | +44 | 31 | £648 | +18.81% | 27 |
| South West | +2 | 20 | £475 | +5.56% | 18 |
| Scotland | +47 | 14 | £438 | +25.00% | 13 |
| North of England | +25 | 13 | £500 | -21.57% | 16 |
| East of England | +16 | 11 | £534 | -3.78% | 3 |
| North West | +20 | 10 | £525 | -16.00% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 3 | £425 | -17.87% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 1 | £600 | +17.07% | 10 |
Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 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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