Java EE Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Java EE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Java EE over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 326 433
Rank change year-on-year +33 +107 +111
Contract jobs citing Java EE 11 19 44
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.43% 0.52% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 25
10th Percentile £268 - £378
25th Percentile £269 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £277 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £301 £688 £600
90th Percentile £302 - £650
UK median daily rate £331 £638 £500
% change year-on-year -48.04% +27.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £68.50
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +14.47%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Java EE 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 with remote or hybrid options 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 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Java EE
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Java EE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Java EE trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Java EE
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Java EE.

Java EE daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Java EE
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Java EE.

Java EE hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Java EE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle Database
2 1 (9.09%) DB2
2 1 (9.09%) MongoDB
2 1 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) JIRA
2 6 (54.55%) Jenkins
3 5 (45.45%) Cucumber
3 5 (45.45%) Git
3 5 (45.45%) GitLab
3 5 (45.45%) REST Assured
3 5 (45.45%) Selenium
3 5 (45.45%) SonarQube
4 4 (36.36%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (36.36%) PVCS
4 4 (36.36%) Subversion
5 1 (9.09%) JUnit
5 1 (9.09%) Maven
General
1 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Law
4 4 (36.36%) Police
5 1 (9.09%) Electronics
5 1 (9.09%) Finance
5 1 (9.09%) Front Office
5 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 1 (9.09%) Marketing
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Java Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Java Software Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle Developer
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Software Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Java Developer
6 1 (9.09%) ETL Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (9.09%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
6 1 (9.09%) GUI Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Java GUI Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Java Server Engineer
6 1 (9.09%) Oracle ETL Developer
6 1 (9.09%) PL/SQL Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) ARM Templates
1 5 (45.45%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
2 1 (9.09%) CSS
2 1 (9.09%) Google Maps API
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (9.09%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (9.09%) JMS
2 1 (9.09%) Kafka
2 1 (9.09%) React
2 1 (9.09%) Spring
2 1 (9.09%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Continuous Integration
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineering
1 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) Configuration Management
2 5 (45.45%) Containerisation
2 5 (45.45%) DevOps
2 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (45.45%) Software Architecture
2 5 (45.45%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
3 4 (36.36%) ETL
3 4 (36.36%) Technical Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
4 3 (27.27%) ETL Development
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
6 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) Multithreading
6 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
6 1 (9.09%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (54.55%) SQL
3 4 (36.36%) C
3 4 (36.36%) PL/SQL
3 4 (36.36%) ProC
4 2 (18.18%) Python
5 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Ansible
1 5 (45.45%) Docker Swarm
1 5 (45.45%) Kubernetes
1 5 (45.45%) Podman
1 5 (45.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Sybase