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This section looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7481
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.820 %1.384 %
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£409£369
% change on same period last year+10.74 %
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£27.69£38.35
% change on same period last year-27.78 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads122289
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.163 %0.292 %
Daily rates quoted1953
Average minimum daily rate£333£343
Average daily rate£352£368
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted230
Average minimum hourly rate£28.33£29.98
Average hourly rate£30.50£33.22
% change on same period last year-8.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.67£36.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
HTTP EnglandHTTP
England

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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 (58.33 %)HTTPS
26 (50.00 %)WebServices
35 (41.67 %)SOAP
35 (41.67 %)Mainframe
35 (41.67 %)Validation
35 (41.67 %)Performance Testing
35 (41.67 %)Test Scripting
35 (41.67 %)Rational Performance Tester
43 (25.00 %)SSL
52 (16.67 %)Cisco
52 (16.67 %)Java
52 (16.67 %)XML
52 (16.67 %)SQL
52 (16.67 %)Windows
52 (16.67 %)Internet
52 (16.67 %)MPLS
52 (16.67 %)Solaris
52 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
52 (16.67 %)VLAN
52 (16.67 %)Network Security
52 (16.67 %)Firewall
61 (8.333 %)Security Management
61 (8.333 %)IDOL
61 (8.333 %)Government
61 (8.333 %)Health
61 (8.333 %)SC Cleared
61 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
61 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (8.333 %)Windows SharePoint Services

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (50.00 %)WebServices
25 (41.67 %)SOAP
32 (16.67 %)XML
41 (8.333 %)XSLT
41 (8.333 %)JMS
41 (8.333 %)Cocoon
41 (8.333 %)SAP XI
41 (8.333 %)Windows SharePoint Services
41 (8.333 %)WebSphere
41 (8.333 %)HTML
41 (8.333 %).NET
41 (8.333 %)J2EE
41 (8.333 %)EJB
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (8.333 %)Apache
11 (8.333 %)Tomcat
11 (8.333 %)SharePoint
11 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
11 (8.333 %)Oracle HTTP Server
11 (8.333 %)IBM HTTP Server
11 (8.333 %)WPS
11 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (8.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Project
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (58.33 %)HTTPS
23 (25.00 %)SSL
32 (16.67 %)Internet
32 (16.67 %)MPLS
32 (16.67 %)Firewall
32 (16.67 %)VLAN
32 (16.67 %)Network Security
41 (8.333 %)BIG-IP
41 (8.333 %)SAN
41 (8.333 %)SMTP
41 (8.333 %)VPN
41 (8.333 %)DNS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)RDBMS
11 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g
11 (8.333 %)IDOL
11 (8.333 %)Oracle 11g
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (41.67 %)Rational Performance Tester
21 (8.333 %)Visual Studio
21 (8.333 %)JDeveloper
21 (8.333 %)XMLSpy
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Government
11 (8.333 %)Health
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (33.33 %)Test Specialist
22 (16.67 %)Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
31 (8.333 %)Applications Specialist
31 (8.333 %)Support Specialist
31 (8.333 %)Applications Support
31 (8.333 %)Security Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Applications Support Specialist
31 (8.333 %)Project Manager
31 (8.333 %)Developer
31 (8.333 %)Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Test Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Web Developer
31 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Manager
31 (8.333 %)Security Specialist
31 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Consultant
31 (8.333 %)SharePoint Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Designer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (41.67 %)Mainframe
21 (8.333 %)Clustering
21 (8.333 %)PKI
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)Windows
12 (16.67 %)Solaris
12 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
21 (8.333 %)Windows NT
21 (8.333 %)AIX
21 (8.333 %)HPUX
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (41.67 %)Validation
15 (41.67 %)Performance Testing
15 (41.67 %)Test Scripting
21 (8.333 %)SC Cleared
21 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
21 (8.333 %)Migration
21 (8.333 %)Risk Assessment
21 (8.333 %)Systems Analysis
21 (8.333 %)ITIL
21 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
21 (8.333 %)Project Management
21 (8.333 %)Security Management
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (16.67 %)Java
12 (16.67 %)SQL
21 (8.333 %)ABAP
21 (8.333 %)Perl
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)MCSA
11 (8.333 %)CCNP
11 (8.333 %)CCNA
11 (8.333 %)CCDA
11 (8.333 %)Cisco Certification
11 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (8.333 %)Active Directory
11 (8.333 %)ISA Server
11 (8.333 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (8.333 %)Tivoli
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Cisco
21 (8.333 %)IBM
21 (8.333 %)Microsoft
21 (8.333 %)Citrix
21 (8.333 %)CheckPoint
21 (8.333 %)Oracle
21 (8.333 %)SAP
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