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This section looks at the demand for Apache HTTP Server skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Apache over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache HTTP Server
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank158149
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads7851072
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.046 %1.085 %
As % of the category below7.331 %8.108 %
Daily rates quoted259329
Average minimum daily rate£346£376
Average daily rate£372£395
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£345
% change on same period last year+5.67 %
Hourly rates quoted5043
Average minimum hourly rate£31.50£31.02
Average hourly rate£33.96£34.64
% change on same period last year-1.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.42£38.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.73£32.39
% change on same period last year+7.20 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1070813221
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled14.27 %13.38 %
Daily rates quoted31683325
Average minimum daily rate£352£357
Average daily rate£376£378
% change on same period last year-0.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£349
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted11251315
Average minimum hourly rate£22.47£22.68
Average hourly rate£24.05£24.11
% change on same period last year-0.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.63£25.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.28£23.70
% change on same period last year+2.44 %

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.

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 25 July 2008.

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 25 July 2008.

Apache Hourly Rate Histogram

Apache
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section 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 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
EnglandDown-5740£372-6.35 %
LondonUp+6407£376-12.10 %
South EastDown-26123£371+3.96 %
City of LondonDown-1787£428-9.18 %
East of EnglandUp+1564£402+7.52 %
BerkshireDown-1037£288-21.97 %
HampshireUp+829£417+11.17 %
West MidlandsUp+627£300-9.09 %
North EastUp+2727£200-47.82 %
North WestDown-525£385+28.40 %
HertfordshireNo change025£401+7.22 %
ScotlandUp+3724£374+24.70 %
South WestUp+1321£233-22.11 %
WalesDown-1221£372+19.89 %
Tyne and WearUp+2120£200-55.55 %
South WalesDown-618£376+25.62 %
East MidlandsUp+218£307+14.38 %
OxfordshireUp+1318£275-
SurreyDown-4217£358+7.97 %
CambridgeshireUp+417£319+8.66 %
CheshireDown-116£400+33.55 %
ReadingUp+816£280-
GlasgowUp+2215£361+20.45 %
CambridgeUp+1014£338+15.05 %
MidlandsUp+1413£399+99.68 %
BirminghamUp+1412£350+18.64 %
CroydonUp+1811£425+8.97 %
PortsmouthUp+911--
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+710£200-55.55 %
NewcastleNew entry-10--

Apache
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1861 (53.15 %)Linux
2593 (36.60 %)Tomcat
3584 (36.05 %)MySQL
4558 (34.44 %)Java
5534 (32.96 %)UNIX
6482 (29.75 %)PHP
7407 (25.12 %)Oracle
8401 (24.75 %)XML
9355 (21.91 %)Perl
10346 (21.36 %)JavaScript
11343 (21.17 %)Solaris
12337 (20.80 %)SQL
13314 (19.38 %)J2EE
14308 (19.01 %)HTML
15284 (17.53 %)CSS
16277 (17.10 %)Windows
17226 (13.95 %)WebLogic
18215 (13.27 %)Red Hat
19213 (13.15 %)IIS
20196 (12.10 %)LAMP
21189 (11.67 %)WebServices
22188 (11.60 %)Internet
23174 (10.74 %)WebSphere
24172 (10.62 %)Spring
25167 (10.31 %)TCP/IP
26166 (10.25 %)SQL Server
27157 (9.691 %)AJAX
28150 (9.259 %)JSP
29147 (9.074 %)Hibernate
30143 (8.827 %)JBoss

Apache
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1401 (24.75 %)XML
2314 (19.38 %)J2EE
3308 (19.01 %)HTML
4284 (17.53 %)CSS
5196 (12.10 %)LAMP
6189 (11.67 %)WebServices
7174 (10.74 %)WebSphere
8172 (10.62 %)Spring
9157 (9.691 %)AJAX
10150 (9.259 %)JSP
11147 (9.074 %)Hibernate
12141 (8.704 %)XHTML
13125 (7.716 %).NET
14115 (7.099 %)XSLT
1586 (5.309 %)Struts
1679 (4.877 %)SOAP
1776 (4.691 %)Servlets
1854 (3.333 %)EJB
1951 (3.148 %)ASP
1951 (3.148 %)ASP.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1593 (36.60 %)Tomcat
2226 (13.95 %)WebLogic
3213 (13.15 %)IIS
4143 (8.827 %)JBoss
590 (5.556 %)CMS
625 (1.543 %)ColdFusion
723 (1.420 %)iPlanet
723 (1.420 %)Resin
818 (1.111 %)TIBCO EMS
917 (1.049 %)MS Exchange
1016 (0.988 %)WebSphere Application Server
1115 (0.926 %)SharePoint
1115 (0.926 %)SAP Web AS
1211 (0.679 %)ESB
1310 (0.617 %)Joomla!
1310 (0.617 %)WebLogic Portal
1310 (0.617 %)Oracle Application Server
148 (0.494 %)Exchange Server 2003
157 (0.432 %)Alfresco
157 (0.432 %)Zope
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
136 (2.222 %)Photoshop
230 (1.852 %)MS Project
318 (1.111 %)MS Excel
417 (1.049 %)MS Visio
516 (0.988 %)MS Office
615 (0.926 %)CA Clarity
712 (0.741 %)Open Workbench
810 (0.617 %)InfoPath
95 (0.309 %)Quicktime
104 (0.247 %)Fireworks
104 (0.247 %)Adobe Illustrator
112 (0.123 %)Acrobat
121 (0.062 %)Paint Shop Pro
121 (0.062 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (0.802 %)WebTrends
28 (0.494 %)Remedy AR System
36 (0.370 %)TIBCO iProcess
36 (0.370 %)BusinessWorks
36 (0.370 %)Oracle 11i
44 (0.247 %)Oracle Financials
44 (0.247 %)Oracle Applications
53 (0.185 %)Oracle EBS
62 (0.123 %)assyst
62 (0.123 %)Summit
71 (0.062 %)SAP Oil and Gas
71 (0.062 %)SAP R/3
71 (0.062 %)HiPortfolio
71 (0.062 %)AWD
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1188 (11.60 %)Internet
2167 (10.31 %)TCP/IP
3129 (7.963 %)DNS
4115 (7.099 %)Firewall
577 (4.753 %)HTTP
666 (4.074 %)SAN
755 (3.395 %)FTP
852 (3.210 %)LDAP
943 (2.654 %)LAN
943 (2.654 %)WAN
1039 (2.407 %)Intranet
1129 (1.790 %)SSL
1226 (1.605 %)SSH
1325 (1.543 %)SMTP
1420 (1.235 %)SNMP
1420 (1.235 %)BIG-IP
1516 (0.988 %)DHCP
1615 (0.926 %)HTTPS
1615 (0.926 %)DMZ
1712 (0.741 %)VLAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1584 (36.05 %)MySQL
2166 (10.25 %)SQL Server
369 (4.259 %)RDBMS
444 (2.716 %)Oracle 8/8i
543 (2.654 %)Oracle 9i
632 (1.975 %)Oracle 10g
632 (1.975 %)PostgreSQL
724 (1.481 %)TOAD
820 (1.235 %)SQL Server 2005
916 (0.988 %)Oracle Reports
1015 (0.926 %)BusinessObjects
119 (0.556 %)DB2
128 (0.494 %)SQL Server 2000
137 (0.432 %)MS Access
146 (0.370 %)Datawarehouse
146 (0.370 %)GIS
155 (0.309 %)Crystal Reports
164 (0.247 %)SQL Server 7
164 (0.247 %)IDOL
164 (0.247 %)JasperReports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1141 (8.704 %)Subversion
291 (5.617 %)Eclipse
389 (5.494 %)Ant
463 (3.889 %)JUnit
557 (3.519 %)Flash
638 (2.346 %)Dreamweaver
713 (0.802 %)WebLogic Workshop
713 (0.802 %)ClearCase
812 (0.741 %)JIRA
99 (0.556 %)Log4j
108 (0.494 %)PowerBuilder
117 (0.432 %)NUnit
117 (0.432 %)Selenium
117 (0.432 %)FitNesse
117 (0.432 %)yacc
126 (0.370 %)ClearQuest
135 (0.309 %)Visual Studio
135 (0.309 %)CruiseControl
135 (0.309 %)Bugzilla
144 (0.247 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1130 (8.025 %)Finance
2122 (7.531 %)Banking
376 (4.691 %)Telecoms
472 (4.444 %)Investment Banking
538 (2.346 %)Games
635 (2.160 %)Publishing
730 (1.852 %)Front Office
827 (1.667 %)Government
918 (1.111 %)Marketing
1017 (1.049 %)Retail
1115 (0.926 %)Education
1214 (0.864 %)Financial Institution
1312 (0.741 %)Pharmaceutical
1410 (0.617 %)Legal
1410 (0.617 %)Manufacturing
1410 (0.617 %)Online Games
159 (0.556 %)Insurance
166 (0.370 %)Multimedia
166 (0.370 %)Advertising
175 (0.309 %)Interactive Media
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1753 (46.48 %)Developer
2251 (15.49 %)Administrator
3217 (13.40 %)Java Developer
4198 (12.22 %)PHP Developer
5175 (10.80 %)Web Developer
6156 (9.630 %)Systems Administrator
788 (5.432 %)Analyst
884 (5.185 %)UNIX Administrator
969 (4.259 %)Support Analyst
969 (4.259 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1066 (4.074 %)Perl Developer
1164 (3.951 %)Linux Administrator
1261 (3.765 %)J2EE Developer
1352 (3.210 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1449 (3.025 %)Consultant
1545 (2.778 %)Senior Developer
1643 (2.654 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1742 (2.593 %)Architect
1839 (2.407 %)Support Engineer
1839 (2.407 %)MySQL Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
168 (4.198 %)Clustering
243 (2.654 %)W3C
336 (2.222 %)Web 2.0
427 (1.667 %)Replication
525 (1.543 %)Fixed Income
624 (1.481 %)Derivative
720 (1.235 %)Credit Derivative
819 (1.173 %)Credit Risk
916 (0.988 %)Computer Science
1011 (0.679 %)Market Risk
1011 (0.679 %)Handset
1110 (0.617 %)Client/Server
1110 (0.617 %)Blog
129 (0.556 %)N-Tier
137 (0.432 %)Management Information System
137 (0.432 %)Social Network
137 (0.432 %)Taxonomies
146 (0.370 %)AS400
146 (0.370 %)NHS
146 (0.370 %)Mainframe
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1861 (53.15 %)Linux
2534 (32.96 %)UNIX
3343 (21.17 %)Solaris
4277 (17.10 %)Windows
548 (2.963 %)AIX
640 (2.469 %)Debian
734 (2.099 %)Windows Server 2003
823 (1.420 %)Windows 2000
922 (1.358 %)SUSE
922 (1.358 %)Windows NT
1021 (1.296 %)Windows XP
1112 (0.741 %)HPUX
1210 (0.617 %)Windows CE
1210 (0.617 %)Fedora
136 (0.370 %)IRIX
136 (0.370 %)FreeBSD
136 (0.370 %)Mac OS X
144 (0.247 %)VMS
144 (0.247 %)Mac OS X Server
153 (0.185 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1120 (7.407 %)OO
294 (5.802 %)E-Commerce
384 (5.185 %)Web Development
480 (4.938 %)Content Management
573 (4.506 %)UML
662 (3.827 %)Agile Software Development
757 (3.519 %)Load Balancing
848 (2.963 %)Migration
947 (2.901 %)ITIL
1042 (2.593 %)OOP
1139 (2.407 %)Security Cleared
1233 (2.037 %)Configuration Management
1233 (2.037 %)Scrum
1331 (1.914 %)SOA
1429 (1.790 %)Project Management
1528 (1.728 %)Release Management
1627 (1.667 %)TDD
1725 (1.543 %)OOD
1824 (1.481 %)Disaster Recovery
1824 (1.481 %)SC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1558 (34.44 %)Java
2482 (29.75 %)PHP
3355 (21.91 %)Perl
4346 (21.36 %)JavaScript
5337 (20.80 %)SQL
6132 (8.148 %)Shell Script
7123 (7.593 %)PHP5
877 (4.753 %)C#
975 (4.630 %)C++
1069 (4.259 %)C
1165 (4.012 %)Python
1252 (3.210 %)PHP4
1252 (3.210 %)PL/SQL
1330 (1.852 %)COBOL
1429 (1.790 %)Ruby
1525 (1.543 %)Korn
1622 (1.358 %)DHTML
1717 (1.049 %)ActionScript
1816 (0.988 %)VBScript
1816 (0.988 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
144 (2.716 %)Degree
221 (1.296 %)Sun Certification
319 (1.173 %)Cisco Certification
417 (1.049 %)CCNA
516 (0.988 %)CISSP
67 (0.432 %)RHCE
76 (0.370 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
76 (0.370 %)Microsoft Certification
84 (0.247 %)MCSE
93 (0.185 %)CCNP
102 (0.123 %)MCP
102 (0.123 %)PRINCE2 Certification
102 (0.123 %)SCJP
111 (0.062 %)PMP
111 (0.062 %)PMI Certification
111 (0.062 %)ISEB
111 (0.062 %)MCSD
111 (0.062 %)HNC
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (1.420 %)QA
221 (1.296 %)SLA
311 (0.679 %)ISO9001
410 (0.617 %)WAI
55 (0.309 %)ISO27001
55 (0.309 %)WCAG
62 (0.123 %)BS7799
71 (0.062 %)IAS 39
71 (0.062 %)ISO9000
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
137 (2.284 %)Active Directory
231 (1.914 %)Squid
325 (1.543 %)NetBackup
419 (1.173 %)NFS
419 (1.173 %)Samba
518 (1.111 %)Oracle RAC
613 (0.802 %)AquaLogic
710 (0.617 %)VMware ESX
88 (0.494 %)VMware Infrastructure
97 (0.432 %)Backup Exec
106 (0.370 %)MSMQ
115 (0.309 %)ISA Server
115 (0.309 %)ClearTrust
124 (0.247 %)Oracle RMAN
124 (0.247 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
132 (0.123 %)Xen
141 (0.062 %)Citrix Presentation Server
141 (0.062 %)Orbix
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (0.802 %)Nagios
211 (0.679 %)AutoSys
310 (0.617 %)CA SiteMinder
48 (0.494 %)BMC PATROL
48 (0.494 %)Netcool
48 (0.494 %)Tivoli
56 (0.370 %)Netcool/Proviso
65 (0.309 %)OpenView
74 (0.247 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
74 (0.247 %)EMC Navisphere
82 (0.123 %)CiscoWorks
82 (0.123 %)Legato
91 (0.062 %)MOM
91 (0.062 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
91 (0.062 %)CONTROL-M
91 (0.062 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
91 (0.062 %)Foglight
91 (0.062 %)EMC NetWorker
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1407 (25.12 %)Oracle
2215 (13.27 %)Red Hat
3129 (7.963 %)Sun
4110 (6.790 %)Microsoft
553 (3.272 %)BEA
650 (3.086 %)VERITAS
749 (3.025 %)IBM
839 (2.407 %)Sybase
938 (2.346 %)HP
1037 (2.284 %)TIBCO
1136 (2.222 %)VMware
1235 (2.160 %)Macromedia
1332 (1.975 %)Cisco
1421 (1.296 %)Remedy
1519 (1.173 %)SAP
1519 (1.173 %)Zend
1616 (0.988 %)CA
1715 (0.926 %)Actuate
1715 (0.926 %)NetApp
1715 (0.926 %)Business Objects
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