HTTP Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 17 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 North West 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 94 107 107
Rank change year-on-year
+13 0
Contract jobs citing HTTP 23 25 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.001% 0.789% 0.812%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.877% 4.448% 5.219%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 18
Average daily rate £338 £325 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -9.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £151 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £458 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
Average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.14 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-12.86% +9.09%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 292 562 479
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.71% 17.75% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 229 247
Average daily rate £308 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.82% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £461 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 45
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.86 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.92% -39.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
HTTP
England

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTTP across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West HTTP Daily Rate Histogram

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Lancashire +14 7 £290 -31.76%
Manchester +9 7 £338 +8.00%
Cheshire +4 5 £400 +70.21%
Merseyside +8 1 £400 -
HTTP
England

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 18 (32.14%) Web Services
1 18 (32.14%) Windows
2 16 (28.57%) Java
3 15 (26.79%) JavaScript
3 15 (26.79%) XML
3 15 (26.79%) Finance
4 14 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 13 (23.21%) SQL
6 12 (21.43%) SOAP
7 11 (19.64%) PHP
7 11 (19.64%) UNIX
7 11 (19.64%) TDD
8 10 (17.86%) RESTful
8 10 (17.86%) CSS
8 10 (17.86%) Oracle
9 9 (16.07%) TCP/IP
9 9 (16.07%) JSON
10 8 (14.29%) BDD
10 8 (14.29%) jQuery
10 8 (14.29%) FTP
10 8 (14.29%) HTML
10 8 (14.29%) MVC
10 8 (14.29%) VMware
10 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
10 8 (14.29%) HP
11 7 (12.50%) Scrum
11 7 (12.50%) Validation
11 7 (12.50%) .NET
11 7 (12.50%) Linux
11 7 (12.50%) Android

