The first table below looks at the demand for Maven 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 Maven 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 Development Applications 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 Maven
Rank 109 127 103
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -24
Contract jobs citing Maven 11 8 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.459% 0.254% 0.874%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.314% 4.444% 8.280%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 2
Average daily rate £475 £335 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.79% -7.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £258 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £469 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £335 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.47% -16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £41.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+8.43% -7.77%
All Development Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
255 180 314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 10.65% 5.723% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 63 103
Average daily rate £375 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £395 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £28.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.42% -37.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Maven
South East

Maven
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Maven Jobs Demand Trend

Maven
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Maven Daily Rate Trend

Maven
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire Maven Daily Rate Histogram

Maven
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Maven Hourly Rate Trend

Maven
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Maven 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 +17 4 £363 -
Slough -8 2 £325 +18.18%
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Maven
South East

Maven
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Maven 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 Maven.

1 32 (100.00%) Java
2 24 (75.00%) Eclipse
3 21 (65.63%) Apache
4 18 (56.25%) Hibernate
4 18 (56.25%) jQuery
5 17 (53.13%) Spring
6 16 (50.00%) Jenkins
7 14 (43.75%) Finance
7 14 (43.75%) Tomcat
7 14 (43.75%) JUnit
8 13 (40.63%) Apache CXF
9 12 (37.50%) Subversion
10 10 (31.25%) SOA
10 10 (31.25%) Web Services
10 10 (31.25%) System Testing
11 9 (28.13%) Ajax
12 8 (25.00%) XML
13 7 (21.88%) Adobe
13 7 (21.88%) JSP
13 7 (21.88%) Servlets
13 7 (21.88%) SOAP
13 7 (21.88%) Struts
13 7 (21.88%) Omniture
13 7 (21.88%) JSON
13 7 (21.88%) Content Management
13 7 (21.88%) RESTful
13 7 (21.88%) OSGi
13 7 (21.88%) Adobe CQ
13 7 (21.88%) Apache Sling
14 6 (18.75%) Apache Felix

Maven
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Maven 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 Maven. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (56.25%) Hibernate
1 18 (56.25%) jQuery
2 17 (53.13%) Spring
3 13 (40.63%) Apache CXF
4 10 (31.25%) Web Services
5 9 (28.13%) Ajax
6 8 (25.00%) XML
7 7 (21.88%) JSP
7 7 (21.88%) Servlets
7 7 (21.88%) SOAP
7 7 (21.88%) Struts
7 7 (21.88%) JSON
7 7 (21.88%) RESTful
7 7 (21.88%) OSGi
7 7 (21.88%) Apache Sling
8 6 (18.75%) Apache Felix
8 6 (18.75%) Struts2
9 3 (9.375%) CSS
10 2 (6.250%) CSS3
10 2 (6.250%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 21 (65.63%) Apache
2 14 (43.75%) Tomcat
3 7 (21.88%) Adobe CQ
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.125%) SMTP
1 1 (3.125%) FTP
1 1 (3.125%) HTTP
1 1 (3.125%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 24 (75.00%) Eclipse
2 16 (50.00%) Jenkins
3 14 (43.75%) JUnit
4 12 (37.50%) Subversion
5 6 (18.75%) Ant
6 4 (12.50%) Selenium
7 3 (9.375%) WATIR
7 3 (9.375%) Cucumber
7 3 (9.375%) FitNesse
8 1 (3.125%) IntelliJ
General
1 14 (43.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (68.75%) Developer
2 12 (37.50%) Programmer
3 9 (28.13%) Java Developer
4 6 (18.75%) Analyst
4 6 (18.75%) Analyst Programmer
5 5 (15.63%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 5 (15.63%) Senior Programmer
6 4 (12.50%) Front-End Developer
6 4 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
6 4 (12.50%) Senior Developer
7 3 (9.375%) Senior Manager
8 2 (6.250%) Senior Development Manager
8 2 (6.250%) Development Manager
8 2 (6.250%) Software Engineer
9 1 (3.125%) Analyst Developer
9 1 (3.125%) Web Developer
9 1 (3.125%) Java Web Developer
9 1 (3.125%) Agile Java Developer
9 1 (3.125%) SOA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.125%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (3.125%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) SOA
1 10 (31.25%) System Testing
2 7 (21.88%) Content Management
3 5 (15.63%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (15.63%) TDD
3 5 (15.63%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (12.50%) BDD
5 3 (9.375%) E-Commerce
5 3 (9.375%) ERP
5 3 (9.375%) Automated Testing
5 3 (9.375%) Automation Testing
6 2 (6.250%) Scrum
7 1 (3.125%) MVC
7 1 (3.125%) Multithreading
7 1 (3.125%) Test Automation
7 1 (3.125%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 4 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.375%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Adobe
1 7 (21.88%) Omniture
2 4 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (3.125%) JBoss