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This section looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5045
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.163 %2.752 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£325
Average daily rate-£345
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£366
% change on same period last year+21.24 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.18£37.71
% change on same period last year+1.25 %
Communications & Networking MiddlesexCommunications & Networking
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads86109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.113 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted2247
Average minimum daily rate£337£284
Average daily rate£364£294
% change on same period last year+24.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted1011
Average minimum hourly rate£29.56£21.18
Average hourly rate£30.95£21.27
% change on same period last year+45.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.34£21.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.60£28.49
% change on same period last year-10.13 %
HTTP South EastHTTP
South East

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.

HTTP
Demand Trend

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

Middlesex HTTP Demand Trend

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

17 (70.00 %)Java
26 (60.00 %)JavaScript
26 (60.00 %)Unix
26 (60.00 %)XML
35 (50.00 %)AJAX
35 (50.00 %)Windows
44 (40.00 %)CSS
44 (40.00 %)JSP
44 (40.00 %)HTML
44 (40.00 %)Subversion
53 (30.00 %)MVC
53 (30.00 %)WebSphere
53 (30.00 %)Web Development
53 (30.00 %)Selenium
53 (30.00 %)C++
53 (30.00 %)Oracle
53 (30.00 %)JUnit
53 (30.00 %)XHTML
53 (30.00 %)RDBMS
53 (30.00 %)Windows XP
53 (30.00 %)FTP
53 (30.00 %)Windows NT
62 (20.00 %)DNS
62 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
62 (20.00 %)SSL
62 (20.00 %)IBM
62 (20.00 %)RSS
62 (20.00 %)SOAP
62 (20.00 %)C#
62 (20.00 %)PHP

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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
16 (60.00 %)XML
25 (50.00 %)AJAX
34 (40.00 %)CSS
34 (40.00 %)JSP
34 (40.00 %)HTML
43 (30.00 %)MVC
43 (30.00 %)WebSphere
43 (30.00 %)XHTML
52 (20.00 %)RSS
52 (20.00 %)SOAP
61 (10.00 %)JSTL
61 (10.00 %).NET
61 (10.00 %)J2EE
61 (10.00 %)WebServices
61 (10.00 %)Servlets
61 (10.00 %)XSLT
61 (10.00 %)Swing
61 (10.00 %)Middleware
61 (10.00 %)WSDL
Application Platforms
11 (10.00 %)Apache
Communications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)FTP
22 (20.00 %)DNS
22 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (20.00 %)SSL
22 (20.00 %)Firewall
31 (10.00 %)Intrusion Detection
31 (10.00 %)DMZ
31 (10.00 %)Internet
31 (10.00 %)VPN
31 (10.00 %)LAN
31 (10.00 %)WAN
31 (10.00 %)SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)RDBMS
21 (10.00 %)Data Mart
21 (10.00 %)MySQL
21 (10.00 %)DB2
21 (10.00 %)Oracle Reports
21 (10.00 %)DataStage
21 (10.00 %)ETL
Development Applications
14 (40.00 %)Subversion
23 (30.00 %)Selenium
23 (30.00 %)JUnit
31 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (10.00 %)Rational Rose
31 (10.00 %)Eclipse
General
11 (10.00 %)Publishing
Job Titles
16 (60.00 %)Developer
23 (30.00 %)Java Developer
23 (30.00 %)Web Developer
32 (20.00 %)Oracle Developer
32 (20.00 %)Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Applications Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Systems Developer
41 (10.00 %)Implementation Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Software Development Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Security Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Web Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Data Mart Developer
41 (10.00 %)Java Web Developer
41 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Consultant
41 (10.00 %)Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Applications Support
41 (10.00 %)Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)AS400
11 (10.00 %)PKI
Operating Systems
16 (60.00 %)Unix
25 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (30.00 %)Windows XP
33 (30.00 %)Windows NT
41 (10.00 %)Solaris
41 (10.00 %)Linux
41 (10.00 %)MVS
Processes & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)Web Development
21 (10.00 %)Problem Management
21 (10.00 %)UML
21 (10.00 %)OOP
21 (10.00 %)OO
21 (10.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (10.00 %)ERP
Programming Languages
17 (70.00 %)Java
26 (60.00 %)JavaScript
33 (30.00 %)C++
42 (20.00 %)C#
42 (20.00 %)PHP
42 (20.00 %)SQL
51 (10.00 %)Ruby
51 (10.00 %)VB
51 (10.00 %)C
51 (10.00 %)VC++
51 (10.00 %)Python
51 (10.00 %)Assembly Language
Qualifications
11 (10.00 %)CISSP
System Software
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
Vendors
13 (30.00 %)Oracle
22 (20.00 %)IBM
31 (10.00 %)Google
31 (10.00 %)Sun
31 (10.00 %)Citrix
31 (10.00 %)JD Edwards
31 (10.00 %)Mercator
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