The first table below looks at the demand for Maven skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Maven over the 3 months to 22 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 England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Maven
Rank 212 235 197
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -38
Contract jobs citing Maven 369 420 511
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.874% 0.774% 0.923%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.908% 8.274% 8.626%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 290 326
Average daily rate £450 £420 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -16.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £313 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £620
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £335 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.47% -16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 9
Average hourly rate £45.00 £41.50 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.43% -7.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £42.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.36 £41.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £41.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+8.43% -7.77%
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4666 5076 5924
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.05% 9.357% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2989 3074 3416
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £590
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 207 309
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Maven
UK

Maven
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England 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 England region.

England Maven Hourly Rate Trend

Maven
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Maven across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Maven Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +3 244 £475 -
South East +34 64 £350 +7.69%
Yorkshire +27 31 £325 -13.33%
South West +14 8 £350 -10.25%
West Midlands -10 7 £260 -21.21%
East of England +3 5 £450 -3.22%
East Midlands +1 3 - -
North West -16 2 £250 -23.07%
North East +2 1 £375 +11.94%
Maven
UK

Maven
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 688 (89.00%) Java
2 421 (54.46%) Spring
3 325 (42.04%) Hibernate
4 275 (35.58%) JUnit
5 274 (35.45%) Web Services
6 245 (31.69%) Linux
7 244 (31.57%) Oracle
8 243 (31.44%) J2EE
9 237 (30.66%) Subversion
10 236 (30.53%) Agile Software Development
11 224 (28.98%) JavaScript
12 222 (28.72%) Continuous Integration
13 211 (27.30%) TDD
14 209 (27.04%) SQL
15 205 (26.52%) Git (software)
16 201 (26.00%) Tomcat
17 191 (24.71%) HTML
18 190 (24.58%) Ant
19 180 (23.29%) Jenkins
20 168 (21.73%) JMS
21 163 (21.09%) CSS
22 158 (20.44%) SOAP
23 151 (19.53%) Apache
23 151 (19.53%) Finance
24 148 (19.15%) MVC
25 147 (19.02%) jQuery
26 146 (18.89%) BDD
27 141 (18.24%) XML
28 140 (18.11%) OO
29 139 (17.98%) JBoss

