Apache Lucene
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Lucene skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Lucene over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 116 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Lucene | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.058% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.35% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £625 | £481 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +29.87% | -19.79% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands
Lucene 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 West Midlands.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 284 | 323 | 348 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 16.36% | 17.05% | 16.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 176 | 203 | 235 |
| 10th Percentile | £354 | £339 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £440 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | -2.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £674 | £603 |
| 90th Percentile | £661 | £750 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £514 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.55% | - | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.91 | £27.13 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £37.93 | £43.75 | £41.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £55.63 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.11% | +30.88% | -26.72% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £56.25 | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £65.63 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £55.00 | £61.60 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.71% | -1.44% | +4.17% |
Lucene
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Lucene as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Lucene
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Lucene.
Lucene
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: