Maven Contract Job Trends in England

Apache Maven
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing Maven skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 396 359
Rank change year-on-year -76 -37 +80
Contract jobs citing Maven 180 148 154
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.50% 0.50%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.26% 3.26% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 118 90
10th Percentile £331 £305 £363
25th Percentile £413 £368 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -10.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £581 £685
90th Percentile £634 £639 £863
UK median daily rate £475 £485 £546
% change year-on-year -2.06% -11.21% -0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Development Application Skills
England

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing development application skills 5,520 4,534 4,100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 11.83% 15.44% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,507 3,165 2,579
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £694 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 106 127
10th Percentile £22.68 £39.00 £37.55
25th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.12 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.10 £78.75 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Maven Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Maven job vacancy trend in England

Maven Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Maven.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Maven

Maven Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Maven in England over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Maven in England

Maven Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Maven.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Maven

Maven 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 Maven within the England region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -76 82 £478 -8.17% 21
Midlands -8 56 £575 +21.05% 6
West Midlands -11 52 £575 +9.52% 6
North of England -59 29 £529 +47.63%
Yorkshire -23 17 £538 +13.18%
North West -55 10 £519 +44.83%
South East -64 6 £270 -40.00% 4
East Midlands -20 3 £369 +8.38%
South West -36 3 £350 -36.36% 4
North East - 2 £435 -
Maven
UK

Maven Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Git62.2%112
2Jenkins53.9%97
3JUnit50.6%91
4Gradle40.0%72
4Mockito40.0%72
6GitLab36.7%66
7SonarQube33.9%61
8JIRA18.3%33
9Cucumber15.6%28
10Sonatype Nexus11.1%20
11Selenium9.4%17
12REST Assured8.9%16
13Bitbucket Server6.1%11
14Cypress.io3.3%6
15JMeter2.8%5
15Postman2.8%5
15TestNG2.8%5
15WebDriver2.8%5
19Ant1.7%3
19Bitbucket1.7%3