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Contract Job Market Index
DescriptionRank
6 Months to
Rank
YoY Change
Median
Daily Rate
Median Daily Rate
YoY Change
Historical
Absolute & Relative
Jobs Vacancies
Live
Jobs
Java45Down 19 places-19£575-8.00%109 5.32%19
Java Servlet143New entry-£350-1 0.049%
Java Engineer137Down 23 places-23£333-24.00%7 0.34%2
Java Developer117Down 38 places-38£675+14.40%27 1.32%3
Java Architect141New entry-£575-3 0.15%
Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE, J2EE)143New entry-£525-1 0.049%
Senior Java Engineer142Down 24 places-24£433-19.44%2 0.098%
Senior Java Developer127Down 10 places-10£763+23.98%17 0.83%
Java Persistence API (JPA)139Down 22 places-22£675+50.00%5 0.24%
Full-Stack Java Developer142New entry-£530-2 0.098%1
Lead Java Developer142Down 27 places-27--2 0.098%
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)142Down 24 places-24£805+49.76%2 0.098%
Java Messaging Service (JMS)143New entry---1 0.049%
Java Solutions Architect143New entry-£575-1 0.049%
Senior Java Architect143New entry-£550-1 0.049%
Investment Banking Java Developer141New entry-£650-3 0.15%
Core Java Developer143New entry---1 0.049%