The first table below looks at the demand for Apache 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 over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache HTTP Server
Rank 57 54 45
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -9
Contract jobs citing Apache 19 8 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 2.036% 1.017% 2.738%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.45% 5.970% 11.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 13
Average daily rate £338 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £350 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £370 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.76% -6.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -27.53%
All Application Platforms
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
166 134 160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 17.79% 17.03% 23.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 50 79
Average daily rate £338 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £238 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
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 £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Apache
Scotland

Apache
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Apache Jobs Demand Trend

Apache
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Apache Daily Rate Trend

Apache
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Apache Hourly Rate Trend

Apache
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Apache 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.

1 26 (89.66%) Java
2 20 (68.97%) Tomcat
3 18 (62.07%) Spring
4 15 (51.72%) Web Services
5 13 (44.83%) XML
5 13 (44.83%) Hibernate
6 12 (41.38%) SQL
7 10 (34.48%) Oracle
7 10 (34.48%) XML Schema
8 9 (31.03%) JMS
8 9 (31.03%) SOAP
9 7 (24.14%) SOA
9 7 (24.14%) Apache CXF
10 6 (20.69%) Ruby
10 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (20.69%) Ruby on Rails
10 6 (20.69%) ESB
10 6 (20.69%) Linux
10 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
11 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
11 5 (17.24%) CSS
11 5 (17.24%) Finance
11 5 (17.24%) Informatica
11 5 (17.24%) Oracle Coherence
12 4 (13.79%) Subversion
12 4 (13.79%) Middleware
12 4 (13.79%) JBoss
12 4 (13.79%) UNIX
12 4 (13.79%) Windows
12 4 (13.79%) HTML

Apache
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Apache 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (62.07%) Spring
2 15 (51.72%) Web Services
3 13 (44.83%) XML
3 13 (44.83%) Hibernate
4 10 (34.48%) XML Schema
5 9 (31.03%) JMS
5 9 (31.03%) SOAP
6 7 (24.14%) Apache CXF
7 6 (20.69%) Ruby on Rails
8 5 (17.24%) CSS
9 4 (13.79%) Middleware
9 4 (13.79%) HTML
10 3 (10.34%) .NET
10 3 (10.34%) WebSphere
10 3 (10.34%) jQuery
11 2 (6.897%) REST
11 2 (6.897%) HTML5
11 2 (6.897%) Ext JS
11 2 (6.897%) J2EE
12 1 (3.448%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 20 (68.97%) Tomcat
2 6 (20.69%) ESB
3 5 (17.24%) Oracle Coherence
4 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (10.34%) MQSeries
4 3 (10.34%) MS Exchange
4 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
4 3 (10.34%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
5 1 (3.448%) Mule
5 1 (3.448%) Drupal
5 1 (3.448%) Apache Solr
5 1 (3.448%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.34%) MySQL
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (10.34%) RDBMS
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.448%) DB2
3 1 (3.448%) KDB
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Subversion
2 2 (6.897%) Maven
2 2 (6.897%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.448%) IntelliJ
3 1 (3.448%) NetBeans
3 1 (3.448%) Aptana Studio
3 1 (3.448%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (17.24%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (79.31%) Developer
2 17 (58.62%) Java Developer
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Java Developer
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Developer
5 2 (6.897%) WebSphere Consultant
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) PHP Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Solutions Designer
6 1 (3.448%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Specialist
6 1 (3.448%) Flex Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Drupal Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Development Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (3.448%) Mathematics
1 1 (3.448%) Ergonomics
1 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
1 1 (3.448%) RIA
1 1 (3.448%) Telematics
1 1 (3.448%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Linux
2 4 (13.79%) UNIX
2 4 (13.79%) Windows
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.448%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) SOA
2 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (10.34%) OO
3 3 (10.34%) TDD
3 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
4 2 (6.897%) E-Commerce
4 2 (6.897%) OOP
5 1 (3.448%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.448%) DRM
5 1 (3.448%) Project Management
5 1 (3.448%) Content Management
5 1 (3.448%) Pair Programming
5 1 (3.448%) Software Engineering
5 1 (3.448%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.448%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.448%) Refactoring
5 1 (3.448%) Domain-Driven Design
5 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Content Management
5 1 (3.448%) Web Application Development
5 1 (3.448%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 26 (89.66%) Java
2 12 (41.38%) SQL
3 6 (20.69%) Ruby
4 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.897%) PHP
5 2 (6.897%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.448%) ActionScript
6 1 (3.448%) C#
6 1 (3.448%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 3 (10.34%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Oracle
2 5 (17.24%) Informatica
3 4 (13.79%) JBoss
4 3 (10.34%) Citrix
4 3 (10.34%) McAfee
4 3 (10.34%) Lumension
5 1 (3.448%) Sybase
5 1 (3.448%) TIBCO
5 1 (3.448%) IBM
5 1 (3.448%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.448%) Adobe
5 1 (3.448%) Alterian
5 1 (3.448%) Google
5 1 (3.448%) Sencha
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