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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 158 203
Rank change year-on-year -27 +45 +2
Contract jobs citing J2EE 1 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.022% 0.031% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.14% 0.19% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £450 £775 £535
% change year-on-year -41.94% +44.86% -7.84%

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 732 515 783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.78% 16.16% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 315 426
10th Percentile £304 £350 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £608
90th Percentile £665 £675 £678
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 45
10th Percentile £40.00 £55.38 £52.55
25th Percentile £46.25 £60.38 £55.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +0.81% -4.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.13 £73.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.87 £77.80
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +0.40% +13.64% -15.38%

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

J2EE
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
Thames Valley - 1 - - 4
Berkshire - 1 - - 4
J2EE
England

J2EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Appian
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) OO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle