Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Apache Ant skills within the Dorset region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Ant
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6481
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads125
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.011 %
As % of the category below1.176 %9.690 %
Salaries quoted125
Average minimum salary£20,000£48,222
Average salary£25,000£50,389
% change on same period last year-50.38 %
Average maximum salary£30,000£52,556
UK excluding London average salary£38,236£40,373
% change on same period last year-5.29 %
Dorset IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Dorset
Matching permanent IT job ads85258
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.114 %
Salaries quoted81234
Average minimum salary£25,364£46,299
Average salary£27,774£47,963
% change on same period last year-42.09 %
Average maximum salary£30,184£49,626
UK excluding London average salary£35,043£35,886
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
Ant South WestAnt
South West

Ant
Demand Trend

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

Dorset Ant Demand Trend

Ant
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ant across the Dorset region.

Dorset Ant Salary Trend

Ant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ant within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
PooleUp+241£25,000-50.85 %
Ant South WestAnt
South West

Ant
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

121 (100.00 %)Java
121 (100.00 %)Ruby
121 (100.00 %)Ruby on Rails
215 (71.43 %)TDD
215 (71.43 %)Continuous Integration
215 (71.43 %)J2EE
215 (71.43 %)WAP
215 (71.43 %)OO
311 (52.38 %)JBoss
410 (47.62 %)Agile Software Development
410 (47.62 %)Regression Testing
410 (47.62 %)Hibernate
410 (47.62 %)Scrum
410 (47.62 %)Eclipse
410 (47.62 %)SMS
410 (47.62 %)Spring
410 (47.62 %)Pair Programming
410 (47.62 %)Refactoring
56 (28.57 %)CruiseControl
56 (28.57 %)Linux
65 (23.81 %)TopLink

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

Dorset IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (100.00 %)Ruby on Rails
215 (71.43 %)J2EE
215 (71.43 %)WAP
310 (47.62 %)Hibernate
310 (47.62 %)Spring
45 (23.81 %)TopLink
Dorset IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (52.38 %)JBoss
Dorset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (47.62 %)SMS
Dorset IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (47.62 %)Eclipse
26 (28.57 %)CruiseControl
Dorset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (52.38 %)Developer
111 (52.38 %)Java Developer
25 (23.81 %)Software Developer
25 (23.81 %)Software Engineer
25 (23.81 %)Java Software Engineer
25 (23.81 %)Java Software Developer
33 (14.29 %)Java/J2EE Developer
33 (14.29 %)J2EE Developer
33 (14.29 %)Ruby Developer
41 (4.762 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
Dorset IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (28.57 %)Linux
Dorset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (71.43 %)OO
115 (71.43 %)TDD
115 (71.43 %)Continuous Integration
210 (47.62 %)Pair Programming
210 (47.62 %)Refactoring
210 (47.62 %)Regression Testing
210 (47.62 %)Scrum
210 (47.62 %)Agile Software Development
Dorset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (100.00 %)Java
121 (100.00 %)Ruby