Jakarta EE Contract Job Trends in England

Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE, J2EE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Jakarta EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 477 422
Rank change year-on-year -124 -55 +35
Contract jobs citing Jakarta EE 41 51 110
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.088% 0.18% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.41% 0.70% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 36 82
10th Percentile £425 £273 £374
25th Percentile £488 £348 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £384 £535
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -28.22% +0.19%
75th Percentile £700 £475 £602
90th Percentile £750 £585 £650
UK median daily rate £550 £400 £530
% change year-on-year +37.50% -24.53% +2.91%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Jakarta EE 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 England.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,077 7,281 7,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.58% 25.63% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,652 4,908 5,115
10th Percentile £381 £356 £363
25th Percentile £447 £413 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% -5.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £734 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 167 140
10th Percentile £33.11 £31.25 £27.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £54.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.07% -16.92% +13.04%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.00 £73.20 £71.73
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.72 £64.18
% change year-on-year +28.15% -20.97% +10.18%

Jakarta EE Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Jakarta EE job vacancy trend in England

Jakarta EE Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jakarta EE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jakarta EE

Jakarta EE Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Jakarta EE in England over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Jakarta EE in England

Jakarta EE Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jakarta EE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jakarta EE

Jakarta EE Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Jakarta EE within the England region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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
London -90 27 £550 +49.66% 34
North of England -73 9 £650 +18.18% 3
North West -57 6 £650 +30.39% 3
Yorkshire -35 3 - -
South East - 3 £453 -
East Midlands -19 1 - -
Midlands -53 1 - - 6
South West - 1 - - 2
Jakarta EE
UK

Jakarta EE Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Spring73.2%30
2Spring Boot53.7%22
3REST36.6%15
4RESTful22.0%9
5JDBC17.1%7
5JMS17.1%7
7CSS12.2%5
7Hibernate12.2%5
7HTML12.2%5
7Java SE12.2%5
7Web Services12.2%5
12AngularJS9.8%4
12JPA9.8%4
12React9.8%4
12Spring MVC9.8%4
16J2SE7.3%3
16Middleware7.3%3
18EJB4.9%2
18FreeMarker4.9%2
18HTML54.9%2