The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 22 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 Edinburgh 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 50 57 69
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +12
Contract jobs citing HTTP 5 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.605% 0.091% 0.155%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.682% 0.725% 1.786%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
Average daily rate £375 - £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.35 £30.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year
-25.51% +16.50%
All Communications & Networking
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
88 138 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 10.65% 12.50% 8.655%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 56 31
Average daily rate £356 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.78% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £243 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £424 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 11
Average hourly rate £9.20 £27.50 £15.58
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-66.54% +76.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
HTTP
Scotland

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Lotus
3 3 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (14.29%) UNIX
3 3 (14.29%) IBM
3 3 (14.29%) WebSphere
3 3 (14.29%) WebSphere Portal
4 2 (9.524%) Windows 7
4 2 (9.524%) Rational Application Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Supplier Management
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (9.524%) Test Scripting
4 2 (9.524%) JAX-WS
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (9.524%) JSR 286
4 2 (9.524%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 2 (9.524%) WebCenter
4 2 (9.524%) Windows XP
4 2 (9.524%) SOA
4 2 (9.524%) RAD
4 2 (9.524%) LDAP
4 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (9.524%) Active Directory
4 2 (9.524%) zOS
4 2 (9.524%) Windows
4 2 (9.524%) Linux
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 3 (14.29%) WebSphere
2 2 (9.524%) JAX-WS
2 2 (9.524%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (9.524%) JSR 286
2 2 (9.524%) WebCenter
2 2 (9.524%) Web Services
2 2 (9.524%) Middleware
2 2 (9.524%) JSF
3 1 (4.762%) COM
3 1 (4.762%) CSS
3 1 (4.762%) HTML
3 1 (4.762%) .NET
3 1 (4.762%) XML
3 1 (4.762%) XHTML
3 1 (4.762%) jQuery
3 1 (4.762%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (14.29%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (9.524%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.524%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 2 (9.524%) WebLogic
2 2 (9.524%) FileNet
3 1 (4.762%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (4.762%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (4.762%) SAS
3 1 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (4.762%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) LDAP
2 1 (4.762%) Wireless
2 1 (4.762%) Intranet
2 1 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
1 2 (9.524%) DB2
2 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.762%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
3 1 (4.762%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.762%) Retail
3 1 (4.762%) Electronics
3 1 (4.762%) Retail Banking
3 1 (4.762%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (4.762%) Marketing
3 1 (4.762%) French Language
3 1 (4.762%) German Language
3 1 (4.762%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) WebSphere Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (4.762%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Web Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Data Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.762%) Firmware
1 1 (4.762%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) UNIX
2 2 (9.524%) Windows 7
2 2 (9.524%) Windows XP
2 2 (9.524%) zOS
2 2 (9.524%) Windows
2 2 (9.524%) Linux
3 1 (4.762%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.524%) Supplier Management
1 2 (9.524%) Test Scripting
1 2 (9.524%) SOA
1 2 (9.524%) RAD
1 2 (9.524%) Project Management
1 2 (9.524%) Content Management
1 2 (9.524%) Migration
2 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (4.762%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (4.762%) Asset Management
2 1 (4.762%) System Testing
2 1 (4.762%) Investment Management
2 1 (4.762%) Performance Testing
2 1 (4.762%) Unit Testing
2 1 (4.762%) Business Analysis
2 1 (4.762%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) C++
1 1 (4.762%) Java
1 1 (4.762%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (9.524%) Tivoli Directory Server
1 2 (9.524%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) Tivoli
2 1 (4.762%) SCCM
2 1 (4.762%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Lotus
1 3 (14.29%) IBM
2 2 (9.524%) Oracle
3 1 (4.762%) Apple
3 1 (4.762%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (4.762%) CA
3 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.762%) Planview
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