Hybrid/Remote Play Framework Contract Job Trends

Play Framework
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Play Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 311 388
Rank change year-on-year +9 +77 +96
Contract jobs citing Play Framework 8 13 16
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.083% 0.11% 0.083%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.31% 0.41% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 14
10th Percentile £430 - £496
25th Percentile £440 £450 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £605 £575 -
90th Percentile £703 £600 £679
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +12.15%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Play Framework 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,587 3,158 4,860
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.77% 25.54% 25.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,713 2,105 3,604
10th Percentile £350 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £533 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.28% -2.82%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 41 58
10th Percentile £31.05 £26.25 £41.25
25th Percentile £38.00 £41.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.72% -33.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £67.40 £75.00 £83.25
UK median hourly rate £51.97 £65.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year -20.05% +15.25% -13.23%

Play Framework
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Play Framework and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Play Framework job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Play Framework
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Play Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Play Framework

Play Framework
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Play Framework over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Play Framework daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Play Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (25.00%) Apache
1 2 (25.00%) JBoss
1 2 (25.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
2 2 (25.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (25.00%) IntelliJ
2 2 (25.00%) JUnit
2 2 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Front Office
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Scala Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Scala Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Java Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Open Source Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) REST
2 3 (37.50%) JSON
3 2 (25.00%) EJB
3 2 (25.00%) Hibernate
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
3 2 (25.00%) HTML5
3 2 (25.00%) J2EE
3 2 (25.00%) J2SE
3 2 (25.00%) SOAP
3 2 (25.00%) Spring
3 2 (25.00%) XML
4 1 (12.50%) RESTful
4 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (75.00%) DevOps
3 5 (62.50%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (50.00%) Microservices
4 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (50.00%) Scrum
5 3 (37.50%) Application Security
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (25.00%) Functional Programming
6 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (25.00%) Lean Software Development
6 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (25.00%) Open Source
6 2 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Scala
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) webMethods
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Typelevel