Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Apache Solr skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache Solr over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkApache Solr
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank480430599
Rank change year-on-year
Down-50Up+169
Matching contract IT job ads13111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.027 %0.028 %0.001 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.191 %0.195 %0.009 %
Daily rates quoted590
Average daily rate£300£320-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.250 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate-£320-
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6802564411000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.08 %14.31 %13.38 %
Daily rates quoted293317883170
Average daily rate£357£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.920 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£210£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted465449989
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+10.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %

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.

Apache Solr
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Apache Solr within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Apache Solr Demand Trend

Apache Solr
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Apache Solr within the UK.

Apache Solr Daily Rate Trend

Apache Solr
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Solr within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-4213£300-6.25 %
LondonDown-5213£300-
City of LondonNew entry-4£320-

Apache Solr
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Apache Solr 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 Solr.

124 (96.00 %)Lucene
218 (72.00 %)PHP
218 (72.00 %)UNIX
218 (72.00 %)Linux
316 (64.00 %)Open Source
414 (56.00 %)Python
414 (56.00 %)XML
513 (52.00 %)CMS
513 (52.00 %)Drupal
612 (48.00 %)Subversion
612 (48.00 %)LAMP
612 (48.00 %)Games
612 (48.00 %)XSLT
612 (48.00 %)CSS
612 (48.00 %)XHTML
612 (48.00 %)HTML
612 (48.00 %)JavaScript
78 (32.00 %)MySQL
78 (32.00 %)SQL
86 (24.00 %)BCP
86 (24.00 %)DTS
86 (24.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
86 (24.00 %)Web Development
95 (20.00 %)ColdFusion
95 (20.00 %)SQL Server
104 (16.00 %)Java
104 (16.00 %)ETL
104 (16.00 %)Agile Software Development
113 (12.00 %)SQL Server 2005
122 (8.000 %)PostgreSQL

Apache Solr
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Apache Solr 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 Solr. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
124 (96.00 %)Lucene
214 (56.00 %)XML
312 (48.00 %)LAMP
312 (48.00 %)XSLT
312 (48.00 %)CSS
312 (48.00 %)XHTML
312 (48.00 %)HTML
42 (8.000 %)Web Services
42 (8.000 %)Django
42 (8.000 %)JSON
42 (8.000 %)RESTful
51 (4.000 %)XMPP
51 (4.000 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (52.00 %)CMS
113 (52.00 %)Drupal
25 (20.00 %)ColdFusion
32 (8.000 %)Apache
32 (8.000 %)lighttpd
41 (4.000 %)ActiveMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (8.000 %)AMQP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (32.00 %)MySQL
26 (24.00 %)DTS
26 (24.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
35 (20.00 %)SQL Server
44 (16.00 %)ETL
53 (12.00 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (8.000 %)PostgreSQL
62 (8.000 %)CouchDB
62 (8.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (48.00 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (48.00 %)Games
21 (4.000 %)Social Media
21 (4.000 %)Government
21 (4.000 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
117 (68.00 %)Developer
212 (48.00 %)PHP Developer
35 (20.00 %)SQL DBA
35 (20.00 %)DBA
43 (12.00 %)Applications Architect
43 (12.00 %)Architect
52 (8.000 %)SQL Server DBA
52 (8.000 %)Senior DBA
52 (8.000 %)Senior SQL DBA
52 (8.000 %)Python Developer
61 (4.000 %)Senior Java Developer
61 (4.000 %)SQL Server Developer
61 (4.000 %)Java Developer
61 (4.000 %)SQL Developer
61 (4.000 %)Senior Developer
61 (4.000 %)Administrator
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
116 (64.00 %)Open Source
21 (4.000 %)Blog
21 (4.000 %)Web 2.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (72.00 %)UNIX
118 (72.00 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (24.00 %)BCP
16 (24.00 %)Web Development
24 (16.00 %)Agile Software Development
31 (4.000 %)Business Analysis
31 (4.000 %)Web Analytics
31 (4.000 %)Content Management
31 (4.000 %)E-Commerce
31 (4.000 %)SOA
31 (4.000 %)Change Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (72.00 %)PHP
214 (56.00 %)Python
312 (48.00 %)JavaScript
48 (32.00 %)SQL
54 (16.00 %)Java
62 (8.000 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (8.000 %)SC Cleared
12 (8.000 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (4.000 %)Hadoop
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (8.000 %)Oracle
21 (4.000 %)IBM