J2EE Contract Job Trends in the South East

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring J2EE 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 - 164 202
Rank change year-on-year - +38 +28
Contract jobs citing J2EE 0 17 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - 0.40% 0.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 2.47% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 5
10th Percentile - £450 £485
25th Percentile - £550 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile - £650 £613
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £368 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -33.18% +3.00% -7.13%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

J2EE 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 614 689 860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.86% 16.25% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 450 560
10th Percentile £276 £324 £313
25th Percentile £375 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £568 £630 £625
90th Percentile £625 £671 £681
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 41
10th Percentile £17.06 £38.50 £50.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £61.60 £54.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £58.59
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.67% -9.86%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £73.71
90th Percentile £73.00 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £55.56
% change year-on-year -16.92% +16.99% -14.52%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing J2EE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

J2EE job vacancy trend in the South East

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing J2EE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing J2EE

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing J2EE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing J2EE