Jakarta EE Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE, J2EE)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 155 101 104
Rank change year-on-year -54 +3 +38
Contract jobs citing Jakarta EE 1 13 29
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.031% 0.78% 1.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.22% 4.21% 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 16
10th Percentile - - £450
25th Percentile - £500 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £501 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -23.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £501 £688
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate - £501 £638
% change year-on-year - -21.49% +21.43%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 447 309 400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.75% 18.65% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 209 282
10th Percentile £358 £325 £360
25th Percentile £431 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +2.69%
75th Percentile £607 £575 £619
90th Percentile £670 £638 £652
South East median daily rate £525 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +6.06% -5.71% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 12
10th Percentile £29.07 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £43.83 £17.05 £56.65
Median hourly rate £73.17 £27.76 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +163.56% -54.94% +2.67%
75th Percentile £84.34 £32.53 -
90th Percentile £87.16 £56.65 -
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +40.00% -18.83% -1.44%

Jakarta EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Jakarta EE job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Jakarta EE
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Jakarta EE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Jakarta EE

Jakarta EE
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Jakarta EE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Jakarta EE

Jakarta EE
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Jakarta EE
South East

Jakarta EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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