The first table below looks at the demand for Apache Solr skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Apache Solr 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 Application Platforms category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Solr
Rank 184 - 172
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Apache Solr 10 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.246% - 0.025%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.247% - 0.155%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 1
Average salary £38,750 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year
-5.26% -2.56%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
802 756 647
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 19.76% 20.85% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 679 673 604
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £61,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Apache Solr
North West

Apache Solr
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Apache Solr across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Manchester Apache Solr Jobs Demand Trend

Apache Solr
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Apache Solr across the Manchester region.

Manchester Apache Solr Salary Trend

Apache Solr
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Apache Solr across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester Apache Solr Salary Histogram

Apache Solr
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Solr within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Altrincham - 2 £42,500 -
Apache Solr
North West

Apache Solr
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Apache Solr 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 Apache Solr.

1 23 (100.00%) Java
1 23 (100.00%) J2EE
2 21 (91.30%) Hibernate
2 21 (91.30%) Linux
2 21 (91.30%) JBoss
3 19 (82.61%) Apache
3 19 (82.61%) Tomcat
3 19 (82.61%) JSP
3 19 (82.61%) Spring
4 17 (73.91%) Web Application Development
5 16 (69.57%) Struts
6 15 (65.22%) SQL
6 15 (65.22%) MySQL
7 14 (60.87%) E-Commerce
8 10 (43.48%) JavaScript
9 8 (34.78%) HTML
10 6 (26.09%) CSS
11 5 (21.74%) HTTP
11 5 (21.74%) Financial Institution
11 5 (21.74%) Finance
11 5 (21.74%) Subversion
12 4 (17.39%) SOA
13 2 (8.696%) MVC
13 2 (8.696%) GIS
13 2 (8.696%) ESRI
13 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
13 2 (8.696%) TDD
13 2 (8.696%) CruiseControl
13 2 (8.696%) Billing
13 2 (8.696%) QA

Apache Solr
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Apache Solr 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 Apache Solr. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (100.00%) J2EE
2 21 (91.30%) Hibernate
3 19 (82.61%) Spring
3 19 (82.61%) JSP
4 16 (69.57%) Struts
5 8 (34.78%) HTML
6 6 (26.09%) CSS
7 2 (8.696%) SOAP
7 2 (8.696%) .NET
7 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
7 2 (8.696%) Web Services
7 2 (8.696%) XML
7 2 (8.696%) XSLT
7 2 (8.696%) JMS
7 2 (8.696%) JSF
7 2 (8.696%) Ajax
7 2 (8.696%) jBPM
7 2 (8.696%) jQuery
7 2 (8.696%) JBoss Seam
7 2 (8.696%) Drools
Application Platforms
1 19 (82.61%) Apache
1 19 (82.61%) Tomcat
2 2 (8.696%) ESB
2 2 (8.696%) Drupal
2 2 (8.696%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (65.22%) MySQL
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) Oracle 9i
2 2 (8.696%) GIS
2 2 (8.696%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Subversion
2 2 (8.696%) Maven
2 2 (8.696%) JUnit
2 2 (8.696%) CruiseControl
General
1 5 (21.74%) Financial Institution
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Billing
Job Titles
1 23 (100.00%) Developer
2 21 (91.30%) Java Developer
3 19 (82.61%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 5 (21.74%) J2EE Developer
5 2 (8.696%) Senior Java Developer
5 2 (8.696%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Client/Server
1 2 (8.696%) Mainframe
1 2 (8.696%) IBM Mainframe
1 2 (8.696%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) Linux
2 2 (8.696%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Web Application Development
2 14 (60.87%) E-Commerce
3 4 (17.39%) SOA
4 2 (8.696%) MVC
4 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (8.696%) TDD
4 2 (8.696%) Web Development
4 2 (8.696%) Use Case
4 2 (8.696%) OOD
4 2 (8.696%) UML
4 2 (8.696%) OO
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) Java
2 15 (65.22%) SQL
3 10 (43.48%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.696%) PHP
4 2 (8.696%) PL/SQL
4 2 (8.696%) Python
4 2 (8.696%) XPath
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) JBoss
2 2 (8.696%) IBM
2 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) ESRI
2 2 (8.696%) Oracle