Gradle Contract Job Trends

Gradle
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing Gradle skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 441 504
Rank change year-on-year -77 +63 +34
Contract jobs citing Gradle 175 125 49
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.36% 0.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.68% 2.35% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 98 32
10th Percentile £331 £358 £502
25th Percentile £400 £395 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £669
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -21.50% +2.88%
75th Percentile £535 £587 £863
90th Percentile £600 £615 £911
UK excluding London median daily rate £404 £397 £750
% change year-on-year +1.77% -47.13% +42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.50 - -
Median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% - -
75th Percentile £55.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Development Application Skills
UK

Gradle 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.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing development application skills 6,532 5,323 4,819
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 11.94% 15.51% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,191 3,642 3,026
10th Percentile £350 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -4.59%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £676 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £488
% change year-on-year - -2.56% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 123 146
10th Percentile £22.68 £21.07 £25.78
25th Percentile £50.00 £44.98 £46.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £77.50 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Gradle Job Vacancy Trend

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

Gradle job vacancy trend in the UK

Gradle Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Gradle

Gradle Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Gradle over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Gradle in the UK

Gradle Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Gradle

Gradle Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Gradle within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -89 136 £456 -13.14% 16
London -53 92 £468 -14.46% 10
UK excluding London -89 64 £404 +1.77% 10
Work from Home -50 37 £461 -13.83% 9
Scotland +3 22 £377 -16.22% 2
North of England -89 19 £500 +33.33% 2
South East -58 12 £335 -29.18% 3
Yorkshire -42 8 £500 +39.66%
North West -57 7 £537 +43.20% 2
Midlands -51 5 £402 -20.91% 1
East of England - 5 £495 -
East Midlands -6 4 £402 -6.29%
North East - 4 £450 -
South West -34 2 - - 1
West Midlands -42 1 £575 - 1

Gradle Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1Maven55.4%97
2Git53.7%94
3Jenkins50.9%89
4JUnit40.6%71
5Mockito21.7%38
6GitLab20.0%35
7SonarQube14.9%26
8CircleCI10.3%18
8Cucumber10.3%18
10JIRA9.7%17
11REST Assured8.6%15
12Sonatype Nexus6.9%12
13Android Studio6.3%11
13GoCD6.3%11
13Selenium6.3%11
16Liquibase5.7%10
17Bitbucket Server5.1%9
18JProfiler4.0%7
19Crashlytics2.9%5
19fastlane2.9%5