Java EE Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 140 161
Rank change year-on-year +25 +21 -26
Contract jobs citing Java EE 25 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.93% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.54% 1.21% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 8
10th Percentile £571 £413 -
25th Percentile £613 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £470 £525
Median % change year-on-year +38.30% -10.48% -
75th Percentile £688 £537 £538
90th Percentile £720 £553 -
South East median daily rate £650 £470 £525
% change year-on-year +38.30% -10.48% +10.53%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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 382 496 608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.14% 16.93% 17.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 354 440
10th Percentile £325 £366 £350
25th Percentile £425 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.29% +14.06%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £588
90th Percentile £674 £693 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 5
10th Percentile £56.58 £52.90 £30.50
25th Percentile £56.65 £75.06 £35.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £78.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.78% +20.23% +69.03%
75th Percentile - £80.25 £68.25
90th Percentile £62.00 £80.48 £75.54
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +55.56% +8.43%

Java EE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Java EE in the Thames Valley

Java EE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java EE in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Java EE in the Thames Valley

Java EE
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Java EE in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Java EE in the Thames Valley

Java EE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Java EE in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Java EE in the Thames Valley

Java 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 Java EE within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 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
Berkshire +6 25 £650 +38.30% 3
Java EE
South East

Java EE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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