The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for J2SE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited J2SE over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
J2SE 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
8,927
13,057
23,612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
20.99%
23.09%
26.97%
Number of daily rates quoted
6,211
9,517
17,333
10th Percentile
£344
£400
£400
25th Percentile
£425
£463
£463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£535
£550
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-2.73%
-
+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
-
-
+12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted
250
145
235
10th Percentile
£21.25
£25.75
£22.50
25th Percentile
£43.00
£50.05
£35.00
Median hourly rate
£47.50
£65.00
£50.00
Median % change year-on-year
-26.92%
+30.00%
+11.11%
75th Percentile
£65.02
£75.00
£67.18
90th Percentile
£74.45
£81.00
£76.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£47.97
£65.00
£52.50
% change year-on-year
-26.21%
+23.81%
+16.67%
J2SE Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing J2SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
J2SE Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing J2SE.
J2SE Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing J2SE.
J2SE Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, contractor job vacancies citing J2SE also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for J2SE.
J2SE Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: