The first table below looks at the demand for HTTPS skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTPS over the 3 months to 23 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 Communications & Networking category for the East of England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS)
Rank 114 131 120
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -11
Contract jobs citing HTTPS 2 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.094% 0.102% 0.075%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.522% 0.567% 0.462%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £315 £190 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+65.78% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £29.00
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
383 529 433
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.07% 17.93% 16.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 168 129
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £209 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 51 85
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
HTTPS
England

HTTPS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England HTTPS Jobs Demand Trend

HTTPS
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England HTTPS Daily Rate Trend

HTTPS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England HTTPS Hourly Rate Trend

HTTPS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTPS within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Bedfordshire - 1 - -
Suffolk - 1 £315 -
HTTPS
England

HTTPS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing HTTPS 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 HTTPS.

1 3 (75.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) IIS
2 2 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) XSLT
2 2 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) WCF
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) soapUI
3 1 (25.00%) Twitter
3 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (25.00%) QlikView
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Selenium
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro

HTTPS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing HTTPS 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 HTTPS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) SOAP
1 2 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) XSLT
1 2 (50.00%) WCF
1 2 (50.00%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) IIS
1 2 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
1 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Use Case
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Twitter
1 1 (25.00%) HP