North West HTTPS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS) skills within the North West 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS)
Location Abingdon Berkshire City of London East of England England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hertfordshire London Midlands Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Oxfordshire Reading Slough South East South West Surrey Teesside Tyne and Wear UK Watford Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	143
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.488 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£471	£393
% change on same period last year	+19.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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	£48.00
% change on same period last year	-8.85 %
Communications & Networking North West
Matching contract IT job ads	452	615
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.639 %	0.623 %
Daily rates quoted	96	115
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£322
Average daily rate	£345	£334
% change on same period last year	+3.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£336
% change on same period last year	+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	77	91
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.02	£23.32
Average hourly rate	£26.89	£24.38
% change on same period last year	+10.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.77	£25.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.44	£28.92
% change on same period last year	-5.09 %
HTTPS 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.

HTTPS
Demand Trend

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

HTTPS
Daily Rate Trend

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