The first table below looks at the demand for Ant skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 19 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 Development Applications category for the Northern Ireland 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Ant
Rank 28 - 21
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Ant 2 0 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 1.130% - 6.024%
As % of the Development Applications category 11.11% - 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £30.24 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-18.27% +5.71%
All Development Applications
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
18 15 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 10.17% 7.389% 18.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
Average daily rate £350 £275 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% +10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Ant
UK

Ant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland Ant Jobs Demand Trend

Ant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Ant across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Ant Daily Rate Trend

Ant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ant within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
County Antrim - 2 - - 1
Ant
UK

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

1 4 (80.00%) JUnit
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (40.00%) Maven
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) J2EE
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 1 (20.00%) XML
4 1 (20.00%) XSL
4 1 (20.00%) JDBC
4 1 (20.00%) Perl
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) LDAP
4 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
4 1 (20.00%) MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
4 1 (20.00%) Spring MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Bash shell
4 1 (20.00%) Build Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (20.00%) Jaspersoft
4 1 (20.00%) Java EE
4 1 (20.00%) HttpUnit
4 1 (20.00%) Spring

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) J2EE
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) XSL
2 1 (20.00%) JDBC
2 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (20.00%) Spring MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Java EE
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JUnit
2 2 (40.00%) Maven
3 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
3 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (20.00%) HttpUnit
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Release Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Perl
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Bash shell
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Jaspersoft
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