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The table below looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) skills within the Lancashire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSL over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4044
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.439 %2.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£341
% change on same period last year+5.34 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.56£42.18
% change on same period last year-18.05 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads4150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.050 %
Daily rates quoted159
Average minimum daily rate£265£399
Average daily rate£283£407
% change on same period last year-30.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£415
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted63
Average minimum hourly rate£19.99£22.00
Average hourly rate£23.12£22.67
% change on same period last year+1.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.24£23.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
SSL North WestSSL
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SSL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SSL across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Lancashire SSL Demand Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SSL across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire SSL Daily Rate Trend

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SSL across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire SSL Hourly Rate Trend

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing SSL 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 SSL.

11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (50.00 %)ASP
11 (50.00 %)CSS
11 (50.00 %)JDBC
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)ODBC
11 (50.00 %)AIX
11 (50.00 %)Apache
11 (50.00 %)LDAP
11 (50.00 %)HTTP
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)CICS
11 (50.00 %)Shell Script
11 (50.00 %)Middleware
11 (50.00 %)Clustering
11 (50.00 %)Jython
11 (50.00 %)Information Management
11 (50.00 %)SSH
11 (50.00 %)AJAX
11 (50.00 %)Korn

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing SSL 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 SSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)ASP
11 (50.00 %)CSS
11 (50.00 %)JDBC
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)ODBC
11 (50.00 %)Middleware
11 (50.00 %)AJAX
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)Apache
11 (50.00 %)CICS
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)LDAP
11 (50.00 %)HTTP
11 (50.00 %)SSH
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Developer
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Consultant
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere Consultant
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Clustering
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)AIX
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Information Management
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %)Shell Script
11 (50.00 %)Jython
11 (50.00 %)Korn
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft