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The table below looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the Thames Valley 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank38-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.333 %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£358£380
% change on same period last year-5.81 %
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£36.17£38.78
% change on same period last year-6.74 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads60123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.122 %
Daily rates quoted710
Average minimum daily rate£404£376
Average daily rate£406£377
% change on same period last year+7.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£342
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted109
Average minimum hourly rate£37.92£34.15
Average hourly rate£38.75£35.73
% change on same period last year+8.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.58£37.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.46
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
HTTP South EastHTTP
South East

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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Thames Valley HTTP Demand Trend

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HTTP across the Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

15 (83.33 %)XML
24 (66.67 %)Java
24 (66.67 %)J2SE
24 (66.67 %)LDAP
24 (66.67 %)Eclipse
24 (66.67 %)SMS
24 (66.67 %)Wireless
24 (66.67 %)Telecoms
32 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
41 (16.67 %)Cisco
41 (16.67 %)Firewall
41 (16.67 %)UMTS
41 (16.67 %)WAP
41 (16.67 %)GPRS
41 (16.67 %)Perl
41 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server
41 (16.67 %)WebServices
41 (16.67 %)UNIX
41 (16.67 %)Windows
41 (16.67 %)OO
41 (16.67 %)C#

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %)XML
24 (66.67 %)J2SE
31 (16.67 %)WAP
31 (16.67 %)WebServices
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (66.67 %)LDAP
14 (66.67 %)SMS
14 (66.67 %)Wireless
22 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
31 (16.67 %)Firewall
31 (16.67 %)UMTS
31 (16.67 %)GPRS
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (66.67 %)Eclipse
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Telecoms
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Developer
24 (66.67 %)Java Developer
31 (16.67 %)C# Developer
31 (16.67 %)Senior C# Developer
31 (16.67 %)Lead Designer
31 (16.67 %)Senior Developer
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
11 (16.67 %)Windows
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)OO
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)Java
21 (16.67 %)Perl
21 (16.67 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)C#
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Cisco