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This section looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSL over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5266
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.174 %0.847 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£400
Average daily rate£400£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£310
% change on same period last year+18.15 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.58£39.00
% change on same period last year-6.19 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads92118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.118 %
Daily rates quoted2413
Average minimum daily rate£286£297
Average daily rate£302£307
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£318£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted1624
Average minimum hourly rate£23.53£20.30
Average hourly rate£24.54£21.87
% change on same period last year+12.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.56£23.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
SSL West MidlandsSSL
West Midlands

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.

SSL
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham SSL Demand Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SSL Daily Rate Trend

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SSL Hourly Rate Trend

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing SSL 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 SSL.

15 (100.00 %)WebServices
24 (80.00 %)XML
24 (80.00 %).NET
33 (60.00 %)J2EE
33 (60.00 %)Oracle
33 (60.00 %)HTML
33 (60.00 %)SQL
33 (60.00 %)RDBMS
33 (60.00 %)Oracle 10g
42 (40.00 %)JMS
42 (40.00 %)FTP
42 (40.00 %)HTTP
42 (40.00 %)WSDL
42 (40.00 %)HTTPS
42 (40.00 %)JavaBeans
42 (40.00 %)XSD
42 (40.00 %)XSL
42 (40.00 %)VB.NET
42 (40.00 %)JSP
42 (40.00 %)SOAP
42 (40.00 %)Struts
42 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
42 (40.00 %)SAP
42 (40.00 %)ADO.NET
42 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (40.00 %)Java
42 (40.00 %)C#
42 (40.00 %)PL/SQL
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server
42 (40.00 %)JDeveloper

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing SSL 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 SSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)WebServices
24 (80.00 %)XML
24 (80.00 %).NET
33 (60.00 %)J2EE
33 (60.00 %)HTML
42 (40.00 %)JMS
42 (40.00 %)WSDL
42 (40.00 %)JavaBeans
42 (40.00 %)XSD
42 (40.00 %)XSL
42 (40.00 %)JSP
42 (40.00 %)SOAP
42 (40.00 %)Struts
42 (40.00 %)ADO.NET
42 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (40.00 %)SAP XI
42 (40.00 %)Spring
42 (40.00 %).NET Framework
42 (40.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (20.00 %)Middleware
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)Oracle HTTP Server
21 (20.00 %)Oracle 10gAS
21 (20.00 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (20.00 %)IIS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)FTP
12 (40.00 %)HTTP
12 (40.00 %)HTTPS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)RDBMS
13 (60.00 %)Oracle 10g
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (40.00 %)SQLPlus
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (40.00 %)Oracle 11g
31 (20.00 %)InterSystems Cache
31 (20.00 %)Oracle Reports
31 (20.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
12 (40.00 %)JDeveloper
12 (40.00 %)XMLSpy
21 (20.00 %)Oracle Forms
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Government
21 (20.00 %)Health
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Developer
12 (40.00 %)Applications Support
21 (20.00 %)Oracle Trainer
21 (20.00 %).NET Developer
21 (20.00 %)Applications Support Specialist
21 (20.00 %)Web Applications Developer
21 (20.00 %)Trainer
21 (20.00 %)Instructor
21 (20.00 %)Web Developer
21 (20.00 %)Applications Specialist
21 (20.00 %)Applications Developer
21 (20.00 %)Support Specialist
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)CTC Cleared
11 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
11 (20.00 %)Load Balancing
11 (20.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
11 (20.00 %)Service Management
11 (20.00 %)Identity Management
11 (20.00 %)ITIL
11 (20.00 %)SOA
11 (20.00 %)e-GIF
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)SQL
22 (40.00 %)VB.NET
22 (40.00 %)Java
22 (40.00 %)C#
22 (40.00 %)PL/SQL
31 (20.00 %)JavaScript
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (40.00 %)Degree
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Oracle
22 (40.00 %)SAP