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The table below looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the Chester 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-29
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %6.667 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£399
% change on same period last year-6.99 %
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£21.76£38.83
% change on same period last year-43.95 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads2915
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£275£300
Average daily rate£278£317
% change on same period last year-12.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£282£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£336
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted122
Average minimum hourly rate£26.09£36.25
Average hourly rate£27.41£36.25
% change on same period last year-24.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.74£36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.86£28.32
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
HTTP CheshireHTTP
Cheshire

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)EJB
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)JDBC
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSL
11 (100.00 %)WSDL
11 (100.00 %)JAX-RPC

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)EJB
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)JDBC
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSL
11 (100.00 %)WSDL
11 (100.00 %)JAX-RPC
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Java Software Engineer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java