The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 20 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 Liverpool 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 23 27 23
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Contract jobs citing HTTP 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 0.662% 1.075% 0.633%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 7.143% 4.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.14 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-12.86% +9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7 28 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 4.636% 15.05% 14.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 13
Average daily rate £400 £263 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Average hourly rate - £29.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +43.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
HTTP
Merseyside

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 1 (50.00%) VBA
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Finance

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Services Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) VBA