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The table below looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the Staffordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£401
% change on same period last year-11.25 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.76£32.21
% change on same period last year-23.11 %
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Staffordshire
Matching contract IT job ads1724
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.030 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£400£335
Average daily rate£410£352
% change on same period last year+16.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£344
% change on same period last year-2.02 %
Hourly rates quoted45
Average minimum hourly rate£27.43£21.50
Average hourly rate£29.57£23.25
% change on same period last year+27.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.71£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.65£26.99
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
HTTP West MidlandsHTTP
West Midlands

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.

HTTP
Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire HTTP Demand Trend

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

112 (100.00 %)SQL
112 (100.00 %)Information Security
112 (100.00 %)Paros
112 (100.00 %)Auditing
112 (100.00 %)Fiddler
23 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
23 (25.00 %)VB
32 (16.67 %)Ethical Hacking

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (100.00 %)Paros
112 (100.00 %)Fiddler
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (100.00 %)Auditing
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Architect
15 (41.67 %)Consultant
15 (41.67 %)Security Consultant
15 (41.67 %)Web Architect
23 (25.00 %)Penetration Tester
23 (25.00 %)Tester
23 (25.00 %)Developer
32 (16.67 %)Ethical Hacker
41 (8.333 %)Security Architect
41 (8.333 %)Web Designer
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (100.00 %)Information Security
22 (16.67 %)Ethical Hacking
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
23 (25.00 %)VB