Apache Flume Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Apache Flume skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Apache Flume over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Apache Flume UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	533	607	624
Rank change year-on-year	+74	+17
Contract jobs citing Apache Flume	77	44	21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.16%	0.082%	0.038%
As % of the System Software category	1.46%	0.65%	0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted	49	18	17
Median daily rate	£493	£515	£525
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-4.36%	-1.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£361	£459	£384
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£625	£690	£728
UK excluding London median daily rate	£401	£500	£563
% change year-on-year	-19.90%	-11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Median hourly rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	-	-

Apache Flume is in the system software skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract System Software Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	5277	6781	5827
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	11.20%	12.59%	10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	5009	7094	5670
Median daily rate	£410	£400	£350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.50%	+14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£175	£200	£180
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£575	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£350	£330
% change year-on-year	+7.14%	+6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted	431	681	778
Median hourly rate	£16.92	£20.00	£17.98
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-15.40%	+11.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.50	£11.25	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£49.19	£42.50	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£16.00	£22.50	£17.50
% change year-on-year	-28.88%	+28.57%

Apache Flume
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Apache Flume as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Apache Flume in the UK

Apache Flume
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Apache Flume.

Contractor daily rate trend for Apache Flume in the UK

Apache Flume
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Apache Flume over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Apache Flume in the UK

Apache Flume
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Flume within the UK over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+64	71	£493	-4.36%	21
UK excluding London	+56	42	£401	-19.90%	15
London	+25	34	£550	-	7
South East	+38	24	£401	+3.35%
East of England	+2	8	£550	-	4
North of England	+63	4	-	-	10
Scotland	-	4	-	-	1
Wales	-	2	-	-
Midlands	+14	1	-	-
Northern Ireland	-	1	-	-

Apache Flume
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Apache Flume also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Apache Flume.

1	141 (85.98%)	Hadoop
2	129 (78.66%)	Apache Hive
3	123 (75.00%)	Apache Spark
4	97 (59.15%)	Big Data
5	88 (53.66%)	Java
6	77 (46.95%)	HBase
7	72 (43.90%)	Kafka
8	67 (40.85%)	Python
9	66 (40.24%)	Sqoop
10	65 (39.63%)	Apache Pig
10	65 (39.63%)	Scala
11	57 (34.76%)	Cloudera
11	57 (34.76%)	HDFS
12	54 (32.93%)	Agile Software Development
13	50 (30.49%)	Impala

14	45 (27.44%)	Oozie
15	43 (26.22%)	Linux
15	43 (26.22%)	MapReduce
16	39 (23.78%)	Analytics
17	38 (23.17%)	Unix
18	37 (22.56%)	Finance
19	36 (21.95%)	ETL
20	35 (21.34%)	Analytical Skills
21	32 (19.51%)	Apache Cassandra
21	32 (19.51%)	Apache Solr
22	31 (18.90%)	NoSQL
23	30 (18.29%)	MongoDB
23	30 (18.29%)	Spring
24	29 (17.68%)	Elasticsearch
25	28 (17.07%)	Akka

Apache Flume
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	123 (75.00%)	Apache Spark
2	65 (39.63%)	Apache Pig
3	32 (19.51%)	Apache Solr
4	29 (17.68%)	Elasticsearch
5	20 (12.20%)	Apache
6	13 (7.93%)	WebSphere
7	12 (7.32%)	SAS
8	10 (6.10%)	JBoss
9	8 (4.88%)	Tomcat
10	6 (3.66%)	Mule
11	2 (1.22%)	Adobe Experience Manager
11	2 (1.22%)	CMS
11	2 (1.22%)	Confluence
11	2 (1.22%)	Jupyter
11	2 (1.22%)	WebSphere Application Server
11	2 (1.22%)	WebSphere Portal
12	1 (0.61%)	IBM HTTP Server
12	1 (0.61%)	IPython

Applications
1	11 (6.71%)	SPSS
2	5 (3.05%)	Stata
3	2 (1.22%)	Weka

Business Applications
1	1 (0.61%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	20 (12.20%)	Amazon AWS
2	10 (6.10%)	Cloud Computing
3	8 (4.88%)	Microsoft Azure
4	4 (2.44%)	Amazon EC2
5	3 (1.83%)	Amazon S3
6	2 (1.22%)	Google Cloud Platform
7	1 (0.61%)	Amazon EMR
7	1 (0.61%)	GitHub
7	1 (0.61%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	23 (14.02%)	HTTP
2	13 (7.93%)	Internet
3	7 (4.27%)	Network Security
4	4 (2.44%)	Kerberos
4	4 (2.44%)	SSL
5	3 (1.83%)	Firewall
5	3 (1.83%)	SNMP
5	3 (1.83%)	SSH
6	2 (1.22%)	HTTPS
6	2 (1.22%)	SNA
7	1 (0.61%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	141 (85.98%)	Hadoop
2	129 (78.66%)	Apache Hive
3	97 (59.15%)	Big Data
4	77 (46.95%)	HBase
5	66 (40.24%)	Sqoop
6	50 (30.49%)	Impala
7	32 (19.51%)	Apache Cassandra
8	31 (18.90%)	NoSQL
9	30 (18.29%)	MongoDB
10	18 (10.98%)	Data Warehouse
11	15 (9.15%)	SQL Server
12	12 (7.32%)	QlikView
13	10 (6.10%)	Relational Database
14	9 (5.49%)	Apache Zeppelin
15	8 (4.88%)	Data Mining
16	7 (4.27%)	BusinessObjects
16	7 (4.27%)	CouchDB
16	7 (4.27%)	DataStax
16	7 (4.27%)	PostgreSQL
16	7 (4.27%)	Redis

Development Applications
1	27 (16.46%)	Jenkins
2	19 (11.59%)	Git (software)
3	11 (6.71%)	WebDriver
4	6 (3.66%)	Hudson
5	5 (3.05%)	JIRA
5	5 (3.05%)	Talend Open Studio
6	3 (1.83%)	Team Foundation Server
7	2 (1.22%)	Bitbucket
7	2 (1.22%)	Subversion
8	1 (0.61%)	Cucumber
8	1 (0.61%)	GoCD
8	1 (0.61%)	JUnit
8	1 (0.61%)	Maven
8	1 (0.61%)	Sonatype Nexus
8	1 (0.61%)	TeamCity
8	1 (0.61%)	Vagrant

General
1	37 (22.56%)	Finance
2	18 (10.98%)	Banking
3	7 (4.27%)	Retail
3	7 (4.27%)	Telecoms
4	3 (1.83%)	Games
4	3 (1.83%)	Law
4	3 (1.83%)	Marketing
5	2 (1.22%)	Billing
5	2 (1.22%)	Financial Institution
6	1 (0.61%)	Electronics
6	1 (0.61%)	French Language
6	1 (0.61%)	Investment Banking
6	1 (0.61%)	Manufacturing

Job Titles
1	67 (40.85%)	Developer
2	35 (21.34%)	Data Engineer
3	30 (18.29%)	Big Data Engineer
4	28 (17.07%)	Java Developer
5	26 (15.85%)	Administrator
6	24 (14.63%)	Hadoop Developer
7	23 (14.02%)	Scala Developer
8	20 (12.20%)	Big Data Developer
9	19 (11.59%)	Linux Administrator
10	18 (10.98%)	Architect
11	17 (10.37%)	Hadoop Administrator
12	16 (9.76%)	Hadoop Engineer
13	11 (6.71%)	Java Scala Developer
13	11 (6.71%)	Linux Systems Administrator
13	11 (6.71%)	Systems Administrator
14	10 (6.10%)	Data Architect
15	9 (5.49%)	Big Data Architect
16	7 (4.27%)	Applications Architect
16	7 (4.27%)	AWS Engineer
17	6 (3.66%)	Consultant

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	72 (43.90%)	Kafka
2	30 (18.29%)	Spring
3	28 (17.07%)	Akka
4	26 (15.85%)	Hibernate
5	25 (15.24%)	Apache Avro
6	24 (14.63%)	Play Framework
7	19 (11.59%)	Spark Streaming
8	13 (7.93%)	Web Services
9	9 (5.49%)	Elastic Stack
10	8 (4.88%)	HTML
11	7 (4.27%)	AngularJS
11	7 (4.27%)	HTML5
11	7 (4.27%)	RESTful
12	6 (3.66%)	CSS
12	6 (3.66%)	CSS3
12	6 (3.66%)	jQuery
12	6 (3.66%)	REST
12	6 (3.66%)	SOAP
12	6 (3.66%)	Spring MVC
12	6 (3.66%)	WebSphere MQ

