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This section looks at the demand for Apache Ant skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Ant
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank123128
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads1536
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.036 %
As % of the category below3.606 %5.430 %
Daily rates quoted211
Average minimum daily rate£225£296
Average daily rate£263£302
% change on same period last year-13.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£331
% change on same period last year+17.19 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£36.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£39.63
% change on same period last year+7.24 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
South West
Matching contract IT job ads416663
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.554 %0.671 %
Daily rates quoted114173
Average minimum daily rate£299£310
Average daily rate£321£324
% change on same period last year-0.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted83104
Average minimum hourly rate£33.79£30.18
Average hourly rate£36.30£32.19
% change on same period last year+12.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.82£34.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Ant EnglandAnt
England

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.

Ant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Ant
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ant across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South West Ant Daily Rate Histogram

Ant
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

This section 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 25 July 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
BristolNo change06--
WiltshireUp+63--
DevonNew entry-3--
DorsetUp+61--
Ant EnglandAnt
England

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

131 (81.58 %)Java
230 (78.95 %)J2EE
323 (60.53 %)OO
421 (55.26 %)Oracle
520 (52.63 %)Eclipse
618 (47.37 %)XML
716 (42.11 %)Spring
716 (42.11 %)Struts
716 (42.11 %)UNIX
814 (36.84 %)Linux
814 (36.84 %)JUnit
814 (36.84 %)HTML
814 (36.84 %)SQL
913 (34.21 %)Hibernate
1012 (31.58 %)ATG
1012 (31.58 %)ATG Dynamo
1012 (31.58 %)JSF
1012 (31.58 %)Unit Testing
1012 (31.58 %)HTTP
1012 (31.58 %)Shell Script
1111 (28.95 %)Extranet
1111 (28.95 %)Sun
1111 (28.95 %)Sun Certification
1111 (28.95 %)Solaris
1111 (28.95 %)Continuous Integration
128 (21.05 %)JSP
137 (18.42 %)WebLogic
146 (15.79 %)EJB
146 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
155 (13.16 %)UML

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (78.95 %)J2EE
218 (47.37 %)XML
316 (42.11 %)Struts
316 (42.11 %)Spring
414 (36.84 %)HTML
513 (34.21 %)Hibernate
612 (31.58 %)JSF
78 (21.05 %)JSP
86 (15.79 %)EJB
93 (7.895 %)SOAP
93 (7.895 %)XSD
93 (7.895 %)Castor
102 (5.263 %)XSLT
102 (5.263 %)WebServices
111 (2.632 %)JDBC
111 (2.632 %)Servlets
111 (2.632 %)J2ME
111 (2.632 %)JMS
111 (2.632 %)WSDL
111 (2.632 %)JMX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (31.58 %)ATG Dynamo
27 (18.42 %)WebLogic
35 (13.16 %)Tomcat
41 (2.632 %)Oracle HTTP Server
41 (2.632 %)WebLogic Portal
41 (2.632 %)JBoss
41 (2.632 %)Apache
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.632 %)SAP MM
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (31.58 %)HTTP
211 (28.95 %)Extranet
31 (2.632 %)SS7
31 (2.632 %)ISUP
31 (2.632 %)INAP
31 (2.632 %)BSS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (13.16 %)Oracle 9i
22 (5.263 %)Oracle 10g
31 (2.632 %)MySQL
31 (2.632 %)RDBMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (52.63 %)Eclipse
214 (36.84 %)JUnit
34 (10.53 %)Subversion
43 (7.895 %)PVCS
43 (7.895 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (5.263 %)OptimalJ
61 (2.632 %)CruiseControl
61 (2.632 %)WebLogic Workshop
61 (2.632 %)ClearCase
61 (2.632 %)jMock
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (5.263 %)Finance
21 (2.632 %)Government
21 (2.632 %)Multimedia
21 (2.632 %)Telecoms
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
130 (78.95 %)Developer
217 (44.74 %)J2EE Developer
312 (31.58 %)Lead Developer
410 (26.32 %)Java Developer
56 (15.79 %)Senior Developer
65 (13.16 %)Senior J2EE Developer
73 (7.895 %)Configuration Manager
73 (7.895 %)Release Manager
82 (5.263 %)Software Engineer
91 (2.632 %)Tester
91 (2.632 %)Test Engineer
91 (2.632 %)Senior Software Engineer
91 (2.632 %)Senior Java Developer
91 (2.632 %)Release Engineer
91 (2.632 %)Lead Java Developer
91 (2.632 %)Lead Software Engineer
91 (2.632 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
91 (2.632 %)Java/J2EE Developer
91 (2.632 %)Software Test Engineer
91 (2.632 %)Telecoms Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (7.895 %)CMDB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (42.11 %)UNIX
214 (36.84 %)Linux
311 (28.95 %)Solaris
44 (10.53 %)Windows
53 (7.895 %)Windows NT
61 (2.632 %)AIX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
123 (60.53 %)OO
212 (31.58 %)Unit Testing
311 (28.95 %)Continuous Integration
46 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
55 (13.16 %)UML
63 (7.895 %)Configuration Management
63 (7.895 %)Extreme Programming
63 (7.895 %)Agile Software Development
72 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
72 (5.263 %)Change Management
81 (2.632 %)ITSM
81 (2.632 %)Validation
81 (2.632 %)Service Management
81 (2.632 %)SOA
81 (2.632 %)B2B
81 (2.632 %)TDD
81 (2.632 %)AOP
81 (2.632 %)Software Testing
81 (2.632 %)Release Management
81 (2.632 %)SAP Implementation
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (81.58 %)Java
214 (36.84 %)SQL
312 (31.58 %)Shell Script
43 (7.895 %)XPath
43 (7.895 %)JavaScript
52 (5.263 %)Perl
61 (2.632 %)PL/SQL
61 (2.632 %)Python
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (28.95 %)Sun Certification
22 (5.263 %)ISEB Practitioner
22 (5.263 %)ISEB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.632 %)VMware Infrastructure
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (55.26 %)Oracle
212 (31.58 %)ATG
311 (28.95 %)Sun
43 (7.895 %)BEA
43 (7.895 %)MKS
51 (2.632 %)VMware
51 (2.632 %)TIBCO
51 (2.632 %)SAP
51 (2.632 %)Microsoft
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