North West Apache Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Apache HTTP Server skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Apache over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Apache HTTP Server
Location Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Andover Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bletchley Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chippenham City of London Conwy Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ilford Ipswich Johnstone Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Llandudno London Loughborough Luton Macclesfield Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Wales North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rugby Scotland Sheffield Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark Staines Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	121	113
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching contract IT job ads	27	23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.036 %	0.024 %
As % of the category below	4.085 %	4.014 %
Daily rates quoted	4	5
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£300
Average daily rate	£388	£300
% change on same period last year	+29.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£413	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£346
% change on same period last year	+3.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.33	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£27.80	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-7.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.27	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.75	£31.76
% change on same period last year	+9.41 %
Application Platforms North West
Matching contract IT job ads	661	573
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.871 %	0.599 %
Daily rates quoted	163	102
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£285
Average daily rate	£367	£295
% change on same period last year	+24.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£306
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£348
% change on same period last year	+3.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	73	68
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.87	£21.69
Average hourly rate	£24.05	£23.87
% change on same period last year	+0.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.22	£26.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.67	£24.13
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Apache England

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.

Apache
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Apache across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Apache
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apache across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Apache within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheshire	-18	14	£375	+25.20 %
Manchester	-19	7	-	-
Merseyside	-6	4	-	-
Lancashire	+4	3	-	-

Apache England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 25 (50.00 %) Tomcat 2 22 (44.00 %) Java 3 17 (34.00 %) Linux 4 16 (32.00 %) Unix 5 15 (30.00 %) MySQL 6 13 (26.00 %) PHP 7 12 (24.00 %) Perl 8 11 (22.00 %) JavaScript 8 11 (22.00 %) WebLogic 9 10 (20.00 %) SQL 10 9 (18.00 %) Oracle 10 9 (18.00 %) SQL Server 10 9 (18.00 %) C++ 10 9 (18.00 %) CSS 10 9 (18.00 %) XML

