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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Apache 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 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 HTTP Server
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank150148166
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Up+18
Matching contract IT job ads549391776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.136 %0.991 %0.944 %
As % of the Application Platforms category8.071 %6.928 %7.055 %
Daily rates quoted195135271
Average daily rate£353£350£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.710 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£325
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %+7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted151950
Average hourly rate£25.00£30.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.03 %+1.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.40£20.00£19.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£45.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£30.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
+14.75 %+1.660 %
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
Demand Trend

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

Apache Demand Trend

Apache
Daily Rate Trend

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

Apache Daily Rate Trend

Apache
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apache within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Apache Daily Rate Histogram

Apache
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Apache Hourly Rate Trend

Apache
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apache within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Apache Hourly Rate Histogram

Apache
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 Apache 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
EnglandUp+4525£363+3.57 %
LondonUp+8342£375+7.14 %
City of LondonDown-1883£425+4.61 %
South EastDown-156£345-1.42 %
South WestUp+1350£375+64.83 %
East of EnglandDown-1224£300-26.82 %
North WestDown-922£320+56.09 %
ScotlandDown-819£310-11.42 %
BerkshireUp+1518£293-22.00 %
YorkshireUp+1215£175-30.00 %
BristolDown-714£373-
ExeterNew entry-14£414-
DevonNew entry-14£414-
ReadingUp+812£300+5.26 %
West YorkshireDown-111£180-
HampshireDown-410--
LeedsUp+129£180-
OxfordshireDown-69£450+28.57 %
West MidlandsUp+128£250-28.57 %
CambridgeshireUp+68£244-18.75 %
HertfordshireUp+87£425+13.33 %
GlasgowDown-27£310-
CheshireDown-107£325-
CambridgeNo change06£244-18.75 %
OxfordNo change06--
ManchesterDown-76£225+9.75 %
SurreyDown-76£340-
EdinburghDown-166--
GloucestershireUp+114£375-
South YorkshireUp+64£170-

Apache
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1564 (56.29 %)Linux
2455 (45.41 %)Java
3382 (38.12 %)Tomcat
4354 (35.33 %)MySQL
5317 (31.64 %)PHP
6268 (26.75 %)UNIX
7252 (25.15 %)Oracle
8232 (23.15 %)SQL
9227 (22.65 %)Windows
10225 (22.46 %)JavaScript
11204 (20.36 %)HTML
12201 (20.06 %)CSS
13187 (18.66 %)Red Hat Linux
14176 (17.56 %)XML
15173 (17.27 %)Perl
16159 (15.87 %)Red Hat
17158 (15.77 %)J2EE
18156 (15.57 %)IIS
18156 (15.57 %)Spring
19146 (14.57 %)Subversion
20141 (14.07 %)LAMP
21140 (13.97 %)Hibernate
21140 (13.97 %)Banking
21140 (13.97 %)JSP
22123 (12.28 %)WebLogic
23121 (12.08 %)OO
24117 (11.68 %)Web Services
25108 (10.78 %)Solaris
26106 (10.58 %)JBoss
27105 (10.48 %)SQL Server

Apache
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1204 (20.36 %)HTML
2201 (20.06 %)CSS
3176 (17.56 %)XML
4158 (15.77 %)J2EE
5156 (15.57 %)Spring
6141 (14.07 %)LAMP
7140 (13.97 %)Hibernate
7140 (13.97 %)JSP
8117 (11.68 %)Web Services
9104 (10.38 %)AJAX
1082 (8.184 %)JDBC
1180 (7.984 %)XHTML
1275 (7.485 %)WebSphere
1374 (7.385 %)XSLT
1469 (6.886 %).NET
1566 (6.587 %)Servlets
1663 (6.287 %)Struts
1760 (5.988 %)Middleware
1844 (4.391 %)SOAP
1940 (3.992 %)Java EE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1382 (38.12 %)Tomcat
2156 (15.57 %)IIS
3123 (12.28 %)WebLogic
490 (8.982 %)CMS
490 (8.982 %)Drupal
533 (3.293 %)WebSphere Application Server
629 (2.894 %)TIBCO EMS
715 (1.497 %)Joomla!
715 (1.497 %)IBM HTTP Server
814 (1.397 %)ESB
814 (1.397 %)WordPress
913 (1.297 %)WebSphere Portal
913 (1.297 %)WebSphere MQ
1012 (1.198 %)Alfresco
1110 (0.998 %)SharePoint
1110 (0.998 %)Resin
1110 (0.998 %)Oracle Service Bus
129 (0.898 %)Oracle HTTP Server
138 (0.798 %)ColdFusion
147 (0.699 %)Moodle
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
122 (2.196 %)MS Excel
218 (1.796 %)MS Office
317 (1.697 %)Photoshop
415 (1.497 %)MS PowerPoint
510 (0.998 %)MS Visio
65 (0.499 %)MS Project
73 (0.299 %)Fireworks
81 (0.100 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (0.100 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
111 (1.098 %)TIBCO iProcess
210 (0.998 %)BusinessWorks
210 (0.998 %)Oracle BPM
36 (0.599 %)Maximo
45 (0.499 %)Oracle iStore
45 (0.499 %)WebTrends
53 (0.299 %)Oracle 11i
62 (0.200 %)Retail-J
71 (0.100 %)Google Analytics
71 (0.100 %)SAP CO
71 (0.100 %)SAP FI/CO
71 (0.100 %)Staffware
71 (0.100 %)SAP FI
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
194 (9.381 %)Internet
287 (8.683 %)HTTP
355 (5.489 %)DNS
454 (5.389 %)Firewall
551 (5.090 %)TCP/IP
646 (4.591 %)LDAP
741 (4.092 %)SAN
827 (2.695 %)SMTP
926 (2.595 %)SSL
926 (2.595 %)BIG-IP
1019 (1.896 %)FTP
1019 (1.896 %)Intranet
1112 (1.198 %)WAN
1210 (0.998 %)SSH
139 (0.898 %)VPN
147 (0.699 %)LAN
155 (0.499 %)VLAN
155 (0.499 %)Broadband
155 (0.499 %)DMZ
164 (0.399 %)SNMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1354 (35.33 %)MySQL
2105 (10.48 %)SQL Server
343 (4.291 %)RDBMS
423 (2.295 %)Oracle 10g
522 (2.196 %)Oracle Reports
616 (1.597 %)PostgreSQL
712 (1.198 %)SQL Server 2005
811 (1.098 %)BusinessObjects
910 (0.998 %)SQLPlus
108 (0.798 %)SQL Server 2000
108 (0.798 %)GIS
116 (0.599 %)Informix
125 (0.499 %)DB2
125 (0.499 %)TOAD
134 (0.399 %)Oracle 8/8i
134 (0.399 %)Datawarehouse
134 (0.399 %)SQL Server 2008
142 (0.200 %)ETL
142 (0.200 %)Oracle 11g
142 (0.200 %)CouchDB
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1146 (14.57 %)Subversion
280 (7.984 %)Ant
280 (7.984 %)JUnit
373 (7.285 %)Maven
462 (6.188 %)Eclipse
527 (2.695 %)JMeter
621 (2.096 %)IntelliJ
720 (1.996 %)NUnit
817 (1.697 %)WebDriver
914 (1.397 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1013 (1.297 %)JIRA
1112 (1.198 %)Selenium
1112 (1.198 %)TeamCity
125 (0.499 %)FitNesse
125 (0.499 %)WinRunner
134 (0.399 %)Dreamweaver
134 (0.399 %)EasyMock
143 (0.299 %)CheckStyle
143 (0.299 %)Log4j
143 (0.299 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1140 (13.97 %)Banking
284 (8.383 %)Finance
367 (6.687 %)Investment Banking
428 (2.794 %)Government
527 (2.695 %)Front Office
624 (2.395 %)Telecoms
718 (1.796 %)Games
817 (1.697 %)Insurance
915 (1.497 %)Education
1014 (1.397 %)Health
1113 (1.297 %)Marketing
1212 (1.198 %)Publishing
1311 (1.098 %)Retail
1311 (1.098 %)Law
1410 (0.998 %)Graphic Design
159 (0.898 %)Multimedia
165 (0.499 %)Financial Institution
165 (0.499 %)Back Office
174 (0.399 %)Mobile Games
174 (0.399 %)Music
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1520 (51.90 %)Developer
2201 (20.06 %)Java Developer
3116 (11.58 %)PHP Developer
4103 (10.28 %)Administrator
580 (7.984 %)Analyst
674 (7.385 %)Systems Administrator
770 (6.986 %)Web Developer
869 (6.886 %)Senior Developer
947 (4.691 %)Senior Java Developer
1040 (3.992 %)Drupal Developer
1137 (3.693 %)Architect
1236 (3.593 %)Linux Administrator
1332 (3.194 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1332 (3.194 %)Perl Developer
1332 (3.194 %)Systems Engineer
1430 (2.994 %)UNIX Administrator
1529 (2.894 %)J2EE Developer
1529 (2.894 %)PHP Drupal Developer
1627 (2.695 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1627 (2.695 %)Java/J2EE Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
146 (4.591 %)Open Source
227 (2.695 %)Clustering
321 (2.096 %)N-Tier
416 (1.597 %)W3C
512 (1.198 %)Derivative
611 (1.098 %)Computer Science
611 (1.098 %)Fixed Income
611 (1.098 %)NHS
79 (0.898 %)Equities
88 (0.798 %)Client/Server
88 (0.798 %)BBC
88 (0.798 %)E-Learning
97 (0.699 %)iPhone
106 (0.599 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
106 (0.599 %)Mainframe
106 (0.599 %)HACMP
106 (0.599 %)Data Protection Act
106 (0.599 %)Social Network
115 (0.499 %)Credit Risk
115 (0.499 %)Wiki
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1564 (56.29 %)Linux
2268 (26.75 %)UNIX
3227 (22.65 %)Windows
4187 (18.66 %)Red Hat Linux
5108 (10.78 %)Solaris
678 (7.784 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
768 (6.786 %)Windows Server 2003
829 (2.894 %)AIX
918 (1.796 %)Windows Server 2008
918 (1.796 %)CentOS
1017 (1.697 %)Windows XP
1114 (1.397 %)HPUX
129 (0.898 %)Debian
138 (0.798 %)Windows 2000
138 (0.798 %)Fedora
138 (0.798 %)Ubuntu
147 (0.699 %)Windows 2000 Server
155 (0.499 %)Android
164 (0.399 %)Tru64
164 (0.399 %)VMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1121 (12.08 %)OO
2105 (10.48 %)E-Commerce
394 (9.381 %)Agile Software Development
453 (5.289 %)Web Development
550 (4.990 %)Content Management
643 (4.291 %)ITIL
643 (4.291 %)Continuous Integration
737 (3.693 %)MVC
831 (3.094 %)Load Balancing
929 (2.894 %)Unit Testing
1027 (2.695 %)Migration
1124 (2.395 %)Scrum
1222 (2.196 %)Configuration Management
1222 (2.196 %)Project Management
1222 (2.196 %)UML
1222 (2.196 %)TDD
1222 (2.196 %)User Acceptance Testing
1320 (1.996 %)OOD
1419 (1.896 %)Workflow
1518 (1.796 %)SEO
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1455 (45.41 %)Java
2317 (31.64 %)PHP
3232 (23.15 %)SQL
4225 (22.46 %)JavaScript
5173 (17.27 %)Perl
675 (7.485 %)Shell Script
762 (6.188 %)Python
849 (4.890 %)C#
849 (4.890 %)PHP5
944 (4.391 %)C
1038 (3.792 %)PL/SQL
1128 (2.794 %)Bash shell
1226 (2.595 %)C++
1318 (1.796 %)VB
1415 (1.497 %)ActionScript
1514 (1.397 %)Groovy
1612 (1.198 %)VBA
1612 (1.198 %)Korn
1612 (1.198 %)PHP4
178 (0.798 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
159 (5.888 %)Security Cleared
236 (3.593 %)SC Cleared
326 (2.595 %)Degree
411 (1.098 %)DV Cleared
411 (1.098 %)ISEB
58 (0.798 %)Cisco Certification
58 (0.798 %)BC Cleared
65 (0.499 %)ISTQB
65 (0.499 %)RHCE
74 (0.399 %)Sun Certification
83 (0.299 %)RHCT
92 (0.200 %)CCNA
92 (0.200 %)PRINCE2 Certification
92 (0.200 %)CISSP
92 (0.200 %)Microsoft Certification
92 (0.200 %)MCSE
92 (0.200 %)CISM
92 (0.200 %)Linux+ Certification
92 (0.200 %)SCDJWS
92 (0.200 %)SCJP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (1.098 %)QA
210 (0.998 %)SLA
33 (0.299 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.200 %)TickIT
42 (0.200 %)WAI
42 (0.200 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.100 %)WCAG
51 (0.100 %)COBIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
120 (1.996 %)Active Directory
120 (1.996 %)VMware Infrastructure
216 (1.597 %)Oracle RAC
313 (1.297 %)Squid
313 (1.297 %)VMware ESX
48 (0.798 %)NFS
57 (0.699 %)vSphere
66 (0.599 %)Sendmail
75 (0.499 %)Hyper-V
84 (0.399 %)Xen
93 (0.299 %)XenServer
102 (0.200 %)Samba
102 (0.200 %)Snort
102 (0.200 %)Veritas Cluster Server
102 (0.200 %)qmail
102 (0.200 %)Postfix
111 (0.100 %)OpenLDAP
111 (0.100 %)XenApp
111 (0.100 %)Hadoop
111 (0.100 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
121 (2.096 %)Tivoli
212 (1.198 %)Nagios
311 (1.098 %)NetBackup
48 (0.798 %)CA SiteMinder
48 (0.798 %)Cacti
55 (0.499 %)OVSD
55 (0.499 %)OpenView
64 (0.399 %)YUM
73 (0.299 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
82 (0.200 %)AutoSys
82 (0.200 %)Zenoss
91 (0.100 %)ZABBIX
91 (0.100 %)Sun Identity Manager
91 (0.100 %)HP Quality Center
91 (0.100 %)ServiceCenter
91 (0.100 %)BMC PATROL
91 (0.100 %)MSI
91 (0.100 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1252 (25.15 %)Oracle
2159 (15.87 %)Red Hat
3106 (10.58 %)JBoss
470 (6.986 %)IBM
564 (6.387 %)VMware
660 (5.988 %)Microsoft
744 (4.391 %)TIBCO
841 (4.092 %)Sun
938 (3.792 %)HP
1028 (2.794 %)Zend
1127 (2.695 %)Cisco
1220 (1.996 %)Google
1319 (1.896 %)Adobe
1418 (1.796 %)Sybase
1516 (1.597 %)Veritas
1613 (1.297 %)BEA
1711 (1.098 %)Fujitsu
1711 (1.098 %)Business Objects
1810 (0.998 %)ILOG
1810 (0.998 %)McAfee