The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 24 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 Hounslow 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 8 13 13
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Contract jobs citing HTTP 10 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 16.67% 2.597% 2.857%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.04% 14.29% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
Average daily rate £400 £330 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.35 £30.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
-25.51% +6.19%
All Communications & Networking
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
27 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 45.00% 18.18% 27.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 15
Average daily rate £425 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £235 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £346 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
HTTP
London

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hounslow HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 13 (81.25%) Java
2 12 (75.00%) SQL
2 12 (75.00%) XML
2 12 (75.00%) TDD
2 12 (75.00%) JSON
2 12 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
2 12 (75.00%) RESTful
3 11 (68.75%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (68.75%) Pair Programming
4 9 (56.25%) OO
5 7 (43.75%) Web Services
6 6 (37.50%) OOA/OOD
6 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
6 6 (37.50%) HTML
6 6 (37.50%) MVC
6 6 (37.50%) Subversion
6 6 (37.50%) Automated Testing
6 6 (37.50%) SQLite
6 6 (37.50%) Multithreading
6 6 (37.50%) Unit Testing
6 6 (37.50%) Android
6 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
6 6 (37.50%) BDD
6 6 (37.50%) Mobile App
6 6 (37.50%) Mobile Application Development
7 5 (31.25%) Cucumber
7 5 (31.25%) Scrum
8 4 (25.00%) Ruby
9 3 (18.75%) CruiseControl
9 3 (18.75%) WATIR

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 12 (75.00%) XML
1 12 (75.00%) JSON
1 12 (75.00%) RESTful
2 7 (43.75%) Web Services
3 6 (37.50%) HTML
4 3 (18.75%) CSS
4 3 (18.75%) SOAP
4 3 (18.75%) XSLT
4 3 (18.75%) HTML5
5 2 (12.50%) Node.js
5 2 (12.50%) jQuery
6 1 (6.250%) Spring
6 1 (6.250%) Hibernate
6 1 (6.250%) Grails
6 1 (6.250%) J2EE
6 1 (6.250%) REST
6 1 (6.250%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.250%) Network Security
2 1 (6.250%) DHCP
2 1 (6.250%) VPN
2 1 (6.250%) DNS
2 1 (6.250%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQLite
2 2 (12.50%) MongoDB
2 2 (12.50%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (12.50%) NoSQL
3 1 (6.250%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Subversion
2 5 (31.25%) Cucumber
3 3 (18.75%) CruiseControl
3 3 (18.75%) WATIR
3 3 (18.75%) Selenium
3 3 (18.75%) TeamCity
3 3 (18.75%) WebDriver
3 3 (18.75%) Jenkins
4 2 (12.50%) Git (software)
5 1 (6.250%) LoadRunner
5 1 (6.250%) Mockito
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Android Developer
3 5 (31.25%) Tester
4 3 (18.75%) Software Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Automation Tester
5 2 (12.50%) Agile Tester
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Tester
6 1 (6.250%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
6 1 (6.250%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 2 (12.50%) Open Source
2 2 (12.50%) Video on Demand
3 1 (6.250%) STB
3 1 (6.250%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Android
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
3 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) TDD
1 12 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
2 11 (68.75%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (68.75%) Pair Programming
3 9 (56.25%) OO
4 6 (37.50%) OOA/OOD
4 6 (37.50%) MVC
4 6 (37.50%) Automated Testing
4 6 (37.50%) Multithreading
4 6 (37.50%) Unit Testing
4 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 6 (37.50%) BDD
4 6 (37.50%) Mobile Application Development
5 5 (31.25%) Scrum
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Release Management
6 2 (12.50%) OOP
6 2 (12.50%) Kanban
7 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
7 1 (6.250%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) Java
2 12 (75.00%) SQL
3 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 4 (25.00%) Ruby
5 3 (18.75%) Shell Script
6 2 (12.50%) Python
7 1 (6.250%) Groovy
7 1 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.250%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) HP