Jakarta EE Contract Job Trends in Chester

Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE, J2EE)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Jakarta EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Jakarta EE 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.23% 1.43% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.29% 6.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £634 - -
25th Percentile £647 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 - -
75th Percentile £722 - -
90th Percentile £731 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £688 £402 £394
% change year-on-year +71.02% +2.10% +5.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 14 15 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 8.59% 21.43% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile - £555 £327
25th Percentile £563 £600 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £635 £509
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +24.82% -3.10%
75th Percentile £691 £725 £628
90th Percentile £719 £733 £694
Cheshire median daily rate £509 £384 £445
% change year-on-year +32.55% -13.71% -19.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate - £51.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year - +343.48% -

Jakarta EE
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Jakarta EE job vacancy trend in Chester

Jakarta EE
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Jakarta EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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