The first table below looks at the demand for Ant skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ant over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Ant
Rank 74 79 64
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Ant 19 17 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.564% 1.471% 2.554%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.11% 12.41% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 18 17 21
Average salary £39,000 £27,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.81% -45.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £25,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,250 £35,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +11.84%
All Development Applications
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
188 137 173
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 15.47% 11.85% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 168 131 155
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -12.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Ant
UK

Ant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Ant Salary Trend

Ant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ant across the Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales +12 19 £39,000 +52.94%
Ant
UK

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 29 (74.36%) Java
2 25 (64.10%) Spring
3 24 (61.54%) Maven
4 20 (51.28%) JavaScript
5 19 (48.72%) Java EE
6 17 (43.59%) SQL
6 17 (43.59%) OO
6 17 (43.59%) Hibernate
7 16 (41.03%) Jenkins
8 15 (38.46%) MVC
8 15 (38.46%) SOAP
8 15 (38.46%) Web Services
9 14 (35.90%) JUnit
9 14 (35.90%) Scrum
10 13 (33.33%) Banking
10 13 (33.33%) HTML
10 13 (33.33%) Struts
10 13 (33.33%) Mobile Banking
10 13 (33.33%) Refactoring
10 13 (33.33%) JPA
11 12 (30.77%) Spring Web Flow
11 12 (30.77%) Apache
11 12 (30.77%) Eclipse
12 11 (28.21%) UML
12 11 (28.21%) XML
12 11 (28.21%) CruiseControl
12 11 (28.21%) Hudson
13 9 (23.08%) Unit Testing
14 7 (17.95%) Subversion
14 7 (17.95%) Requirements Analysis

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 25 (64.10%) Spring
2 19 (48.72%) Java EE
3 17 (43.59%) Hibernate
4 15 (38.46%) SOAP
4 15 (38.46%) Web Services
5 13 (33.33%) HTML
5 13 (33.33%) Struts
5 13 (33.33%) JPA
6 12 (30.77%) Spring Web Flow
7 11 (28.21%) XML
8 7 (17.95%) CSS
9 5 (12.82%) Ajax
9 5 (12.82%) EJB
9 5 (12.82%) JSP
10 4 (10.26%) J2EE
10 4 (10.26%) REST
10 4 (10.26%) Spring MVC
11 2 (5.128%) Servlets
12 1 (2.564%) EJB 3.0
12 1 (2.564%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 12 (30.77%) Apache
2 6 (15.38%) WebLogic
2 6 (15.38%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Staffware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.564%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.38%) TOAD
2 1 (2.564%) SQLite
2 1 (2.564%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.564%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (61.54%) Maven
2 16 (41.03%) Jenkins
3 14 (35.90%) JUnit
4 12 (30.77%) Eclipse
5 11 (28.21%) CruiseControl
5 11 (28.21%) Hudson
6 7 (17.95%) Subversion
7 4 (10.26%) Concordion
8 1 (2.564%) Git (software)
8 1 (2.564%) Mercurial
8 1 (2.564%) WebDriver
8 1 (2.564%) Selenium
8 1 (2.564%) Xcode
General
1 13 (33.33%) Banking
2 7 (17.95%) Finance
3 6 (15.38%) Financial Institution
3 6 (15.38%) Multimedia
4 1 (2.564%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (89.74%) Developer
2 26 (66.67%) Java Developer
3 17 (43.59%) Senior Developer
4 10 (25.64%) Senior Java Developer
5 6 (15.38%) UI Developer
5 6 (15.38%) Senior UI Developer
5 6 (15.38%) UI Programmer
6 2 (5.128%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (2.564%) Android Developer
7 1 (2.564%) iOS Developer
7 1 (2.564%) Senior iOS Developer
7 1 (2.564%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (2.564%) J2EE Developer
7 1 (2.564%) Blackberry Developer
7 1 (2.564%) Architect
7 1 (2.564%) Tester
7 1 (2.564%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (33.33%) Mobile Banking
2 6 (15.38%) iPhone
3 5 (12.82%) N-Tier
4 2 (5.128%) DTV
4 2 (5.128%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.564%) Flash Lite
5 1 (2.564%) Java Card
5 1 (2.564%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.564%) Animation
5 1 (2.564%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.564%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.564%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Android
2 5 (12.82%) UNIX
3 2 (5.128%) Windows
3 2 (5.128%) Linux
4 1 (2.564%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.564%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) OO
2 15 (38.46%) MVC
3 14 (35.90%) Scrum
4 13 (33.33%) Refactoring
5 11 (28.21%) UML
6 9 (23.08%) Unit Testing
7 7 (17.95%) Requirements Analysis
7 7 (17.95%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (15.38%) Integration Testing
8 6 (15.38%) Web Application Development
9 5 (12.82%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (10.26%) Project Management
10 4 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (7.692%) User Stories
11 3 (7.692%) Mobile Commerce
12 2 (5.128%) TDD
12 2 (5.128%) OOP
12 2 (5.128%) BDD
12 2 (5.128%) Software Architecture
13 1 (2.564%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (74.36%) Java
2 20 (51.28%) JavaScript
3 17 (43.59%) SQL
4 5 (12.82%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.564%) Groovy
5 1 (2.564%) Python
5 1 (2.564%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.564%) C
5 1 (2.564%) C++
5 1 (2.564%) Ruby
5 1 (2.564%) Objective-C
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Oracle
2 5 (12.82%) BEA
3 1 (2.564%) Google
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