Ant Contract Job Trends in the North of England

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England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Ant skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 183 -
Rank change year-on-year -66 - -
Contract jobs citing Ant 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.026% 0.025% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.21% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £415 £650
% change year-on-year +44.52% -36.13% +37.57%

All Development Application Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 966 759 536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.61% 19.14% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 578 364
10th Percentile £352 £324 £363
25th Percentile £400 £380 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £478
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.76% -6.83%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £575
90th Percentile £640 £634 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 8 16
10th Percentile £36.35 £47.20 £32.77
25th Percentile £59.75 £60.55 £37.55
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.08 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +51.75% -
75th Percentile - £75.63 £46.82
90th Percentile £72.39 £77.88 £51.00
England median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Ant job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ant.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ant

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ant.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ant

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire - 2 £600 - 1
Ant
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Maven
1 2 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared