Java SE Contracts with Work from Home Options

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, JSE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Java SE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Java SE over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 610
Rank change year-on-year - - -143
Contract jobs citing Java SE 0 0 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - - 0.020%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £526
25th Percentile - - £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £621
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.54%
75th Percentile - - £663
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £729 £621
% change year-on-year - +17.49% +3.42%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Java SE 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 WFH option and 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 3,606 6,337 13,079
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.00% 25.22% 29.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,531 4,711 9,657
10th Percentile £331 £395 £400
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +13.40%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 80 116
10th Percentile £24.68 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.60 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.65
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

Java SE
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Java SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Java SE trend for jobs with a WFH option

Java SE
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Java SE.

Java SE daily rate for jobs with a WFH option