J2EE Contracts in Edinburgh

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 73 87
Rank change year-on-year - +14 +32
Contract jobs citing J2EE 0 3 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh - 0.37% 1.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 1.76% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 13
10th Percentile - - £384
25th Percentile - £663 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +17.39% +6.48%
75th Percentile - £688 £688
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £352 £440 £575
% change year-on-year -20.00% -23.48% +15.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 155 170 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 24.60% 20.78% 29.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 112 280
10th Percentile £401 £325 £406
25th Percentile £426 £430 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £489 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +0.31% -2.50%
75th Percentile £525 £625 £538
90th Percentile £600 £723 £625
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £488
% change year-on-year - -2.56% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £40.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £55.00 £53.38
% change year-on-year - +3.03% +13.57%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing J2EE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for J2EE in Edinburgh

J2EE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing J2EE in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for J2EE in Edinburgh

J2EE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing J2EE in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for J2EE in Edinburgh