The first table below looks at the demand for Ant skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ant 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 Surrey 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 Ant
Rank 75 82 84
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +2
Contract jobs citing Ant 3 16 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.246% 0.996% 0.971%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.974% 8.466% 8.372%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 12
Average daily rate - £400 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +37.93%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-18.27% +5.71%
All Development Applications
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
152 189 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 12.46% 11.76% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 103 127
Average daily rate £350 £350 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 10
Average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Ant
South East

Ant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Ant Daily Rate Trend

Ant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Guildford - 1 - - 1
Leatherhead - - - -
Ant
South East

Ant
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 8 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (100.00%) MSBuild
2 7 (87.50%) Games
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (62.50%) QA
5 4 (50.00%) Build Automation
6 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
7 2 (25.00%) Validation
7 2 (25.00%) Perforce
7 2 (25.00%) MySQL
7 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
8 1 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 1 (12.50%) Game Development

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MySQL
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 8 (100.00%) MSBuild
2 1 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (87.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Test Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (50.00%) Build Automation
3 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Perforce