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The table below looks at the demand for Apache HTTP Server skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Apache over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache HTTP Server
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank71107
Rank change on same period last yearUp+36
Matching contract IT job ads2217
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.018 %
As % of the category below6.322 %3.617 %
Daily rates quoted87
Average minimum daily rate£368£317
Average daily rate£391£331
% change on same period last year+18.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£414£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£306
% change on same period last year+8.08 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.59£32.12
% change on same period last year+1.45 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads348470
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.559 %0.505 %
Daily rates quoted9085
Average minimum daily rate£355£309
Average daily rate£383£325
% change on same period last year+18.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£412£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Hourly rates quoted3624
Average minimum hourly rate£26.96£17.16
Average hourly rate£27.98£18.29
% change on same period last year+52.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.01£19.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.11£23.48
% change on same period last year-1.59 %
Apache UKApache
UK

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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Scotland Apache Demand Trend

Apache
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Apache Daily Rate Trend

Apache
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apache across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland Apache Daily Rate Histogram

Apache
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Apache Hourly Rate Trend

Apache
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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.

LocationRank 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
GlasgowUp+2414£432+33.28 %
EdinburghUp+276£323-13.77 %
Apache UKApache
UK

Apache
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

127 (62.79 %)WebSphere
216 (37.21 %)Clustering
315 (34.88 %)Load Balancing
315 (34.88 %)Oracle
414 (32.56 %)Tomcat
414 (32.56 %)HTTP
414 (32.56 %)SSL
513 (30.23 %)Java
612 (27.91 %)MQSeries
612 (27.91 %)Windows
612 (27.91 %)IBM
711 (25.58 %)Linux
810 (23.26 %)JMS
99 (20.93 %)Middleware
99 (20.93 %)SOAP
99 (20.93 %)JBoss
99 (20.93 %)Firewall
99 (20.93 %)Finance
108 (18.60 %)XML
108 (18.60 %)Solaris
108 (18.60 %)WebSphere Application Server
108 (18.60 %)Tivoli
108 (18.60 %)Oracle HTTP Server
117 (16.28 %)Sun
117 (16.28 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
117 (16.28 %)IIS
117 (16.28 %)Degree
126 (13.95 %)Computer Science
135 (11.63 %)Replication
135 (11.63 %)IBM HTTP Server

Apache
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (62.79 %)WebSphere
210 (23.26 %)JMS
39 (20.93 %)Middleware
39 (20.93 %)SOAP
48 (18.60 %)XML
55 (11.63 %)Struts
55 (11.63 %)WebServices
55 (11.63 %)Apache Axis
64 (9.302 %)Spring
73 (6.977 %)CSS
82 (4.651 %)J2EE
82 (4.651 %)AJAX
82 (4.651 %)XHTML
91 (2.326 %)J2SE
91 (2.326 %)Ruby on Rails
91 (2.326 %)ASP
91 (2.326 %)HTML
91 (2.326 %)XSLT
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (32.56 %)Tomcat
212 (27.91 %)MQSeries
39 (20.93 %)JBoss
48 (18.60 %)WebSphere Application Server
48 (18.60 %)Oracle HTTP Server
57 (16.28 %)IIS
65 (11.63 %)IBM HTTP Server
72 (4.651 %)WebLogic
81 (2.326 %)ColdFusion
81 (2.326 %)Site Server
81 (2.326 %)WebSphere MQ
81 (2.326 %)WebLogic Portal
81 (2.326 %)CMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.326 %)MS Visio
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (32.56 %)HTTP
114 (32.56 %)SSL
29 (20.93 %)Firewall
32 (4.651 %)Internet
41 (2.326 %)Intranet
41 (2.326 %)TCP/IP
41 (2.326 %)SMS
41 (2.326 %)3GPP
41 (2.326 %)VoIP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (4.651 %)MySQL
21 (2.326 %)SQL Server
21 (2.326 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (2.326 %)RDBMS
21 (2.326 %)BusinessObjects
21 (2.326 %)ReportNet
21 (2.326 %)BusinessObjects XI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (4.651 %)Ant
12 (4.651 %)ClearCase
21 (2.326 %)Subversion
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (20.93 %)Finance
22 (4.651 %)Banking
31 (2.326 %)Retail
31 (2.326 %)Retail Banking
31 (2.326 %)Education
31 (2.326 %)Home Office
31 (2.326 %)Telecoms
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (30.23 %)Analyst
211 (25.58 %)Administrator
38 (18.60 %)Developer
46 (13.95 %)Support Analyst
46 (13.95 %)Java Developer
52 (4.651 %)Web Developer
52 (4.651 %)Consultant
52 (4.651 %)Systems Administrator
52 (4.651 %)UNIX Administrator
52 (4.651 %)Technical Specialist
52 (4.651 %)Operations Analyst
52 (4.651 %)Sun Consultant
61 (2.326 %)Software Design Engineer
61 (2.326 %)Server Specialist
61 (2.326 %)Solaris Administrator
61 (2.326 %)Sun Specialist
61 (2.326 %)Java Software Developer
61 (2.326 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
61 (2.326 %)Java Consultant
61 (2.326 %)Senior Java Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (37.21 %)Clustering
26 (13.95 %)Computer Science
35 (11.63 %)Replication
41 (2.326 %)Web 2.0
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (27.91 %)Windows
211 (25.58 %)Linux
38 (18.60 %)Solaris
45 (11.63 %)UNIX
52 (4.651 %)Windows 2000
61 (2.326 %)Red Hat Linux
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (34.88 %)Load Balancing
23 (6.977 %)Investment Management
32 (4.651 %)Web Development
32 (4.651 %)E-Commerce
32 (4.651 %)Migration
41 (2.326 %)Agile Software Development
41 (2.326 %)Asset Management
41 (2.326 %)Content Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (30.23 %)Java
25 (11.63 %)Shell Script
33 (6.977 %)PHP
42 (4.651 %)Ruby
42 (4.651 %)Python
51 (2.326 %)SQL
51 (2.326 %)VB
51 (2.326 %)JavaScript
51 (2.326 %)Perl
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (16.28 %)Degree
21 (2.326 %)Sun Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (16.28 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
21 (2.326 %)ISA Server
21 (2.326 %)NetBackup
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (18.60 %)Tivoli
25 (11.63 %)CA SiteMinder
31 (2.326 %)AutoSys
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (34.88 %)Oracle
212 (27.91 %)IBM
37 (16.28 %)Sun
42 (4.651 %)Vignette
42 (4.651 %)Cognos
51 (2.326 %)Sybase
51 (2.326 %)Business Objects
51 (2.326 %)Informatica
51 (2.326 %)StorageTek
51 (2.326 %)VERITAS
51 (2.326 %)Red Hat