Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring J2SE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited J2SE over the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 366 | - | 424 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +100 |
| Contract jobs citing J2SE | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 0.007% | - | 0.009% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.035% | - | 0.050% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | - | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -12.28% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London
J2SE 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 UK excluding London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 2,822 | 3,087 | 3,966 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 18.47% | 16.76% | 17.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,899 | 2,005 | 2,884 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.00% | - | -2.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £613 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £700 | £688 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | - | -2.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 124 | 212 | 101 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £25.60 | £37.55 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.00 | £43.00 | £46.18 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.25 | £57.28 | £58.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.79% | -2.24% | +0.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.63 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.71 | £74.00 | £77.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £54.44 | £50.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.88% | -16.67% | +4.35% |
J2SE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing J2SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
J2SE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing J2SE in the UK excluding London.
J2SE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing J2SE in the UK excluding London.
J2SE
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 August 2025. 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 |
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| Scotland | - | 1 | £500 | - | |
| J2SE UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:
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