Senior J2EE Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior J2EE Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior J2EE Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior J2EE Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
UK median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 24,866 13,455 18,343
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 90.58% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,143 8,292 11,169
10th Percentile £305 £215 £214
25th Percentile £408 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £599
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,874 1,150 2,088
10th Percentile £15.07 £13.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.53 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.81
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -39.85% +5.65%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £44.10 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +75.33% -37.13% -6.98%

Senior J2EE Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior J2EE Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior J2EE Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior J2EE Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior J2EE Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior J2EE Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior J2EE Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior J2EE Developer
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 Senior J2EE Developer within the UK excluding London 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
North West - 1 £600 -
North of England - 1 £600 -
Senior J2EE Developer
UK

Senior J2EE Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 July 2026, Senior J2EE Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior J2EE Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Jakarta EE
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot

Senior J2EE Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Jakarta EE
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java