J2SE Contracts in Glasgow

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring J2SE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited J2SE over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 - 79
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing J2SE 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.12% - 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.41% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Glasgow

J2SE 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 243 155 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 30.00% 21.23% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 114 119
10th Percentile £300 £325 £388
25th Percentile £404 £382 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £430 £510
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% -15.69% +2.00%
75th Percentile £548 £509 £581
90th Percentile £600 £619 £700
Scotland median daily rate £475 £460 £486
% change year-on-year +3.26% -5.40% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £51.38 £16.62
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.56 £21.80
Median hourly rate £55.00 £53.75 £30.45
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +76.55% -35.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £56.56 £39.09
90th Percentile - £57.13 £44.27
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £47.73
% change year-on-year - +15.23% +0.48%

J2SE
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing J2SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for J2SE in Glasgow

J2SE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing J2SE in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for J2SE in Glasgow

J2SE
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase