The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring J2SE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited J2SE over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
J2SE 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 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
9,217
12,733
23,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
21.10%
22.93%
26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted
6,352
9,286
17,244
10th Percentile
£350
£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
£670
90th Percentile
£775
£775
£756
UK excluding London median daily rate
£500
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-
-
+11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted
265
153
227
10th Percentile
£22.20
£31.60
£22.50
25th Percentile
£43.00
£51.25
£35.00
Median hourly rate
£50.00
£65.00
£52.50
Median % change year-on-year
-23.08%
+23.81%
+16.67%
75th Percentile
£68.75
£75.00
£67.18
90th Percentile
£74.48
£80.85
£76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£55.00
£65.00
£55.00
% change year-on-year
-15.38%
+18.18%
+22.22%
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 12 June 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:
