Maven Contract Job Trends

Apache Maven
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Maven skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 484 399 390
Rank change year-on-year -85 -9 -11
Contract jobs citing Maven 194 164 170
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.50% 0.44%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.08% 3.28% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 132 104
10th Percentile £322 £276 £363
25th Percentile £406 £360 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £536
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -11.42% -2.05%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £675
90th Percentile £632 £620 £843
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £458 £523
% change year-on-year +3.83% -12.44% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £67.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Development Application Skills
UK

Maven falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 6,302 4,999 5,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.55% 15.19% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,018 3,365 3,256
10th Percentile £355 £325 £350
25th Percentile £414 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £694 £688 £721
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 110 177
10th Percentile £24.13 £30.58 £29.14
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £80.30 £73.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Maven
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Maven job vacancy trend in the UK

Maven
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Maven
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Maven over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Maven in the UK

Maven
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Maven
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Maven within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -115 152 £500 +4.71% 137
UK excluding London -83 109 £475 +3.83% 68
London -92 64 £495 -2.46% 90
Work from Home -66 58 £470 +3.98% 50
Midlands -29 49 £575 +32.09% 12
West Midlands -18 46 £575 +15.00% 11
North of England -74 31 £514 +27.94% 15
Yorkshire -36 23 £514 -1.11% 5
Scotland -10 20 £375 -9.09% 11
South East -59 7 £270 -53.85% 7
North West -62 7 £519 +44.83% 10
East Midlands -27 2 £335 -1.47% 1
South West -39 2 £300 -45.45% 11
North East -44 1 £520 +11.83%

