J2EE Contracts in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring J2EE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited J2EE over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 112 117
Rank change year-on-year +27 +5 +21
Contract jobs citing J2EE 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.18% 0.052% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.14% 0.34% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £315
25th Percentile - - £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 £400
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +50.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - £525
England median daily rate £447 £534 £540
% change year-on-year -16.29% -1.11% -4.00%

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 175 298 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.16% 15.47% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 145 178
10th Percentile £325 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -5.50% -1.89%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 64 15
10th Percentile £61.25 - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -25.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.50 £66.25 £73.75
England median hourly rate £60.00 £58.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.18% -10.54% +23.81%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing J2EE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for J2EE in the East of England

J2EE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing J2EE in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for J2EE in the East of England

J2EE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing J2EE in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for J2EE in the East of England

J2EE
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the East of England region over the 6 months to 30 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 2 £400 - 3
J2EE
England

J2EE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GxP
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) LabWare
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) SAP