The first table below looks at the demand for Apache skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache HTTP Server
Rank 91 118 105
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -13
Contract jobs citing Apache 29 17 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.211% 0.541% 0.806%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.455% 4.000% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 12
Average daily rate £375 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £183 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £407 £443 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.76% -6.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -27.53%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
389 425 456
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 16.24% 13.51% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 194 163
Average daily rate £375 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £205 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 40
Average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £14.55 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Apache
South East

Apache
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apache across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Berkshire Apache Jobs Demand Trend

Apache
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Apache across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Apache Daily Rate Trend

Apache
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apache across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Apache Daily Rate Histogram

Apache
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Apache across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Apache Hourly Rate Trend

Apache
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +22 13 £375 +114.28%
Windsor - 6 - -
Slough -8 3 £338 -8.16%
Newbury -1 2 £375 +50.00%
Apache
South East

Apache
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Apache also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Apache.

1 33 (52.38%) Java
1 33 (52.38%) Tomcat
2 25 (39.68%) Windows
3 21 (33.33%) Eclipse
3 21 (33.33%) Maven
4 20 (31.75%) Web Services
5 19 (30.16%) Oracle
5 19 (30.16%) Finance
6 18 (28.57%) SQL
6 18 (28.57%) SAN
7 17 (26.98%) Linux
7 17 (26.98%) TCP/IP
7 17 (26.98%) Spring
8 16 (25.40%) jQuery
9 15 (23.81%) Content Management
9 15 (23.81%) WebLogic
9 15 (23.81%) HTTP
10 13 (20.63%) PHP
10 13 (20.63%) UNIX
10 13 (20.63%) JUnit
10 13 (20.63%) Hibernate
10 13 (20.63%) Apache CXF
10 13 (20.63%) Jenkins
11 12 (19.05%) VMware
11 12 (19.05%) XML
11 12 (19.05%) IIS
11 12 (19.05%) .NET
11 12 (19.05%) J2EE
11 12 (19.05%) IBM
11 12 (19.05%) LAN

Apache
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Apache also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Apache. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (31.75%) Web Services
2 17 (26.98%) Spring
3 16 (25.40%) jQuery
4 13 (20.63%) Hibernate
4 13 (20.63%) Apache CXF
5 12 (19.05%) XML
5 12 (19.05%) .NET
5 12 (19.05%) J2EE
6 10 (15.87%) Ajax
7 9 (14.29%) HTML
8 8 (12.70%) Servlets
8 8 (12.70%) SOAP
8 8 (12.70%) Struts
9 7 (11.11%) JSP
9 7 (11.11%) RESTful
9 7 (11.11%) OSGi
9 7 (11.11%) Apache Sling
9 7 (11.11%) JSON
10 6 (9.524%) Apache Felix
10 6 (9.524%) Struts2
Application Platforms
1 33 (52.38%) Tomcat
2 15 (23.81%) WebLogic
3 12 (19.05%) IIS
4 10 (15.87%) IBM HTTP Server
5 7 (11.11%) Adobe CQ
6 6 (9.524%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 5 (7.937%) WebLogic Portal
7 5 (7.937%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (6.349%) CMS
9 3 (4.762%) FileNet
10 2 (3.175%) GlassFish
11 1 (1.587%) WebSphere MQ
11 1 (1.587%) Liferay
11 1 (1.587%) Alfresco
11 1 (1.587%) Resin
11 1 (1.587%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 18 (28.57%) SAN
2 17 (26.98%) TCP/IP
3 15 (23.81%) HTTP
4 12 (19.05%) LAN
5 7 (11.11%) Internet
6 5 (7.937%) SSL
7 4 (6.349%) LDAP
7 4 (6.349%) 3G
8 3 (4.762%) IPsec
9 2 (3.175%) Firewall
9 2 (3.175%) GSM
9 2 (3.175%) WAN
9 2 (3.175%) DNS
10 1 (1.587%) RTCP
10 1 (1.587%) RTP
10 1 (1.587%) RFID
10 1 (1.587%) HTTPS
10 1 (1.587%) VPN
10 1 (1.587%) SMS
10 1 (1.587%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (17.46%) MySQL
2 4 (6.349%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.762%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (3.175%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (3.175%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.587%) GIS
5 1 (1.587%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.587%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 21 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 21 (33.33%) Maven
2 13 (20.63%) JUnit
2 13 (20.63%) Jenkins
3 9 (14.29%) Subversion
4 1 (1.587%) TestDirector
4 1 (1.587%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.587%) GitHub
General
1 19 (30.16%) Finance
2 7 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 5 (7.937%) Retail
4 4 (6.349%) Banking
5 1 (1.587%) Electronics
5 1 (1.587%) Front Office
5 1 (1.587%) Back Office
5 1 (1.587%) Billing
5 1 (1.587%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (34.92%) Developer
2 12 (19.05%) Programmer
3 9 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 8 (12.70%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 8 (12.70%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
4 8 (12.70%) Infrastructure Manager
4 8 (12.70%) Senior Project Manager
4 8 (12.70%) Infrastructure Project Leader
4 8 (12.70%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 8 (12.70%) Senior Manager
4 8 (12.70%) Project Leader
5 7 (11.11%) Analyst
6 6 (9.524%) Analyst Programmer
7 5 (7.937%) Senior Programmer
7 5 (7.937%) Java Developer
7 5 (7.937%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (7.937%) Senior Analyst Programmer
8 4 (6.349%) Front-End Developer
8 4 (6.349%) Administrator
8 4 (6.349%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Clustering
2 4 (6.349%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.587%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.587%) Open Source
3 1 (1.587%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.587%) Oracle Exalogic
3 1 (1.587%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 25 (39.68%) Windows
2 17 (26.98%) Linux
3 13 (20.63%) UNIX
4 11 (17.46%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (17.46%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (12.70%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.762%) Solaris
7 2 (3.175%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (3.175%) Windows XP
8 1 (1.587%) Windows CE
8 1 (1.587%) FreeBSD
8 1 (1.587%) AIX
8 1 (1.587%) HPUX
8 1 (1.587%) SUSE
8 1 (1.587%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.81%) Content Management
2 11 (17.46%) ITIL
2 11 (17.46%) Migration
3 10 (15.87%) System Testing
4 8 (12.70%) Workflow
5 7 (11.11%) SOA
6 5 (7.937%) MVC
6 5 (7.937%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (7.937%) E-Commerce
7 4 (6.349%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (6.349%) Change Control
8 3 (4.762%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.762%) OOD
8 3 (4.762%) OOP
8 3 (4.762%) OO
8 3 (4.762%) Data Protection
8 3 (4.762%) Scrum
9 2 (3.175%) TDD
9 2 (3.175%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (3.175%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (52.38%) Java
2 18 (28.57%) SQL
3 13 (20.63%) PHP
4 11 (17.46%) JavaScript
5 10 (15.87%) Perl
6 4 (6.349%) PL/SQL
7 3 (4.762%) PHP5
8 1 (1.587%) C
8 1 (1.587%) C#
8 1 (1.587%) C++
8 1 (1.587%) Scala
8 1 (1.587%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3 (4.762%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.175%) Degree
2 2 (3.175%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.175%) OCP
2 2 (3.175%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (1.587%) RHCE
3 1 (1.587%) HPUX Certification
3 1 (1.587%) ISEB
3 1 (1.587%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.587%) HNC
3 1 (1.587%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.587%) SCSA
3 1 (1.587%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.587%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.349%) SLA
2 1 (1.587%) JTAG
System Software
1 10 (15.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.175%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.587%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (1.587%) VirtualBox
4 1 (1.587%) Postfix
4 1 (1.587%) Sendmail
4 1 (1.587%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (1.587%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) HP SIM
2 6 (9.524%) Foglight
3 2 (3.175%) MOM
4 1 (1.587%) OpenView
4 1 (1.587%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.587%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (1.587%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 19 (30.16%) Oracle
2 12 (19.05%) VMware
2 12 (19.05%) IBM
3 9 (14.29%) JBoss
3 9 (14.29%) HP
4 7 (11.11%) Adobe
4 7 (11.11%) Omniture
5 4 (6.349%) Red Hat
5 4 (6.349%) Ericsson
6 3 (4.762%) Zend
6 3 (4.762%) ReadSoft
7 2 (3.175%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.175%) hybris
8 1 (1.587%) ESRI
8 1 (1.587%) Veritas
8 1 (1.587%) Sun
8 1 (1.587%) Intel
8 1 (1.587%) Mapinfo
8 1 (1.587%) Remedy
8 1 (1.587%) Cisco
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