J2EE Contract Job Trends in the North West

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring J2EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 122 127
Rank change year-on-year -29 +5 +41
Contract jobs citing J2EE 1 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.036% 0.15% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.17% 0.76% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £516
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £540
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.82%
75th Percentile £738 - £567
90th Percentile - - £577
England median daily rate £449 £775 £540
% change year-on-year -42.13% +43.52% -8.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 603 397 544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 21.79% 19.32% 19.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 278 419
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £392 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £652
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 4 28
10th Percentile £52.50 - £43.40
25th Percentile £53.75 £65.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.75 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +3.32% +46.71% +2.99%
75th Percentile £77.50 £74.38 £72.03
90th Percentile £94.00 £82.25 £79.43
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing J2EE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

J2EE job vacancy trend in the North West

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing J2EE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing J2EE

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing J2EE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing J2EE

J2EE
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
Cheshire -20 1 £725 - 2
J2EE
England

J2EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (100.00%) Mule
1 1 (100.00%) Mule ESB
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle