Gradle Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Gradle
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Gradle skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Gradle 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.23% - 0.21%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.99% - 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £486 - -
90th Percentile £493 - -
England median daily rate £495 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -6.60% -3.64% -18.52%

All Development Application Skills
East of England

Gradle falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 167 86 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 7.60% 9.15% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 50 56
10th Percentile £318 £348 £350
25th Percentile £413 £427 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +6.94% -10.00%
75th Percentile £616 £570 £550
90th Percentile £691 £626 £619
England median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 12 49
10th Percentile - £51.13 £50.60
25th Percentile £65.00 £64.06 £58.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.31% -
75th Percentile - £81.88 £88.75
90th Percentile - £87.50 £90.00
England median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +5.97%

Gradle
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Gradle relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Gradle job vacancy trend in the East of England

Gradle
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Gradle.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Gradle

Gradle
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Gradle.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Gradle

Gradle
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Gradle within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Suffolk - 5 £450 - 3
Gradle
England

Gradle
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Apple Pay
1 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Git
1 5 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Java Software Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (40.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) TDD
3 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) User Stories
4 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) High Availability
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Secure Coding
5 1 (20.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible