Java EE Contracts in the South East

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Java EE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Java EE over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 213 243
Rank change year-on-year +38 +30 -57
Contract jobs citing Java EE 25 13 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.45% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.42% 1.24% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 12
10th Percentile £571 £413 £488
25th Percentile £613 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £470 £525
Median % change year-on-year +38.30% -10.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £688 £537 £538
90th Percentile £720 £553 £628
England median daily rate £650 £503 £585
% change year-on-year +29.30% -14.07% +8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 5
10th Percentile - £67.00 £45.50
25th Percentile - £72.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% -23.66%
75th Percentile - - £65.50
90th Percentile - - £65.52
England median hourly rate - £75.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% -23.66%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

Java EE is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 730 1,052 1,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.21% 18.05% 19.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 749 1,028
10th Percentile £313 £363 £354
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £600
90th Percentile £667 £725 £673
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 36 41
10th Percentile £35.00 £39.75 £21.00
25th Percentile £56.13 £54.38 £31.25
Median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +55.56% +4.05%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.72 £67.80
England median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

Java EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Java EE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Java EE in the South East

Java EE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java EE in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Java EE in the South East

Java EE
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java EE in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Java EE in the South East

Java EE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java EE in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Java EE in the South East

Java 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 Java EE within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +27 25 £650 +38.30% 1
Berkshire +14 25 £650 +38.30% 1
Java EE
England

Java EE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (52.00%) AWS
1 13 (52.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 25 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 25 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 25 (100.00%) Selenium
2 24 (96.00%) REST Assured
2 24 (96.00%) SonarQube
3 13 (52.00%) GitLab
3 13 (52.00%) JIRA
General
1 25 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 25 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (80.00%) Law
3 13 (52.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Java Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Senior
3 6 (24.00%) Java Software Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) Software Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Java Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Java Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Java Software Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Architect
6 3 (12.00%) Java Architect
6 3 (12.00%) Java Technical Architect
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Java Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Technical Architect
7 2 (8.00%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (100.00%) REST
2 12 (48.00%) ARM Templates
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 25 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 25 (100.00%) DevOps
1 25 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 25 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 25 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 25 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 22 (88.00%) Software Engineering
3 13 (52.00%) Configuration Management
3 13 (52.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 12 (48.00%) Containerisation
5 9 (36.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 25 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 12 (48.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (96.00%) Ansible
2 13 (52.00%) Terraform
3 12 (48.00%) Docker Swarm
3 12 (48.00%) Kubernetes
3 12 (48.00%) Podman