The first table below looks at the demand for Ant skills in IT contracts advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 22 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 Preston 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Ant
Rank - 25 -
Contract jobs citing Ant 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston - 1.744% -
As % of the Development Applications category - 30.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £378 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £307 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
-5.61% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £37.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-18.27% -2.63%
All Development Applications
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
6 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 12.24% 5.814% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 1
Average daily rate £300 £358 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.08% +2.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Ant
Lancashire

Ant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Ant Daily Rate Trend

Ant
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 5 (100.00%) Maven
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%) Checkstyle
2 3 (60.00%) J2EE
2 3 (60.00%) JUnit
2 3 (60.00%) Code Coverage
2 3 (60.00%) AppScan
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 3 (60.00%) J2EE
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Maven
2 3 (60.00%) Hudson
2 3 (60.00%) FindBugs
2 3 (60.00%) Checkstyle
2 3 (60.00%) JUnit
2 3 (60.00%) AppScan
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) J2EE Applications Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Applications Developer
1 3 (60.00%) J2EE 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