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The table below looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5367
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.009 %
As % of the category below3.472 %3.000 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£200
Average daily rate£250£275
% change on same period last year-9.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£400
% change on same period last year-11.96 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.52£39.90
% change on same period last year-15.98 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads144300
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.205 %0.303 %
Daily rates quoted1530
Average minimum daily rate£215£257
Average daily rate£249£280
% change on same period last year-11.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£283£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted5473
Average minimum hourly rate£25.68£32.04
Average hourly rate£28.02£34.71
% change on same period last year-19.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.36£37.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
HTTP East of EnglandHTTP
East of England

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
CambridgeUp+113£250-9.09 %
PeterboroughNew entry-1--
HTTP East of EnglandHTTP
East of England

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

15 (83.33 %)HTML
24 (66.67 %)XML
33 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (50.00 %)Java
33 (50.00 %)JavaScript
33 (50.00 %)Perl
33 (50.00 %)Apache
42 (33.33 %)IDOL
42 (33.33 %)Cocoon
42 (33.33 %)SQL
42 (33.33 %).NET
42 (33.33 %)XSLT
42 (33.33 %)C#
42 (33.33 %)C++
42 (33.33 %)CSS
42 (33.33 %)Solaris
42 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
42 (33.33 %)UML
42 (33.33 %)Tomcat
51 (16.67 %)Flash
51 (16.67 %)Windows XP
51 (16.67 %)OOD
51 (16.67 %)CDMA
51 (16.67 %)GSM
51 (16.67 %)UMTS
51 (16.67 %)WCDMA
51 (16.67 %)IntelliJ
51 (16.67 %)FTP
51 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
51 (16.67 %)OO

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %)HTML
24 (66.67 %)XML
32 (33.33 %)Cocoon
32 (33.33 %).NET
32 (33.33 %)XSLT
32 (33.33 %)CSS
41 (16.67 %)Servlets
41 (16.67 %)STL
41 (16.67 %)DOM
41 (16.67 %)J2EE
41 (16.67 %)MFC
41 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
41 (16.67 %)Hibernate
41 (16.67 %)Spring
41 (16.67 %)AJAX
41 (16.67 %)ActiveX
41 (16.67 %)Swing
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (50.00 %)Apache
22 (33.33 %)Tomcat
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)CDMA
11 (16.67 %)GSM
11 (16.67 %)UMTS
11 (16.67 %)WCDMA
11 (16.67 %)FTP
11 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
11 (16.67 %)Wireless
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)IDOL
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)Flash
11 (16.67 %)IntelliJ
11 (16.67 %)NUnit
11 (16.67 %)Subversion
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Telecoms
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Developer
21 (16.67 %)Software Developer
21 (16.67 %)Tester
21 (16.67 %)Web Developer
21 (16.67 %)Programmer
21 (16.67 %)Java Developer
21 (16.67 %)C++ Developer
21 (16.67 %).NET Programmer
21 (16.67 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Multithreading
11 (16.67 %)Device Driver
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (33.33 %)Solaris
22 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
31 (16.67 %)Windows XP
31 (16.67 %)Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)UML
21 (16.67 %)OOD
21 (16.67 %)OO
21 (16.67 %)PRINCE2
21 (16.67 %)Web Development
21 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
21 (16.67 %)DV Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)Java
13 (50.00 %)JavaScript
13 (50.00 %)Perl
22 (33.33 %)SQL
22 (33.33 %)C#
22 (33.33 %)C++
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Oracle