Gradle Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Gradle skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Gradle over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Gradle UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	387	391	508
Rank change year-on-year	+4	+117
Contract jobs citing Gradle	232	277	137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.49%	0.51%	0.25%
As % of the Development Applications category	2.80%	3.31%	1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted	160	202	101
Median daily rate	£475	£463	£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.70%	+2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£387	£350	£333
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£550	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£449	£425	£400
% change year-on-year	+5.64%	+6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted	10	0	0
Median hourly rate	£50.00	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£50.00	-	-

Gradle is in the development application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract Development Application Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	8279	8360	7382
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	17.58%	15.52%	13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted	5639	5758	4879
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£313	£295
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£550	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£363
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	+10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted	154	126	123
Median hourly rate	£42.50	£42.00	£37.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+1.19%	+13.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£32.50	£25.00	£22.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£61.69	£49.00	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.25	£41.50	£37.04
% change year-on-year	+4.21%	+12.04%

Gradle
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Gradle as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Development Applications category.

Gradle
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Gradle.

Contractor daily rate trend for Gradle in the UK

Gradle
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Gradle over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Gradle in the UK

Gradle
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Gradle.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Gradle in the UK

Gradle
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Gradle over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Gradle in the UK

Gradle
Top 30 Contract 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 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+23	217	£475	+2.70%	72
London	+8	123	£538	+3.86%	37
South East	+7	35	£475	+7.34%	8
North West	+27	24	£450	+5.88%	12
City of London	+9	21	£550	+11.67%	9
Cheshire	+18	14	£450	+5.88%	7
Scotland	+3	11	£450	+28.57%	5
South West	+1	10	£394	-7.35%	2
Manchester	+13	9	£475	+20.63%	5
Glasgow	+6	9	£450	+50.00%	5
East Midlands	-5	9	£425	-15.00%	1
Berkshire	-	9	£488	-	3
East of England	+2	8	£265	-57.60%	7
East Sussex	+2	8	£475	+35.71%
Bracknell	-	8	£488	-
Essex	-	8	£265	-	3
Yorkshire	+11	7	£425	+9.67%	4
Nottinghamshire	-	7	£425	-	1
Hove	-	6	£475	-
West Yorkshire	+20	5	£425	+3.03%	2
Knutsford	+1	5	£388	-8.82%	5
Oxfordshire	-4	5	£525	+34.61%	1
Surrey	-	5	£405	-	3
Somerset	-5	4	£440	+17.33%
Hampshire	-24	4	-	-	1
Leeds	+19	3	£425	-
Cobham	-	3	£518	-
Farnborough	-	3	-	-
Buckinghamshire	-	3	£350	-
Milton Keynes	-	3	£350	-

Gradle
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Gradle also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Gradle.

1	449 (87.35%)	Java
2	338 (65.76%)	Agile Software Development
3	337 (65.56%)	Maven
4	310 (60.31%)	Jenkins
5	298 (57.98%)	Git (software)
6	255 (49.61%)	TDD
7	212 (41.25%)	Spring
8	174 (33.85%)	Continuous Integration
9	173 (33.66%)	Scrum
10	168 (32.68%)	JavaScript
11	158 (30.74%)	DevOps
12	146 (28.40%)	Web Services
13	143 (27.82%)	JUnit
13	143 (27.82%)	Test Automation
14	134 (26.07%)	JSON

15	130 (25.29%)	OO
16	129 (25.10%)	RESTful
17	127 (24.71%)	Ant
18	123 (23.93%)	JIRA
19	121 (23.54%)	XML
20	117 (22.76%)	HTML
21	116 (22.57%)	Linux
21	116 (22.57%)	BDD
22	113 (21.98%)	SQL
23	111 (21.60%)	Finance
23	111 (21.60%)	Banking
24	107 (20.82%)	SOAP
25	101 (19.65%)	Ansible
26	99 (19.26%)	REST
27	97 (18.87%)	Docker

Gradle
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	58 (11.28%)	Confluence
2	43 (8.37%)	Tomcat
3	26 (5.06%)	JBoss
4	25 (4.86%)	Cloud Foundry
4	25 (4.86%)	nginx
5	24 (4.67%)	Apache
5	24 (4.67%)	Elasticsearch
6	23 (4.47%)	Apache Spark
7	22 (4.28%)	Oracle SOA Suite
8	21 (4.09%)	OpenStack
9	19 (3.70%)	WebLogic
10	17 (3.31%)	WebSphere
11	14 (2.72%)	Adobe Experience Manager
12	12 (2.33%)	CMS
12	12 (2.33%)	Sitecore CMS
13	9 (1.75%)	Apache Solr
14	4 (0.78%)	WebSphere Application Server
15	3 (0.58%)	BizTalk Server
15	3 (0.58%)	GeoServer
15	3 (0.58%)	IIS

Applications
1	7 (1.36%)	MS Visio
2	2 (0.39%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	19 (3.70%)	Payment Gateway
2	6 (1.17%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	4 (0.78%)	Oracle Cash Management
4	1 (0.19%)	Sage X3

Cloud Services
1	92 (17.90%)	Amazon AWS
2	55 (10.70%)	GitHub
3	26 (5.06%)	PaaS
4	14 (2.72%)	Amazon EC2
5	13 (2.53%)	Google Play
5	13 (2.53%)	IaaS
5	13 (2.53%)	Microsoft Azure
6	12 (2.33%)	AWS Lambda
7	11 (2.14%)	Amazon SQS
8	8 (1.56%)	Amazon ElastiCache
8	8 (1.56%)	Amazon S3
9	7 (1.36%)	OpenShift
10	6 (1.17%)	Amazon CloudWatch
10	6 (1.17%)	AWS CloudFormation
10	6 (1.17%)	CloudFront
10	6 (1.17%)	Datadog
11	5 (0.97%)	Cloud Computing
12	4 (0.78%)	Heroku
13	3 (0.58%)	Google Cloud Platform
13	3 (0.58%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	26 (5.06%)	HTTP
2	11 (2.14%)	Internet
3	10 (1.95%)	TCP/IP
4	7 (1.36%)	DNS
5	6 (1.17%)	Bluetooth
6	5 (0.97%)	Kerberos
6	5 (0.97%)	LDAP
6	5 (0.97%)	MQTT
7	3 (0.58%)	FTP
7	3 (0.58%)	Intranet
7	3 (0.58%)	SSL
8	2 (0.39%)	AMQP
8	2 (0.39%)	IMAP
8	2 (0.39%)	SMS
8	2 (0.39%)	SMTP
8	2 (0.39%)	tcpdump
9	1 (0.19%)	Ethernet
9	1 (0.19%)	Firewall
9	1 (0.19%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	91 (17.70%)	Relational Database
2	63 (12.26%)	MongoDB
3	56 (10.89%)	NoSQL
4	43 (8.37%)	Big Data
5	40 (7.78%)	DB2
6	31 (6.03%)	SQL Server
7	20 (3.89%)	SQLite
8	19 (3.70%)	Endeca
8	19 (3.70%)	Hadoop
8	19 (3.70%)	Redis
9	18 (3.50%)	RDBMS
10	17 (3.31%)	PostgreSQL
11	13 (2.53%)	Apache Cassandra
11	13 (2.53%)	Oracle Database
12	10 (1.95%)	HBase
13	8 (1.56%)	Amazon DynamoDB
13	8 (1.56%)	MySQL
14	7 (1.36%)	Jackrabbit
15	6 (1.17%)	Apache Hive
15	6 (1.17%)	InfluxDB

Development Applications
1	337 (65.56%)	Maven
2	310 (60.31%)	Jenkins
3	298 (57.98%)	Git (software)
4	143 (27.82%)	JUnit
5	127 (24.71%)	Ant
6	123 (23.93%)	JIRA
7	88 (17.12%)	Selenium
8	74 (14.40%)	IntelliJ
9	73 (14.20%)	Subversion
10	66 (12.84%)	Mockito
11	61 (11.87%)	Eclipse
12	55 (10.70%)	Cucumber
13	52 (10.12%)	Hudson
14	47 (9.14%)	Bitbucket
15	37 (7.20%)	Spock
16	34 (6.61%)	TeamCity
17	31 (6.03%)	SonarQube
18	29 (5.64%)	Android Studio
19	27 (5.25%)	JMeter
20	25 (4.86%)	Mercurial

General
1	111 (21.60%)	Banking
1	111 (21.60%)	Finance
2	27 (5.25%)	Retail
3	23 (4.47%)	Investment Banking
4	19 (3.70%)	Front Office
5	13 (2.53%)	Marketing
6	12 (2.33%)	Manufacturing
7	10 (1.95%)	Telecoms
8	8 (1.56%)	Games
9	7 (1.36%)	Automotive
9	7 (1.36%)	Legal
10	6 (1.17%)	Electronics
11	3 (0.58%)	Publishing
12	1 (0.19%)	Advertising
12	1 (0.19%)	Back Office
12	1 (0.19%)	Corporate Banking
12	1 (0.19%)	Digital Economy
12	1 (0.19%)	Financial Institution

Job Titles
1	336 (65.37%)	Developer
2	195 (37.94%)	Java Developer
3	87 (16.93%)	Senior Developer
4	82 (15.95%)	Android Developer
5	74 (14.40%)	DevOps Engineer
6	37 (7.20%)	Senior Java Developer
7	29 (5.64%)	Senior Android Developer
8	23 (4.47%)	JavaScript Developer
9	21 (4.09%)	Agile Developer
9	21 (4.09%)	Angular Developer
10	19 (3.70%)	Architect
11	18 (3.50%)	Java Engineer
12	15 (2.92%)	Applications Developer
12	15 (2.92%)	Consultant
12	15 (2.92%)	Senior DevOps
13	13 (2.53%)	AWS DevOps
14	12 (2.33%)	Agile Java Developer
14	12 (2.33%)	AWS DevOps Engineer
14	12 (2.33%)	AWS Engineer
14	12 (2.33%)	Senior DevOps Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	212 (41.25%)	Spring
2	146 (28.40%)	Web Services
3	134 (26.07%)	JSON
4	129 (25.10%)	RESTful
5	121 (23.54%)	XML
6	117 (22.76%)	HTML
7	107 (20.82%)	SOAP
8	99 (19.26%)	REST
9	78 (15.18%)	AngularJS
10	69 (13.42%)	CSS
11	68 (13.23%)	HTML5
12	65 (12.65%)	J2EE
13	62 (12.06%)	Hibernate
14	52 (10.12%)	Android SDK
14	52 (10.12%)	Spring Boot
15	46 (8.95%)	jQuery
16	44 (8.56%)	React
17	40 (7.78%)	Ajax
18	38 (7.39%)	Struts
19	34 (6.61%)	RxJava

Miscellaneous
1	42 (8.17%)	Analytical Skills
2	34 (6.61%)	iPad
3	30 (5.84%)	Mobile App
4	21 (4.09%)	Enterprise Software
4	21 (4.09%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
5	20 (3.89%)	Social Media
6	19 (3.70%)	Computer Science
7	15 (2.92%)	Animation
8	13 (2.53%)	Data Structures
9	11 (2.14%)	Equities
10	10 (1.95%)	Greenfield Project
10	10 (1.95%)	User Experience
10	10 (1.95%)	Virtual Team
11	8 (1.56%)	Derivative
12	7 (1.36%)	OTC Derivatives
12	7 (1.36%)	Public Cloud
12	7 (1.36%)	RIA
12	7 (1.36%)	Web 2.0
13	5 (0.97%)	Linux Command Line
14	4 (0.78%)	Fintech

Operating Systems
1	116 (22.57%)	Linux
2	91 (17.70%)	Android
2	91 (17.70%)	Unix
3	31 (6.03%)	Windows
4	17 (3.31%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	14 (2.72%)	CentOS
6	12 (2.33%)	Windows Server
7	9 (1.75%)	Apple iOS
8	7 (1.36%)	Fedora
9	3 (0.58%)	CoreOS
10	2 (0.39%)	Solaris

