Java EE Contracts in Scotland

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 105 124 154
Rank change year-on-year +19 +30 -1
Contract jobs citing Java EE 11 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.23% 0.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.85% 1.07% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 7
10th Percentile £269 £425 £434
25th Percentile £273 £439 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £478 £479
Median % change year-on-year -41.41% -0.31% +9.49%
75th Percentile £300 £514 £499
90th Percentile £301 £528 £542
UK median daily rate £331 £638 £500
% change year-on-year -48.04% +27.50% -9.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 386 467 691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 23.75% 21.06% 24.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 302 527
10th Percentile £348 £328 £406
25th Percentile £408 £411 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £549
90th Percentile £600 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £33.58 £49.99
25th Percentile - £44.94 £53.38
Median hourly rate - £53.75 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year - -8.94% +24.93%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £64.52
90th Percentile - - £67.81
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Java EE
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Java EE in Scotland

Java EE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Java EE in Scotland

Java EE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java EE in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Java EE in Scotland

Java EE
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 Java EE within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 8 £300 -
Java EE
UK

Java EE
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (81.82%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) Oracle Database
2 1 (9.09%) DB2
2 1 (9.09%) MongoDB
2 1 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 1 (9.09%) RDBMS
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Git
1 10 (90.91%) Subversion
2 9 (81.82%) JIRA
2 9 (81.82%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (81.82%) PVCS
3 1 (9.09%) Cucumber
3 1 (9.09%) JUnit
3 1 (9.09%) Mercurial
3 1 (9.09%) Selenium
General
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Finance
1 1 (9.09%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
2 9 (81.82%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 1 (9.09%) ETL Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Java Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Java Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Java Server Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Java Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle ETL Developer
4 1 (9.09%) PL/SQL Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Server Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Spring
2 1 (9.09%) DOM
2 1 (9.09%) EJB
2 1 (9.09%) JAX-RS
2 1 (9.09%) JDBC
2 1 (9.09%) JMS
2 1 (9.09%) JPA
2 1 (9.09%) JSON
2 1 (9.09%) Kafka
2 1 (9.09%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
2 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Data Modelling
1 9 (81.82%) ETL
1 9 (81.82%) Technical Analysis
1 9 (81.82%) Unit Testing
2 8 (72.73%) ETL Development
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) OO
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Concurrent Programming
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Low Latency
4 1 (9.09%) Microservices
4 1 (9.09%) Multithreading
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Push Notifications
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Java
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) C
2 9 (81.82%) PL/SQL
2 9 (81.82%) ProC
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Sybase