Sonatype Nexus Contract Job Trends in England

Sonatype Nexus
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Sonatype Nexus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 403 446
Rank change year-on-year -136 +43 +105
Contract jobs citing Sonatype Nexus 77 108 81
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.39% 0.24%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.48% 2.66% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 80 47
10th Percentile £401 £268 £356
25th Percentile £449 £311 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £411 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.06% -25.27% -5.38%
75th Percentile £599 £488 £601
90th Percentile £663 £600 £680
UK median daily rate £514 £402 £550
% change year-on-year +27.86% -26.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £36.63 -
25th Percentile £71.25 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.10% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 £39.69 -
90th Percentile - £39.88 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £38.75 -
% change year-on-year +87.10% - -

All Development Application Skills
England

Sonatype Nexus 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,195 4,067 4,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.35% 14.76% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,301 2,815 2,833
10th Percentile £358 £325 £353
25th Percentile £415 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 95 175
10th Percentile £36.25 £42.35 £36.45
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.41 £54.49
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £82.98 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -

Sonatype Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Sonatype Nexus job vacancy trend in England

Sonatype Nexus
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sonatype Nexus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sonatype Nexus

Sonatype Nexus
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sonatype Nexus in England over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Sonatype Nexus in England

Sonatype Nexus
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sonatype Nexus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sonatype Nexus

Sonatype Nexus
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 Sonatype Nexus within the England region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
North of England -69 30 £500 +39.66% 4
London -110 27 £598 +35.80% 35
Yorkshire -37 16 £506 +80.80% 1
North West -54 12 £525 +46.65% 3
Midlands -56 8 £477 +30.35% 1
South East -59 6 £694 +15.63% 5
East Midlands -20 5 £466 +70.51%
South West -29 3 £525 +7.69% 2
West Midlands -59 3 £477 -4.12% 1
North East -41 2 £438 -5.91%
Sonatype Nexus
UK

Sonatype Nexus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (36.36%) Confluence
2 8 (10.39%) Camunda
3 5 (6.49%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.60%) nginx
5 1 (1.30%) Apache
5 1 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.30%) OpenStack
5 1 (1.30%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 26 (33.77%) AWS
2 25 (32.47%) Azure
3 23 (29.87%) GitHub
4 15 (19.48%) GCP
5 12 (15.58%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (15.58%) GitHub Actions
5 12 (15.58%) OpenShift
6 10 (12.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (9.09%) Amazon S3
7 7 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (7.79%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (7.79%) Serverless
9 4 (5.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (5.19%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (5.19%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (5.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (3.90%) AWS Step Functions
10 3 (3.90%) Azure AKS
10 3 (3.90%) Datadog
10 3 (3.90%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.88%) Firewall
2 12 (15.58%) Cisco Nexus
3 7 (9.09%) BGP
3 7 (9.09%) DNS
3 7 (9.09%) Network Security
3 7 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 6 (7.79%) OSPF
5 5 (6.49%) Ethernet VPN
5 5 (6.49%) SSL
5 5 (6.49%) VXLAN
5 5 (6.49%) WAN
6 4 (5.19%) MPLS
6 4 (5.19%) SD-WAN
6 4 (5.19%) VLAN
6 4 (5.19%) VPN
7 3 (3.90%) LAN
7 3 (3.90%) Multicast
7 3 (3.90%) NetScaler
8 2 (2.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (2.60%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (24.68%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.19%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (3.90%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (3.90%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.60%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.30%) KDB
5 1 (1.30%) Metadata
5 1 (1.30%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 43 (55.84%) Jenkins
2 33 (42.86%) JIRA
3 24 (31.17%) GitLab
4 22 (28.57%) Git
5 20 (25.97%) SonarQube
6 15 (19.48%) Maven
7 12 (15.58%) JUnit
8 10 (12.99%) Gradle
9 9 (11.69%) REST Assured
10 7 (9.09%) Bitbucket Server
10 7 (9.09%) Cucumber
10 7 (9.09%) Mockito
11 6 (7.79%) Artifactory
11 6 (7.79%) Bitbucket
11 6 (7.79%) Postman
11 6 (7.79%) Selenium
12 4 (5.19%) MSBuild
12 4 (5.19%) Visual Studio
13 3 (3.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (2.60%) LoadRunner
General
1 29 (37.66%) Finance
2 25 (32.47%) Social Skills
3 19 (24.68%) Banking
4 10 (12.99%) Legal
5 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Law
7 3 (3.90%) Front Office
7 3 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.30%) Marketing
9 1 (1.30%) Police
9 1 (1.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (24.68%) DevOps Engineer
2 15 (19.48%) Developer
3 9 (11.69%) Senior
4 6 (7.79%) Consultant
4 6 (7.79%) Lead
4 6 (7.79%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (6.49%) AWS DevOps
5 5 (6.49%) Java Developer
5 5 (6.49%) Network Engineer
5 5 (6.49%) Software Consultant
6 4 (5.19%) .NET Developer
6 4 (5.19%) Architect
6 4 (5.19%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) GCP DevOps
6 4 (5.19%) Scrum Master
7 3 (3.90%) DevOps Platform Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) GCP DevOps Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) GCP Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (31.17%) Terraform
2 10 (12.99%) Kafka
3 9 (11.69%) .NET
3 9 (11.69%) React
3 9 (11.69%) REST
3 9 (11.69%) Spring Boot
4 7 (9.09%) CSS
4 7 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (9.09%) Hibernate
4 7 (9.09%) HTML
4 7 (9.09%) JPA
4 7 (9.09%) Redux
5 5 (6.49%) .NET Core
5 5 (6.49%) AngularJS
5 5 (6.49%) ASP.NET
5 5 (6.49%) SailPoint
5 5 (6.49%) Web Services
5 5 (6.49%) YAML
6 4 (5.19%) Node.js
6 4 (5.19%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (10.39%) Data Structures
3 7 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.49%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.49%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (6.49%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.90%) PKI
6 3 (3.90%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.90%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.60%) Celerra
7 2 (2.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.60%) EMC Centera
7 2 (2.60%) EMC VMAX
7 2 (2.60%) EMC VNX
7 2 (2.60%) Fixed Income
7 2 (2.60%) IBM XIV
7 2 (2.60%) Symmetrix
7 2 (2.60%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 21 (27.27%) Linux
2 11 (14.29%) Unix
3 7 (9.09%) Windows
4 4 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.30%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (1.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (54.55%) CI/CD
2 39 (50.65%) Agile
3 38 (49.35%) DevOps
4 23 (29.87%) Test Automation
5 22 (28.57%) DevSecOps
6 21 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (25.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (23.38%) Scrum
9 15 (19.48%) Microservices
10 14 (18.18%) Observability
11 12 (15.58%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (15.58%) SDLC
12 11 (14.29%) Computer Science
12 11 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
12 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (12.99%) Containerisation
13 10 (12.99%) Open Source
13 10 (12.99%) Software Licensing
14 9 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 26 (33.77%) Python
2 22 (28.57%) Java
3 21 (27.27%) SQL
4 13 (16.88%) PowerShell
5 12 (15.58%) Bash
6 9 (11.69%) JavaScript
7 8 (10.39%) Shell Script
8 4 (5.19%) Go
8 4 (5.19%) Groovy
9 3 (3.90%) Perl
10 2 (2.60%) Bicep
11 1 (1.30%) ActionScript
11 1 (1.30%) C#
11 1 (1.30%) R
11 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (23.38%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.88%) Degree
3 12 (15.58%) SC Cleared
4 9 (11.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (7.79%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (6.49%) CCIE
6 5 (6.49%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.19%) CCNP
8 2 (2.60%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.30%) CCNA
9 1 (1.30%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.30%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) QA
2 3 (3.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.60%) NCSC
4 1 (1.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (32.47%) Docker
2 7 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.90%) GridGain
3 3 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.90%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.60%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.30%) Firmware
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (46.75%) Ansible
2 28 (36.36%) Kubernetes
3 16 (20.78%) Grafana
4 14 (18.18%) Prometheus
5 8 (10.39%) Istio
6 5 (6.49%) Puppet
7 4 (5.19%) Progress Chef
8 3 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (2.60%) Avamar
9 2 (2.60%) Consul
9 2 (2.60%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (2.60%) Packer
9 2 (2.60%) ZABBIX
10 1 (1.30%) Argo
10 1 (1.30%) Podman
10 1 (1.30%) systemd
10 1 (1.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 12 (15.58%) Cisco
2 11 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 10 (12.99%) IBM
4 9 (11.69%) Dynatrace
4 9 (11.69%) Veracode
5 7 (9.09%) F5
5 7 (9.09%) Splunk
6 6 (7.79%) Palo Alto
6 6 (7.79%) VMware
7 5 (6.49%) Black Duck
7 5 (6.49%) Google
7 5 (6.49%) Sonatype
8 4 (5.19%) Arista
8 4 (5.19%) Centrify
8 4 (5.19%) CyberArk
8 4 (5.19%) Oracle
8 4 (5.19%) Red Hat
9 3 (3.90%) Solace
9 3 (3.90%) SolarWinds
9 3 (3.90%) Sybase