The first table below looks at the demand for Ant skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South West 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 107 113 117
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +4
Contract jobs citing Ant 4 26 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.194% 0.787% 0.109%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.932% 7.450% 0.946%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 23 2
Average daily rate £450 £380 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.42% +32.17%
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
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
207 349 317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 10.04% 10.57% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 215 135
Average daily rate £335 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £288 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 26 49
Average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -1.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £23.88 £32.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.25 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Ant
England

Ant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Ant Daily Rate Trend

Ant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ant across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West Ant Daily Rate Histogram

Ant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Ant across the South West region.

South West Ant Hourly 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 South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Gloucestershire - 2 £450 -
Somerset - 2 £301 -
Ant
England

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 11 (100.00%) Apache
2 10 (90.91%) J2EE
3 8 (72.73%) C
3 8 (72.73%) UNIX
3 8 (72.73%) Shell Script
3 8 (72.73%) Maven
3 8 (72.73%) DV Cleared
3 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
3 8 (72.73%) Git (software)
3 8 (72.73%) Hudson
4 7 (63.64%) JBoss
5 4 (36.36%) Content Management
6 3 (27.27%) Spring
6 3 (27.27%) Cryptography
6 3 (27.27%) Java EE
6 3 (27.27%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (27.27%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (27.27%) System Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Java
6 3 (27.27%) JSP
6 3 (27.27%) Oracle
6 3 (27.27%) Hibernate
6 3 (27.27%) Tomcat
6 3 (27.27%) Eclipse
6 3 (27.27%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (27.27%) Web Application Development
7 2 (18.18%) CSS
7 2 (18.18%) HTML
7 2 (18.18%) Web Development
7 2 (18.18%) jQuery

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 10 (90.91%) J2EE
2 3 (27.27%) Spring
2 3 (27.27%) Java EE
2 3 (27.27%) JSP
2 3 (27.27%) Hibernate
3 2 (18.18%) CSS
3 2 (18.18%) HTML
3 2 (18.18%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 11 (100.00%) Apache
2 3 (27.27%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Maven
1 8 (72.73%) Git (software)
1 8 (72.73%) Hudson
2 3 (27.27%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Java Developer
2 2 (18.18%) J2EE Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Java Web Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Content Management
2 3 (27.27%) System Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Web Application Development
3 2 (18.18%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) C
1 8 (72.73%) Shell Script
2 3 (27.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) DV Cleared
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) JBoss
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle