The first table below looks at the demand for Apache Solr skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache Solr over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridgeshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Solr
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Apache Solr 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
108 130 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 19.67% 18.81% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 50 35
Average daily rate £300 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £175 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £444 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 11
Average hourly rate £26.20 £35.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.14% +191.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.55 £22.50 £10.11
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £40.25 £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Apache Solr
East of England