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This section looks at the demand for HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS) skills within the South 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank137163
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching contract IT job ads56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.689 %0.659 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£270
Average daily rate-£270
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£270
UK excluding London average daily rate-£341
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.75-
% change on same period last year-
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads726911
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.958 %0.907 %
Daily rates quoted203214
Average minimum daily rate£309£327
Average daily rate£335£343
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted111147
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£24.87
Average hourly rate£26.91£26.69
% change on same period last year+0.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.83£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
HTTPS EnglandHTTPS
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West HTTPS Demand Trend

HTTPS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West HTTPS Daily Rate Trend

HTTPS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HTTPS across the South West region.

South West HTTPS Hourly Rate Trend

HTTPS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTPS within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GloucestershireNew entry-3--
DevonNew entry-1--
HTTPS EnglandHTTPS
England

HTTPS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing HTTPS 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 HTTPS.

14 (80.00 %)Cisco
14 (80.00 %)CheckPoint
14 (80.00 %)Firewall
14 (80.00 %)Cisco ASA
23 (60.00 %)Configuration Management
23 (60.00 %)VPN
23 (60.00 %)IBM
32 (40.00 %)SSL
41 (20.00 %)Embedded C
41 (20.00 %)Embedded C++
41 (20.00 %)C
41 (20.00 %)C++
41 (20.00 %)SMTP
41 (20.00 %)DHCP
41 (20.00 %)FTP
41 (20.00 %)HTTP
41 (20.00 %)DNS
41 (20.00 %)BGP
41 (20.00 %)Government
41 (20.00 %)SSH
41 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX

HTTPS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing HTTPS 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 HTTPS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (80.00 %)Firewall
14 (80.00 %)Cisco ASA
23 (60.00 %)VPN
32 (40.00 %)SSL
41 (20.00 %)SMTP
41 (20.00 %)DHCP
41 (20.00 %)FTP
41 (20.00 %)HTTP
41 (20.00 %)DNS
41 (20.00 %)BGP
41 (20.00 %)SSH
41 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Government
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Configuration Management
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Embedded C
11 (20.00 %)Embedded C++
11 (20.00 %)C
11 (20.00 %)C++
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Cisco
14 (80.00 %)CheckPoint
23 (60.00 %)IBM