J2EE Contracts in Glasgow

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 77 81
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 -17
Contract jobs citing J2EE 9 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.13% 0.57% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.21% 2.48% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 3
10th Percentile £280 - -
25th Percentile £342 £410 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% -12.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £420 - £538
90th Percentile £434 £446 £545
Scotland median daily rate £404 £450 £575
% change year-on-year -10.22% -21.74% +15.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 214 202 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 26.82% 23.03% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 130 115
10th Percentile £313 £350 £388
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £458 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% -11.97% +10.34%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £650
90th Percentile £601 £626 £738
Scotland median daily rate £471 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year - +15.23% -3.65%
Scotland median hourly rate - £53.75 £59.03
% change year-on-year - -8.94% +24.93%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for J2EE in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for J2EE in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing J2EE in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for J2EE in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for J2EE in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (22.22%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) JBoss
2 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
2 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
2 1 (11.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe Analytics
1 2 (22.22%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) DB2
1 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (11.11%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
2 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Back Office
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Front Office
3 1 (11.11%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Java Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Database Developer
3 1 (11.11%) J2EE Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Middleware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Middleware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Kafka
1 4 (44.44%) Spring Boot
2 3 (33.33%) Middleware
2 3 (33.33%) REST
2 3 (33.33%) SOAP
3 2 (22.22%) CSS
3 2 (22.22%) HTML
3 2 (22.22%) Spring
4 1 (11.11%) Ext JS
4 1 (11.11%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (22.22%) Data Structures
2 2 (22.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) Derivative
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Unix
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Microservices
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (33.33%) SDLC
3 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 3 (33.33%) Workflow
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) API Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Content Management
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
4 2 (22.22%) Front End Development
4 2 (22.22%) OO
4 2 (22.22%) OOD
4 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 3 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) DocuSign
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) Adobe
2 2 (22.22%) Google
2 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
3 1 (11.11%) Avaloq
3 1 (11.11%) Dynatrace
3 1 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) Sybase
3 1 (11.11%) Temenos