Miscellaneous
1	35 (21.34%)	Analytical Skills
2	12 (7.32%)	Algorithms
3	10 (6.10%)	Computer Science
4	7 (4.27%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
5	6 (3.66%)	Greenfield Project
5	6 (3.66%)	Private Cloud
6	3 (1.83%)	Data Centre
6	3 (1.83%)	Fintech
6	3 (1.83%)	Mainframe
6	3 (1.83%)	Replication
7	2 (1.22%)	DataPower
7	2 (1.22%)	Social Media
7	2 (1.22%)	Social Network
8	1 (0.61%)	Online Games
8	1 (0.61%)	Reference Data

Operating Systems
1	43 (26.22%)	Linux
2	38 (23.17%)	Unix
3	21 (12.80%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3	21 (12.80%)	Ubuntu
4	19 (11.59%)	Debian
5	5 (3.05%)	Windows
6	3 (1.83%)	Apple iOS
7	2 (1.22%)	AIX
7	2 (1.22%)	Solaris
8	1 (0.61%)	Android
8	1 (0.61%)	CentOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	54 (32.93%)	Agile Software Development
2	43 (26.22%)	MapReduce
3	39 (23.78%)	Analytics
4	36 (21.95%)	ETL
5	27 (16.46%)	Machine Learning
5	27 (16.46%)	TDD
6	25 (15.24%)	Performance Tuning
7	21 (12.80%)	Business Intelligence
8	20 (12.20%)	CQRS
8	20 (12.20%)	Test Automation
9	18 (10.98%)	Desktop Virtualisation
9	18 (10.98%)	E-Commerce
9	18 (10.98%)	Security Hardening
10	17 (10.37%)	Continuous Integration
11	16 (9.76%)	Domain-Driven Design
11	16 (9.76%)	Open Source
11	16 (9.76%)	Pair Programming
12	15 (9.15%)	Data Architecture
13	12 (7.32%)	Data Analytics
14	11 (6.71%)	Mathematics

Programming Languages
1	88 (53.66%)	Java
2	67 (40.85%)	Python
3	65 (39.63%)	Scala
4	27 (16.46%)	SQL
5	18 (10.98%)	R
6	11 (6.71%)	Perl
7	9 (5.49%)	JavaScript
7	9 (5.49%)	Shell Script
8	7 (4.27%)	Bash Shell
9	6 (3.66%)	HiveQL
10	5 (3.05%)	MATLAB
10	5 (3.05%)	PL/SQL
11	4 (2.44%)	PHP
12	3 (1.83%)	CQL
13	2 (1.22%)	C#
14	1 (0.61%)	C
14	1 (0.61%)	COBOL
14	1 (0.61%)	Pig Latin
14	1 (0.61%)	PowerShell

Qualifications
1	7 (4.27%)	CISA
1	7 (4.27%)	CISM
1	7 (4.27%)	CISSP
2	6 (3.66%)	Degree
3	4 (2.44%)	Security Cleared
4	2 (1.22%)	Computer Science Degree
4	2 (1.22%)	Master's Degree
5	1 (0.61%)	DV Cleared
5	1 (0.61%)	SC Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	7 (4.27%)	QA
2	6 (3.66%)	Data Quality
2	6 (3.66%)	FedRAMP
2	6 (3.66%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	57 (34.76%)	HDFS
2	28 (17.07%)	Apache ZooKeeper
3	1 (0.61%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	45 (27.44%)	Oozie
2	22 (13.41%)	Hadoop YARN
3	11 (6.71%)	Kibana
4	10 (6.10%)	logstash
5	9 (5.49%)	Opscode Chef
5	9 (5.49%)	Puppet
6	8 (4.88%)	Ansible
7	6 (3.66%)	Ambari
8	2 (1.22%)	BMC PATROL
8	2 (1.22%)	Control-M
8	2 (1.22%)	Data Guard
8	2 (1.22%)	Oracle RMAN

Vendors
1	57 (34.76%)	Cloudera
2	20 (12.20%)	Oracle
3	15 (9.15%)	Hortonworks
3	15 (9.15%)	IBM
4	14 (8.54%)	Informatica
5	12 (7.32%)	Tableau
6	8 (4.88%)	Cognos
7	7 (4.27%)	MapR
7	7 (4.27%)	Teradata
8	5 (3.05%)	Ab Initio
8	5 (3.05%)	SAP
8	5 (3.05%)	Talend
9	4 (2.44%)	Splunk
9	4 (2.44%)	Sybase
10	3 (1.83%)	Microsoft
10	3 (1.83%)	Palantir
10	3 (1.83%)	Red Hat
10	3 (1.83%)	Vertica
11	2 (1.22%)	Adobe
11	2 (1.22%)	Google