J2EE Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring J2EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 51 53
Rank change year-on-year -20 +2 +11
Contract jobs citing J2EE 1 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% 0.69% 0.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.66% 4.17% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £516
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £540
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.82%
75th Percentile £738 - £567
90th Percentile - - £577
North West median daily rate £725 - £540
% change year-on-year - - -1.82%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cheshire

J2EE 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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 152 72 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 23.21% 16.67% 8.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 52 32
10th Percentile £350 £303 £289
25th Percentile £358 £356 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £398 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -20.45% -
75th Percentile £515 £550 £538
90th Percentile £685 £638 £574
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £71.25 -
25th Percentile £95.75 £73.13 £10.75
Median hourly rate £96.50 £77.50 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.52% +573.91% -
75th Percentile £97.25 £83.13 £12.25
90th Percentile - £85.75 -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 £67.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +3.32% +46.71% +2.99%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing J2EE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

J2EE job vacancy trend in Cheshire

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing J2EE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing J2EE

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing J2EE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing J2EE

J2EE
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 22 February 2026. 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
Chester -9 1 £725 - 2
J2EE
North West

J2EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Mule
1 1 (100.00%) Mule ESB
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle