The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Communications & Networking category for the Dorset 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 27 23 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing HTTP 7 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 3.084% 3.929% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.58% 28.95% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 0
Average daily rate £440 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.35 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-5.51% +9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
48 38 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 21.15% 13.57% 9.756%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 15
Average daily rate £250 £375 £379
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -0.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £335 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £476 £395 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 5
Average hourly rate £14.46 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.42% -32.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £27.50 £40.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £27.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
HTTP
South West

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HTTP across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Dorset HTTP Jobs Demand Trend

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HTTP across the Dorset region.

Dorset HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTTP across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Dorset HTTP Daily Rate Histogram

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth -1 7 £440 +17.33% 3
HTTP
South West

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Java
2 7 (58.33%) Banking
3 6 (50.00%) SWIFT
3 6 (50.00%) Linux
3 6 (50.00%) UNIX
3 6 (50.00%) Windows
3 6 (50.00%) HTTPS
3 6 (50.00%) LoadRunner
4 5 (41.67%) HP
4 5 (41.67%) QuickTest Pro
4 5 (41.67%) Middleware
4 5 (41.67%) TOAD
4 5 (41.67%) Solaris
4 5 (41.67%) ODBC
4 5 (41.67%) SQL
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle
4 5 (41.67%) WebLogic
4 5 (41.67%) JDBC
4 5 (41.67%) HP SiteScope
4 5 (41.67%) Introscope
4 5 (41.67%) Test Management
4 5 (41.67%) HP Quality Center
5 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 4 (33.33%) QA
5 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 4 (33.33%) ISTQB
5 4 (33.33%) ISEB
6 3 (25.00%) VB
6 3 (25.00%) C

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

Application Development
1 5 (41.67%) Middleware
1 5 (41.67%) ODBC
1 5 (41.67%) JDBC
2 2 (16.67%) XML
2 2 (16.67%) REST
3 1 (8.333%) CSS3
3 1 (8.333%) jQuery
3 1 (8.333%) Google Maps API
3 1 (8.333%) Ajax
3 1 (8.333%) LAMP
3 1 (8.333%) WebSphere
3 1 (8.333%) Java EE
3 1 (8.333%) JSON
3 1 (8.333%) XHTML
3 1 (8.333%) JMS
3 1 (8.333%) HTML
3 1 (8.333%) SOAP
3 1 (8.333%) Web Services
3 1 (8.333%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) HTTPS
2 2 (16.67%) FTP
3 1 (8.333%) IMAP
3 1 (8.333%) Intranet
3 1 (8.333%) Internet
3 1 (8.333%) DNS
3 1 (8.333%) SSL
3 1 (8.333%) POP3
3 1 (8.333%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) TOAD
2 1 (8.333%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) LoadRunner
2 5 (41.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (41.67%) Introscope
3 2 (16.67%) JProbe
3 2 (16.67%) JProfiler
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.333%) Investment Banking
3 1 (8.333%) Wholesale Banking
3 1 (8.333%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) QA Leader
3 1 (8.333%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) PHP Web Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Test Leader
3 1 (8.333%) C# Developer
3 1 (8.333%) PHP Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Server Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Applications Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) SWIFT
2 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (8.333%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
1 6 (50.00%) UNIX
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Solaris
3 1 (8.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Test Management
2 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (8.333%) High Availability
3 1 (8.333%) Performance Testing
3 1 (8.333%) Software Engineering
3 1 (8.333%) Multithreading
3 1 (8.333%) Investment Management
3 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (8.333%) Refactoring
3 1 (8.333%) Change Management
3 1 (8.333%) MVC
3 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
3 1 (8.333%) OO
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Java
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) VB
3 3 (25.00%) C
4 2 (16.67%) C++
4 2 (16.67%) Shell Script
5 1 (8.333%) PHP5
5 1 (8.333%) Ruby
5 1 (8.333%) Bash shell
5 1 (8.333%) Python
5 1 (8.333%) C#
5 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
5 1 (8.333%) Perl
5 1 (8.333%) PHP
5 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 4 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) HP SiteScope
1 5 (41.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) HP
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) Facebook
2 1 (8.333%) Twitter
2 1 (8.333%) Google
2 1 (8.333%) Red Hat
2 1 (8.333%) JBoss
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