The first table below looks at the demand for Apache Solr skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache Solr over the 3 months to 20 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 Application Platforms category for the Scotland 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Solr
Rank 113 102 -
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -
Contract jobs citing Apache Solr 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.041% 0.113% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.229% 0.754% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £328 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
437 398 449
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 18.00% 14.99% 16.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 165 205
Average daily rate £350 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 17
Average hourly rate £15.77 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.92% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.48 £10.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.05 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Apache Solr
UK

Apache Solr
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Apache Solr Jobs Demand Trend

Apache Solr
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Apache Solr Daily Rate Trend

Apache Solr
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Solr within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Glasgow -21 1 - -
Apache Solr
UK

Apache Solr
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Apache Solr 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 Solr.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) Struts
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Tridion
1 1 (100.00%) DRM
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Alterian
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Lucene
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5

Apache Solr
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Apache Solr 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 Solr. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) Struts
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Lucene
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) OSGi
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Sling
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe CQ
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Tridion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Development Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) DRM
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Alterian
1 1 (100.00%) Google