The first table below looks at the demand for Apache skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache over the 3 months to 17 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 Lancashire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache HTTP Server
Rank - 37 -
Contract jobs citing Apache 0 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - 1.620% -
As % of the Application Platforms category - 8.046% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £380 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £29.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -15.94%
All Application Platforms
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
25 87 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 12.76% 20.14% 23.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 46 25
Average daily rate £270 £305 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.47% -6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £460 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
Average hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £20.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £78.94 £30.00 £64.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Apache
North West

Apache
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Apache Hourly Rate Trend

Apache
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Sybase
1 1 (50.00%) DB2
1 1 (50.00%) JUnit
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Servlets
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) JBoss
1 1 (50.00%) Websense
1 1 (50.00%) MVC
1 1 (50.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (50.00%) Ajax
1 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Stripes Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement

Apache
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Servlets
1 1 (50.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (50.00%) Ajax
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) Stripes Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JUnit
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) MVC
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Sybase
1 1 (50.00%) JBoss
1 1 (50.00%) Websense
1 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat