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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 86 112
Rank change year-on-year -16 +26 +23
Contract jobs citing J2EE 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.13% 0.079% 0.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.71% 0.53% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £315
25th Percentile - - £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -34.43%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - £525
England median daily rate £368 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -33.18% +2.80% -6.96%

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 283 187 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 18.85% 14.76% 12.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 97 134
10th Percentile £363 £290 £300
25th Percentile £425 £310 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £475 £600
90th Percentile £760 £593 £684
England median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 14 13
10th Percentile £40.75 £26.00 £20.48
25th Percentile £43.00 £62.50 £43.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year - +17.12% -14.62%
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile £75.13 £67.50 £69.35
England median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -13.46% +18.18% -15.38%

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

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 18 November 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 -
J2EE
England

J2EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

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