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This section looks at the demand for HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS) skills within the Leicestershire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HTTPS over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£425£341
% change on same period last year+24.81 %
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£43.75-
% change on same period last year-
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads4351
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.057 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted93
Average minimum daily rate£181£252
Average daily rate£181£276
% change on same period last year-34.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£181£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted1410
Average minimum hourly rate£16.42£17.94
Average hourly rate£18.62£19.16
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.82£20.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
HTTPS East MidlandsHTTPS
East Midlands

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.

HTTPS
Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire HTTPS Demand Trend

HTTPS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire HTTPS Daily Rate Trend

HTTPS
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region citing HTTPS 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 HTTPS.

17 (100.00 %)SOAP
17 (100.00 %)WebServices
17 (100.00 %)HTTP
17 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
17 (100.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
25 (71.43 %)Performance Testing
25 (71.43 %)Mainframe
25 (71.43 %)Validation
34 (57.14 %)COBOL
34 (57.14 %)Java
34 (57.14 %)JavaScript
34 (57.14 %)SQL
34 (57.14 %)DB2
41 (14.29 %)Finance
41 (14.29 %)IBM

HTTPS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region citing HTTPS 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 HTTPS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %)SOAP
17 (100.00 %)WebServices
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (100.00 %)HTTP
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)DB2
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (100.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Finance
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)Tester
12 (28.57 %)Performance Tester
21 (14.29 %)Test Team Leader
21 (14.29 %)Team Leader
21 (14.29 %)Test Manager
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (71.43 %)Mainframe
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
25 (71.43 %)Validation
25 (71.43 %)Performance Testing
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (57.14 %)COBOL
14 (57.14 %)Java
14 (57.14 %)JavaScript
14 (57.14 %)SQL
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)IBM