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This section looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank93144
Rank change on same period last yearUp+51
Matching contract IT job ads3519
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.019 %
As % of the category below4.476 %1.595 %
Daily rates quoted62
Average minimum daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate£396£425
% change on same period last year-6.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£409£369
% change on same period last year+10.74 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£23.00
Average hourly rate-£24.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.69£38.35
% change on same period last year-27.78 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads7821191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.042 %1.205 %
Daily rates quoted118329
Average minimum daily rate£338£358
Average daily rate£363£377
% change on same period last year-3.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted60160
Average minimum hourly rate£20.89£27.06
Average hourly rate£22.24£28.48
% change on same period last year-21.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.59£29.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
HTTP South EastHTTP
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

HTTP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HTTP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire HTTP Demand Trend

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HTTP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTTP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire HTTP Daily Rate Histogram

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HTTP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the Berkshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+913£388-
MaidenheadUp+185£450-
NewburyUp+121--
SloughNew entry-1£300-
HTTP South EastHTTP
South East

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing HTTP 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited HTTP.

124 (46.15 %)Java
223 (44.23 %)XML
319 (36.54 %)Windows
417 (32.69 %)ASP.NET
417 (32.69 %)C#
417 (32.69 %).NET
516 (30.77 %)UNIX
516 (30.77 %)Microsoft
614 (26.92 %)IIS
614 (26.92 %)VB
614 (26.92 %)HTML
712 (23.08 %)J2EE
811 (21.15 %)MS Office
811 (21.15 %)WAP
811 (21.15 %)TCP/IP
910 (19.23 %)SharePoint
910 (19.23 %)Oracle
910 (19.23 %)SQL
910 (19.23 %)DNS
910 (19.23 %)Microsoft Certification
910 (19.23 %)MSDE
910 (19.23 %)SharePoint Portal Server
910 (19.23 %)Network Load Balancing
910 (19.23 %)SharePoint Server 2007
109 (17.31 %)Telecoms
109 (17.31 %)XSD
118 (15.38 %)SOAP
118 (15.38 %)Windows 2000
118 (15.38 %)FTP
118 (15.38 %)SC Cleared

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing HTTP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HTTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (44.23 %)XML
217 (32.69 %).NET
217 (32.69 %)ASP.NET
314 (26.92 %)HTML
412 (23.08 %)J2EE
511 (21.15 %)WAP
69 (17.31 %)XSD
78 (15.38 %)SOAP
87 (13.46 %)WebServices
96 (11.54 %)WSDL
104 (7.692 %)UIQ
104 (7.692 %)Series 60
104 (7.692 %)AJAX
104 (7.692 %)XSL
113 (5.769 %)XHTML
113 (5.769 %)J2SE
113 (5.769 %)CSS
113 (5.769 %)SAX
113 (5.769 %)SAML
113 (5.769 %)JSR 168
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (26.92 %)IIS
210 (19.23 %)SharePoint
210 (19.23 %)SharePoint Portal Server
210 (19.23 %)SharePoint Server 2007
37 (13.46 %)WebLogic
46 (11.54 %)Oracle HTTP Server
46 (11.54 %)Apache
55 (9.615 %)Oracle 10gAS
64 (7.692 %)Oracle Application Server
64 (7.692 %)BizTalk Server
72 (3.846 %)WebLogic Portal
72 (3.846 %)ESB
72 (3.846 %)Office Project Server
81 (1.923 %)IBM HTTP Server
81 (1.923 %)Tomcat
81 (1.923 %)WebSphere MQ
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (21.15 %)MS Office
22 (3.846 %)MS Project
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (9.615 %)Oracle EBS
23 (5.769 %)Oracle 11i
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (21.15 %)TCP/IP
210 (19.23 %)DNS
38 (15.38 %)FTP
47 (13.46 %)Internet
47 (13.46 %)SSH
56 (11.54 %)LDAP
65 (9.615 %)Wireless
74 (7.692 %)Firewall
74 (7.692 %)SMS
83 (5.769 %)HTTPS
92 (3.846 %)SSL
92 (3.846 %)SMTP
92 (3.846 %)SMPP
92 (3.846 %)VPN
92 (3.846 %)Intrusion Detection
92 (3.846 %)Network Security
101 (1.923 %)Kerberos
101 (1.923 %)UMTS
101 (1.923 %)GSM
101 (1.923 %)TELNET
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (19.23 %)MSDE
24 (7.692 %)Oracle 10g
33 (5.769 %)SQL Server
33 (5.769 %)InterSystems Cache
33 (5.769 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
42 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (1.923 %)DB2
51 (1.923 %)Oracle 9i
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (5.769 %)Eclipse
22 (3.846 %)Subversion
22 (3.846 %)Ant
31 (1.923 %)JUnit
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (17.31 %)Telecoms
23 (5.769 %)Front Office
32 (3.846 %)Billing
32 (3.846 %)Automotive
32 (3.846 %)Government
41 (1.923 %)Banking
41 (1.923 %)Marketing
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (13.46 %)Developer
26 (11.54 %)Architect
35 (9.615 %)Consultant
35 (9.615 %)DBA
35 (9.615 %)Oracle DBA
35 (9.615 %)Technical Designer
44 (7.692 %)Analyst
44 (7.692 %)Technical Consultant
44 (7.692 %)Sharepoint Specialist
53 (5.769 %)Java Developer
62 (3.846 %)Server Engineer
62 (3.846 %)Administrator
62 (3.846 %)Support Engineer
62 (3.846 %)Senior Developer
62 (3.846 %)Programmer
62 (3.846 %)Technical Architect
62 (3.846 %).NET Developer
62 (3.846 %)Senior .NET Developer
71 (1.923 %)SharePoint Consultant
71 (1.923 %)Technical Lead
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (9.615 %)Clustering
24 (7.692 %)Smartphone
24 (7.692 %)Replication
33 (5.769 %)Client/Server
42 (3.846 %)French Language
51 (1.923 %)N-Tier
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (36.54 %)Windows
216 (30.77 %)UNIX
38 (15.38 %)Windows 2000
44 (7.692 %)Windows Mobile
53 (5.769 %)Solaris
62 (3.846 %)Linux
62 (3.846 %)Windows NT
62 (3.846 %)Windows XP
71 (1.923 %)Mac OS X
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (19.23 %)Network Load Balancing
28 (15.38 %)SC Cleared
28 (15.38 %)Security Cleared
37 (13.46 %)SOA
45 (9.615 %)OO
45 (9.615 %)BPEL
54 (7.692 %)B2B
54 (7.692 %)Technical Architecture
54 (7.692 %)Load Balancing
54 (7.692 %)UML
63 (5.769 %)Project Management
72 (3.846 %)Security Management
72 (3.846 %)Validation
72 (3.846 %)CRM
72 (3.846 %)Business Intelligence
72 (3.846 %)Configuration Management
72 (3.846 %)Business Analysis
72 (3.846 %)Performance Management
81 (1.923 %)Requirements Analysis
81 (1.923 %)Matrix Management
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (46.15 %)Java
217 (32.69 %)C#
314 (26.92 %)VB
410 (19.23 %)SQL
57 (13.46 %)C
66 (11.54 %)Perl
74 (7.692 %)C++
74 (7.692 %)PL/SQL
74 (7.692 %)Shell Script
82 (3.846 %)REXX
82 (3.846 %)Tcl
82 (3.846 %)Transact-SQL
91 (1.923 %)PHP
91 (1.923 %)VBA
91 (1.923 %)Jython
91 (1.923 %)Korn
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (19.23 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.923 %)MCDST
21 (1.923 %)MCSD
21 (1.923 %)MCSE
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (5.769 %)NFS
22 (3.846 %)MSMQ
31 (1.923 %)Samba
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (7.692 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (3.846 %)OpenView Configuration Management
22 (3.846 %)CiscoWorks
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (30.77 %)Microsoft
210 (19.23 %)Oracle
37 (13.46 %)BEA
44 (7.692 %)Symbian
52 (3.846 %)Cisco
52 (3.846 %)Juniper
61 (1.923 %)Sun
61 (1.923 %)IBM
61 (1.923 %)Red Hat
61 (1.923 %)Ab Initio
61 (1.923 %)VMware
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