Gradle Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Gradle skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Gradle over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Gradle UK / England
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	373	410	502
Rank change year-on-year	+37	+92
Contract jobs citing Gradle	229	233	120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.53%	0.47%	0.23%
As % of the Development Applications category	2.99%	3.02%	1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted	160	197	87
Median daily rate	£475	£463	£475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.70%	-2.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£399	£367	£375
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£556	£590
UK excluding London median daily rate	£444	£425	£400
% change year-on-year	+4.47%	+6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted	10	0	0
Median hourly rate	£45.00	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£50.00	-	-

Gradle is in the development application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract Development Application Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	7651	7719	6811
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	17.78%	15.58%	13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted	5248	5386	4548
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£315	£290
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£550	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£365
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	+9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted	140	119	101
Median hourly rate	£42.50	£42.45	£37.27
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+0.11%	+13.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£32.50	£27.50	£22.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£55.00	£50.00	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£42.00	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+1.19%	+13.51%

Gradle
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing Gradle as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Development Applications category.

Gradle
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Gradle in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Gradle in England

Gradle
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Gradle in England over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Gradle in England

Gradle
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Gradle in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Gradle in England

Gradle
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Gradle in England over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Gradle in England

Gradle
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	+19	131	£538	+7.50%	47
South East	+4	35	£475	+5.55%	11
North West	+29	25	£450	+5.88%	12
South West	+18	12	£394	-7.35%	1
East Midlands	-4	10	£425	-15.00%	2
Yorkshire	+20	8	£425	+9.67%	3
East of England	-3	7	£265	-57.60%	5
West Midlands	-	1	£340	-	1
Gradle UK

Gradle
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Gradle also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for Gradle.

1	435 (88.06%)	Java
2	325 (65.79%)	Maven
3	320 (64.78%)	Agile Software Development
4	291 (58.91%)	Jenkins
5	285 (57.69%)	Git (software)
6	249 (50.40%)	TDD
7	198 (40.08%)	Spring
8	166 (33.60%)	Continuous Integration
9	164 (33.20%)	JavaScript
10	158 (31.98%)	Scrum
11	150 (30.36%)	DevOps
12	142 (28.74%)	Web Services
13	140 (28.34%)	Test Automation
14	137 (27.73%)	JUnit
15	126 (25.51%)	JSON

16	123 (24.90%)	RESTful
17	120 (24.29%)	OO
18	118 (23.89%)	JIRA
19	115 (23.28%)	HTML
20	114 (23.08%)	BDD
21	113 (22.87%)	XML
22	112 (22.67%)	Ant
22	112 (22.67%)	Linux
23	107 (21.66%)	Finance
24	103 (20.85%)	REST
25	101 (20.45%)	Banking
25	101 (20.45%)	SQL
26	99 (20.04%)	Ansible
27	96 (19.43%)	SOAP
28	93 (18.83%)	Docker

Gradle
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	53 (10.73%)	Confluence
2	43 (8.70%)	Tomcat
3	26 (5.26%)	Cloud Foundry
3	26 (5.26%)	JBoss
3	26 (5.26%)	nginx
4	25 (5.06%)	Apache
5	23 (4.66%)	Apache Spark
5	23 (4.66%)	Elasticsearch
6	21 (4.25%)	Oracle SOA Suite
7	20 (4.05%)	OpenStack
8	19 (3.85%)	WebLogic
9	17 (3.44%)	WebSphere
10	14 (2.83%)	Adobe Experience Manager
10	14 (2.83%)	CMS
10	14 (2.83%)	Sitecore CMS
11	9 (1.82%)	Apache Solr
12	4 (0.81%)	WebSphere Application Server
13	3 (0.61%)	BizTalk Server
13	3 (0.61%)	IIS
14	2 (0.40%)	Oracle Coherence

