Ant Contract Job Trends in London

Apache Ant
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Ant skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 354 370
Rank change year-on-year -84 +16 +73
Contract jobs citing Ant 10 10 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.050% 0.075% 0.092%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.39% 0.47% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 9
10th Percentile - £263 £508
25th Percentile £575 £368 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £415 £650
Median % change year-on-year +44.55% -36.14% +62.50%
75th Percentile £625 £430 £745
90th Percentile - £528 £755
England median daily rate £600 £415 £650
% change year-on-year +44.52% -36.13% +44.44%

All Development Application Skills
London

Ant falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,557 2,115 2,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.70% 15.82% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,660 1,428 1,607
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £438 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £771
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £23.95
25th Percentile £30.75 £41.69 £25.99
Median hourly rate £53.00 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% +20.00% -44.44%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £107.88 £71.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Ant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ant relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Ant job vacancy trend in London

Ant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ant.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ant

Ant
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ant.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ant

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 3 (30.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Eclipse
2 6 (60.00%) Jenkins
2 6 (60.00%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (20.00%) Cypress.io
3 2 (20.00%) Git
3 2 (20.00%) Storybook
General
1 3 (30.00%) Automotive
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Salesforce Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Salesforce Technical Leader
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Salesforce Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Leader
3 2 (20.00%) Core Java Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 2 (20.00%) React Developer
3 2 (20.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) HTML
1 8 (80.00%) REST
2 6 (60.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 6 (60.00%) SOAP
2 6 (60.00%) Visualforce
2 6 (60.00%) Web Services
3 2 (20.00%) CSS
3 2 (20.00%) CSS3
3 2 (20.00%) HTML5
3 2 (20.00%) J2SE
3 2 (20.00%) Jest
3 2 (20.00%) Next.js
3 2 (20.00%) React
3 2 (20.00%) Redux
3 2 (20.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) AI Agents
2 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (60.00%) Code Coverage
1 6 (60.00%) Data Modelling
1 6 (60.00%) Data Validation
1 6 (60.00%) Migration
1 6 (60.00%) Validation
1 6 (60.00%) Workflow
2 3 (30.00%) AI
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (20.00%) Multithreaded Programming
3 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) OOP
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (20.00%) SDLC
3 2 (20.00%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Apex Code
1 6 (60.00%) SOQL
1 6 (60.00%) SOSL
2 2 (20.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) C++
2 2 (20.00%) Java
2 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Salesforce