East of England HTTP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location Abingdon Aldershot Aylesbury Basildon Berkshire Bexleyheath Borehamwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Farnham Glasgow Halifax Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Knutsford Leeds Lincolnshire London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North East North West Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	129
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	40	24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.053 %	0.024 %
As % of the category below	5.682 %	2.978 %
Daily rates quoted	20	15
Average minimum daily rate	£426	£368
Average daily rate	£476	£414
% change on same period last year	+14.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£525	£461
UK excluding London average daily rate	£409	£369
% change on same period last year	+10.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£32.80
Average hourly rate	£31.75	£33.30
% change on same period last year	-4.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.50	£33.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.69	£38.35
% change on same period last year	-27.78 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	704	806
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.938 %	0.815 %
Daily rates quoted	214	203
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£338
Average daily rate	£336	£358
% change on same period last year	-6.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	122	155
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.63	£25.82
Average hourly rate	£30.44	£27.69
% change on same period last year	+9.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.24	£29.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
HTTP 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HTTP across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HTTP across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTTP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	+22	20	£506	+43.86 %
Essex	+6	15	£388	-17.52 %
Cambridgeshire	-3	3	£250	-9.09 %
Norfolk	+2	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 61 (62.24 %) SQL 2 53 (54.08 %) XML 3 43 (43.88 %) .NET 4 40 (40.82 %) ASP.NET 5 36 (36.73 %) TCP/IP 6 35 (35.71 %) J2EE 6 35 (35.71 %) AJAX 7 32 (32.65 %) Oracle 8 31 (31.63 %) XSLT 8 31 (31.63 %) UNIX 8 31 (31.63 %) OO 9 30 (30.61 %) Retail 10 29 (29.59 %) BizTalk Server 11 28 (28.57 %) Internet 12 27 (27.55 %) RAD

12 27 (27.55 %) FTP 12 27 (27.55 %) C# 13 26 (26.53 %) Java 13 26 (26.53 %) SMTP 13 26 (26.53 %) E-Commerce 14 24 (24.49 %) Linux 15 23 (23.47 %) WebServices 16 22 (22.45 %) WebSphere 17 21 (21.43 %) WPF 17 21 (21.43 %) Scrum 17 21 (21.43 %) IBM HTTP Server 17 21 (21.43 %) IBM 18 20 (20.41 %) HTML 18 20 (20.41 %) ADO.NET 19 18 (18.37 %) IIS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 53 (54.08 %) XML 2 43 (43.88 %) .NET 3 40 (40.82 %) ASP.NET 4 35 (35.71 %) J2EE 4 35 (35.71 %) AJAX 5 31 (31.63 %) XSLT 6 23 (23.47 %) WebServices 7 22 (22.45 %) WebSphere 8 21 (21.43 %) WPF 9 20 (20.41 %) ADO.NET 9 20 (20.41 %) HTML 10 17 (17.35 %) JRules 11 15 (15.31 %) JSP 11 15 (15.31 %) SOAP 12 10 (10.20 %) LAMP 13 9 (9.184 %) JavaBeans 13 9 (9.184 %) Servlets 13 9 (9.184 %) JDBC 14 8 (8.163 %) Struts 15 5 (5.102 %) DOM	Application Platforms 1 29 (29.59 %) BizTalk Server 2 21 (21.43 %) IBM HTTP Server 3 18 (18.37 %) IIS 4 14 (14.29 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 12 (12.24 %) Tomcat 6 11 (11.22 %) Oracle HTTP Server 7 10 (10.20 %) Apache 8 5 (5.102 %) WPS 9 3 (3.061 %) TIBCO EMS 9 3 (3.061 %) Rendezvous 9 3 (3.061 %) Tuxedo 9 3 (3.061 %) MQSeries 9 3 (3.061 %) WebLogic 9 3 (3.061 %) JBoss
Applications 1 3 (3.061 %) Photoshop	Communications & Networking 1 36 (36.73 %) TCP/IP 2 28 (28.57 %) Internet 3 27 (27.55 %) FTP 4 26 (26.53 %) SMTP 5 11 (11.22 %) RTP 6 10 (10.20 %) Wi-Fi 6 10 (10.20 %) RTSP 7 7 (7.143 %) DAB 8 6 (6.122 %) Firewall 9 4 (4.082 %) DVB 9 4 (4.082 %) SSL 9 4 (4.082 %) SSH 10 2 (2.041 %) SNMP 11 1 (1.020 %) RTCP 11 1 (1.020 %) TACACS 11 1 (1.020 %) Q.931 11 1 (1.020 %) DHCP 11 1 (1.020 %) VoIP 11 1 (1.020 %) WLAN 11 1 (1.020 %) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (9.184 %) Oracle 9i 2 8 (8.163 %) Oracle 10g 3 5 (5.102 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 4 (4.082 %) Crystal Reports 4 4 (4.082 %) Oracle Reports 4 4 (4.082 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 3 (3.061 %) SQL Server 5 3 (3.061 %) DB2 5 3 (3.061 %) RDBMS 6 1 (1.020 %) IDOL	Development Applications 1 11 (11.22 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 8 (8.163 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 3 5 (5.102 %) Log4j 4 4 (4.082 %) Subversion 4 4 (4.082 %) TestDirector 5 3 (3.061 %) IntelliJ 6 2 (2.041 %) LoadRunner 6 2 (2.041 %) Eclipse 7 1 (1.020 %) NUnit
General 1 30 (30.61 %) Retail 2 12 (12.24 %) Games 3 9 (9.184 %) Marketing 4 7 (7.143 %) Finance 4 7 (7.143 %) Automotive 5 6 (6.122 %) Multimedia 6 4 (4.082 %) Electronics 7 3 (3.061 %) Insurance 7 3 (3.061 %) Graphic Design 8 1 (1.020 %) Music 8 1 (1.020 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 49 (50.00 %) Developer 2 10 (10.20 %) Architect 2 10 (10.20 %) .NET Developer 2 10 (10.20 %) C# Developer 3 9 (9.184 %) J2EE Developer 3 9 (9.184 %) Development Manager 4 8 (8.163 %) Software Engineer 5 6 (6.122 %) Senior Software Engineer 6 5 (5.102 %) Web Developer 6 5 (5.102 %) Solutions Architect 6 5 (5.102 %) Embedded Software Engineer 7 4 (4.082 %) Java Developer 7 4 (4.082 %) Infrastructure Designer 7 4 (4.082 %) Senior Embedded Software Engineer 7 4 (4.082 %) Lead Architect 8 3 (3.061 %) Senior Developer 8 3 (3.061 %) Analyst 8 3 (3.061 %) Tester 9 2 (2.041 %) Software Developer 9 2 (2.041 %) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous 1 17 (17.35 %) N-Tier 2 4 (4.082 %) W3C 2 4 (4.082 %) Web 2.0 3 2 (2.041 %) Client/Server 3 2 (2.041 %) PKI 3 2 (2.041 %) Device Driver 3 2 (2.041 %) Streaming Video 4 1 (1.020 %) STB 4 1 (1.020 %) DTV 4 1 (1.020 %) Streaming Media 4 1 (1.020 %) IPTV	Operating Systems 1 31 (31.63 %) UNIX 2 24 (24.49 %) Linux 3 10 (10.20 %) Windows 4 9 (9.184 %) Windows NT 5 6 (6.122 %) AIX 6 3 (3.061 %) SUSE 7 1 (1.020 %) Embedded Linux 7 1 (1.020 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (1.020 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (31.63 %) OO 2 27 (27.55 %) RAD 3 26 (26.53 %) E-Commerce 4 21 (21.43 %) Scrum 5 9 (9.184 %) Change Management 5 9 (9.184 %) UML 6 6 (6.122 %) DRM 6 6 (6.122 %) Performance Testing 7 5 (5.102 %) Unit Testing 7 5 (5.102 %) B2B 7 5 (5.102 %) Validation 7 5 (5.102 %) Agile Software Development 8 4 (4.082 %) Configuration Management 8 4 (4.082 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 3 (3.061 %) OOD 9 3 (3.061 %) Web Development 10 2 (2.041 %) Load Balancing 10 2 (2.041 %) AOP 10 2 (2.041 %) Internet Marketing 10 2 (2.041 %) CRM	Programming Languages 1 61 (62.24 %) SQL 2 27 (27.55 %) C# 3 26 (26.53 %) Java 4 17 (17.35 %) C 5 7 (7.143 %) Embedded C 6 6 (6.122 %) Shell Script 6 6 (6.122 %) JavaScript 7 5 (5.102 %) Korn 8 4 (4.082 %) XPath 8 4 (4.082 %) VB6 8 4 (4.082 %) VB 8 4 (4.082 %) VB.NET 9 3 (3.061 %) PHP 9 3 (3.061 %) C++ 10 2 (2.041 %) PL/SQL 11 1 (1.020 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 3 (3.061 %) Degree 2 2 (2.041 %) ISTQB 2 2 (2.041 %) ISEB 3 1 (1.020 %) Cisco Certification 3 1 (1.020 %) CCSA 3 1 (1.020 %) CCSE 3 1 (1.020 %) CCSP 3 1 (1.020 %) CCNP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (12.24 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 4 (4.082 %) WCAG 2 4 (4.082 %) WAI 2 4 (4.082 %) QA
System Software 1 1 (1.020 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 5 (5.102 %) Tivoli
Vendors 1 32 (32.65 %) Oracle 2 21 (21.43 %) IBM 3 18 (18.37 %) ILOG 4 11 (11.22 %) Serena 5 7 (7.143 %) Microsoft 6 3 (3.061 %) Red Hat 6 3 (3.061 %) TIBCO 7 1 (1.020 %) CheckPoint 7 1 (1.020 %) Cisco 7 1 (1.020 %) Sun 7 1 (1.020 %) HP 7 1 (1.020 %) Dell 7 1 (1.020 %) Citrix