Jakarta EE Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE, J2EE)
Central London > City of London

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

 6 months to
21 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 - 121
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing Jakarta EE 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.13% - 0.097%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.54% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £520 - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £620 - -
Central London median daily rate £550 £368 £525
% change year-on-year +49.66% -30.00% -12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 555 521 557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 23.76% 28.42% 26.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 334 373
10th Percentile £419 £401 £425
25th Percentile £475 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £578 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -3.75% -1.76%
75th Percentile £678 £675 £710
90th Percentile £775 £763 £825
Central London median daily rate £567 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.35% -4.09% -2.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £22.51 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £31.03 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% - -
75th Percentile £43.00 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £62.20 £86.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £42.00 £62.50 £25.79
% change year-on-year -32.80% +142.34% -49.92%

Jakarta EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Jakarta EE job vacancy trend in the City of London

Jakarta EE
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Jakarta EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Jakarta EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 (33.33%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub Copilot
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Backend Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) JDBC
2 1 (33.33%) JMS
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) LDAP
2 1 (33.33%) OAuth
2 1 (33.33%) OpenID
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
2 1 (33.33%) SAML
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OOP
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) SOA
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) Workday
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