Java EE Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Java EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 132 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Contract jobs citing Java EE 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.035% 0.11% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.17% 0.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £481 -
25th Percentile £415 £491 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £445 £591 -
90th Percentile - £604 -
England median daily rate £449 £394 £575
% change year-on-year +13.97% -31.52% -5.74%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

Java 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 603 474 469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 21.22% 17.79% 16.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 288 350
10th Percentile £317 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £595 £570
90th Percentile £671 £725 £676
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 2 5
10th Percentile £25.56 £19.33 £17.28
25th Percentile £30.56 £26.94 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.25 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.34% -0.59% +116.12%
75th Percentile - £59.94 £56.00
90th Percentile - £68.98 £61.40
England median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £55.56
% change year-on-year -16.92% +16.99% -14.52%

Java EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Java EE job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Java EE
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Java EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Java 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 Java EE within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. 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
West Midlands - 1 £430 - 2
Java EE
England

Java 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility