J2SE Contracts in London

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 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 351 - 483
Rank change year-on-year - - +76
Contract jobs citing J2SE 2 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.016% - 0.037%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.061% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £561
25th Percentile - - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.75%
75th Percentile - - £763
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate - - £586
% change year-on-year - - -17.75%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,271 4,464 7,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.07% 25.04% 27.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,298 3,349 5,511
10th Percentile £385 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £459 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £725 £700 £730
90th Percentile £838 £825 £813
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 26 40
10th Percentile £33.25 £16.25 £30.68
25th Percentile £36.06 £23.90 £37.84
Median hourly rate £52.50 £37.17 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.24% -43.68% +35.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £68.50 £76.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

J2SE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for J2SE in London

J2SE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for J2SE in London

J2SE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing J2SE in London.

Hourly rate trend for J2SE in London

J2SE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Junior
2 1 (50.00%) Junior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Straight-Through Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Enablement
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#