The first table below looks at the demand for IBM HTTP Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM HTTP Server over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM HTTP Server (IHS)
Rank 201 208 234
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +26
Contract jobs citing IBM HTTP Server 2 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% 0.114% 0.021%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.180% 0.751% 0.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Average daily rate £550 £450 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% +37.93%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £290 £366
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -20.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1111 1198 1430
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 17.29% 15.24% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 777 807 1015
Average daily rate £400 £400 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £256 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 36 62
Average hourly rate £39.51 £20.00 £20.60
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+97.52% -2.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.00 £12.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.03 £50.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
IBM HTTP Server
London

IBM HTTP Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IBM HTTP Server across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

City of London IBM HTTP Server Jobs Demand Trend

IBM HTTP Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IBM HTTP Server across the City of London region.

City of London IBM HTTP Server Daily Rate Trend

IBM HTTP Server
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing IBM HTTP Server 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 IBM HTTP Server.

1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (50.00%) Jython
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (50.00%) UNIX
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Apache
2 2 (50.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (25.00%) SSL
3 1 (25.00%) Tomcat
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) AIX
3 1 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) DB2
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) German Language
3 1 (25.00%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ

IBM HTTP Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing IBM HTTP Server 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 IBM HTTP Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (25.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (25.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (25.00%) German Language
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
2 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Server Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (25.00%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Jython
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (25.00%) Perl
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat