The first table below looks at the demand for Apache Solr skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache Solr over the 3 months to 23 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 Glasgow 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Solr
Rank 81 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
-26 -
Contract jobs citing Apache Solr 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.106% 0.259% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.599% 1.538% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £330 -
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
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
167 130 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 17.65% 16.82% 23.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 48 80
Average daily rate £338 £311 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.52% -11.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £238 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 5
Average hourly rate £14.00 £26.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.15% -35.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Apache Solr
Scotland

Apache Solr
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apache Solr across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Glasgow Apache Solr Jobs Demand Trend

Apache Solr
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Apache Solr Daily Rate Trend

Apache Solr
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Apache Solr 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 Apache Solr.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) Struts
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Tridion
1 1 (100.00%) DRM
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Alterian
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Lucene
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5

Apache Solr
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Apache Solr 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 Apache Solr. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) Struts
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Lucene
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) OSGi
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Sling
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe CQ
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Tridion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Development Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) DRM
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Alterian
1 1 (100.00%) Google