Jakarta EE Contract Job Trends in the South East

Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE, J2EE)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Jakarta EE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 140 156
Rank change year-on-year -85 +16 +45
Contract jobs citing Jakarta EE 1 16 40
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.015% 0.47% 0.74%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 2.78% 5.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 26
10th Percentile - - £494
25th Percentile - £500 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £501 £638
Median % change year-on-year - -21.49% +21.43%
75th Percentile - £541 £669
90th Percentile - £614 £688
England median daily rate £588 £421 £550
% change year-on-year +39.71% -23.55% +3.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

Jakarta 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 952 575 778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.48% 16.88% 14.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 397 529
10th Percentile £321 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -5.71% +0.96%
75th Percentile £623 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £636 £666
England median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.91% -5.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 22 39
10th Percentile £38.25 £21.48 £33.40
25th Percentile £53.13 £33.68 £56.58
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -18.83% -1.44%
75th Percentile - £56.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.63 £58.75 £75.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -0.86% -7.20%

Jakarta EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Jakarta EE job vacancy trend in the South East

Jakarta EE
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Jakarta EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Jakarta EE
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 Jakarta EE within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Berkshire -39 1 - - 1
Thames Valley -54 1 - - 1
Jakarta EE
England

Jakarta EE
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%) 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