The first table below looks at the demand for Apache skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Middlesex 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache HTTP Server
Rank 21 25 30
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +5
Contract jobs citing Apache 5 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.463% 2.448% 1.592%
As % of the Application Platforms category 14.29% 20.59% 8.955%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 1
Average daily rate £350 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £343 £339
% change year-on-year
-1.45% +1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £23.75 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+36.84% -31.15%
All Application Platforms
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
35 34 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 17.24% 11.89% 17.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 20 30
Average daily rate £438 £350 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £203 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £594 £486 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 11
Average hourly rate £40.00 £28.51 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.30% +78.18%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
Apache
South East

Apache
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Apache Daily Rate Trend

Apache
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apache across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Middlesex Apache Daily Rate Histogram

Apache
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex Apache Hourly Rate Trend

Apache
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 8 (72.73%) Linux
2 7 (63.64%) Tomcat
2 7 (63.64%) Oracle
2 7 (63.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (54.55%) Red Hat
4 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
5 4 (36.36%) SQL
5 4 (36.36%) WebLogic
5 4 (36.36%) UNIX
5 4 (36.36%) MySQL
5 4 (36.36%) Solaris
5 4 (36.36%) Cisco
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) CentOS
6 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (27.27%) WebSphere
6 3 (27.27%) Jetty
6 3 (27.27%) EMC
6 3 (27.27%) JBoss
6 3 (27.27%) Windows
6 3 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (27.27%) VMware
6 3 (27.27%) VMware ESX
7 2 (18.18%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (18.18%) NetApp
7 2 (18.18%) Subversion
7 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (18.18%) Middleware
7 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
7 2 (18.18%) IIS

Apache
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 3 (27.27%) WebSphere
2 2 (18.18%) Middleware
3 1 (9.091%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (9.091%) J2EE
3 1 (9.091%) ASP
3 1 (9.091%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 7 (63.64%) Tomcat
2 4 (36.36%) WebLogic
3 3 (27.27%) Jetty
4 2 (18.18%) IIS
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (9.091%) Documentum
5 1 (9.091%) Site Server
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Web AS
5 1 (9.091%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (9.091%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.091%) HTTPS
2 1 (9.091%) SMTP
2 1 (9.091%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) MySQL
2 3 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
4 1 (9.091%) DB2
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (9.091%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Subversion
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Administrator
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Linux Administrator
2 3 (27.27%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Management Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Documentum Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Documentum Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.091%) Open Source
2 1 (9.091%) SaaS
2 1 (9.091%) IaaS
2 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
2 7 (63.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (36.36%) UNIX
3 4 (36.36%) Solaris
3 4 (36.36%) CentOS
4 3 (27.27%) Windows
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (9.091%) AIX
6 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) ITIL
1 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
1 1 (9.091%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (9.091%) Information Security
1 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (9.091%) Content Management
1 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) Java
3 1 (9.091%) PHP
3 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) MCSD
1 1 (9.091%) MCSE
1 1 (9.091%) CCNA
1 1 (9.091%) CISSP
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (9.091%) CISM
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware ESX
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle
2 6 (54.55%) Red Hat
3 4 (36.36%) Cisco
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) EMC
4 3 (27.27%) VMware
4 3 (27.27%) JBoss
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix
5 2 (18.18%) NetApp
6 1 (9.091%) SAP
6 1 (9.091%) Sun
6 1 (9.091%) HP