Maven
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 21 (10.82%) Confluence
2 8 (4.12%) Camunda
2 8 (4.12%) WebLogic
3 7 (3.61%) Apache
4 4 (2.06%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (1.03%) CMS
6 1 (0.52%) JBoss
6 1 (0.52%) nginx
6 1 (0.52%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Finacle
1 1 (0.52%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.52%) Teamcenter
1 1 (0.52%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 122 (62.89%) AWS
2 54 (27.84%) Azure
3 40 (20.62%) GCP
4 37 (19.07%) GitHub
5 22 (11.34%) Amazon SQS
6 20 (10.31%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (9.28%) Amazon S3
8 17 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (8.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 16 (8.25%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (7.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 13 (6.70%) OpenShift
12 11 (5.67%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (5.67%) Serverless
13 10 (5.15%) AWS KMS
13 10 (5.15%) Kong
13 10 (5.15%) Route 53
14 9 (4.64%) OCI
15 7 (3.61%) Apigee
15 7 (3.61%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.06%) Firewall
2 3 (1.55%) SSL
3 1 (0.52%) DNS
3 1 (0.52%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.52%) Internet
3 1 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (28.87%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (20.10%) Relational Database
3 21 (10.82%) MongoDB
4 18 (9.28%) SQL Server
5 17 (8.76%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (8.76%) MySQL
6 15 (7.73%) DynamoDB
7 14 (7.22%) Metadata
7 14 (7.22%) NoSQL
8 12 (6.19%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (3.61%) Oracle Database
10 6 (3.09%) RDBMS
11 5 (2.58%) Flink
11 5 (2.58%) Hazelcast
11 5 (2.58%) Redis
12 3 (1.55%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.55%) MariaDB
12 3 (1.55%) Pinecone
12 3 (1.55%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 133 (68.56%) Git
2 117 (60.31%) Jenkins
3 81 (41.75%) Gradle
4 78 (40.21%) JUnit
5 64 (32.99%) SonarQube
6 54 (27.84%) GitLab
7 53 (27.32%) Mockito
8 35 (18.04%) JIRA
9 18 (9.28%) Sonatype Nexus
10 17 (8.76%) Cucumber
10 17 (8.76%) Selenium
11 14 (7.22%) Bitbucket Server
11 14 (7.22%) REST Assured
12 9 (4.64%) GoCD
12 9 (4.64%) JProfiler
13 7 (3.61%) DbUnit
13 7 (3.61%) Postman
14 6 (3.09%) JMeter
14 6 (3.09%) jMock
14 6 (3.09%) Subversion
General
1 47 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (18.56%) Public Sector
3 35 (18.04%) Finance
4 28 (14.43%) Banking
5 10 (5.15%) Publishing
6 6 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.52%) Marketing
9 1 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 116 (59.79%) Developer
2 96 (49.48%) Java Developer
3 40 (20.62%) Senior
4 30 (15.46%) Senior Developer
5 29 (14.95%) Senior Java Developer
6 26 (13.40%) Java Engineer
7 22 (11.34%) Lead
8 20 (10.31%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (10.31%) Lead Developer
9 13 (6.70%) Lead Java Developer
10 12 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.64%) SC Cleared Java Developer
11 9 (4.64%) Software Engineer
12 7 (3.61%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 7 (3.61%) Python Engineer
13 5 (2.58%) Automation Tester
13 5 (2.58%) Backend Developer
13 5 (2.58%) Lead Software Developer
13 5 (2.58%) Software Developer
13 5 (2.58%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (68.04%) Spring Boot
2 131 (67.53%) Spring
3 80 (41.24%) REST
4 65 (33.51%) JPA
5 53 (27.32%) RESTful
6 47 (24.23%) Kafka
7 45 (23.20%) React
8 44 (22.68%) Node.js
9 39 (20.10%) Hibernate
10 36 (18.56%) HTML
10 36 (18.56%) Terraform
11 34 (17.53%) AngularJS
12 31 (15.98%) CSS
12 31 (15.98%) SOAP
13 30 (15.46%) Web Services
14 25 (12.89%) ActiveMQ
15 23 (11.86%) Spring MVC
16 21 (10.82%) Spring Cloud
17 20 (10.31%) Redux
18 19 (9.79%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.43%) Product Ownership
2 26 (13.40%) Cloud Native
3 23 (11.86%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (8.76%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.64%) Data Structures
6 8 (4.12%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (3.61%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (2.58%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.55%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.52%) Distributed Applications
12 1 (0.52%) Distributed Architecture
12 1 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
12 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.52%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.07%) Linux
2 11 (5.67%) Unix
3 3 (1.55%) VMS
4 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.52%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (71.65%) CI/CD
2 111 (57.22%) Microservices
3 110 (56.70%) Agile
4 97 (50.00%) DevOps
5 81 (41.75%) Scrum
6 68 (35.05%) Containerisation
7 66 (34.02%) Test Automation
8 57 (29.38%) TDD
9 47 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
10 41 (21.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (17.53%) Clean Code
11 34 (17.53%) Software Engineering
12 32 (16.49%) Event-Driven
13 30 (15.46%) Code Quality
13 30 (15.46%) Front End Development
14 28 (14.43%) Design Patterns
15 26 (13.40%) Observability
16 24 (12.37%) MVC
17 23 (11.86%) Performance Tuning
18 22 (11.34%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 185 (95.36%) Java
2 85 (43.81%) SQL
3 51 (26.29%) JavaScript
4 34 (17.53%) Python
5 27 (13.92%) Shell Script
6 23 (11.86%) TypeScript
7 19 (9.79%) Groovy
8 13 (6.70%) Bash
9 6 (3.09%) Scala
10 5 (2.58%) Ruby
11 3 (1.55%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (38.66%) Security Cleared
2 68 (35.05%) SC Cleared
3 28 (14.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (11.34%) Degree
5 18 (9.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.58%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.06%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.06%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (18.56%) QA
2 16 (8.25%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.61%) ISO 20022
4 5 (2.58%) PSD2
4 5 (2.58%) SEPA
5 2 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.03%) WCAG
6 1 (0.52%) ITGC
6 1 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 94 (48.45%) Docker
2 5 (2.58%) Postfix
3 2 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 87 (44.85%) Kubernetes
2 41 (21.13%) Grafana
3 31 (15.98%) Prometheus
4 19 (9.79%) Ansible
5 13 (6.70%) Kibana
6 9 (4.64%) Argo
7 3 (1.55%) HAProxy
8 2 (1.03%) Podman
8 2 (1.03%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.03%) Puppet
8 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.52%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.52%) Istio
9 1 (0.52%) systemd
Vendors
1 48 (24.74%) Oracle
2 13 (6.70%) Google
3 12 (6.19%) Sonatype
4 9 (4.64%) IBM
4 9 (4.64%) MuleSoft
4 9 (4.64%) Splunk
5 8 (4.12%) Jaspersoft
5 8 (4.12%) Veracode
6 7 (3.61%) Atlassian
7 6 (3.09%) Microsoft
8 5 (2.58%) Dynatrace
9 4 (2.06%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.55%) Checkmarx
10 3 (1.55%) OpenAI
11 2 (1.03%) Adobe
11 2 (1.03%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.03%) SAP
11 2 (1.03%) Sybase
12 1 (0.52%) TIBCO