JSR 170 Contract Job Trends

Content Repository API for Java (JCR) (JSR 170)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring JSR 170 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 - 602
Rank change year-on-year - - +127
Contract jobs citing JSR 170 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.010% - 0.011%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.045% - 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £378
25th Percentile - - £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - £410
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.50%
75th Percentile - - £433
90th Percentile - - £434
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

JSR 170 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 8,807 6,914 9,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.19% 22.46% 20.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,869 4,443 6,506
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +0.66% -7.13%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 85 190
10th Percentile £34.40 £25.31 £23.88
25th Percentile £50.06 £38.50 £45.22
Median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £77.96 £76.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

JSR 170
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JSR 170 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

JSR 170 job vacancy trend in the UK

JSR 170
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSR 170.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSR 170

JSR 170
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSR 170.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSR 170

JSR 170
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSR 170 within the UK over the 6 months to 11 February 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 - 4 £565 - 2
London - 3 £565 - 2
South East - 1 - - 1
Work from Home - 1 - - 2
UK excluding London - 1 - - 1

JSR 170
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 (100.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (25.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Selenium
1 3 (75.00%) WebDriver
2 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (50.00%) Postman
2 2 (50.00%) REST Assured
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) JUnit
3 1 (25.00%) TestNG
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) RESTful
2 2 (50.00%) Gherkin
3 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) CSS3
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) OSGi
3 1 (25.00%) React
3 1 (25.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) API Testing
1 3 (75.00%) BDD
1 3 (75.00%) QA Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) B2B
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe