Java EE Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Java EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Java EE 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.39% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £415 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £430 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 70 20 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 27.56% 20.62% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 15 1
10th Percentile £418 £435 -
25th Percentile £453 £448 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +9.00% -5.12%
75th Percentile £538 £567 £525
90th Percentile £560 £571 -
West Midlands median daily rate £505 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -8.18% +15.79% -9.52%

Java EE
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Java EE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Java EE job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Java EE
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Java EE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Java EE

Java EE
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Telford - 1 £430 - 1
Java EE
West Midlands

Java EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility