Ant Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Ant skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 24 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.

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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Ant
Rank 307 300 270
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -30
Contract jobs citing Ant 247 328 387
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.532% 0.562% 0.634%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.850% 6.174% 6.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 206 200
Average daily rate £405 £390 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £300 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 31
Average hourly rate £33.00 £37.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.81% -2.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.58 £37.00 £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £37.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £37.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-18.27% -2.63%
Search 102 Ant jobs
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 5093 5313 6437
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.98% 9.110% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3197 3137 3627
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 217 316
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.33 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

Ant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Ant Daily Rate Trend

Ant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ant within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

Ant Hourly Rate Trend

Ant
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ant within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Ant Hourly Rate Histogram

Ant
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England -33 193 £450 +15.38%
London -3 116 £475 -5.00%
South East -2 42 £301 -8.24%
City of London +8 37 £488 -2.50%
Hampshire -1 24 £288 -19.29%
Scotland +10 23 £375 +59.57%
Yorkshire +12 11 £335 -
Glasgow -5 10 £363 +54.25%
Surrey +10 8 - -
East of England +15 7 £269 -28.33%
West Yorkshire +8 6 £375 -
Leeds -2 6 £375 -
Berkshire +14 5 £350 +12.90%
Edinburgh +9 5 £425 -
Buckinghamshire +4 5 £425 +126.66%
West Midlands -14 5 £260 -20.00%
Milton Keynes - 5 £425 -
South West +6 4 £450 +18.42%
North West -23 4 £250 -23.07%
Essex - 4 £213 -
Hertfordshire +1 3 £325 -13.33%
Cheshire -17 3 £250 -21.38%
Guildford - 3 - -
South Coast - 3 - -
Reading +15 2 £413 -7.30%
Canary Wharf -5 2 £428 -44.83%
Gloucestershire - 2 £450 -
Wembley - 2 - -
Surbiton - 2 - -
Belfast - 2 - -

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 331 (68.81%) Java
2 228 (47.40%) Maven
3 189 (39.29%) Linux
4 179 (37.21%) JUnit
5 174 (36.17%) Subversion
6 172 (35.76%) UNIX
7 158 (32.85%) Continuous Integration
8 136 (28.27%) SQL
9 126 (26.20%) XML
9 126 (26.20%) OO
10 118 (24.53%) UML
11 115 (23.91%) J2EE
12 113 (23.49%) Spring
13 111 (23.08%) Eclipse
14 109 (22.66%) Finance
15 104 (21.62%) Oracle
16 100 (20.79%) Agile Software Development
17 99 (20.58%) Tomcat
18 90 (18.71%) Multithreading
19 88 (18.30%) Jenkins
20 86 (17.88%) Banking
21 85 (17.67%) HTML
22 83 (17.26%) JSP
23 81 (16.84%) E-Commerce
24 80 (16.63%) JavaScript
24 80 (16.63%) CruiseControl
25 78 (16.22%) ClearCase
26 75 (15.59%) Windows
27 74 (15.38%) Configuration Management
27 74 (15.38%) TDD

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
1 126 (26.20%) XML
2 115 (23.91%) J2EE
3 113 (23.49%) Spring
4 85 (17.67%) HTML
5 83 (17.26%) JSP
6 68 (14.14%) WebSphere
7 67 (13.93%) Java EE
8 62 (12.89%) Web Services
9 61 (12.68%) CSS
10 56 (11.64%) JDBC
11 51 (10.60%) Hibernate
12 46 (9.563%) Ajax
13 42 (8.732%) JMS
14 39 (8.108%) Motif
14 39 (8.108%) Struts
15 38 (7.900%) REST
15 38 (7.900%) XSLT
16 36 (7.484%) Servlets
17 35 (7.277%) wxWidgets
18 31 (6.445%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 99 (20.58%) Tomcat
2 60 (12.47%) Apache
3 47 (9.771%) WebLogic
4 25 (5.198%) WebSphere Application Server
5 14 (2.911%) MQSeries
6 13 (2.703%) WebSphere MQ
7 11 (2.287%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (1.663%) WebSphere Process Server
9 7 (1.455%) Liferay
9 7 (1.455%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.455%) TIBCO EMS
10 6 (1.247%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (1.247%) WebSphere Message Broker
11 5 (1.040%) SAS
11 5 (1.040%) CMS
11 5 (1.040%) Oracle Service Bus
12 4 (0.832%) Confluence
12 4 (0.832%) IIS
13 3 (0.624%) Windows Azure
13 3 (0.624%) ATG Dynamo
Applications
1 13 (2.703%) Mingle
2 12 (2.495%) MS Excel
3 7 (1.455%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.208%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.208%) Doxygen
4 1 (0.208%) MS Project
4 1 (0.208%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 14 (2.911%) Tridion
2 4 (0.832%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.416%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.416%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.208%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.208%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.613%) Internet
2 11 (2.287%) HTTP
3 5 (1.040%) NFC
4 3 (0.624%) SSL
4 3 (0.624%) LDAP
4 3 (0.624%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.416%) Firewall
5 2 (0.416%) VPN
5 2 (0.416%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.416%) SSH
5 2 (0.416%) Network Security
6 1 (0.208%) VLAN
6 1 (0.208%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.208%) SMTP
6 1 (0.208%) FTP
6 1 (0.208%) LAN
6 1 (0.208%) SMS
6 1 (0.208%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (9.979%) MySQL
2 46 (9.563%) RDBMS
3 42 (8.732%) SQL Server
4 39 (8.108%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (7.277%) Ingres
6 24 (4.990%) DB2
7 21 (4.366%) Oracle 11g
8 15 (3.119%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.495%) Oracle 8/8i
9 12 (2.495%) SQLite
10 9 (1.871%) Big Data
11 7 (1.455%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.247%) Oracle 10g
13 5 (1.040%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.832%) Essbase
15 3 (0.624%) KDB
15 3 (0.624%) Hadoop
15 3 (0.624%) CouchDB
15 3 (0.624%) MarkLogic
16 2 (0.416%) GIS
Development Applications
1 228 (47.40%) Maven
2 179 (37.21%) JUnit
3 174 (36.17%) Subversion
4 111 (23.08%) Eclipse
5 88 (18.30%) Jenkins
6 80 (16.63%) CruiseControl
7 78 (16.22%) ClearCase
8 66 (13.72%) Hudson
9 55 (11.43%) Git (software)
10 49 (10.19%) Selenium
11 46 (9.563%) NUnit
12 44 (9.148%) GoogleTest
12 44 (9.148%) CppUnit
13 39 (8.108%) ClearQuest
14 35 (7.277%) JIRA
14 35 (7.277%) TeamCity
15 23 (4.782%) Mockito
16 19 (3.950%) Mercurial
16 19 (3.950%) Cucumber
17 18 (3.742%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 109 (22.66%) Finance
2 86 (17.88%) Banking
3 37 (7.692%) Investment Banking
4 31 (6.445%) Retail
5 23 (4.782%) Front Office
6 19 (3.950%) Games
7 9 (1.871%) Marketing
7 9 (1.871%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.455%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.247%) Legal
10 4 (0.832%) Back Office
11 2 (0.416%) Automotive
11 2 (0.416%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.208%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.208%) French Language
12 1 (0.208%) Online Betting
12 1 (0.208%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.208%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.208%) Publishing
12 1 (0.208%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 275 (57.17%) Developer
2 140 (29.11%) Java Developer
3 39 (8.108%) Architect
4 29 (6.029%) Senior Developer
5 27 (5.613%) Software Engineer
6 26 (5.405%) J2EE Developer
7 24 (4.990%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 23 (4.782%) Analyst
