Java Persistence API (JPA)
South West > Dorset
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring JPA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing JPA | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Dorset | - | - | 1.63% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | - | 12.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £397 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £398 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £375 | £525 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.57% | +31.25% | -23.81% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Dorset
JPA 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 Dorset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 34 | 39 | 24 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset | 25.00% | 39.80% | 13.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 27 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £362 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £442 | £399 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £384 | £550 | £493 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.18% | +11.68% | -10.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £409 | £675 | £544 |
| 90th Percentile | £500 | £713 | £769 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £61.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +24.88% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £48.72 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +33.42% | -25.05% |
JPA
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JPA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
