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This section looks at the demand for Apache Ant skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Ant
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5649
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads910
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.011 %
As % of the category below7.627 %11.63 %
Daily rates quoted65
Average minimum daily rate£383£274
Average daily rate£398£289
% change on same period last year+37.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£414£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£391£339
% change on same period last year+15.19 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£39.93
% change on same period last year+6.43 %
Development Applications WalesDevelopment Applications
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads11886
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.091 %
Daily rates quoted3818
Average minimum daily rate£341£308
Average daily rate£358£325
% change on same period last year+10.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£329
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted141
Average minimum hourly rate£32.87£11.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£11.50
% change on same period last year+204.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.13£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.57£34.00
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Ant UKAnt
UK

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.

Ant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ant across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Wales Ant Demand Trend

Ant
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Ant across the Wales region.

Wales Ant Daily Rate Trend

Ant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ant across the Wales region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Wales Ant Daily Rate Histogram

Ant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Ant Hourly Rate Trend

Ant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Ant within the Wales region over the 3 months to 4 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
West WalesNew entry-8£398-
South WalesDown-141--
Ant UKAnt
UK

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

126 (92.86 %)J2EE
223 (82.14 %)WebLogic
322 (78.57 %)Oracle
322 (78.57 %)Java
421 (75.00 %)Unix
519 (67.86 %)SOA
519 (67.86 %)WebServices
618 (64.29 %)XML
715 (53.57 %)JDBC
715 (53.57 %)SOAP
814 (50.00 %)SQL
814 (50.00 %)EJB
814 (50.00 %)OO
913 (46.43 %)Eclipse
1011 (39.29 %)UML
1110 (35.71 %)JUnit
129 (32.14 %)BEA
138 (28.57 %)WebSphere
138 (28.57 %)ClearCase
138 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
147 (25.00 %)WebLogic Portal
147 (25.00 %)Shell Script
147 (25.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
147 (25.00 %)Perl
155 (17.86 %)WebSphere MQ
155 (17.86 %)CheckStyle
155 (17.86 %)Cactus
155 (17.86 %)CruiseControl
155 (17.86 %)AIX
155 (17.86 %)WebSphere Message Broker

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Application Development
126 (92.86 %)J2EE
219 (67.86 %)WebServices
318 (64.29 %)XML
415 (53.57 %)JDBC
415 (53.57 %)SOAP
514 (50.00 %)EJB
68 (28.57 %)WebSphere
72 (7.143 %)Struts
81 (3.571 %).NET
81 (3.571 %)Middleware
Application Platforms
123 (82.14 %)WebLogic
27 (25.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
27 (25.00 %)WebLogic Portal
35 (17.86 %)WebSphere Message Broker
35 (17.86 %)WebSphere MQ
43 (10.71 %)JBoss
Applications
11 (3.571 %)MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (7.143 %)Oracle 9i
21 (3.571 %)SQL Server
21 (3.571 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
113 (46.43 %)Eclipse
210 (35.71 %)JUnit
38 (28.57 %)ClearCase
45 (17.86 %)CruiseControl
45 (17.86 %)CheckStyle
45 (17.86 %)Cactus
54 (14.29 %)ClearQuest
63 (10.71 %)RequisitePro
71 (3.571 %)COOL:Gen
General
14 (14.29 %)Government
Job Titles
116 (57.14 %)Developer
27 (25.00 %)Java Developer
34 (14.29 %)J2EE Developer
43 (10.71 %)Applications Developer
43 (10.71 %)Senior Developer
43 (10.71 %)Java/J2EE Developer
52 (7.143 %)Release Engineer
52 (7.143 %)WebLogic Specialist
52 (7.143 %)Consultant
52 (7.143 %)Solutions Architect
52 (7.143 %)Software Developer
52 (7.143 %)Architect
61 (3.571 %)Technical Architect
61 (3.571 %)Senior Consultant
61 (3.571 %)Technical Manager
61 (3.571 %)Java Consultant
61 (3.571 %)UNIX Engineer
61 (3.571 %)Senior J2EE Developer
61 (3.571 %)Senior Java Developer
61 (3.571 %)J2EE Consultant
Operating Systems
121 (75.00 %)Unix
25 (17.86 %)AIX
31 (3.571 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
119 (67.86 %)SOA
214 (50.00 %)OO
311 (39.29 %)UML
48 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
55 (17.86 %)Continuous Integration
64 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
64 (14.29 %)CTC Cleared
64 (14.29 %)Configuration Management
73 (10.71 %)User Acceptance Testing
82 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
82 (7.143 %)Web Development
82 (7.143 %)B2B
91 (3.571 %)E-Commerce
91 (3.571 %)Project Planning
Programming Languages
122 (78.57 %)Java
214 (50.00 %)SQL
37 (25.00 %)Shell Script
37 (25.00 %)Perl
41 (3.571 %)C
41 (3.571 %)C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (10.71 %)QA
Vendors
122 (78.57 %)Oracle
29 (32.14 %)BEA
31 (3.571 %)Mercator
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