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This section looks at the demand for Apache Ant skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Ant
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3640
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below3.509 %2.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£331
% change on same period last year+17.19 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£39.63
% change on same period last year+7.24 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads5750
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted2016
Average minimum daily rate£337£295
Average daily rate£356£307
% change on same period last year+15.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£14.60£32.14
Average hourly rate£15.30£36.07
% change on same period last year-57.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Ant North WestAnt
North West

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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Merseyside Ant Demand Trend

Ant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ant within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 25 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
LiverpoolNew entry-2--
Ant North WestAnt
North West

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

14 (100.00 %)SQL
14 (100.00 %)J2EE
14 (100.00 %)Oracle
14 (100.00 %)JUnit
14 (100.00 %)Java
14 (100.00 %)JSP
14 (100.00 %)Servlets
14 (100.00 %)Struts
14 (100.00 %)WebServices
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)UML
14 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
23 (75.00 %)Spring
23 (75.00 %)RDBMS
23 (75.00 %)Sun
23 (75.00 %)Sun Certification
23 (75.00 %)JavaScript
23 (75.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)iBATIS
32 (50.00 %)BC Cleared
32 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (50.00 %)Government
41 (25.00 %)Degree
41 (25.00 %)Oracle 10gAS
41 (25.00 %)Oracle Application Server
41 (25.00 %)TDD
41 (25.00 %)WebLogic Workshop
41 (25.00 %)JDeveloper
41 (25.00 %)WebLogic

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)J2EE
14 (100.00 %)JSP
14 (100.00 %)Servlets
14 (100.00 %)Struts
14 (100.00 %)WebServices
14 (100.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)Spring
23 (75.00 %)iBATIS
23 (75.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)CSS
31 (25.00 %)EJB
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)WebLogic
11 (25.00 %)Oracle Application Server
11 (25.00 %)Oracle 10gAS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
23 (75.00 %)RDBMS
31 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (25.00 %)Oracle 9i
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (100.00 %)JUnit
21 (25.00 %)Eclipse
21 (25.00 %)JDeveloper
21 (25.00 %)WebLogic Workshop
21 (25.00 %)HttpUnit
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Government
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)Java Developer
22 (50.00 %)Applications Developer
22 (50.00 %)Java Applications Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior Java Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior Applications Developer
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)UML
22 (50.00 %)BC Cleared
22 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (25.00 %)TDD
31 (25.00 %)ITIL
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Java
14 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)JavaScript
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (75.00 %)Sun Certification
21 (25.00 %)Degree
21 (25.00 %)HND
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)QA
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Oracle
23 (75.00 %)Sun
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