JSR 170 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Content Repository API for Java (JCR) (JSR 170)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring JSR 170 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JSR 170 over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 345 464
Rank change year-on-year - +119 +136
Contract jobs citing JSR 170 0 1 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.007% 0.027%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.027% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £465 £410 -
% change year-on-year +13.41% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 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 2,580 3,644 6,476
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.06% 23.92% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,880 2,550 4,822
10th Percentile £368 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.37%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £660
90th Percentile £825 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £43.60
Median hourly rate £66.50 £43.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.65% -31.20% +27.55%
75th Percentile £69.13 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.63 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.84 £65.00
% change year-on-year +38.77% -27.94% +32.65%

JSR 170
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing JSR 170 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JSR 170 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

JSR 170
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing JSR 170.

JSR 170 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option