The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 21 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 Oxfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 39 45 35
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -10
Contract jobs citing HTTP 12 7 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.715% 1.113% 3.111%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.95% 10.29% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 5
Average daily rate £320 £313 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.40% +1.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £303 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £323 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.14 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-12.86% +9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
86 68 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 19.46% 10.81% 18.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 24 35
Average daily rate £305 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £400 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 20
Average hourly rate £13.75 £16.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.43 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £17.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
HTTP
South East

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bicester - 8 £320 -
HTTP
South East

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 13 (86.67%) SQL
2 12 (80.00%) Windows
3 11 (73.33%) Java
3 11 (73.33%) Oracle
3 11 (73.33%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 10 (66.67%) SOA
4 10 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (66.67%) Internet
4 10 (66.67%) Solaris
4 10 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (66.67%) Oracle Application Server
4 10 (66.67%) Java EE
4 10 (66.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 10 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
5 9 (60.00%) OC4J
5 9 (60.00%) Apache
6 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
6 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
7 6 (40.00%) LDAP
7 6 (40.00%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (40.00%) Oracle Discoverer
7 6 (40.00%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (40.00%) InterSystems Cache
8 5 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
9 2 (13.33%) HTML
9 2 (13.33%) OOA/OOD
9 2 (13.33%) OO
10 1 (6.667%) Cognos
10 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 10 (66.67%) Java EE
2 9 (60.00%) OC4J
3 2 (13.33%) HTML
4 1 (6.667%) CSS
4 1 (6.667%) XML
4 1 (6.667%) Spring
4 1 (6.667%) Hibernate
4 1 (6.667%) GWT
4 1 (6.667%) JSON
4 1 (6.667%) RESTful
4 1 (6.667%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 11 (73.33%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 10 (66.67%) Oracle Application Server
2 10 (66.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (60.00%) Apache
4 1 (6.667%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) Internet
2 6 (40.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
2 6 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (40.00%) Oracle Discoverer
2 6 (40.00%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.667%) SQLite
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (6.667%) Eclipse
2 1 (6.667%) Maven
2 1 (6.667%) JIRA
2 1 (6.667%) Git (software)
2 1 (6.667%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
1 1 (6.667%) Publishing
1 1 (6.667%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Administrator
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Support Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Service Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Java Developer
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Help Desk Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Help Desk Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Mobile App
1 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 10 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (66.67%) Solaris
3 1 (6.667%) Linux
3 1 (6.667%) UNIX
3 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.667%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) SOA
1 10 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (13.33%) OOA/OOD
3 2 (13.33%) OO
4 1 (6.667%) ITIL
4 1 (6.667%) Service Management
4 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.667%) Logistics
4 1 (6.667%) Automated Testing
4 1 (6.667%) MVC
4 1 (6.667%) Scrum
4 1 (6.667%) Web Development
4 1 (6.667%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Web Application Development
4 1 (6.667%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) SQL
2 11 (73.33%) Java
3 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Cognos
2 1 (6.667%) HP