The first table below looks at the demand for Maven 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 Maven 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 Development Applications 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 Maven
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Maven 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £335 £394
% change year-on-year
+4.47% -14.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £41.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+8.43% -7.77%
All Development Applications
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
24 29 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 12.24% 6.713% 9.821%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 17
Average daily rate £300 £345 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +5.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £279 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £390 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Maven
North West

Maven
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Maven Daily Rate Trend

Maven
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 5 (100.00%) Ant
1 5 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Hudson
2 3 (60.00%) FindBugs
2 3 (60.00%) J2EE
2 3 (60.00%) JUnit
2 3 (60.00%) Code Coverage
2 3 (60.00%) AppScan
2 3 (60.00%) Checkstyle
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration

Maven
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (60.00%) J2EE
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Ant
2 3 (60.00%) JUnit
2 3 (60.00%) AppScan
2 3 (60.00%) Checkstyle
2 3 (60.00%) Hudson
2 3 (60.00%) FindBugs
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Applications Developer
1 3 (60.00%) J2EE Developer
1 3 (60.00%) J2EE Applications Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Build Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Code Coverage
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared