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This section looks at the demand for Apache Ant skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Ant
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5446
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads713
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.014 %
As % of the category below11.11 %10.08 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£390£300
Average daily rate£418£338
% change on same period last year+23.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£391£339
% change on same period last year+15.19 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£33.50
Average hourly rate-£36.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£39.93
% change on same period last year+6.43 %
Development Applications EssexDevelopment Applications
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads63129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.083 %0.137 %
Daily rates quoted1936
Average minimum daily rate£354£425
Average daily rate£389£453
% change on same period last year-14.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£481
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£329
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted1333
Average minimum hourly rate£33.58£27.39
Average hourly rate£36.15£28.64
% change on same period last year+26.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.73£29.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.57£34.00
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Ant East of EnglandAnt
East of 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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Ant Daily Rate Trend

Ant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex 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 job ads citing Ant within the Essex region over the 3 months to 4 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
BasildonUp+94£285-
Ant East of EnglandAnt
East of England

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

116 (100.00 %)SQL
212 (75.00 %)J2EE
310 (62.50 %)OO
310 (62.50 %)Java
49 (56.25 %)Struts
49 (56.25 %)Unix
57 (43.75 %)PL/SQL
57 (43.75 %)JUnit
57 (43.75 %)Configuration Management
66 (37.50 %)Client/Server
66 (37.50 %)FatWire
66 (37.50 %)Oracle
66 (37.50 %)JavaScript
66 (37.50 %)Perl
66 (37.50 %)HTML
66 (37.50 %)XML
66 (37.50 %)CSS
66 (37.50 %)JSP
66 (37.50 %)Linux
66 (37.50 %)WebSphere
75 (31.25 %)Windows
75 (31.25 %)PVCS
84 (25.00 %)WebServices
84 (25.00 %)Log4j
84 (25.00 %)Extreme Programming
84 (25.00 %)JBoss
84 (25.00 %)Eclipse
84 (25.00 %)Marketing
84 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
84 (25.00 %)Content Management

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Application Development
112 (75.00 %)J2EE
29 (56.25 %)Struts
36 (37.50 %)CSS
36 (37.50 %)JSP
36 (37.50 %)XML
36 (37.50 %)HTML
36 (37.50 %)WebSphere
44 (25.00 %)JSF
44 (25.00 %)WebServices
53 (18.75 %)Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
14 (25.00 %)JBoss
23 (18.75 %)CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (18.75 %)Oracle Reports
Development Applications
17 (43.75 %)JUnit
25 (31.25 %)PVCS
34 (25.00 %)Eclipse
34 (25.00 %)Log4j
43 (18.75 %)FitNesse
43 (18.75 %)TestDirector
52 (12.50 %)Subversion
General
14 (25.00 %)Marketing
23 (18.75 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
111 (68.75 %)Developer
24 (25.00 %)Java Developer
24 (25.00 %)Trainer
33 (18.75 %)Analyst
42 (12.50 %)Developer Analyst
51 (6.250 %)Environment Manager
51 (6.250 %)Analyst Programmer
51 (6.250 %)Programmer
51 (6.250 %)Technical Analyst
51 (6.250 %)Java Analyst Programmer
51 (6.250 %)Java Programmer
Miscellaneous
16 (37.50 %)Client/Server
23 (18.75 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
19 (56.25 %)Unix
26 (37.50 %)Linux
35 (31.25 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
110 (62.50 %)OO
27 (43.75 %)Configuration Management
34 (25.00 %)Extreme Programming
34 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
34 (25.00 %)Content Management
43 (18.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
43 (18.75 %)Performance Testing
51 (6.250 %)TDD
Programming Languages
116 (100.00 %)SQL
210 (62.50 %)Java
37 (43.75 %)PL/SQL
46 (37.50 %)JavaScript
46 (37.50 %)Perl
53 (18.75 %)Ruby
61 (6.250 %)Delphi
Qualifications
11 (6.250 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (18.75 %)QA
Vendors
16 (37.50 %)Oracle
16 (37.50 %)FatWire
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