Processes & Methodologies
1	338 (65.76%)	Agile Software Development
2	255 (49.61%)	TDD
3	174 (33.85%)	Continuous Integration
4	173 (33.66%)	Scrum
5	158 (30.74%)	DevOps
6	143 (27.82%)	Test Automation
7	130 (25.29%)	OO
8	116 (22.57%)	BDD
9	83 (16.15%)	Android Development
10	79 (15.37%)	Unit Testing
11	78 (15.18%)	Microservices
12	75 (14.59%)	E-Commerce
13	68 (13.23%)	Pair Programming
14	56 (10.89%)	Open Source
15	55 (10.70%)	Kanban
16	48 (9.34%)	MVC
17	46 (8.95%)	OOA/OOD
18	41 (7.98%)	Software Engineering
19	37 (7.20%)	Content Management
20	35 (6.81%)	Configuration Management

Programming Languages
1	449 (87.35%)	Java
2	168 (32.68%)	JavaScript
3	113 (21.98%)	SQL
4	84 (16.34%)	Groovy
5	83 (16.15%)	Python
6	78 (15.18%)	Shell Script
7	33 (6.42%)	Ruby
8	24 (4.67%)	C#
9	19 (3.70%)	C++
10	15 (2.92%)	Perl
11	14 (2.72%)	Scala
12	12 (2.33%)	ES6
13	11 (2.14%)	VB.NET
14	10 (1.95%)	C
14	10 (1.95%)	PowerShell
15	8 (1.56%)	Bash Shell
15	8 (1.56%)	Go
16	7 (1.36%)	TypeScript
17	6 (1.17%)	Clojure
17	6 (1.17%)	Korn

Qualifications
1	33 (6.42%)	Degree
2	32 (6.23%)	Security Cleared
3	21 (4.09%)	SC Cleared
4	14 (2.72%)	Computer Science Degree
5	7 (1.36%)	DV Cleared
6	4 (0.78%)	Master's Degree
7	2 (0.39%)	BPSS Clearance
7	2 (0.39%)	PMI Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	30 (5.84%)	MiFID
1	30 (5.84%)	QA
2	28 (5.45%)	Dodd-Frank
2	28 (5.45%)	EMIR
3	5 (0.97%)	FATCA
4	2 (0.39%)	Disclosure Scotland
5	1 (0.19%)	GCP

System Software
1	97 (18.87%)	Docker
2	19 (3.70%)	Virtual Machines
3	10 (1.95%)	HDFS
4	7 (1.36%)	Varnish
5	5 (0.97%)	Apache ZooKeeper
5	5 (0.97%)	VMware Infrastructure
6	2 (0.39%)	Active Directory
6	2 (0.39%)	iptables
6	2 (0.39%)	LXC
7	1 (0.19%)	Ceph
7	1 (0.19%)	VirtualBox

Systems Management
1	101 (19.65%)	Ansible
2	81 (15.76%)	Puppet
3	74 (14.40%)	Opscode Chef
4	12 (2.33%)	Prometheus
5	11 (2.14%)	Kubernetes
5	11 (2.14%)	Terraform
6	10 (1.95%)	logstash
7	9 (1.75%)	Hadoop YARN
7	9 (1.75%)	HP Fortify
7	9 (1.75%)	Salt
8	8 (1.56%)	Fluentd
8	8 (1.56%)	Graphite
8	8 (1.56%)	ZABBIX
9	7 (1.36%)	Packer
10	6 (1.17%)	Consul
10	6 (1.17%)	StatsD
11	5 (0.97%)	Oozie
12	3 (0.58%)	Docker Swarm
13	2 (0.39%)	Grafana
13	2 (0.39%)	Marathon

Vendors
1	91 (17.70%)	Oracle
2	49 (9.53%)	Perforce
3	35 (6.81%)	ATG
4	27 (5.25%)	Splunk
5	25 (4.86%)	Google
6	24 (4.67%)	IBM
7	14 (2.72%)	Adobe
7	14 (2.72%)	SAP
8	13 (2.53%)	AppDynamics
8	13 (2.53%)	hybris
9	12 (2.33%)	CA Agile Central
9	12 (2.33%)	Sitecore
10	11 (2.14%)	Red Hat
11	10 (1.95%)	HP
12	9 (1.75%)	Atlassian
12	9 (1.75%)	Guidewire
13	8 (1.56%)	Rackspace
13	8 (1.56%)	Solace
14	7 (1.36%)	Microsoft
14	7 (1.36%)	ServiceNow