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This section looks at the demand for Apache Ant skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Ant
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7085
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads2011
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.011 %
As % of the category below12.20 %5.288 %
Daily rates quoted83
Average minimum daily rate£339£267
Average daily rate£351£300
% change on same period last year+17.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£331
% change on same period last year+17.19 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£39.63
% change on same period last year+7.24 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads164208
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.219 %0.210 %
Daily rates quoted4646
Average minimum daily rate£299£287
Average daily rate£315£305
% change on same period last year+3.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted719
Average minimum hourly rate£35.43£24.62
Average hourly rate£36.29£25.36
% change on same period last year+43.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.14£26.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Ant EnglandAnt
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Ant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ant across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

East Midlands Ant Demand Trend

Ant
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Ant across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Ant Daily Rate Trend

Ant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ant across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East Midlands Ant Daily Rate Histogram

Ant
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Ant across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Ant Hourly Rate Trend

Ant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ant within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamshireUp+214£360-
DerbyshireUp+143£301+0.16 %
LeicestershireUp+61--
Ant EnglandAnt
England

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Ant 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 Ant.

125 (96.15 %)Java
220 (76.92 %)UML
319 (73.08 %)Oracle
417 (65.38 %)Oracle 10g
515 (57.69 %)Swing
515 (57.69 %)SQL Server
515 (57.69 %)JDBC
614 (53.85 %)J2SE
713 (50.00 %)Java RMI
713 (50.00 %)Subversion
713 (50.00 %)Multithreading
812 (46.15 %)Agile Software Development
911 (42.31 %)Microsoft
1010 (38.46 %)J2EE
119 (34.62 %)JUnit
128 (30.77 %)Windows
136 (23.08 %)Hibernate
136 (23.08 %)Spring
145 (19.23 %)Struts
145 (19.23 %)XML
145 (19.23 %)WebSphere
145 (19.23 %)Mathematics
154 (15.38 %)QA
154 (15.38 %)3D Graphics
154 (15.38 %)Banking
154 (15.38 %)WebServices
154 (15.38 %)WebSphere Application Server
154 (15.38 %)WebLogic
154 (15.38 %)SQL
154 (15.38 %)Eclipse

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Ant 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 Ant. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (57.69 %)JDBC
115 (57.69 %)Swing
214 (53.85 %)J2SE
313 (50.00 %)Java RMI
410 (38.46 %)J2EE
56 (23.08 %)Hibernate
56 (23.08 %)Spring
65 (19.23 %)Struts
65 (19.23 %)XML
65 (19.23 %)WebSphere
74 (15.38 %)WebServices
83 (11.54 %)EJB
83 (11.54 %)JSP
83 (11.54 %)Servlets
92 (7.692 %)Java EE
101 (3.846 %)iBATIS
101 (3.846 %)Apache Axis
101 (3.846 %)JAX-WS
101 (3.846 %)Java EE 5
101 (3.846 %)XSLT
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (15.38 %)WebSphere Application Server
14 (15.38 %)WebLogic
14 (15.38 %)Tomcat
22 (7.692 %)JBoss
31 (3.846 %)Apache
31 (3.846 %)WebLogic Portal
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (11.54 %)MS Excel
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (65.38 %)Oracle 10g
215 (57.69 %)SQL Server
33 (11.54 %)Oracle 9i
33 (11.54 %)GIS
41 (3.846 %)RDBMS
41 (3.846 %)SQL Server 7
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (50.00 %)Subversion
29 (34.62 %)JUnit
34 (15.38 %)Eclipse
41 (3.846 %)WebLogic Workshop
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (15.38 %)3D Graphics
14 (15.38 %)Banking
22 (7.692 %)Finance
31 (3.846 %)Education
31 (3.846 %)Government
31 (3.846 %)Health
31 (3.846 %)Insurance
31 (3.846 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (3.846 %)Telecoms
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (76.92 %)Developer
219 (73.08 %)Java Developer
35 (19.23 %)Java/J2EE Developer
44 (15.38 %)Architect
44 (15.38 %)Technical Architect
53 (11.54 %)Software Developer
53 (11.54 %)J2EE Developer
53 (11.54 %)Java Software Developer
62 (7.692 %)Analyst
71 (3.846 %)Solutions Architect
71 (3.846 %)Applications Developer
71 (3.846 %)Analyst Programmer
71 (3.846 %)Programmer
71 (3.846 %)Senior Analyst
71 (3.846 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
71 (3.846 %)J2EE Architect
71 (3.846 %)Deployment Engineer
71 (3.846 %)Technical Solutions Architect
71 (3.846 %)J2EE Solutions Architect
71 (3.846 %)J2EE Technical Architect
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (50.00 %)Multithreading
25 (19.23 %)Mathematics
31 (3.846 %)W3C
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (30.77 %)Windows
21 (3.846 %)AIX
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (76.92 %)UML
212 (46.15 %)Agile Software Development
31 (3.846 %)TDD
31 (3.846 %)Use Case
31 (3.846 %)E-Commerce
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (96.15 %)Java
24 (15.38 %)SQL
31 (3.846 %)Jython
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.846 %)Sun Certification
11 (3.846 %)SCJD
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (15.38 %)QA
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (73.08 %)Oracle
211 (42.31 %)Microsoft
33 (11.54 %)BEA
41 (3.846 %)Sun
41 (3.846 %)IBM
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