Gradle Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Gradle
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Gradle skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 120 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Gradle 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.099% 0.19% -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.00% 1.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £719 -
South East median daily rate £473 £719 £525
% change year-on-year -34.19% +36.90% -14.29%

All Development Application Skills
Thames Valley

Gradle 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 201 275 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.94% 13.06% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 161 168
10th Percentile £300 £350 £365
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +3.85%
75th Percentile £550 £630 £619
90th Percentile £638 £659 £647
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £539
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.19% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 2
10th Percentile £62.18 £53.56 £59.65
25th Percentile £70.88 £55.87 £61.38
Median hourly rate £84.82 £56.75 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.47% -12.02% -
75th Percentile £90.97 £63.90 £67.38
90th Percentile £99.50 £78.00 £68.95
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £62.50

Gradle
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Gradle relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Gradle job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Gradle
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Gradle.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Gradle

Gradle
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Gradle.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Gradle

Gradle
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Gradle within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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
Berkshire - 2 - - 5
Gradle
South East

Gradle
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (50.00%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Maven
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Web Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (50.00%) HTML CSS Developer
2 1 (50.00%) HTML Developer
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (50.00%) JSP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) DWR
2 1 (50.00%) JDBC
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) JSP
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Servlets
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Build Automation
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle