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This section looks at the demand for Apache Ant skills within the West Lothian region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Ant
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank157
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below33.33 %20.00 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£329
% change on same period last year+17.89 %
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£41.10£39.72
% change on same period last year+3.48 %
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
West Lothian
Matching contract IT job ads310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£383£300
Average daily rate£425£313
% change on same period last year+35.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£335
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
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£33.37£33.40
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Ant ScotlandAnt
Scotland

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 West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian Ant Daily Rate Trend

Ant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ant within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
LivingstonNew entry-1£450-
Ant ScotlandAnt
Scotland

Ant
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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.

14 (80.00 %)J2EE
14 (80.00 %)Windows
14 (80.00 %)ClearCase
22 (40.00 %)Configuration Management
31 (20.00 %)C
31 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
31 (20.00 %)WPS
31 (20.00 %)CruiseControl
31 (20.00 %)WebSphere
31 (20.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
31 (20.00 %)IBM

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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.

West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)J2EE
21 (20.00 %)WebSphere
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)WPS
11 (20.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (80.00 %)ClearCase
21 (20.00 %)CruiseControl
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Administrator
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (80.00 %)Windows
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)C
West Lothian IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)IBM