The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 19 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 Lancashire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 25 38 29
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -9
Contract jobs citing HTTP 6 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.715% 0.948% 0.837%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.35% 7.843% 3.571%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £330 £460 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.26% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +200.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.35 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-5.51% +9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
31 51 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 14.03% 12.09% 23.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 19
Average daily rate £325 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £470 £381
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 16
Average hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.75 £30.00 £34.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
HTTP
North West

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Blackpool - 1 - -
Chorley - - - -
Lancaster - - - -
Preston - - - - 1
HTTP
North West

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 8 (80.00%) SOAP
2 7 (70.00%) HP
2 7 (70.00%) Windows
3 6 (60.00%) FTP
3 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (60.00%) Oracle
3 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (60.00%) Web Services
3 6 (60.00%) UNIX
3 6 (60.00%) VMware
3 6 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (50.00%) Validation
5 4 (40.00%) Finance
5 4 (40.00%) Performance Testing
5 4 (40.00%) LoadRunner
5 4 (40.00%) TOAD
6 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (30.00%) C#
6 3 (30.00%) WebSphere
6 3 (30.00%) Banking
7 2 (20.00%) Ruby
7 2 (20.00%) Citrix
7 2 (20.00%) QA
7 2 (20.00%) WATIR
7 2 (20.00%) Selenium
7 2 (20.00%) FitNesse
7 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
7 2 (20.00%) System Testing
7 2 (20.00%) XML

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (80.00%) SOAP
2 6 (60.00%) Web Services
3 3 (30.00%) WebSphere
4 2 (20.00%) XML
4 2 (20.00%) soapUI
4 2 (20.00%) REST
5 1 (10.00%) .NET
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (10.00%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) FTP
1 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) TOAD
3 2 (20.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) LoadRunner
2 2 (20.00%) WATIR
2 2 (20.00%) Selenium
2 2 (20.00%) FitNesse
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Test Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Performance Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Tester
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (10.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) UNIX
3 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (10.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Validation
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (20.00%) System Testing
3 2 (20.00%) RAD
3 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (10.00%) SOA
4 1 (10.00%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) Ruby
2 2 (20.00%) C++
2 2 (20.00%) Java
2 2 (20.00%) PHP
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) C
2 2 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) JCL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) XenApp
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) HP
2 6 (60.00%) Oracle
2 6 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) Dell
4 1 (10.00%) Fujitsu
4 1 (10.00%) AppSense