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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 127 149
Rank change year-on-year - +22 +46
Contract jobs citing J2EE 0 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London - 0.096% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.40% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £485
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +3.36%
75th Percentile - - £650
90th Percentile - - £705
Central London median daily rate £368 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -30.00% -12.50% +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 431 503 784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.46% 24.19% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 323 517
10th Percentile £402 £425 £413
25th Percentile £453 £506 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £675 £722 £738
90th Percentile £744 £835 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £600 £620
% change year-on-year -4.17% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £63.75 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £38.50 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.81% -27.36% +11.58%
75th Percentile £82.50 £40.25 -
90th Percentile £86.25 - -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £32.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +94.43% -39.35% +11.58%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing J2EE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for J2EE 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