Applications
1	7 (1.42%)	MS Visio
2	2 (0.40%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	18 (3.64%)	Payment Gateway
2	6 (1.21%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	4 (0.81%)	Oracle Cash Management
4	1 (0.20%)	Sage X3

Cloud Services
1	91 (18.42%)	Amazon AWS
2	51 (10.32%)	GitHub
3	26 (5.26%)	PaaS
4	14 (2.83%)	Amazon EC2
5	13 (2.63%)	Google Play
5	13 (2.63%)	Microsoft Azure
6	12 (2.43%)	AWS Lambda
6	12 (2.43%)	IaaS
7	11 (2.23%)	Amazon SQS
8	8 (1.62%)	Amazon ElastiCache
8	8 (1.62%)	Amazon S3
9	7 (1.42%)	OpenShift
10	6 (1.21%)	Amazon CloudWatch
10	6 (1.21%)	AWS CloudFormation
10	6 (1.21%)	CloudFront
10	6 (1.21%)	Datadog
10	6 (1.21%)	Heroku
11	4 (0.81%)	Cloud Computing
12	3 (0.61%)	Google Analytics
12	3 (0.61%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	27 (5.47%)	HTTP
2	10 (2.02%)	Internet
3	8 (1.62%)	TCP/IP
4	6 (1.21%)	Bluetooth
5	5 (1.01%)	DNS
5	5 (1.01%)	Kerberos
5	5 (1.01%)	LDAP
5	5 (1.01%)	MQTT
6	3 (0.61%)	FTP
6	3 (0.61%)	Intranet
6	3 (0.61%)	SSL
7	2 (0.40%)	AMQP
7	2 (0.40%)	IMAP
7	2 (0.40%)	SMS
7	2 (0.40%)	SMTP
8	1 (0.20%)	Ethernet
8	1 (0.20%)	Firewall
8	1 (0.20%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	78 (15.79%)	Relational Database
2	63 (12.75%)	MongoDB
3	55 (11.13%)	NoSQL
4	45 (9.11%)	Big Data
5	31 (6.28%)	SQL Server
6	28 (5.67%)	DB2
7	20 (4.05%)	SQLite
8	19 (3.85%)	Hadoop
8	19 (3.85%)	PostgreSQL
8	19 (3.85%)	Redis
9	18 (3.64%)	Endeca
10	17 (3.44%)	RDBMS
11	13 (2.63%)	Apache Cassandra
11	13 (2.63%)	Oracle Database
12	10 (2.02%)	HBase
13	9 (1.82%)	MySQL
14	8 (1.62%)	Amazon DynamoDB
15	7 (1.42%)	Jackrabbit
16	6 (1.21%)	Apache Hive
16	6 (1.21%)	Blockchain

Development Applications
1	325 (65.79%)	Maven
2	291 (58.91%)	Jenkins
3	285 (57.69%)	Git (software)
4	137 (27.73%)	JUnit
5	118 (23.89%)	JIRA
6	112 (22.67%)	Ant
7	86 (17.41%)	Selenium
8	75 (15.18%)	Subversion
9	73 (14.78%)	IntelliJ
10	65 (13.16%)	Mockito
11	57 (11.54%)	Eclipse
12	52 (10.53%)	Cucumber
13	48 (9.72%)	Bitbucket
14	39 (7.89%)	Hudson
15	36 (7.29%)	Spock
16	34 (6.88%)	TeamCity
17	30 (6.07%)	SonarQube
18	29 (5.87%)	JMeter
19	28 (5.67%)	Android Studio
20	26 (5.26%)	gulp

General
1	107 (21.66%)	Finance
2	101 (20.45%)	Banking
3	28 (5.67%)	Retail
4	22 (4.45%)	Investment Banking
5	19 (3.85%)	Front Office
6	13 (2.63%)	Marketing
7	11 (2.23%)	Manufacturing
8	9 (1.82%)	Games
8	9 (1.82%)	Telecoms
9	7 (1.42%)	Automotive
10	6 (1.21%)	Electronics
10	6 (1.21%)	Legal
11	3 (0.61%)	Publishing
12	1 (0.20%)	Advertising
12	1 (0.20%)	Back Office
12	1 (0.20%)	Corporate Banking
12	1 (0.20%)	Digital Economy
12	1 (0.20%)	Financial Institution

