JSP Contract Job Trends

JavaServer Pages (JSP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring JSP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 538 523
Rank change year-on-year -105 -15 +48
Contract jobs citing JSP 23 15 40
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.046% 0.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.20% 0.18% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 12 30
10th Percentile £317 £382 £424
25th Percentile £322 £402 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -11.49% +0.43%
75th Percentile £688 £586 £683
90th Percentile £913 £620 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £322 £402 £450
% change year-on-year -19.90% -10.67% -19.86%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

JSP 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 11,706 8,375 9,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.63% 25.62% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,684 5,617 6,367
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £435 £413 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.53% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 179 187
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.15 £25.60
25th Percentile £49.00 £41.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -1.44%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.40 £74.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +8.33%

JSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

JSP job vacancy trend in the UK

JSP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSP

JSP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSP over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JSP in the UK

JSP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSP

JSP
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSP within the UK over the 6 months to 14 September 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
England -115 15 £550 +17.65% 30
UK excluding London -95 11 £322 -19.90% 10
London -79 10 £588 +12.98% 17
Work from Home -58 8 £322 -48.06% 59
Scotland - 6 £322 -
North of England -78 2 - - 3
East of England - 2 £509 - 4
Yorkshire - 2 - -
South West - 1 - -

JSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (17.39%) nginx
1 4 (17.39%) Tomcat
1 4 (17.39%) WebLogic
2 2 (8.70%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) HTTP
2 1 (4.35%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (13.04%) Oracle Database
2 3 (13.04%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (13.04%) Relational Database
3 2 (8.70%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (47.83%) Git
2 10 (43.48%) Maven
3 8 (34.78%) Jenkins
4 5 (21.74%) Gradle
4 5 (21.74%) JIRA
5 2 (8.70%) GoCD
5 2 (8.70%) JUnit
6 1 (4.35%) IntelliJ
6 1 (4.35%) Subversion
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Senior
2 10 (43.48%) Developer
2 10 (43.48%) Java Developer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior Developer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior Java Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Architect
4 4 (17.39%) Security Architect
5 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Applications Architect
6 2 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Information Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Information Security Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Java Applications Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Java Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Java Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Lead
6 2 (8.70%) Lead Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Lead Java Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (52.17%) REST
1 12 (52.17%) Spring
2 11 (47.83%) Spring Boot
3 10 (43.48%) JDBC
3 10 (43.48%) JSF
4 8 (34.78%) React
5 7 (30.43%) HTML
5 7 (30.43%) HTML5
5 7 (30.43%) Jakarta EE
5 7 (30.43%) JPA
5 7 (30.43%) Servlets
6 6 (26.09%) FreeMarker
6 6 (26.09%) Node.js
6 6 (26.09%) Redux
7 5 (21.74%) CSS
7 5 (21.74%) CSS3
7 5 (21.74%) EJB
7 5 (21.74%) Sass
7 5 (21.74%) Spring MVC
8 4 (17.39%) Java SE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Product Ownership
2 4 (17.39%) Security Posture
3 3 (13.04%) Client/Server
3 3 (13.04%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (13.04%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Linux
2 3 (13.04%) Solaris
2 3 (13.04%) Unix
3 2 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Windows
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) CI/CD
2 12 (52.17%) Agile
2 12 (52.17%) Test Automation
3 10 (43.48%) Microservices
4 9 (39.13%) Scrum
5 7 (30.43%) TDD
6 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (26.09%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (21.74%) Containerisation
7 5 (21.74%) DevOps
7 5 (21.74%) Front End Development
7 5 (21.74%) MVC
7 5 (21.74%) Performance Optimisation
8 4 (17.39%) Information Security
8 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
8 4 (17.39%) Secure Coding
8 4 (17.39%) Security Architecture
8 4 (17.39%) Unit Testing
8 4 (17.39%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (39.13%) SQL
3 8 (34.78%) JavaScript
4 4 (17.39%) PL/SQL
5 2 (8.70%) Python
6 1 (4.35%) Perl
6 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) Accessibility
2 4 (17.39%) QA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Docker
2 2 (8.70%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Ansible
2 1 (4.35%) Kibana
2 1 (4.35%) logstash
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Oracle
2 6 (26.09%) MuleSoft
3 3 (13.04%) IBM
3 3 (13.04%) VMware
4 2 (8.70%) PTC
4 2 (8.70%) Red Hat