Jakarta EE Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Jakarta EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 133 131
Rank change year-on-year -50 -2 -
Contract jobs citing Jakarta EE 4 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.086% 0.29% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.59% 1.55% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £412 £266 £481
25th Percentile £412 £276 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £303 £538
Median % change year-on-year +40.88% -43.63% -
75th Percentile £446 £326 £591
90th Percentile £446 £334 £604
England median daily rate £588 £421 £550
% change year-on-year +39.71% -23.55% +3.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 675 451 435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.59% 18.85% 15.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 326 300
10th Percentile £356 £278 £310
25th Percentile £413 £368 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £522 £612
90th Percentile £645 £608 £701
England median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.91% -5.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 16
10th Percentile £16.31 £31.46 £12.51
25th Percentile £26.88 £33.91 £19.86
Median hourly rate £58.00 £50.00 £33.71
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +48.32% -20.68%
75th Percentile £64.19 - £55.31
90th Percentile £74.88 - £58.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -0.86% -7.20%

Jakarta EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Jakarta EE job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Jakarta EE
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Jakarta EE

Jakarta EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Jakarta EE

Jakarta EE
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
East Midlands -15 3 £424 +39.85%
West Midlands -53 1 £430 -
Jakarta EE
England

Jakarta EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) J2EE Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) OSGi
1 3 (75.00%) RESTful
2 1 (25.00%) Spring
2 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (75.00%) Data Privacy
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (75.00%) Microservices
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (75.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft