The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Oxford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 32 32 25
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Contract jobs citing HTTP 1 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.467% 1.290% 0.568%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.273% 10.81% 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £475 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.35 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-5.51% +9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
44 37 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 20.56% 11.94% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 4
Average daily rate £300 £350 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +0.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £370 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 10
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.35 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.95 £14.60 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
HTTP
Oxfordshire

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Facebook

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Facebook