Maven
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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
1 421 (54.46%) Spring
2 325 (42.04%) Hibernate
3 274 (35.45%) Web Services
4 243 (31.44%) J2EE
5 191 (24.71%) HTML
6 168 (21.73%) JMS
7 163 (21.09%) CSS
8 158 (20.44%) SOAP
9 147 (19.02%) jQuery
10 141 (18.24%) XML
11 137 (17.72%) Java EE
12 136 (17.59%) REST
13 124 (16.04%) JPA
14 121 (15.65%) JSP
15 109 (14.10%) Spring MVC
16 107 (13.84%) RESTful
17 98 (12.68%) Ajax
18 82 (10.61%) JSON
19 79 (10.22%) EJB
20 62 (8.021%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 201 (26.00%) Tomcat
2 151 (19.53%) Apache
3 71 (9.185%) WebLogic
4 45 (5.821%) Amazon EC2
5 34 (4.398%) Amazon AWS
6 32 (4.140%) Confluence
7 25 (3.234%) BizTalk Server
7 25 (3.234%) ActiveMQ
7 25 (3.234%) ESB
7 25 (3.234%) Adobe CQ
8 22 (2.846%) Amazon S3
9 19 (2.458%) CMS
10 16 (2.070%) Oracle Coherence
10 16 (2.070%) Jetty
11 15 (1.940%) Alfresco
12 14 (1.811%) Liferay
13 13 (1.682%) Oracle Workflow
13 13 (1.682%) Route 53
14 12 (1.552%) IIS
14 12 (1.552%) Mule
Applications
1 11 (1.423%) MS Excel
2 7 (0.906%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.647%) Mingle
4 4 (0.517%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (1.682%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.388%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.259%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.129%) Apache OFBiz
4 1 (0.129%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.129%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.856%) HTTP
2 44 (5.692%) Internet
3 21 (2.717%) DNS
4 20 (2.587%) SSL
5 15 (1.940%) Firewall
5 15 (1.940%) NAS
6 14 (1.811%) RTP
6 14 (1.811%) SAN
6 14 (1.811%) RTSP
6 14 (1.811%) Network Security
7 11 (1.423%) LDAP
8 10 (1.294%) AMQP
9 9 (1.164%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.906%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.776%) DVB
12 5 (0.647%) NFC
13 4 (0.517%) SSH
14 2 (0.259%) Intranet
14 2 (0.259%) Extranet
14 2 (0.259%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (17.59%) MySQL
2 103 (13.32%) SQL Server
3 69 (8.926%) RDBMS
4 52 (6.727%) NoSQL
5 36 (4.657%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 36 (4.657%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 34 (4.398%) MongoDB
7 30 (3.881%) Redis
8 19 (2.458%) Oracle 8/8i
9 17 (2.199%) CouchDB
10 14 (1.811%) Hadoop
11 13 (1.682%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.552%) Big Data
12 12 (1.552%) Oracle Reports
12 12 (1.552%) SQLite
13 11 (1.423%) Oracle 11g
13 11 (1.423%) DB2
14 8 (1.035%) JasperReports
15 5 (0.647%) TOAD
15 5 (0.647%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 275 (35.58%) JUnit
2 237 (30.66%) Subversion
3 205 (26.52%) Git (software)
4 190 (24.58%) Ant
5 180 (23.29%) Jenkins
6 127 (16.43%) Hudson
7 122 (15.78%) Eclipse
8 116 (15.01%) Selenium
9 107 (13.84%) JIRA
10 82 (10.61%) Mockito
11 73 (9.444%) TeamCity
12 63 (8.150%) Cucumber
13 36 (4.657%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 36 (4.657%) CruiseControl
14 35 (4.528%) jMock
15 34 (4.398%) EasyMock
16 27 (3.493%) WebDriver
17 26 (3.364%) TestNG
18 24 (3.105%) FitNesse
19 21 (2.717%) Mercurial
General
1 151 (19.53%) Finance
2 125 (16.17%) Banking
3 71 (9.185%) Investment Banking
4 47 (6.080%) Front Office
5 25 (3.234%) Telecoms
6 19 (2.458%) Retail
7 10 (1.294%) Games
8 9 (1.164%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.035%) Marketing
10 7 (0.906%) Publishing
11 6 (0.776%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.776%) Back Office
12 2 (0.259%) Electronics
12 2 (0.259%) Music
12 2 (0.259%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.129%) Online Betting
13 1 (0.129%) International Banking
13 1 (0.129%) German Language
13 1 (0.129%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.129%) Billing
Job Titles
1 535 (69.21%) Developer
2 369 (47.74%) Java Developer
3 61 (7.891%) Senior Developer
4 56 (7.245%) Senior Java Developer
5 53 (6.856%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 36 (4.657%) Architect
7 34 (4.398%) J2EE Developer
8 33 (4.269%) Programmer
8 33 (4.269%) Software Engineer
9 30 (3.881%) Technical Leader
10 25 (3.234%) DevOps Engineer
11 21 (2.717%) Analyst
12 20 (2.587%) Web Developer
13 19 (2.458%) Agile Java Developer
14 17 (2.199%) Java Programmer
15 16 (2.070%) Lead Developer
15 16 (2.070%) Release Manager
15 16 (2.070%) Build Manager
16 15 (1.940%) Java Web Developer
16 15 (1.940%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 77 (9.961%) Open Source
2 66 (8.538%) Computer Science
3 26 (3.364%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 25 (3.234%) Derivative
4 25 (3.234%) Mobile App
5 24 (3.105%) Blackberry
6 22 (2.846%) Mathematics
7 21 (2.717%) Fixed Income
7 21 (2.717%) Client/Server
8 18 (2.329%) iPhone
8 18 (2.329%) Physics
9 17 (2.199%) W3C
10 16 (2.070%) RIA
11 14 (1.811%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.552%) Taxonomies
12 12 (1.552%) Ontologies
13 11 (1.423%) Equities
14 10 (1.294%) Credit Risk
15 9 (1.164%) Wiki
16 8 (1.035%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 245 (31.69%) Linux
2 114 (14.75%) UNIX
3 86 (11.13%) Windows
4 23 (2.975%) CentOS
5 20 (2.587%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.940%) Android
7 12 (1.552%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (1.552%) Windows Server 2008
8 11 (1.423%) Solaris
9 10 (1.294%) AIX
10 6 (0.776%) Debian
10 6 (0.776%) Windows Mobile
11 2 (0.259%) Windows Phone
11 2 (0.259%) Windows Phone 7
11 2 (0.259%) HPUX
12 1 (0.129%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.129%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (30.53%) Agile Software Development
2 222 (28.72%) Continuous Integration
3 211 (27.30%) TDD
4 148 (19.15%) MVC
5 146 (18.89%) BDD
6 140 (18.11%) OO
7 130 (16.82%) E-Commerce
8 128 (16.56%) Scrum
9 115 (14.88%) UML
10 94 (12.16%) SOA
11 87 (11.25%) Multithreading
12 69 (8.926%) Software Engineering
13 62 (8.021%) Unit Testing
14 61 (7.891%) Web Development
15 57 (7.374%) Pair Programming
16 46 (5.951%) OOD
17 43 (5.563%) Configuration Management
18 42 (5.433%) Software Architecture
19 41 (5.304%) Test Automation
20 37 (4.787%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 688 (89.00%) Java
2 224 (28.98%) JavaScript
3 209 (27.04%) SQL
4 62 (8.021%) Python
5 55 (7.115%) Perl
6 53 (6.856%) C#
7 49 (6.339%) Groovy
8 48 (6.210%) Ruby
9 43 (5.563%) C++
10 42 (5.433%) Bash shell
11 38 (4.916%) PL/SQL
12 37 (4.787%) C
13 36 (4.657%) Shell Script
14 34 (4.398%) PHP
15 24 (3.105%) Scala
16 14 (1.811%) VC++
17 11 (1.423%) XPath
17 11 (1.423%) PowerShell
17 11 (1.423%) XQuery
17 11 (1.423%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (9.444%) Degree
2 65 (8.409%) Security Cleared
3 36 (4.657%) DV Cleared
4 22 (2.846%) SC Cleared
5 5 (0.647%) BC Cleared
6 4 (0.517%) PhD
6 4 (0.517%) ISTQB
6 4 (0.517%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.259%) RHCE
7 2 (0.259%) RHCT
8 1 (0.129%) ISEB
8 1 (0.129%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.762%) QA
2 7 (0.906%) WAI
3 4 (0.517%) Basel III
3 4 (0.517%) Basel II
4 3 (0.388%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.259%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.129%) TickIT
6 1 (0.129%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 1 (0.129%) ISO/IEC 7816
System Software
1 14 (1.811%) Samba
2 10 (1.294%) vCloud
2 10 (1.294%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.035%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.776%) vSphere
5 2 (0.259%) Xen
6 1 (0.129%) ClearTrust
6 1 (0.129%) Shibboleth
6 1 (0.129%) OpenSSO
6 1 (0.129%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 60 (7.762%) Puppet
2 21 (2.717%) Nagios
3 10 (1.294%) ZABBIX
3 10 (1.294%) OpenView
4 8 (1.035%) BladeLogic
5 6 (0.776%) YUM
6 5 (0.647%) MOM
7 4 (0.517%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.388%) Splunk
9 1 (0.129%) Business Desktop Deployment
9 1 (0.129%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.129%) Cacti
9 1 (0.129%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 244 (31.57%) Oracle
2 139 (17.98%) JBoss
3 44 (5.692%) hybris
4 38 (4.916%) Adobe
5 31 (4.010%) IBM
6 20 (2.587%) Google
7 19 (2.458%) VMware
7 19 (2.458%) Sybase
8 16 (2.070%) Red Hat
8 16 (2.070%) TIBCO
8 16 (2.070%) Microsoft
9 15 (1.940%) Atlassian
9 15 (1.940%) Perforce
10 14 (1.811%) Rackspace
11 13 (1.682%) Percona
11 13 (1.682%) Twitter
12 9 (1.164%) FatWire
12 9 (1.164%) RightScale
13 7 (0.906%) Omniture
13 7 (0.906%) DataSynapse
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