J2SE Contracts in Scotland

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring J2SE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited J2SE over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 - 166
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing J2SE 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.058% - 0.073%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% - 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
UK median daily rate £500 - £625
% change year-on-year - - -12.28%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

J2SE 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 410 415 638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 23.62% 20.54% 23.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 289 465
10th Percentile £310 £345 £393
25th Percentile £408 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -3.65% -4.00%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £621
UK median daily rate £510 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.99% -1.36% -1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £33.58 £18.90
25th Percentile £52.50 £44.94 £27.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £53.75 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +12.61% +0.48%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.50 £59.03
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +14.42%

J2SE
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing J2SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for J2SE in Scotland

J2SE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing J2SE in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for J2SE in Scotland

J2SE
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Glasgow - 1 £500 -
J2SE
UK

J2SE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase