The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Hampshire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 79 79 95
Rank change year-on-year
0 +16
Contract jobs citing HTTP 21 15 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.294% 0.988% 0.369%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.344% 5.300% 2.473%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 5
Average daily rate £374 £330 £226
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.25% +46.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £320 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £415 £344
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £45.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.69 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-24.36% +9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
331 283 283
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.39% 18.64% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 116 89
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £270 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 46 68
Average hourly rate £26.50 £36.50 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.39% +5.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.25 £19.93 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
HTTP
South East

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTTP across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Hampshire HTTP Hourly Rate Histogram

HTTP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Southampton +1 6 £315 - 3
Basingstoke -14 2 £425 +32.81% 1
Winchester - 1 £303 - 1
Andover - - - -
Fareham - - - - 1
Petersfield - - - -
Portsmouth - - - - 2
HTTP
South East

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 (36.36%) UNIX
2 10 (30.30%) Linux
3 9 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 9 (27.27%) Java
3 9 (27.27%) Oracle
3 9 (27.27%) Telecoms
4 8 (24.24%) SQL
4 8 (24.24%) XML
5 7 (21.21%) Git (software)
5 7 (21.21%) REST
6 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 6 (18.18%) Degree
6 6 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (18.18%) JDBC
6 6 (18.18%) Windows
6 6 (18.18%) JMS
6 6 (18.18%) Firewall
6 6 (18.18%) DTV
7 5 (15.15%) DVB
7 5 (15.15%) Hibernate
7 5 (15.15%) LAN
7 5 (15.15%) XSL
7 5 (15.15%) Perl
7 5 (15.15%) PHP
7 5 (15.15%) ActiveMQ
7 5 (15.15%) Lucene
7 5 (15.15%) Spring
7 5 (15.15%) Maven
7 5 (15.15%) Software Engineering
7 5 (15.15%) Multithreading

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 (24.24%) XML
2 7 (21.21%) REST
3 6 (18.18%) JDBC
3 6 (18.18%) JMS
4 5 (15.15%) Hibernate
4 5 (15.15%) XSL
4 5 (15.15%) ActiveMQ
4 5 (15.15%) Lucene
4 5 (15.15%) Spring
4 5 (15.15%) Drools
4 5 (15.15%) HTML5
4 5 (15.15%) JPA
5 4 (12.12%) Web Services
6 3 (9.091%) SOAP
6 3 (9.091%) HTML
7 2 (6.061%) WebSphere
7 2 (6.061%) CakePHP
7 2 (6.061%) RESTful
7 2 (6.061%) Cocoa Touch
7 2 (6.061%) Cocoa
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) Amazon S3
2 2 (6.061%) Amazon AWS
2 2 (6.061%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (6.061%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (3.030%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (3.030%) ExpressionEngine
3 1 (3.030%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.030%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.030%) MS Project
2 1 (3.030%) MS Office
2 1 (3.030%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.030%) WebTrends
1 1 (3.030%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) TCP/IP
2 6 (18.18%) Firewall
3 5 (15.15%) DVB
3 5 (15.15%) LAN
4 4 (12.12%) WAN
4 4 (12.12%) DNS
5 3 (9.091%) Internet
5 3 (9.091%) Network Security
6 2 (6.061%) BSS
6 2 (6.061%) Wireshark
6 2 (6.061%) tcpdump
6 2 (6.061%) SMTP
6 2 (6.061%) LDAP
6 2 (6.061%) FTP
6 2 (6.061%) 3G
7 1 (3.030%) 2G
7 1 (3.030%) Wireless
7 1 (3.030%) MPLS
7 1 (3.030%) SAN
7 1 (3.030%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) MySQL
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (3.030%) Ingres
2 1 (3.030%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Git (software)
2 5 (15.15%) Maven
2 5 (15.15%) Cucumber
3 2 (6.061%) Subversion
3 2 (6.061%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.030%) TestDirector
4 1 (3.030%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 9 (27.27%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.030%) Law
2 1 (3.030%) Legal
2 1 (3.030%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.030%) Back Office
2 1 (3.030%) Billing
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Developer
2 5 (15.15%) Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Software Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
4 3 (9.091%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Test Leader
5 2 (6.061%) Mobile Developer
5 2 (6.061%) Programme Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Consultant
6 1 (3.030%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Applications Specialist
6 1 (3.030%) Programmer
6 1 (3.030%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Technical Support
6 1 (3.030%) Network Support Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Administrator
6 1 (3.030%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
1 6 (18.18%) DTV
2 2 (6.061%) Client/Server
2 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.030%) Handset
3 1 (3.030%) HACMP
3 1 (3.030%) MPEG
3 1 (3.030%) iDTV
3 1 (3.030%) Video on Demand
3 1 (3.030%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (36.36%) UNIX
2 10 (30.30%) Linux
3 6 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (6.061%) CentOS
4 2 (6.061%) Apple iOS
4 2 (6.061%) AIX
4 2 (6.061%) Fedora
5 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.030%) Windows 2000
5 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.030%) Solaris
5 1 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (15.15%) Software Engineering
2 5 (15.15%) Multithreading
3 3 (9.091%) Project Management
3 3 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 3 (9.091%) Business Analysis
4 2 (6.061%) TDD
4 2 (6.061%) Software Testing
4 2 (6.061%) Performance Testing
4 2 (6.061%) Test Scripting
4 2 (6.061%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (6.061%) SIEM
4 2 (6.061%) ITIL
4 2 (6.061%) OO
4 2 (6.061%) Configuration Management
4 2 (6.061%) MVC
5 1 (3.030%) Change Management
5 1 (3.030%) E-business
5 1 (3.030%) Workflow
5 1 (3.030%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) Java
2 8 (24.24%) SQL
3 5 (15.15%) Perl
3 5 (15.15%) PHP
3 5 (15.15%) XPath
4 4 (12.12%) Bash shell
4 4 (12.12%) JavaScript
4 4 (12.12%) Python
5 3 (9.091%) C++
6 2 (6.061%) Korn
6 2 (6.061%) C
6 2 (6.061%) C#
6 2 (6.061%) Objective-C
7 1 (3.030%) Jython
7 1 (3.030%) SAPscript
7 1 (3.030%) Shell Script
7 1 (3.030%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 3 (9.091%) ISEB
3 2 (6.061%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.030%) CCSA
4 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.030%) CCSP
4 1 (3.030%) CCNP
4 1 (3.030%) CCNA
4 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.030%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.030%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.030%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.061%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.061%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.030%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 1 (3.030%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (6.061%) Puppet
1 2 (6.061%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.030%) Tivoli
2 1 (3.030%) Nagios
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Oracle
2 4 (12.12%) Cisco
3 2 (6.061%) Red Hat
3 2 (6.061%) Apple
3 2 (6.061%) HP
3 2 (6.061%) VMware
4 1 (3.030%) Symantec
4 1 (3.030%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.030%) Juniper
4 1 (3.030%) IBM
4 1 (3.030%) SAP
4 1 (3.030%) Sourcefire
4 1 (3.030%) Blue Coat
4 1 (3.030%) KANA
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