Java EE Contracts in Reading

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Java EE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java EE 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 50 66 81
Rank change year-on-year +16 +15 -
Contract jobs citing Java EE 10 25 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.68% 2.10% 0.58%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.35% 12.50% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 15 6
10th Percentile - £571 £413
25th Percentile - £613 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +38.30% -
75th Percentile - £688 £537
90th Percentile - £720 £553
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £650 £470
% change year-on-year -23.00% +38.30% -10.48%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 136 200 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 22.78% 16.78% 21.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 131 173
10th Percentile £350 £325 £407
25th Percentile £409 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £680
90th Percentile £663 £675 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.71% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - £56.50 £72.76
25th Percentile - £56.65 £76.89
Median hourly rate £77.19 £58.30 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year +32.40% -26.38% +143.66%
75th Percentile - £61.60 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £77.19 £61.60 £78.75
% change year-on-year +25.31% -21.78% +20.23%

Java EE
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Java EE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Java EE in Reading

Java EE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java EE in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Java EE in Reading

Java EE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) AWS
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 10 (100.00%) GitLab
1 10 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 10 (100.00%) JIRA
1 10 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 10 (100.00%) Selenium
2 6 (60.00%) SonarQube
General
1 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Law
3 4 (40.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Java Engineer
1 9 (90.00%) Java Software Engineer
1 9 (90.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) REST
2 6 (60.00%) ARM Templates
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 10 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 10 (100.00%) DevOps
1 10 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 10 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (60.00%) Containerisation
2 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Ansible
1 6 (60.00%) Docker Swarm
1 6 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (60.00%) Podman
1 6 (60.00%) Terraform