The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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 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
3,721
5,980
13,049
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option
25.20%
25.06%
29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,623
4,483
9,694
10th Percentile
£346
£390
£400
25th Percentile
£431
£450
£456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£538
£538
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-
-2.27%
+10.00%
75th Percentile
£650
£656
£650
90th Percentile
£825
£750
£750
UK median daily rate
£538
£550
£550
% change year-on-year
-2.27%
-
+10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
90
79
110
10th Percentile
£23.88
£25.10
£22.45
25th Percentile
-
£48.13
£35.00
Median hourly rate
£43.00
£64.00
£52.50
Median % change year-on-year
-32.81%
+21.90%
+16.67%
75th Percentile
£61.50
£73.75
£66.64
90th Percentile
£72.50
£79.05
£76.64
UK median hourly rate
£49.50
£65.00
£52.50
% change year-on-year
-23.85%
+23.81%
+16.67%
Lucene Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Lucene as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lucene Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Lucene.
Lucene Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option
Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Lucene over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.
Lucene Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, contractor job vacancies citing Lucene also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Lucene.
Lucene Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:
