JMS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Java Messaging Service (JMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring JMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JMS 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 273 342 442
Rank change year-on-year +69 +100 +98
Contract jobs citing JMS 31 3 35
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.020% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.21% 0.082% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 28
10th Percentile £453 £446 £478
25th Percentile £461 £462 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £575
Median % change year-on-year +12.70% -15.13% -8.00%
75th Percentile - £514 £638
90th Percentile £575 £530 £700
UK median daily rate £502 £510 £580
% change year-on-year -1.67% -12.07% -7.20%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

JMS 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%

JMS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

JMS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

JMS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

JMS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

JMS
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 5 (16.13%) NetWeaver
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (83.87%) MongoDB
2 25 (80.65%) DB2
3 24 (77.42%) Relational Database
4 2 (6.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (80.65%) JUnit
General
1 25 (80.65%) Analytical Skills
1 25 (80.65%) Finance
2 24 (77.42%) Social Skills
3 20 (64.52%) Banking
3 20 (64.52%) Investment Banking
4 10 (32.26%) Front Office
5 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 29 (93.55%) Developer
2 24 (77.42%) Java Developer
3 18 (58.06%) Investment Banking Java Developer
3 18 (58.06%) SQL Developer
4 11 (35.48%) Linux Developer
4 11 (35.48%) Senior
4 11 (35.48%) Senior Developer
4 11 (35.48%) Senior Investment Banking Java Developer
4 11 (35.48%) Senior Java Developer
4 11 (35.48%) Senior SQL Developer
5 7 (22.58%) Sybase Developer
6 5 (16.13%) Integration Developer
6 5 (16.13%) SAP Developer
7 1 (3.23%) Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Java Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Java Server Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Server Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (83.87%) Spring
2 25 (80.65%) Kafka
3 5 (16.13%) EDI
3 5 (16.13%) IDoc
3 5 (16.13%) JDBC
3 5 (16.13%) Middleware
3 5 (16.13%) REST
3 5 (16.13%) SAP PI
3 5 (16.13%) SOAP
3 5 (16.13%) XML
3 5 (16.13%) XSLT
4 1 (3.23%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 25 (80.65%) Data Structures
2 24 (77.42%) Equities
3 5 (16.13%) Legacy Applications
3 5 (16.13%) Virtual Team
4 2 (6.45%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.23%) Derivative
5 1 (3.23%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 26 (83.87%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Agile
2 29 (93.55%) SDLC
3 26 (83.87%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (77.42%) Database Tuning
4 24 (77.42%) Open Source
4 24 (77.42%) Performance Tuning
5 22 (70.97%) Multithreading
6 6 (19.35%) Scrum
7 5 (16.13%) Performance Testing
7 5 (16.13%) System Integration Testing
7 5 (16.13%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (9.68%) Software Engineering
9 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (6.45%) OO
10 1 (3.23%) Data Management
10 1 (3.23%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 1 (3.23%) Low Latency
10 1 (3.23%) TOGAF
10 1 (3.23%) Unit Testing
10 1 (3.23%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) Java
2 26 (83.87%) Python
2 26 (83.87%) SQL
3 24 (77.42%) Shell Script
4 5 (16.13%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
1 1 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
1 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
1 1 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 26 (83.87%) Sybase
2 5 (16.13%) SAP
3 1 (3.23%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow