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This section looks at the demand for Apache Ant skills within the West Midlands 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Ant
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank230212
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads514
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.631 %1.915 %
Salaries quoted59
Average minimum salary£50,800£36,833
Average salary£61,400£38,014
% change on same period last year+61.51 %
Average maximum salary£72,000£39,194
UK excluding London average salary£39,456£42,015
% change on same period last year-6.09 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads793731
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.419 %0.299 %
Salaries quoted666665
Average minimum salary£28,674£30,260
Average salary£31,256£32,503
% change on same period last year-3.83 %
Average maximum salary£33,838£34,746
UK excluding London average salary£34,829£35,862
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Ant EnglandAnt
England

Ant
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Ant Salary Trend

Ant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ant across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Midlands Ant Salary Histogram

Ant
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ant within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
HerefordshireDown-105£61,400+43.90 %
Ant EnglandAnt
England

Ant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

114 (77.78 %)SQL
213 (72.22 %)Java
312 (66.67 %)Oracle
411 (61.11 %)XML
58 (44.44 %)Spring
67 (38.89 %)J2EE
76 (33.33 %)EJB
76 (33.33 %)Struts
76 (33.33 %)JMS
76 (33.33 %)Construction
76 (33.33 %)MQSeries
85 (27.78 %)WebSphere MQ
85 (27.78 %)IBM
85 (27.78 %)C
85 (27.78 %)Regression Testing
85 (27.78 %)EAI
85 (27.78 %)FTP
85 (27.78 %)HTTP
85 (27.78 %)UML
85 (27.78 %)OO
85 (27.78 %)WebServices
85 (27.78 %)DB2
85 (27.78 %)WebSphere
85 (27.78 %)WebSphere Message Broker
94 (22.22 %)Continuous Integration
94 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
94 (22.22 %)Service Management
103 (16.67 %)Project Management
103 (16.67 %)CMMI
103 (16.67 %)Hibernate

Ant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (61.11 %)XML
28 (44.44 %)Spring
37 (38.89 %)J2EE
46 (33.33 %)EJB
46 (33.33 %)Struts
46 (33.33 %)JMS
55 (27.78 %)WebSphere
55 (27.78 %)WebServices
63 (16.67 %)ODBC
63 (16.67 %)JDBC
63 (16.67 %)Hibernate
72 (11.11 %)SWT
72 (11.11 %)XML Schema
72 (11.11 %)Swing
81 (5.556 %)Servlets
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (33.33 %)MQSeries
25 (27.78 %)WebSphere MQ
25 (27.78 %)WebSphere Message Broker
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.556 %)MS Office
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (27.78 %)FTP
15 (27.78 %)HTTP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (27.78 %)DB2
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (11.11 %)JUnit
12 (11.11 %)Eclipse
12 (11.11 %)CruiseControl
12 (11.11 %)Subversion
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (33.33 %)Construction
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (50.00 %)Developer
27 (38.89 %)Java Developer
35 (27.78 %)Analyst
35 (27.78 %)Senior Developer
35 (27.78 %)Senior Java Developer
44 (22.22 %)Service Analyst
44 (22.22 %)J2EE Developer
44 (22.22 %)Java/J2EE Developer
53 (16.67 %)Senior J2EE Developer
53 (16.67 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
53 (16.67 %)WebSphere Specialist
62 (11.11 %)WebSphere Developer
71 (5.556 %)J2EE Analyst Programmer
71 (5.556 %)2nd Line Support
71 (5.556 %)Java Analyst Programmer
71 (5.556 %)Java Programmer
71 (5.556 %)Analyst Programmer
71 (5.556 %)Programmer
71 (5.556 %)Java Swing Developer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)Blackberry
11 (5.556 %)Management Information System
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.556 %)UNIX
11 (5.556 %)Windows
11 (5.556 %)Windows 2000
11 (5.556 %)Windows XP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (27.78 %)UML
15 (27.78 %)OO
15 (27.78 %)EAI
15 (27.78 %)Regression Testing
24 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
24 (22.22 %)Continuous Integration
24 (22.22 %)Service Management
33 (16.67 %)CMMI
33 (16.67 %)PRINCE2
33 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
33 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
33 (16.67 %)Project Management
42 (11.11 %)ITIL
42 (11.11 %)RUP
42 (11.11 %)SOA
51 (5.556 %)Performance Management
51 (5.556 %)Asset Management
51 (5.556 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (5.556 %)ITSM
51 (5.556 %)Information Security Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (77.78 %)SQL
213 (72.22 %)Java
35 (27.78 %)C
41 (5.556 %)Perl
41 (5.556 %)Python
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.556 %)MCP
11 (5.556 %)MCSE
11 (5.556 %)Microsoft Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.556 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (66.67 %)Oracle
25 (27.78 %)IBM
31 (5.556 %)Microsoft
31 (5.556 %)Dell
31 (5.556 %)3Com
31 (5.556 %)Cisco
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