Play Framework Contract Job Trends in the South East

Play Framework
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Play Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 - 206
Rank change year-on-year - - +61
Contract jobs citing Play Framework 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.055% - 0.036%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.33% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £604 - £514
25th Percentile £604 - £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.57%
75th Percentile £605 - £659
90th Percentile £605 - £691
England median daily rate £605 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +9.91% -12.00% +25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

Play Framework 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 607 694 866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.74% 16.26% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 456 562
10th Percentile £280 £325 £313
25th Percentile £375 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £566 £630 £625
90th Percentile £625 £670 £687
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 26 44
10th Percentile £18.97 £41.19 £50.00
25th Percentile £47.19 £61.60 £54.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £55.00 - £77.85
England median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £56.95
% change year-on-year -16.92% +14.14% -12.38%

Play Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Play Framework relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Play Framework job vacancy trend in the South East

Play Framework
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Play Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Play Framework

Play Framework
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Play Framework within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
West Sussex - 2 £605 -
Play Framework
England

Play Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Scala Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA