The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 17 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 Glasgow 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 61 54 52
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -2
Contract jobs citing HTTP 19 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 2.017% 0.777% 1.571%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.23% 9.524% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 5
Average daily rate £363 £328 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.68% -15.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £291 £326 £360
10% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £330 £415
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 £26.14 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-12.86% +9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
65 63 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 6.900% 8.161% 4.857%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 20 12
Average daily rate £335 £305 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.83% -6.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £120 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £440 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 3
Average hourly rate £14.50 £26.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.23% +36.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
HTTP
Scotland

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 12 (34.29%) Finance
2 11 (31.43%) Java
3 8 (22.86%) JavaScript
3 8 (22.86%) CSS
3 8 (22.86%) JSP
3 8 (22.86%) SOAP
3 8 (22.86%) XML
3 8 (22.86%) JSON
3 8 (22.86%) jQuery
3 8 (22.86%) Data Integration
3 8 (22.86%) HTML5
3 8 (22.86%) Sencha
3 8 (22.86%) REST
3 8 (22.86%) CSS3
4 6 (17.14%) Migration
4 6 (17.14%) C#
4 6 (17.14%) SQL
5 5 (14.29%) UNIX
5 5 (14.29%) WPF
6 4 (11.43%) Asset Management
6 4 (11.43%) WinForms
7 3 (8.571%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.571%) Sybase
7 3 (8.571%) Data Modelling
8 2 (5.714%) Wealth Management
8 2 (5.714%) Multithreading
8 2 (5.714%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 2 (5.714%) Front Office
8 2 (5.714%) Banking
8 2 (5.714%) Investment Banking

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 8 (22.86%) CSS
1 8 (22.86%) JSP
1 8 (22.86%) SOAP
1 8 (22.86%) XML
1 8 (22.86%) JSON
1 8 (22.86%) jQuery
1 8 (22.86%) HTML5
1 8 (22.86%) REST
1 8 (22.86%) CSS3
2 5 (14.29%) WPF
3 4 (11.43%) WinForms
4 2 (5.714%) .NET
4 2 (5.714%) STL
4 2 (5.714%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (5.714%) WebSphere
5 1 (2.857%) J2EE
5 1 (2.857%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.714%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.857%) CMS
2 1 (2.857%) IBM HTTP Server
2 1 (2.857%) WebSphere Portal
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) HTTPS
1 1 (2.857%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.857%) RDBMS
1 1 (2.857%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (2.857%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 12 (34.29%) Finance
2 2 (5.714%) Banking
2 2 (5.714%) Front Office
2 2 (5.714%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.857%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (57.14%) Developer
2 7 (20.00%) Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Business Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) C# Developer
5 3 (8.571%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) Lead Business Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) C++ Developer
6 2 (5.714%) WebSphere Technical Specialist
6 2 (5.714%) Architect
6 2 (5.714%) Database Consultant
6 2 (5.714%) Technical Specialist
6 2 (5.714%) WebSphere Specialist
6 2 (5.714%) Senior C++ Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Service Manager
6 2 (5.714%) Senior Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Consultant
7 1 (2.857%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Technical Support
7 1 (2.857%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.86%) Data Integration
2 1 (2.857%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (2.857%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) UNIX
2 2 (5.714%) Windows
2 2 (5.714%) Linux
3 1 (2.857%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.857%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.857%) AIX
3 1 (2.857%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.14%) Migration
2 4 (11.43%) Asset Management
3 3 (8.571%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (8.571%) Data Modelling
4 2 (5.714%) OOP
4 2 (5.714%) OO
4 2 (5.714%) Wealth Management
4 2 (5.714%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.857%) Investment Management
5 1 (2.857%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.857%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (2.857%) Content Management
5 1 (2.857%) Data Analysis
5 1 (2.857%) ITIL
5 1 (2.857%) CRM
5 1 (2.857%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.857%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.857%) Project Management
5 1 (2.857%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) Java
2 8 (22.86%) JavaScript
3 6 (17.14%) SQL
3 6 (17.14%) C#
4 2 (5.714%) C++
5 1 (2.857%) VB
5 1 (2.857%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.857%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.857%) VB6
5 1 (2.857%) Perl
5 1 (2.857%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.857%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.857%) XenApp
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Sencha
2 3 (8.571%) Sybase
3 1 (2.857%) SAP
3 1 (2.857%) IBM
3 1 (2.857%) Citrix
3 1 (2.857%) Sophos
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle
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