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This section looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the Bristol 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5369
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.003 %
As % of the category below6.294 %1.724 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£369
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
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£35.77£39.45
% change on same period last year-9.32 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads143174
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.189 %0.173 %
Daily rates quoted4461
Average minimum daily rate£252£342
Average daily rate£276£355
% change on same period last year-22.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£301£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted2228
Average minimum hourly rate£25.67£23.21
Average hourly rate£27.52£26.24
% change on same period last year+4.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.37£29.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
HTTP South WestHTTP
South West

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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

19 (100.00 %)HTML
19 (100.00 %)Java
19 (100.00 %)J2EE
19 (100.00 %)Ant
19 (100.00 %)XML
19 (100.00 %)Solaris
19 (100.00 %)OO
19 (100.00 %)Sun
19 (100.00 %)Sun Certification
19 (100.00 %)Extranet
19 (100.00 %)Shell Script
19 (100.00 %)ATG
19 (100.00 %)ATG Dynamo

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %)HTML
19 (100.00 %)J2EE
19 (100.00 %)XML
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (100.00 %)ATG Dynamo
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (100.00 %)Extranet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (100.00 %)Ant
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (100.00 %)Developer
19 (100.00 %)Lead Developer
19 (100.00 %)J2EE Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (100.00 %)Solaris
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (100.00 %)OO
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)Java
19 (100.00 %)Shell Script
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (100.00 %)Sun Certification
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (100.00 %)Sun
19 (100.00 %)ATG