J2EE Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring J2EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 123 143
Rank change year-on-year - +20 +55
Contract jobs citing J2EE 0 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London - 0.094% 0.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.39% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £424
25th Percentile - - £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +3.36%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - £640
Central London median daily rate £368 £535 £600
% change year-on-year -31.31% -10.83% +3.36%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 414 518 694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.45% 24.45% 24.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 316 469
10th Percentile £400 £403 £400
25th Percentile £463 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £708 £713
90th Percentile £762 £838 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £620
% change year-on-year -8.33% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £63.75 - £46.93
25th Percentile £67.50 £36.75 £47.94
Median hourly rate £75.00 £38.50 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year +94.81% -23.38% -15.90%
75th Percentile £82.50 £40.25 £51.94
90th Percentile £86.25 - £52.58
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £38.50 £50.25
% change year-on-year +62.34% -23.38% -15.90%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

J2EE job vacancy trend in the City of London

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing J2EE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing J2EE

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing J2EE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing J2EE