Job Titles
1	321 (64.98%)	Developer
2	183 (37.04%)	Java Developer
3	81 (16.40%)	Android Developer
4	80 (16.19%)	Senior Developer
5	70 (14.17%)	DevOps Engineer
6	31 (6.28%)	Senior Java Developer
7	28 (5.67%)	Senior Android Developer
8	21 (4.25%)	JavaScript Developer
9	20 (4.05%)	Agile Developer
9	20 (4.05%)	Angular Developer
10	18 (3.64%)	Architect
10	18 (3.64%)	Java Engineer
11	15 (3.04%)	Applications Developer
11	15 (3.04%)	Senior DevOps
12	14 (2.83%)	Consultant
13	13 (2.63%)	AWS DevOps
13	13 (2.63%)	Senior DevOps Engineer
14	12 (2.43%)	AWS DevOps Engineer
14	12 (2.43%)	AWS Engineer
15	11 (2.23%)	Technical Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	198 (40.08%)	Spring
2	142 (28.74%)	Web Services
3	126 (25.51%)	JSON
4	123 (24.90%)	RESTful
5	115 (23.28%)	HTML
6	113 (22.87%)	XML
7	103 (20.85%)	REST
8	96 (19.43%)	SOAP
9	72 (14.57%)	AngularJS
10	68 (13.77%)	CSS
11	67 (13.56%)	HTML5
12	63 (12.75%)	J2EE
13	59 (11.94%)	Hibernate
14	50 (10.12%)	Android SDK
15	49 (9.92%)	Spring Boot
16	44 (8.91%)	jQuery
17	42 (8.50%)	React
18	40 (8.10%)	Ajax
19	37 (7.49%)	Struts
20	33 (6.68%)	Node.js

Miscellaneous
1	42 (8.50%)	Analytical Skills
2	33 (6.68%)	iPad
3	31 (6.28%)	Mobile App
4	21 (4.25%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
5	20 (4.05%)	Enterprise Software
5	20 (4.05%)	Social Media
6	18 (3.64%)	Computer Science
7	14 (2.83%)	Animation
7	14 (2.83%)	Data Structures
8	11 (2.23%)	Equities
8	11 (2.23%)	User Experience
9	10 (2.02%)	Greenfield Project
9	10 (2.02%)	Virtual Team
10	7 (1.42%)	Derivative
10	7 (1.42%)	Public Cloud
10	7 (1.42%)	RIA
10	7 (1.42%)	Web 2.0
11	6 (1.21%)	OTC Derivatives
12	5 (1.01%)	Algorithms
12	5 (1.01%)	Linux Command Line

Operating Systems
1	112 (22.67%)	Linux
2	87 (17.61%)	Android
3	80 (16.19%)	Unix
4	30 (6.07%)	Windows
5	15 (3.04%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	14 (2.83%)	CentOS
7	12 (2.43%)	Windows Server
8	9 (1.82%)	Apple iOS
9	7 (1.42%)	Fedora
10	3 (0.61%)	CoreOS
11	2 (0.40%)	Solaris

Processes & Methodologies
1	320 (64.78%)	Agile Software Development
2	249 (50.40%)	TDD
3	166 (33.60%)	Continuous Integration
4	158 (31.98%)	Scrum
5	150 (30.36%)	DevOps
6	140 (28.34%)	Test Automation
7	120 (24.29%)	OO
8	114 (23.08%)	BDD
9	81 (16.40%)	Android Development
10	77 (15.59%)	Unit Testing
11	74 (14.98%)	Microservices
12	73 (14.78%)	E-Commerce
13	66 (13.36%)	Pair Programming
14	56 (11.34%)	Open Source
15	54 (10.93%)	Kanban
16	47 (9.51%)	MVC
17	43 (8.70%)	Software Engineering
18	38 (7.69%)	Content Management
19	34 (6.88%)	OOA/OOD
20	33 (6.68%)	SOA

Programming Languages
1	435 (88.06%)	Java
2	164 (33.20%)	JavaScript
3	101 (20.45%)	SQL
4	88 (17.81%)	Groovy
5	81 (16.40%)	Python
6	63 (12.75%)	Shell Script
7	34 (6.88%)	Ruby
8	23 (4.66%)	C#
9	22 (4.45%)	C++
10	13 (2.63%)	Perl
11	12 (2.43%)	Scala
12	11 (2.23%)	Go
12	11 (2.23%)	VB.NET
13	10 (2.02%)	Bash Shell
13	10 (2.02%)	C
13	10 (2.02%)	ES6
14	7 (1.42%)	PowerShell
14	7 (1.42%)	TypeScript
15	6 (1.21%)	Clojure
15	6 (1.21%)	Korn

Qualifications
1	31 (6.28%)	Degree
1	31 (6.28%)	Security Cleared
2	20 (4.05%)	SC Cleared
3	14 (2.83%)	Computer Science Degree
4	7 (1.42%)	DV Cleared
5	4 (0.81%)	Master's Degree
6	2 (0.40%)	BPSS Clearance
6	2 (0.40%)	PMI Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	30 (6.07%)	QA
2	21 (4.25%)	MiFID
3	19 (3.85%)	Dodd-Frank
3	19 (3.85%)	EMIR
4	5 (1.01%)	FATCA
5	1 (0.20%)	GCP

System Software
1	93 (18.83%)	Docker
2	20 (4.05%)	Virtual Machines
3	10 (2.02%)	HDFS
4	7 (1.42%)	Varnish
5	5 (1.01%)	Apache ZooKeeper
6	4 (0.81%)	VMware Infrastructure
7	2 (0.40%)	Active Directory
7	2 (0.40%)	LXC
8	1 (0.20%)	Ceph

Systems Management
1	99 (20.04%)	Ansible
2	77 (15.59%)	Puppet
3	74 (14.98%)	Opscode Chef
4	13 (2.63%)	Terraform
5	11 (2.23%)	Kubernetes
5	11 (2.23%)	Prometheus
6	9 (1.82%)	Hadoop YARN
6	9 (1.82%)	HP Fortify
6	9 (1.82%)	logstash
7	8 (1.62%)	Salt
8	7 (1.42%)	Fluentd
8	7 (1.42%)	Graphite
8	7 (1.42%)	Packer
8	7 (1.42%)	ZABBIX
9	6 (1.21%)	Consul
10	5 (1.01%)	Oozie
10	5 (1.01%)	StatsD
11	3 (0.61%)	Docker Swarm
12	2 (0.40%)	Grafana
12	2 (0.40%)	Marathon

Vendors
1	88 (17.81%)	Oracle
2	36 (7.29%)	Perforce
3	34 (6.88%)	ATG
4	29 (5.87%)	Splunk
5	27 (5.47%)	Google
6	26 (5.26%)	IBM
7	14 (2.83%)	Adobe
7	14 (2.83%)	SAP
7	14 (2.83%)	Sitecore
8	13 (2.63%)	AppDynamics
8	13 (2.63%)	hybris
9	12 (2.43%)	CA Agile Central
10	10 (2.02%)	HP
11	9 (1.82%)	Guidewire
11	9 (1.82%)	Red Hat
12	8 (1.62%)	Atlassian
12	8 (1.62%)	Solace
13	7 (1.42%)	Microsoft
13	7 (1.42%)	Rackspace
13	7 (1.42%)	ServiceNow