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 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 446 504
Rank change year-on-year -79 +58 +28
Contract jobs citing Gradle 179 126 49
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.37% 0.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.74% 2.43% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 97 32
10th Percentile £331 £358 £502
25th Percentile £400 £393 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £713
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -26.32% +9.62%
75th Percentile £525 £586 £863
90th Percentile £595 £615 £911
UK excluding London median daily rate £440 £393 £750
% change year-on-year +11.96% -47.60% +42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.50 - -
Median hourly rate £64.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% - -
75th Percentile £76.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +8.57% - -

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
26 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing development application skills 6,521 5,187 4,890
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 11.92% 15.42% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,189 3,524 3,054
10th Percentile £350 £330 £350
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £690 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £488
% change year-on-year - -2.56% -4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 121 157
10th Percentile £22.68 £20.82 £26.40
25th Percentile £50.13 £44.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.70 £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 26 October 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 Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Gradle over the 6 months to 26 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Gradle in the UK

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 26 October 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 -103 141 £456 -13.14% 56
London -36 90 £468 -14.46% 36
UK excluding London -95 71 £440 +11.96% 31
Work from Home -61 39 £447 -16.45% 23
Scotland -9 22 £377 -16.22% 11
North of England -81 22 £500 +33.33% 7
South East -62 11 £335 -29.18% 4
East of England - 10 £495 - 5
Yorkshire -35 9 £500 +39.66% 2
North West -71 9 £537 +43.20% 5
Midlands -47 5 £402 -20.91% 2
East Midlands -15 4 £402 -6.29% 1
North East - 4 £450 -
South West -38 2 - - 2
West Midlands -41 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
1Git54.2%97
2Maven53.1%95
3Jenkins50.3%90
4JUnit39.1%70
5GitLab23.5%42
6Mockito20.7%37
7SonarQube14.5%26
8CircleCI9.5%17
8Cucumber9.5%17
8JIRA9.5%17
11REST Assured8.4%15
12Sonatype Nexus6.7%12
13Android Studio6.1%11
13GoCD6.1%11
13Liquibase6.1%11
16Selenium5.6%10
17Bitbucket Server5.0%9
18JProfiler3.9%7
19Crashlytics2.8%5
19fastlane2.8%5