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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
1 18 (32.14%) Web Services
2 15 (26.79%) XML
3 12 (21.43%) SOAP
4 10 (17.86%) CSS
4 10 (17.86%) RESTful
5 9 (16.07%) JSON
6 8 (14.29%) jQuery
6 8 (14.29%) HTML
7 7 (12.50%) .NET
7 7 (12.50%) HTML5
8 6 (10.71%) WebSphere
9 4 (7.143%) COM
9 4 (7.143%) REST
10 3 (5.357%) .NET Framework
10 3 (5.357%) Spring
11 2 (3.571%) NHibernate
11 2 (3.571%) ASP.NET
11 2 (3.571%) XSLT
11 2 (3.571%) EDI
11 2 (3.571%) EDIFACT
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.929%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (5.357%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.357%) CMS
3 2 (3.571%) IBM HTTP Server
3 2 (3.571%) Apache
3 2 (3.571%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (3.571%) Orchard CMS
4 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.786%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.786%) CICS
4 1 (1.786%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (1.786%) Photoshop
1 1 (1.786%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.786%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 2 (3.571%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (3.571%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (1.786%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) TCP/IP
2 8 (14.29%) FTP
3 4 (7.143%) LAN
3 4 (7.143%) WAN
4 3 (5.357%) SMTP
4 3 (5.357%) DHCP
4 3 (5.357%) DNS
4 3 (5.357%) VLAN
5 2 (3.571%) SSL
6 1 (1.786%) SAN
6 1 (1.786%) Internet
6 1 (1.786%) MPLS
6 1 (1.786%) TACACS
6 1 (1.786%) Firewall
6 1 (1.786%) Symposium
6 1 (1.786%) SNMP
6 1 (1.786%) LDAP
6 1 (1.786%) ADSL
6 1 (1.786%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.71%) TOAD
3 3 (5.357%) CouchDB
4 2 (3.571%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.571%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (3.571%) GIS
4 2 (3.571%) DB2
4 2 (3.571%) RavenDB
4 2 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.786%) Couchbase
5 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.786%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.143%) LoadRunner
1 4 (7.143%) Git (software)
2 3 (5.357%) QUnit
2 3 (5.357%) Ant
3 2 (3.571%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.571%) WATIR
3 2 (3.571%) Selenium
3 2 (3.571%) FitNesse
3 2 (3.571%) TeamCity
3 2 (3.571%) PHPUnit
3 2 (3.571%) MSBuild
3 2 (3.571%) Subversion
4 1 (1.786%) Maven
4 1 (1.786%) Gradle
4 1 (1.786%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.786%) Xcode
General
1 15 (26.79%) Finance
2 4 (7.143%) Banking
3 2 (3.571%) Retail
3 2 (3.571%) General Ledger
3 2 (3.571%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.786%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (25.00%) Developer
2 10 (17.86%) Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Consultant
4 5 (8.929%) Administrator
4 5 (8.929%) Test Analyst
4 5 (8.929%) Android Developer
5 4 (7.143%) Web Developer
6 3 (5.357%) Tester
6 3 (5.357%) Senior Developer
6 3 (5.357%) Functional Consultant
6 3 (5.357%) Java Developer
6 3 (5.357%) .NET Developer
6 3 (5.357%) Test Consultant
7 2 (3.571%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 2 (3.571%) EDI Analyst
7 2 (3.571%) SharePoint Administrator
7 2 (3.571%) Performance Test Analyst
7 2 (3.571%) SAP Analyst
7 2 (3.571%) Performance Analyst
7 2 (3.571%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.571%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.571%) BBC
2 2 (3.571%) Smartphone
2 2 (3.571%) Semantic Web
2 2 (3.571%) Linked Data
3 1 (1.786%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.786%) VSAM
3 1 (1.786%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.786%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (32.14%) Windows
2 11 (19.64%) UNIX
3 7 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 7 (12.50%) Android
3 7 (12.50%) Linux
4 4 (7.143%) AIX
5 2 (3.571%) Mac OS X
5 2 (3.571%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.786%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.786%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.786%) zOS
6 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.786%) Solaris
6 1 (1.786%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (19.64%) TDD
2 8 (14.29%) MVC
2 8 (14.29%) BDD
3 7 (12.50%) Validation
3 7 (12.50%) Scrum
4 5 (8.929%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (8.929%) Content Management
4 5 (8.929%) Performance Testing
4 5 (8.929%) Unit Testing
4 5 (8.929%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (7.143%) RDF
5 4 (7.143%) OOP
5 4 (7.143%) OO
6 3 (5.357%) Pair Programming
6 3 (5.357%) Automated Testing
6 3 (5.357%) Business Analysis
6 3 (5.357%) ITIL
6 3 (5.357%) Kanban
7 2 (3.571%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.57%) Java
2 15 (26.79%) JavaScript
3 13 (23.21%) SQL
4 11 (19.64%) PHP
5 5 (8.929%) Objective-C
6 4 (7.143%) Ruby
7 3 (5.357%) C#
7 3 (5.357%) C++
8 2 (3.571%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (3.571%) CoffeeScript
8 2 (3.571%) ActionScript
8 2 (3.571%) Python
8 2 (3.571%) C
9 1 (1.786%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.786%) JCL
9 1 (1.786%) VBA
9 1 (1.786%) VB6
9 1 (1.786%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.786%) VB
9 1 (1.786%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (5.357%) Sun Certification
2 2 (3.571%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (3.571%) IBM WebSphere Certification
3 1 (1.786%) ACSA
3 1 (1.786%) MCITP
3 1 (1.786%) MCSE
3 1 (1.786%) CCNP
3 1 (1.786%) CCDP
3 1 (1.786%) ISEB
3 1 (1.786%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.786%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.571%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.571%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.786%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.786%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.786%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.571%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (3.571%) SCCM
3 1 (1.786%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (1.786%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 10 (17.86%) Oracle
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.29%) HP
2 8 (14.29%) VMware
3 5 (8.929%) Zend
4 4 (7.143%) Apple
4 4 (7.143%) SAP
5 3 (5.357%) Cisco
5 3 (5.357%) Citrix
6 2 (3.571%) IBM
7 1 (1.786%) JBoss
7 1 (1.786%) Dell
7 1 (1.786%) Nortel
7 1 (1.786%) Avaya
7 1 (1.786%) Juniper
7 1 (1.786%) webMethods
7 1 (1.786%) Open Text
7 1 (1.786%) F5
7 1 (1.786%) Twitter
7 1 (1.786%) AppSense
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