Jakarta EE Contract Job Trends in the North West

Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE, J2EE)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 168 114 109
Rank change year-on-year -54 -5 +42
Contract jobs citing Jakarta EE 5 12 20
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.14% 0.56% 0.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.79% 2.65% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 19
10th Percentile £610 £340 £358
25th Percentile £625 £380 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £402 £438
Median % change year-on-year +74.13% -8.11% -10.26%
75th Percentile - £447 £528
90th Percentile £723 £537 £582
England median daily rate £588 £421 £550
% change year-on-year +39.71% -23.55% +3.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 632 453 410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 17.14% 21.14% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 345 294
10th Percentile £368 £324 £326
25th Percentile £418 £378 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £447 £498
Median % change year-on-year +17.45% -10.15% -4.33%
75th Percentile £623 £545 £600
90th Percentile £690 £625 £825
England median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.91% -5.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 4 12
10th Percentile £52.62 £42.00 £36.99
25th Percentile £65.38 £60.00 £45.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +4.09% +45.63%
75th Percentile £77.50 £74.69 £72.03
90th Percentile £95.00 £83.13 £72.50
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 North West

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

Jakarta EE job vacancy trend in the North West

Jakarta EE
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Jakarta EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Jakarta EE
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 Jakarta EE within the North West 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
Manchester -36 3 £700 +28.79%
Cheshire -16 2 £688 +71.02%
Jakarta EE
England

Jakarta EE
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 2 (40.00%) Mule
1 2 (40.00%) Mule ESB
2 1 (20.00%) JBoss
2 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (40.00%) JUnit
2 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (20.00%) REST Assured
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Manager
2 1 (20.00%) AWS Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Engineering Manager
2 1 (20.00%) J2EE Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior J2EE Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Spring
1 3 (60.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (40.00%) JSON
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (40.00%) TDD
3 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Epics
4 1 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle