The first table below looks at the demand for Ant skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 21 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Ant
Rank 203 150 160
Rank change year-on-year
-53 +10
Permanent jobs citing Ant 13 65 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.246% 1.173% 0.774%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.677% 5.830% 5.468%
Number of salaries quoted 8 42 37
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,650 £30,300 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,325 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +11.84%
All Development Applications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
775 1115 823
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 14.67% 20.12% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 687 994 744
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £43,600 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Ant
England

Ant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Ant Salary Trend

Ant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ant across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West Ant Salary Histogram

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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bristol -26 9 £35,000 -9.09%
Wiltshire +3 3 £35,000 -12.50%
Dorset -9 1 £47,750 -16.95%
Ant
England

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 39 (79.59%) XML
2 37 (75.51%) Java
3 29 (59.18%) Web Services
4 24 (48.98%) SOAP
4 24 (48.98%) RDBMS
5 22 (44.90%) SQL
5 22 (44.90%) JUnit
5 22 (44.90%) Degree
6 21 (42.86%) TDD
6 21 (42.86%) Unit Testing
6 21 (42.86%) Hudson
7 19 (38.78%) Spring
7 19 (38.78%) XML Schema
8 18 (36.73%) Eclipse
8 18 (36.73%) JBoss
8 18 (36.73%) Oracle
8 18 (36.73%) Computer Science
8 18 (36.73%) Continuous Integration
9 17 (34.69%) Trapeze
9 17 (34.69%) QA
10 16 (32.65%) JavaScript
10 16 (32.65%) Maven
11 15 (30.61%) Hibernate
12 14 (28.57%) Subversion
12 14 (28.57%) Google
12 14 (28.57%) J2EE
12 14 (28.57%) Apache
13 13 (26.53%) Linux
13 13 (26.53%) Ext JS
14 12 (24.49%) UNIX

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 39 (79.59%) XML
2 29 (59.18%) Web Services
3 24 (48.98%) SOAP
4 19 (38.78%) Spring
4 19 (38.78%) XML Schema
5 15 (30.61%) Hibernate
6 14 (28.57%) J2EE
7 13 (26.53%) Ext JS
8 12 (24.49%) HTML
8 12 (24.49%) jQuery
9 10 (20.41%) JSP
9 10 (20.41%) Google Maps API
9 10 (20.41%) Ajax
9 10 (20.41%) JSON
10 9 (18.37%) JSTL
10 9 (18.37%) JMS
10 9 (18.37%) Bing Maps
11 7 (14.29%) XSLT
12 6 (12.24%) Servlets
12 6 (12.24%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 14 (28.57%) Apache
2 9 (18.37%) Tomcat
3 7 (14.29%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.041%) Mule
4 1 (2.041%) ESB
4 1 (2.041%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (2.041%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 2 (4.082%) Oracle iStore
2 1 (2.041%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.163%) HTTP
1 4 (8.163%) Internet
2 1 (2.041%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (48.98%) RDBMS
2 4 (8.163%) Pentaho
2 4 (8.163%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (8.163%) DataStage
3 2 (4.082%) MySQL
3 2 (4.082%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.082%) GIS
3 2 (4.082%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.041%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 22 (44.90%) JUnit
2 21 (42.86%) Hudson
3 18 (36.73%) Eclipse
4 16 (32.65%) Maven
5 14 (28.57%) Subversion
6 10 (20.41%) jMock
7 8 (16.33%) Visual Studio
8 5 (10.20%) NetBeans
8 5 (10.20%) Jenkins
9 4 (8.163%) Git (software)
9 4 (8.163%) HttpUnit
9 4 (8.163%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 4 (8.163%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (4.082%) ClearCase
10 2 (4.082%) Robotium
10 2 (4.082%) Gradle
11 1 (2.041%) Eclipse RCP
11 1 (2.041%) Mercurial
11 1 (2.041%) ANTLR
11 1 (2.041%) Selenium
General
1 7 (14.29%) Advertising
2 5 (10.20%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.163%) Aerospace
3 4 (8.163%) Military
4 1 (2.041%) Banking
4 1 (2.041%) Finance
Job Titles
1 40 (81.63%) Developer
2 17 (34.69%) Software Developer
3 12 (24.49%) Java Developer
4 9 (18.37%) Senior Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Senior Java Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Mid-Level Java Developer
7 4 (8.163%) Java Development Manager
7 4 (8.163%) Android Developer
7 4 (8.163%) Technical Leader
7 4 (8.163%) Development Manager
8 2 (4.082%) J2EE Developer
9 1 (2.041%) iPhone Developer
9 1 (2.041%) Senior Architect
9 1 (2.041%) Build Engineer
9 1 (2.041%) iPhone Applications Developer
9 1 (2.041%) iOS Developer
9 1 (2.041%) C Developer
9 1 (2.041%) Java Software Developer
9 1 (2.041%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 1 (2.041%) Java Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (36.73%) Computer Science
2 8 (16.33%) Management Information System
3 5 (10.20%) Digital Media
4 4 (8.163%) Data Integration
4 4 (8.163%) Open Source
4 4 (8.163%) Web 2.0
4 4 (8.163%) RIA
5 2 (4.082%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.041%) iPhone
6 1 (2.041%) SWIFT
6 1 (2.041%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 13 (26.53%) Linux
2 12 (24.49%) UNIX
3 4 (8.163%) Android
4 2 (4.082%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.041%) Windows
5 1 (2.041%) AIX
5 1 (2.041%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.86%) TDD
1 21 (42.86%) Unit Testing
2 18 (36.73%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (22.45%) Data Modelling
4 8 (16.33%) Waterfall
5 5 (10.20%) SOA
5 5 (10.20%) OO
5 5 (10.20%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (10.20%) MVC
5 5 (10.20%) Web Development
6 4 (8.163%) Test Scripting
6 4 (8.163%) BPEL
6 4 (8.163%) Logistics
6 4 (8.163%) OOP
7 3 (6.122%) Configuration Management
8 2 (4.082%) Content Management
8 2 (4.082%) Release Management
8 2 (4.082%) User Experience Design
8 2 (4.082%) Mobile Application Development
9 1 (2.041%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 37 (75.51%) Java
2 22 (44.90%) SQL
3 16 (32.65%) JavaScript
4 9 (18.37%) C++
5 6 (12.24%) PL/SQL
6 4 (8.163%) XPath
6 4 (8.163%) Objective-C
6 4 (8.163%) Shell Script
7 3 (6.122%) C
8 1 (2.041%) Scala
8 1 (2.041%) Groovy
8 1 (2.041%) Clojure
8 1 (2.041%) xBase
Qualifications
1 22 (44.90%) Degree
2 2 (4.082%) DV Cleared
2 2 (4.082%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.041%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (34.69%) QA
2 4 (8.163%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 18 (36.73%) JBoss
1 18 (36.73%) Oracle
2 17 (34.69%) Trapeze
3 14 (28.57%) Google
4 8 (16.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.082%) Sun
6 1 (2.041%) webMethods
6 1 (2.041%) IBM
Chippenham, South West
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