The first table below looks at the demand for Maven 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 Maven 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Maven
Rank - 26 -
Contract jobs citing Maven 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston - 0.565% -
As % of the Development Applications category - 8.333% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £352 £330 £400
% change year-on-year
+6.59% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 - £45.00
All Development Applications
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
9 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 16.67% 6.780% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 2
Average daily rate £300 £378 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.52% +16.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Maven
Lancashire

Maven
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston Maven Jobs Demand Trend

Maven
Daily Rate Trend

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

Preston Maven Daily Rate Trend

Maven
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston region citing Maven 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 Maven.

1 3 (100.00%) Ant
1 3 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) J2EE
3 1 (33.33%) Hudson
3 1 (33.33%) FindBugs
3 1 (33.33%) JUnit
3 1 (33.33%) Code Coverage
3 1 (33.33%) AppScan
3 1 (33.33%) Checkstyle

Maven
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston region citing Maven 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 Maven. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) J2EE
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Ant
2 1 (33.33%) Hudson
2 1 (33.33%) FindBugs
2 1 (33.33%) JUnit
2 1 (33.33%) AppScan
2 1 (33.33%) Checkstyle
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Build Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) J2EE Developer
2 1 (33.33%) J2EE Applications Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Code Coverage
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared