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This section looks at the demand for Apache Ant skills within the Yorkshire 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Ant
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank104115
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads1814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.014 %
As % of the category below6.186 %3.562 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£307£313
Average daily rate£307£325
% change on same period last year-5.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£307£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£330
% change on same period last year+16.50 %
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£39.80
% change on same period last year+6.79 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads291393
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.387 %0.398 %
Daily rates quoted6356
Average minimum daily rate£286£285
Average daily rate£295£297
% change on same period last year-0.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£305£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£331
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted2127
Average minimum hourly rate£26.68£25.81
Average hourly rate£28.95£26.95
% change on same period last year+7.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.23£28.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.15£33.95
% change on same period last year-2.37 %
Ant EnglandAnt
England

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 jobs citing Ant within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 YorkshireUp+1415--
North YorkshireNew entry-2£310-
South YorkshireNew entry-1£301-
Ant EnglandAnt
England

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

121 (100.00 %)Java
215 (71.43 %)J2EE
39 (42.86 %)Oracle
39 (42.86 %)XML
48 (38.10 %)Struts
57 (33.33 %)JUnit
57 (33.33 %)HTML
66 (28.57 %)Solaris
66 (28.57 %)Eclipse
66 (28.57 %)HTTP
66 (28.57 %)Oracle 10g
66 (28.57 %)Oracle 9i
66 (28.57 %)Shell Script
66 (28.57 %)ATG
66 (28.57 %)ATG Dynamo
66 (28.57 %)Hibernate
66 (28.57 %)Spring
75 (23.81 %)Extranet
75 (23.81 %)Sun
75 (23.81 %)Sun Certification
75 (23.81 %)UML
75 (23.81 %)OO
84 (19.05 %)JSP
93 (14.29 %)JavaScript
93 (14.29 %)JBoss
93 (14.29 %)RUP
93 (14.29 %)JMS
102 (9.524 %)MVC
102 (9.524 %)Agile Software Development
102 (9.524 %)SQL

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (71.43 %)J2EE
29 (42.86 %)XML
38 (38.10 %)Struts
47 (33.33 %)HTML
56 (28.57 %)Spring
56 (28.57 %)Hibernate
64 (19.05 %)JSP
73 (14.29 %)JMS
82 (9.524 %)Servlets
82 (9.524 %)CSS
82 (9.524 %)JDBC
82 (9.524 %)WebSphere
82 (9.524 %)MVC
91 (4.762 %)JSTL
91 (4.762 %)Taglibs
91 (4.762 %)Lucene
91 (4.762 %)JSF
91 (4.762 %)JNDI
91 (4.762 %)AJAX
91 (4.762 %)EJB
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (28.57 %)ATG Dynamo
23 (14.29 %)JBoss
31 (4.762 %)Tomcat
31 (4.762 %)WebLogic
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (28.57 %)HTTP
25 (23.81 %)Extranet
31 (4.762 %)LDAP
31 (4.762 %)Intranet
31 (4.762 %)Internet
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (28.57 %)Oracle 9i
16 (28.57 %)Oracle 10g
21 (4.762 %)Oracle 8/8i
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (33.33 %)JUnit
26 (28.57 %)Eclipse
31 (4.762 %)TestDirector
31 (4.762 %)CheckStyle
31 (4.762 %)HttpUnit
31 (4.762 %)JIRA
31 (4.762 %)Flash
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.762 %)Finance
11 (4.762 %)Manufacturing
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (95.24 %)Developer
213 (61.90 %)Java Developer
312 (57.14 %)J2EE Developer
46 (28.57 %)Lead Developer
46 (28.57 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (4.762 %)Java Swing Developer
51 (4.762 %)Software Developer
51 (4.762 %)Consultant
51 (4.762 %)Programmer
51 (4.762 %)Java Programmer
51 (4.762 %)JSP Developer
51 (4.762 %)WebLogic Developer
51 (4.762 %)Java Software Developer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)Client/Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (28.57 %)Solaris
21 (4.762 %)UNIX
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (23.81 %)UML
15 (23.81 %)OO
23 (14.29 %)RUP
32 (9.524 %)Agile Software Development
41 (4.762 %)Software Engineering
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (100.00 %)Java
26 (28.57 %)Shell Script
33 (14.29 %)JavaScript
42 (9.524 %)SQL
51 (4.762 %)PL/SQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (23.81 %)Sun Certification
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (42.86 %)Oracle
26 (28.57 %)ATG
35 (23.81 %)Sun
41 (4.762 %)Vignette
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