10 9 (18.00 %) AJAX 11 8 (16.00 %) FTP 11 8 (16.00 %) C 12 7 (14.00 %) Pharmaceutical 12 7 (14.00 %) Bioinformatics 12 7 (14.00 %) LAMP 12 7 (14.00 %) Windows 12 7 (14.00 %) yacc 12 7 (14.00 %) PHP5 13 6 (12.00 %) Intranet 13 6 (12.00 %) WebServices 13 6 (12.00 %) IIS 13 6 (12.00 %) .NET 13 6 (12.00 %) J2EE 13 6 (12.00 %) Content Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 9 (18.00 %) CSS 1 9 (18.00 %) XML 1 9 (18.00 %) AJAX 2 7 (14.00 %) LAMP 3 6 (12.00 %) WebServices 3 6 (12.00 %) .NET 3 6 (12.00 %) J2EE 4 5 (10.00 %) ASP 4 5 (10.00 %) HTML 4 5 (10.00 %) XHTML 5 4 (8.000 %) Servlets 6 3 (6.000 %) JSP 6 3 (6.000 %) ASP.NET 6 3 (6.000 %) WebSphere 7 2 (4.000 %) Java EE 7 2 (4.000 %) Drupal 7 2 (4.000 %) MVC 7 2 (4.000 %) Spring 8 1 (2.000 %) JNDI 8 1 (2.000 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 25 (50.00 %) Tomcat 2 11 (22.00 %) WebLogic 3 6 (12.00 %) IIS 4 3 (6.000 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 2 (4.000 %) Morello
Applications 1 2 (4.000 %) Photoshop 1 2 (4.000 %) Adobe Illustrator	Communications & Networking 1 8 (16.00 %) FTP 2 6 (12.00 %) Intranet 3 5 (10.00 %) Internet 4 2 (4.000 %) SSL 4 2 (4.000 %) DMZ 4 2 (4.000 %) BIG-IP 5 1 (2.000 %) LDAP 5 1 (2.000 %) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (30.00 %) MySQL 2 9 (18.00 %) SQL Server 3 5 (10.00 %) FileMaker 4 4 (8.000 %) SQL Server 2005 5 1 (2.000 %) PostgreSQL 5 1 (2.000 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (2.000 %) QlikView	Development Applications 1 7 (14.00 %) yacc 2 3 (6.000 %) Subversion 2 3 (6.000 %) Eclipse 3 2 (4.000 %) Log4j 4 1 (2.000 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (2.000 %) TestDirector 4 1 (2.000 %) JIRA
General 1 7 (14.00 %) Pharmaceutical 2 4 (8.000 %) Retail 3 2 (4.000 %) Finance 3 2 (4.000 %) Insurance 4 1 (2.000 %) Banking 4 1 (2.000 %) Education 4 1 (2.000 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 25 (50.00 %) Developer 2 12 (24.00 %) PHP Developer 3 8 (16.00 %) Web Developer 4 7 (14.00 %) Java Developer 5 6 (12.00 %) Technical Specialist 6 5 (10.00 %) Senior Developer 6 5 (10.00 %) PHP Web Developer 7 4 (8.000 %) Senior PHP Developer 7 4 (8.000 %) Senior PHP Web Developer 7 4 (8.000 %) Architect 7 4 (8.000 %) Solutions Architect 7 4 (8.000 %) MySQL Developer 7 4 (8.000 %) Senior Web Developer 8 3 (6.000 %) Systems Developer 8 3 (6.000 %) Applications Developer 8 3 (6.000 %) Analyst 8 3 (6.000 %) Administrator 9 2 (4.000 %) Java/J2EE Developer 9 2 (4.000 %) Consultant 9 2 (4.000 %) Database Developer
Miscellaneous 1 7 (14.00 %) Bioinformatics 2 2 (4.000 %) EPoS 3 1 (2.000 %) Replication 3 1 (2.000 %) Clustering 3 1 (2.000 %) Management Information System 3 1 (2.000 %) HACMP 3 1 (2.000 %) Taxonomies 3 1 (2.000 %) Web 2.0	Operating Systems 1 17 (34.00 %) Linux 2 16 (32.00 %) Unix 3 7 (14.00 %) Windows 4 4 (8.000 %) Solaris 5 3 (6.000 %) AIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (12.00 %) Content Management 2 3 (6.000 %) Project Management 2 3 (6.000 %) UML 2 3 (6.000 %) E-Commerce 3 2 (4.000 %) Technical Architecture 3 2 (4.000 %) Validation 4 1 (2.000 %) TDD 4 1 (2.000 %) Software Engineering 4 1 (2.000 %) Information Management 4 1 (2.000 %) Migration 4 1 (2.000 %) SEO 4 1 (2.000 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (2.000 %) OO 4 1 (2.000 %) Release Management 4 1 (2.000 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (2.000 %) Web Development 4 1 (2.000 %) Pay per click	Programming Languages 1 22 (44.00 %) Java 2 13 (26.00 %) PHP 3 12 (24.00 %) Perl 4 11 (22.00 %) JavaScript 5 10 (20.00 %) SQL 6 9 (18.00 %) C++ 7 8 (16.00 %) C 8 7 (14.00 %) PHP5 9 4 (8.000 %) C# 10 3 (6.000 %) Shell Script 10 3 (6.000 %) VB.NET 11 2 (4.000 %) VBScript 11 2 (4.000 %) VB 12 1 (2.000 %) DHTML 12 1 (2.000 %) Python
Qualifications 1 3 (6.000 %) Degree 2 1 (2.000 %) ISEB 2 1 (2.000 %) Sun Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.000 %) SLA
System Software 1 1 (2.000 %) ClearTrust	Systems Management 1 1 (2.000 %) Nagios 1 1 (2.000 %) Tivoli 1 1 (2.000 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 1 1 (2.000 %) Netcool 1 1 (2.000 %) BMC PATROL
Vendors 1 9 (18.00 %) Oracle 2 5 (10.00 %) Microsoft 3 1 (2.000 %) IBM 3 1 (2.000 %) Quark 3 1 (2.000 %) Sun 3 1 (2.000 %) HP 3 1 (2.000 %) BMC 3 1 (2.000 %) StorageTek 3 1 (2.000 %) Red Hat 3 1 (2.000 %) Atlassian