9 20 (4.158%) Senior Java Developer
10 19 (3.950%) Release Engineer
11 18 (3.742%) Build Manager
12 15 (3.119%) Deployment Engineer
13 14 (2.911%) Configuration Engineer
13 14 (2.911%) Technical Leader
14 13 (2.703%) Web Developer
15 12 (2.495%) Automation Engineer
15 12 (2.495%) C++ Software Engineer
16 11 (2.287%) Java Programmer
16 11 (2.287%) Programmer
16 11 (2.287%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.108%) Computer Science
2 30 (6.237%) Derivative
3 22 (4.574%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 20 (4.158%) Open Source
5 19 (3.950%) Web 2.0
6 18 (3.742%) Mobile App
7 15 (3.119%) Blackberry
8 11 (2.287%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.663%) iPhone
10 7 (1.455%) Mathematics
10 7 (1.455%) Mobile Banking
11 6 (1.247%) W3C
11 6 (1.247%) Physics
11 6 (1.247%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.040%) Reference Data
12 5 (1.040%) Replication
12 5 (1.040%) iPad
13 4 (0.832%) Hedge funds
13 4 (0.832%) Client/Server
14 3 (0.624%) Flash Lite
Operating Systems
1 189 (39.29%) Linux
2 172 (35.76%) UNIX
3 75 (15.59%) Windows
4 20 (4.158%) Solaris
4 20 (4.158%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (3.534%) AIX
6 15 (3.119%) Android
6 15 (3.119%) HPUX
7 9 (1.871%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.455%) Debian
9 6 (1.247%) Windows Mobile
10 2 (0.416%) Windows Phone 7
10 2 (0.416%) Windows Phone
11 1 (0.208%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (32.85%) Continuous Integration
2 126 (26.20%) OO
3 118 (24.53%) UML
4 100 (20.79%) Agile Software Development
5 90 (18.71%) Multithreading
6 81 (16.84%) E-Commerce
7 74 (15.38%) Configuration Management
7 74 (15.38%) TDD
8 59 (12.27%) OOD
9 57 (11.85%) Scrum
10 47 (9.771%) MVC
11 40 (8.316%) Software Engineering
12 39 (8.108%) BDD
13 34 (7.069%) Content Management
14 33 (6.861%) Unit Testing
14 33 (6.861%) SOA
15 25 (5.198%) Information Management
16 23 (4.782%) ETL
17 21 (4.366%) Use Case
17 21 (4.366%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 331 (68.81%) Java
2 136 (28.27%) SQL
3 80 (16.63%) JavaScript
4 65 (13.51%) Python
5 58 (12.06%) C++
6 55 (11.43%) Perl
7 53 (11.02%) C
8 46 (9.563%) Bash shell
9 42 (8.732%) Shell Script
10 31 (6.445%) XPath
11 29 (6.029%) C#
12 18 (3.742%) Jython
12 18 (3.742%) Groovy
12 18 (3.742%) Korn
13 13 (2.703%) PowerShell
13 13 (2.703%) PL/SQL
14 12 (2.495%) Ruby
15 9 (1.871%) AWK
16 8 (1.663%) XQuery
17 7 (1.455%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
Qualifications
1 66 (13.72%) Security Cleared
2 48 (9.979%) Degree
3 41 (8.524%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.287%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.663%) Sun Certification
6 5 (1.040%) BC Cleared
7 4 (0.832%) IBM Certification
7 4 (0.832%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.416%) ISEB
9 1 (0.208%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.524%) QA
2 7 (1.455%) WAI
3 3 (0.624%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.208%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.208%) ISO/IEC 14443
4 1 (0.208%) ISO/IEC 7816
4 1 (0.208%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 7 (1.455%) vCloud
2 6 (1.247%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.624%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.416%) vSphere
5 1 (0.208%) XenApp
5 1 (0.208%) ClearTrust
5 1 (0.208%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 16 (3.326%) Puppet
2 14 (2.911%) BladeLogic
3 7 (1.455%) HP Quality Center
3 7 (1.455%) Nagios
4 5 (1.040%) MOM
5 1 (0.208%) SCOM
5 1 (0.208%) Business Desktop Deployment
5 1 (0.208%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.208%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 104 (21.62%) Oracle
2 57 (11.85%) IBM
3 30 (6.237%) Microsoft
4 29 (6.029%) JBoss
4 29 (6.029%) hybris
5 23 (4.782%) Perforce
6 19 (3.950%) ATG
7 18 (3.742%) HP
7 18 (3.742%) Interwoven
8 17 (3.534%) Red Hat
9 14 (2.911%) Elastic Path
9 14 (2.911%) Blue Martini
10 11 (2.287%) VMware
11 10 (2.079%) TIBCO
11 10 (2.079%) Informatica
11 10 (2.079%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.871%) Coverity
13 8 (1.663%) Infobright
13 8 (1.663%) Sybase
14 7 (1.455%) Salesforce.com
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