Java Transaction API (JTA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for JTA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JTA over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 704 807
Rank change year-on-year - +103 -136
Contract jobs citing JTA 0 12 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.020% 0.063%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.087% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 56
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £618
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £700 £670
Median % change year-on-year - +4.48% +9.84%
75th Percentile - £734 -
90th Percentile - £738 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

JTA 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 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 8,883 13,734 24,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.58% 23.25% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,169 10,016 17,623
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 152 239
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.18 £22.40
25th Percentile £40.08 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.84 £65.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.94% +30.65% +10.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.61 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £63.25 £49.25
% change year-on-year -24.90% +28.43% +9.44%

JTA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing JTA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JTA in the UK

JTA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JTA.

Daily rate trend for JTA in the UK

JTA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JTA.

Hourly rate trend for JTA in the UK