The first table below looks at the demand for Ant skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Ant
Rank 194 221 198
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -23
Permanent jobs citing Ant 128 107 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.097% 0.814% 0.921%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.743% 7.759% 8.862%
Number of salaries quoted 118 91 126
Average salary £54,250 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +11.84%
All Development Applications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1653 1379 1591
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 14.16% 10.49% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1423 1302 1467
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Ant
London

Ant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ant across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

City of London Ant Jobs Demand Trend

Ant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ant across the City of London region.

City of London Ant Salary Trend

Ant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ant across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Ant Salary Histogram

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Ant.

1 138 (70.77%) Java
2 127 (65.13%) Maven
3 92 (47.18%) Scrum
4 88 (45.13%) OO
5 87 (44.62%) Agile Software Development
6 84 (43.08%) Subversion
7 81 (41.54%) JavaScript
8 79 (40.51%) Git (software)
9 73 (37.44%) CSS
10 72 (36.92%) HTML
11 68 (34.87%) Linux
12 67 (34.36%) JUnit
13 65 (33.33%) XML
14 57 (29.23%) jQuery
15 55 (28.21%) MVC
16 48 (24.62%) UNIX
16 48 (24.62%) Multithreading
17 46 (23.59%) HTML5
17 46 (23.59%) OOP
18 43 (22.05%) Eclipse
19 41 (21.03%) JSON
20 40 (20.51%) Spring
20 40 (20.51%) Continuous Integration
21 39 (20.00%) Android
21 39 (20.00%) CSS3
21 39 (20.00%) Google
22 37 (18.97%) Oracle
22 37 (18.97%) Mercurial
23 36 (18.46%) Mobile App
23 36 (18.46%) XHTML

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Ant. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 73 (37.44%) CSS
2 72 (36.92%) HTML
3 65 (33.33%) XML
4 57 (29.23%) jQuery
5 46 (23.59%) HTML5
6 41 (21.03%) JSON
7 40 (20.51%) Spring
8 39 (20.00%) CSS3
9 36 (18.46%) XHTML
10 35 (17.95%) REST
11 33 (16.92%) Node.js
11 33 (16.92%) Hibernate
12 32 (16.41%) Google Maps API
13 30 (15.38%) WML
14 26 (13.33%) J2EE
14 26 (13.33%) Web Services
15 21 (10.77%) JSP
15 21 (10.77%) Underscore.js
16 20 (10.26%) Ajax
17 19 (9.744%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 32 (16.41%) Apache
2 29 (14.87%) Confluence
3 26 (13.33%) ESB
4 25 (12.82%) WebLogic
5 23 (11.79%) Tomcat
6 14 (7.179%) Apache Solr
7 13 (6.667%) CMS
8 8 (4.103%) WebSphere MQ
9 7 (3.590%) WebSphere Application Server
10 5 (2.564%) WebSphere Message Broker
11 2 (1.026%) Documentum
11 2 (1.026%) IIS
12 1 (0.513%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.513%) SAS
12 1 (0.513%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.513%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.513%) WebSphere Process Server
12 1 (0.513%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 7 (3.590%) Photoshop
2 4 (2.051%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.026%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.513%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.538%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.513%) TIBCO iProcess
2 1 (0.513%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.513%) Sophis RISQUE
2 1 (0.513%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 34 (17.44%) NFC
2 4 (2.051%) FTP
3 2 (1.026%) HTTP
3 2 (1.026%) VPN
4 1 (0.513%) DNS
4 1 (0.513%) Intranet
4 1 (0.513%) Extranet
4 1 (0.513%) Firewall
4 1 (0.513%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (18.46%) SQLite
2 18 (9.231%) MySQL
3 15 (7.692%) SQL Server
4 10 (5.128%) DB2
5 3 (1.538%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.538%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.026%) QlikView
6 2 (1.026%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (1.026%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.026%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.026%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.026%) Pentaho
6 2 (1.026%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.513%) Big Data
7 1 (0.513%) MarkLogic
7 1 (0.513%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.513%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 127 (65.13%) Maven
2 84 (43.08%) Subversion
3 79 (40.51%) Git (software)
4 67 (34.36%) JUnit
5 43 (22.05%) Eclipse
6 37 (18.97%) Mercurial
7 35 (17.95%) JIRA
8 22 (11.28%) Hudson
8 22 (11.28%) Jenkins
9 16 (8.205%) Selenium
10 8 (4.103%) Xcode
10 8 (4.103%) Behat
11 7 (3.590%) CruiseControl
12 6 (3.077%) Gerrit
12 6 (3.077%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (2.564%) TeamCity
13 5 (2.564%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (2.564%) Jasmine
14 4 (2.051%) Cucumber
14 4 (2.051%) XMLUnit
General
1 25 (12.82%) Finance
2 17 (8.718%) Banking
3 12 (6.154%) Retail
4 7 (3.590%) Games
5 5 (2.564%) Back Office
6 4 (2.051%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.051%) Publishing
6 4 (2.051%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.026%) Front Office
8 1 (0.513%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.513%) Electronics
8 1 (0.513%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.513%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 131 (67.18%) Developer
2 58 (29.74%) Senior Developer
3 46 (23.59%) Java Developer
4 26 (13.33%) Android Developer
5 21 (10.77%) JavaScript Developer
6 18 (9.231%) Front-End Developer
7 17 (8.718%) Senior JavaScript Developer
8 12 (6.154%) Web Developer
9 10 (5.128%) Senior Java Developer
9 10 (5.128%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 10 (5.128%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.615%) Analyst
11 8 (4.103%) Support Analyst
11 8 (4.103%) Test Engineer
11 8 (4.103%) Automation Engineer
12 7 (3.590%) J2EE Developer
12 7 (3.590%) Applications Support
12 7 (3.590%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 7 (3.590%) ActionScript Developer
13 5 (2.564%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.46%) Mobile App
2 33 (16.92%) Java Card
3 15 (7.692%) Blackberry
4 13 (6.667%) Computer Science
5 12 (6.154%) Digital Media
6 10 (5.128%) Heroku
6 10 (5.128%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.590%) Cryptography
8 6 (3.077%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.564%) Online Games
10 4 (2.051%) Mobile Banking
11 3 (1.538%) iPhone
11 3 (1.538%) W3C
12 1 (0.513%) Data Integration
12 1 (0.513%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.513%) EMV
12 1 (0.513%) Wiki
12 1 (0.513%) Derivative
12 1 (0.513%) Equity Derivative
12 1 (0.513%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 68 (34.87%) Linux
2 48 (24.62%) UNIX
3 39 (20.00%) Android
4 22 (11.28%) Windows
5 18 (9.231%) Apple iOS
6 10 (5.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (5.128%) VMS
6 10 (5.128%) Fedora
6 10 (5.128%) Ubuntu
7 8 (4.103%) Windows Phone
8 6 (3.077%) Solaris
9 2 (1.026%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (47.18%) Scrum
2 88 (45.13%) OO
3 87 (44.62%) Agile Software Development
4 55 (28.21%) MVC
5 48 (24.62%) Multithreading
6 46 (23.59%) OOP
7 40 (20.51%) Continuous Integration
8 32 (16.41%) TDD
9 29 (14.87%) Unit Testing
10 23 (11.79%) Data Modelling
11 17 (8.718%) UML
11 17 (8.718%) SOA
11 17 (8.718%) Kanban
12 15 (7.692%) Waterfall
12 15 (7.692%) ETL
13 14 (7.179%) Configuration Management
13 14 (7.179%) E-Commerce
14 13 (6.667%) BDD
15 10 (5.128%) Build Automation
15 10 (5.128%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 138 (70.77%) Java
2 81 (41.54%) JavaScript
3 32 (16.41%) SQL
4 20 (10.26%) Perl
5 18 (9.231%) Shell Script
6 15 (7.692%) Python
7 14 (7.179%) PHP
8 11 (5.641%) PL/SQL
9 8 (4.103%) Objective-C
10 7 (3.590%) ActionScript
11 5 (2.564%) Groovy
12 4 (2.051%) ActionScript 2.0
12 4 (2.051%) XPath
12 4 (2.051%) Jython
12 4 (2.051%) C#
13 3 (1.538%) C++
14 2 (1.026%) Ruby
14 2 (1.026%) C
14 2 (1.026%) VBScript
14 2 (1.026%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (11.28%) Degree
2 1 (0.513%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.718%) QA
2 3 (1.538%) WAI
3 1 (0.513%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 1 (0.513%) ISO/IEC 7816
Systems Management
1 12 (6.154%) Puppet
2 11 (5.641%) Nagios
3 10 (5.128%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (20.00%) Google
2 37 (18.97%) Oracle
3 18 (9.231%) JBoss
4 12 (6.154%) Microsoft
5 11 (5.641%) ATG
5 11 (5.641%) hybris
5 11 (5.641%) Demandware
6 8 (4.103%) Apple
7 7 (3.590%) Venda
8 6 (3.077%) BEA
9 5 (2.564%) Intershop
9 5 (2.564%) IBM
10 4 (2.051%) Informatica
10 4 (2.051%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.538%) AccuRev
11 3 (1.538%) Omniture
11 3 (1.538%) Sybase
11 3 (1.538%) Adobe
12 2 (1.026%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.026%) UC4
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