Jakarta EE Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE, J2EE)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Jakarta EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 63 41
Rank change year-on-year -9 -22 +12
Contract jobs citing Jakarta EE 2 9 17
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.26% 1.54% 3.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.92% 6.08% 22.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 16
10th Percentile £634 £318 £345
25th Percentile £647 £370 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £402 £394
Median % change year-on-year +71.02% +2.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £722 £413 £489
90th Percentile £731 £447 £609
North West median daily rate £700 £402 £438
% change year-on-year +74.13% -8.11% -10.26%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cheshire

Jakarta EE 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 104 148 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 13.30% 25.30% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 120 60
10th Percentile £361 £313 £311
25th Percentile £408 £350 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £385 £445
Median % change year-on-year +30.04% -13.60% -19.09%
75th Percentile £619 £458 £508
90th Percentile £682 £550 £620
North West median daily rate £525 £447 £500
% change year-on-year +17.45% -10.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £34.00 -
25th Percentile - £40.00 £10.75
Median hourly rate - £51.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year - +343.48% -
75th Percentile - £61.00 £12.25
90th Percentile - £66.40 -
North West median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £67.25
% change year-on-year +7.14% +4.09% +45.63%

Jakarta EE
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Jakarta EE job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Jakarta EE
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Jakarta EE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Jakarta EE

Jakarta EE
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Jakarta EE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Jakarta EE

Jakarta EE
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 Jakarta EE within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 July 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 -10 2 £688 -
Jakarta EE
North West

Jakarta EE
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 2 (100.00%) Mule
1 2 (100.00%) Mule ESB
2 1 (50.00%) JBoss
2 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
2 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Epics
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle