The first table below looks at the demand for HTTPS skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTPS 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 Communications & Networking category for the 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS)
Rank 435 498 502
Rank change year-on-year
+63 +4
Contract jobs citing HTTPS 77 59 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.182% 0.110% 0.096%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.243% 0.701% 0.732%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 40 13
Average daily rate £450 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £325 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £425 £595
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £21.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.47
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6195 8413 7242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.64% 15.72% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3101 3939 3363
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 514 566 726
Average hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
HTTPS
UK

HTTPS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England HTTPS Daily Rate Trend

HTTPS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTTPS across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England HTTPS Daily Rate Histogram

HTTPS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 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
London +41 60 £488 +14.70%
South East +21 5 £325 -32.29%
South West +19 4 £250 -33.33%
East Midlands +3 3 £363 -6.45%
East of England +10 2 £315 +65.78%
West Midlands - 2 £300 -
Midlands - 1 - -
HTTPS
UK

HTTPS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 128 (83.66%) HTTP
2 76 (49.67%) Twitter
3 49 (32.03%) Finance
4 39 (25.49%) Linux
5 31 (20.26%) SQL
6 27 (17.65%) TCP/IP
7 23 (15.03%) SOAP
7 23 (15.03%) UNIX
8 22 (14.38%) XML
8 22 (14.38%) Oracle
9 21 (13.73%) Investment Management
10 20 (13.07%) Windows
11 18 (11.76%) Java
12 17 (11.11%) Web Services
12 17 (11.11%) SMTP
13 15 (9.804%) HP
13 15 (9.804%) JavaScript
14 14 (9.150%) .NET
14 14 (9.150%) FTP
14 14 (9.150%) Open Source
15 13 (8.497%) Test Scripting
15 13 (8.497%) SSL
16 12 (7.843%) Microsoft
16 12 (7.843%) Internet
16 12 (7.843%) Middleware
16 12 (7.843%) Asset Management
16 12 (7.843%) Fund Management
17 11 (7.190%) Front Office
17 11 (7.190%) C#
17 11 (7.190%) SQL Server

HTTPS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 23 (15.03%) SOAP
2 22 (14.38%) XML
3 17 (11.11%) Web Services
4 14 (9.150%) .NET
5 12 (7.843%) Middleware
6 11 (7.190%) COM
7 9 (5.882%) soapUI
7 9 (5.882%) WebSphere
7 9 (5.882%) ASP.NET
7 9 (5.882%) HTML
8 8 (5.229%) Ajax
8 8 (5.229%) WCF
9 7 (4.575%) CSS
10 6 (3.922%) HTML5
10 6 (3.922%) REST
11 4 (2.614%) JSP
11 4 (2.614%) XSLT
12 3 (1.961%) CSS3
12 3 (1.961%) Spring
12 3 (1.961%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 9 (5.882%) IIS
2 8 (5.229%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.922%) Apache
3 6 (3.922%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.922%) WebSphere MQ
3 6 (3.922%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (2.614%) WebLogic
4 4 (2.614%) SAS
4 4 (2.614%) ESB
4 4 (2.614%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 4 (2.614%) Jetty
5 3 (1.961%) Amazon AWS
5 3 (1.961%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (1.307%) Lync
6 2 (1.307%) Windows Azure
7 1 (0.654%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.654%) Liferay
7 1 (0.654%) Force.com
7 1 (0.654%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.654%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (3.922%) MS Office
1 6 (3.922%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.268%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (2.614%) MS Project
4 3 (1.961%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.268%) LatentZero
2 4 (2.614%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.961%) Capstone
3 3 (1.961%) Tesseract
3 3 (1.961%) Minerva
3 3 (1.961%) Sentinel
4 2 (1.307%) LongView
5 1 (0.654%) Eagle PACE
Communications & Networking
1 128 (83.66%) HTTP
2 27 (17.65%) TCP/IP
3 17 (11.11%) SMTP
4 14 (9.150%) FTP
5 13 (8.497%) SSL
6 12 (7.843%) Internet
7 8 (5.229%) DNS
8 4 (2.614%) POP3
8 4 (2.614%) SNMP
8 4 (2.614%) X.509
8 4 (2.614%) IMAP
8 4 (2.614%) Wireshark
8 4 (2.614%) SSH
9 3 (1.961%) 4G
9 3 (1.961%) Network Security
9 3 (1.961%) NNTP
9 3 (1.961%) 3G
9 3 (1.961%) Firewall
9 3 (1.961%) SAN
9 3 (1.961%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.190%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.575%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.922%) MySQL
4 4 (2.614%) MS Access
4 4 (2.614%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (2.614%) Oracle BI EE
4 4 (2.614%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (1.961%) Oracle OLAP
5 3 (1.961%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.961%) Star Schema
5 3 (1.961%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (1.961%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.961%) DB2
5 3 (1.961%) OLAP
6 2 (1.307%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (1.307%) TOAD
6 2 (1.307%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.307%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (1.307%) Redis
7 1 (0.654%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (5.229%) Hudson
3 5 (3.268%) Subversion
3 5 (3.268%) JMeter
3 5 (3.268%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.614%) QuickTest Pro
4 4 (2.614%) LoadRunner
4 4 (2.614%) OpenSTA
5 3 (1.961%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.961%) Git (software)
6 2 (1.307%) Introscope
6 2 (1.307%) JIRA
7 1 (0.654%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.654%) GitHub
7 1 (0.654%) JProfiler
7 1 (0.654%) Selenium
7 1 (0.654%) JProbe
General
1 49 (32.03%) Finance
2 11 (7.190%) Front Office
3 10 (6.536%) Banking
4 7 (4.575%) Investment Banking
5 5 (3.268%) Retail
6 4 (2.614%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.961%) Back Office
8 2 (1.307%) Automotive
9 1 (0.654%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.654%) Law
9 1 (0.654%) Legal
9 1 (0.654%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 43 (28.10%) Analyst
2 34 (22.22%) Developer
3 18 (11.76%) Business Analyst
4 17 (11.11%) Consultant
5 16 (10.46%) Tester
6 10 (6.536%) Project Manager
7 9 (5.882%) Test Analyst
8 7 (4.575%) Senior Tester
8 7 (4.575%) Senior Developer
8 7 (4.575%) Support Analyst
9 5 (3.268%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.268%) Applications Support
10 4 (2.614%) Systems Engineer
10 4 (2.614%) Programmer
10 4 (2.614%) IT Consultant
10 4 (2.614%) Test Manager
10 4 (2.614%) Data Analyst
10 4 (2.614%) .NET Developer
10 4 (2.614%) IT Strategy Consultant
10 4 (2.614%) Strategy Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.150%) Open Source
2 7 (4.575%) Fixed Income
3 6 (3.922%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.268%) Derivative
4 5 (3.268%) Equities
4 5 (3.268%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.614%) PKI
5 4 (2.614%) DataPower
6 3 (1.961%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.961%) Social Media
6 3 (1.961%) Data Integration
6 3 (1.961%) Market Risk
6 3 (1.961%) Psychology
6 3 (1.961%) Streaming Media
6 3 (1.961%) NHS
6 3 (1.961%) N-Tier
7 2 (1.307%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.307%) STB
7 2 (1.307%) Cryptography
7 2 (1.307%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 39 (25.49%) Linux
2 23 (15.03%) UNIX
3 20 (13.07%) Windows
4 10 (6.536%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (5.882%) AIX
5 9 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (4.575%) Windows XP
6 7 (4.575%) Solaris
7 5 (3.268%) SUSE
8 4 (2.614%) Windows 2000
8 4 (2.614%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.961%) Windows Vista
10 2 (1.307%) MVS
10 2 (1.307%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.307%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (13.73%) Investment Management
2 13 (8.497%) Test Scripting
3 12 (7.843%) Asset Management
3 12 (7.843%) Fund Management
4 10 (6.536%) Risk Management
5 9 (5.882%) Business Analysis
5 9 (5.882%) Software Testing
5 9 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (5.229%) Project Management
6 8 (5.229%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (5.229%) Data Analysis
7 7 (4.575%) Security Testing
7 7 (4.575%) Performance Testing
7 7 (4.575%) Migration
8 6 (3.922%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (3.922%) MVC
8 6 (3.922%) Validation
8 6 (3.922%) Stress Testing
8 6 (3.922%) Data Protection
8 6 (3.922%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 31 (20.26%) SQL
2 18 (11.76%) Java
3 15 (9.804%) JavaScript
4 11 (7.190%) C#
4 11 (7.190%) Python
5 9 (5.882%) ActionScript 2.0
5 9 (5.882%) ActionScript
6 7 (4.575%) VBA
7 5 (3.268%) Bash shell
7 5 (3.268%) C
8 4 (2.614%) C++
9 3 (1.961%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.961%) Perl
10 2 (1.307%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.307%) VB
10 2 (1.307%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.307%) REXX
10 2 (1.307%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.307%) JCL
10 2 (1.307%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 10 (6.536%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.229%) ISEB
2 8 (5.229%) ISTQB
2 8 (5.229%) Degree
3 4 (2.614%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.961%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.961%) MCSE
5 1 (0.654%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 1 (0.654%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.654%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.654%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.654%) MBA
5 1 (0.654%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.654%) CCEA
5 1 (0.654%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.654%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.229%) QA
2 6 (3.922%) SLA
3 3 (1.961%) HL7
4 2 (1.307%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.307%) TickIT
5 1 (0.654%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.654%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 7 (4.575%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.268%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.961%) Nmap
3 3 (1.961%) VMware ESX
4 2 (1.307%) ProxySG
4 2 (1.307%) vSphere
5 1 (0.654%) XenApp
5 1 (0.654%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 7 (4.575%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.961%) Puppet
3 2 (1.307%) Oracle Identity Manager
3 2 (1.307%) HP SiteScope
4 1 (0.654%) Nessus
4 1 (0.654%) BladeLogic
4 1 (0.654%) Control-M
Vendors
1 76 (49.67%) Twitter
2 22 (14.38%) Oracle
3 15 (9.804%) HP
4 12 (7.843%) Microsoft
5 7 (4.575%) VMware
6 6 (3.922%) Charles River
7 5 (3.268%) thinkFolio
8 4 (2.614%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.614%) Facebook
9 3 (1.961%) Akamai
9 3 (1.961%) StatPro
9 3 (1.961%) InterSystems
9 3 (1.961%) Cisco
10 2 (1.307%) JBoss
10 2 (1.307%) Juniper
10 2 (1.307%) Citrix
10 2 (1.307%) Murex
10 2 (1.307%) Fidessa
10 2 (1.307%) Salesforce.com
10 2 (1.307%) Reuters
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