Akka Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Akka
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Akka skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 154 -
Rank change year-on-year -55 - -
Contract jobs citing Akka 2 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.042% 0.22% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.19% 1.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - -
England median daily rate £650 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -11.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

Akka 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 in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,033 645 1,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 21.85% 17.96% 21.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 410 772
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £400 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £656 £650
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 37
10th Percentile £48.55 £26.50 £42.55
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% +41.84% -1.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £92.07 £62.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £102.00 £69.25
England median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -6.15% +25.26% -20.17%

Akka
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Akka job vacancy trend in the North of England

Akka
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Akka.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Akka

Akka
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Akka within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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 East -8 2 £400 -27.27% 1
Akka
England

Akka
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Play Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kibana