J2EE Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring J2EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 88 109
Rank change year-on-year - +21 +20
Contract jobs citing J2EE 0 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England - 0.081% 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.55% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £315
25th Percentile - - £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -34.43%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - £525
England median daily rate £435 £590 £535
% change year-on-year -26.27% +10.28% -10.83%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 275 183 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.78% 14.73% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 97 128
10th Percentile £363 £290 £300
25th Percentile £425 £310 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £500 £600
90th Percentile £780 £620 £675
England median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 13 12
10th Percentile £39.80 £44.50 £18.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £62.50 £42.98
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +20.37% -16.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £65.44
90th Percentile £75.13 £67.50 £69.68
England median hourly rate £59.75 £65.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -8.08% +22.64% -18.46%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

J2EE job vacancy trend in the East of England

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing J2EE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing J2EE

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing J2EE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing J2EE