HTTPS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS)
Location Birmingham Brentford City of London Clapham East Midlands England Hampshire Leicester Leicestershire London Middlesex Midlands Romford South East Surrey UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	552	597
Rank change on same period last year	+45
Matching contract IT job ads	42	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.054 %	0.016 %
As % of the category below	0.415 %	0.111 %
Daily rates quoted	10	7
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£278
Average daily rate	£397	£291
% change on same period last year	+36.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£421	£305
UK excluding London average daily rate	£412	£291
% change on same period last year	+41.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.00	-
Average hourly rate	£29.75	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Communications & Networking UK
Matching contract IT job ads	10116	12590
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	12.98 %	14.14 %
Daily rates quoted	2754	2903
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£341
Average daily rate	£356	£360
% change on same period last year	-1.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£333
% change on same period last year	+2.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	1323	1513
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.72	£25.35
Average hourly rate	£26.73	£26.88
% change on same period last year	-0.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.73	£28.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.75	£27.61
% change on same period last year	-3.08 %

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing HTTPS across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTTPS across the UK over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing HTTPS across the UK.

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Top 19 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTPS within the UK over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	England	+65	42	£397	+19.15 %
2	London	+42	18	£331	-
3	Leicestershire	-	9	£450	-
3	Leicester	-	9	£450	-
3	East Midlands	-	9	£450	-
4	City of London	-	7	-	-
5	Midlands	-	6	£450	-
6	South East	+39	5	£280	-5.40 %
7	Middlesex	-	3	-	-
7	Clapham	-	3	-	-
8	Romford	-	2	-	-
8	Birmingham	-	2	-	-
8	West Midlands	-	2	-	-
8	West Yorkshire	-	2	-	-
8	Yorkshire	-	2	-	-
9	Brentford	-	1	-	-
9	Hampshire	-	1	£280	-
9	Surrey	-	1	£280	-
9	West Sussex	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing HTTPS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing HTTPS.

1 44 (67.69 %) HTTP 2 35 (53.85 %) WebServices 3 33 (50.77 %) SQL 4 31 (47.69 %) SOAP 5 23 (35.38 %) XML 6 18 (27.69 %) Java 6 18 (27.69 %) SSL 7 14 (21.54 %) HTML 7 14 (21.54 %) Test Scripting 8 13 (20.00 %) .NET 9 12 (18.46 %) Apache 9 12 (18.46 %) Mainframe 10 11 (16.92 %) Internet 10 11 (16.92 %) JavaScript 10 11 (16.92 %) SQL Server

11 10 (15.38 %) IIS 11 10 (15.38 %) J2EE 11 10 (15.38 %) Tomcat 11 10 (15.38 %) FTP 11 10 (15.38 %) Performance Testing 11 10 (15.38 %) Validation 12 9 (13.85 %) SAP XI 12 9 (13.85 %) Oracle 11g 12 9 (13.85 %) JMS 12 9 (13.85 %) JSP 12 9 (13.85 %) Oracle 12 9 (13.85 %) SAP 12 9 (13.85 %) RDBMS 12 9 (13.85 %) Oracle 10g 12 9 (13.85 %) Oracle HTTP Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing HTTPS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing HTTPS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 35 (53.85 %) WebServices 2 31 (47.69 %) SOAP 3 23 (35.38 %) XML 4 14 (21.54 %) HTML 5 13 (20.00 %) .NET 6 10 (15.38 %) J2EE 7 9 (13.85 %) JSP 7 9 (13.85 %) JMS 7 9 (13.85 %) SAP XI 8 8 (12.31 %) Middleware 8 8 (12.31 %) WSDL 9 7 (10.77 %) XSL 10 6 (9.231 %) SAML 10 6 (9.231 %) XML Schema 11 5 (7.692 %) UDDI 11 5 (7.692 %) ASP 12 4 (6.154 %) .NET Framework 13 3 (4.615 %) ASP.NET 13 3 (4.615 %) CSS 14 2 (3.077 %) Struts	Application Platforms 1 12 (18.46 %) Apache 2 10 (15.38 %) Tomcat 2 10 (15.38 %) IIS 3 9 (13.85 %) Oracle HTTP Server 4 8 (12.31 %) MS Exchange 5 6 (9.231 %) SharePoint 5 6 (9.231 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 3 (4.615 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 2 (3.077 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 2 (3.077 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 1 (1.538 %) CMS 8 1 (1.538 %) iPlanet
Applications 1 7 (10.77 %) MS Excel 2 6 (9.231 %) MS Visio 3 3 (4.615 %) MS Office 4 2 (3.077 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 44 (67.69 %) HTTP 2 18 (27.69 %) SSL 3 11 (16.92 %) Internet 4 10 (15.38 %) FTP 5 7 (10.77 %) Intranet 5 7 (10.77 %) SMTP 5 7 (10.77 %) TCP/IP 6 6 (9.231 %) X.509 6 6 (9.231 %) Firewall 7 5 (7.692 %) VPN 7 5 (7.692 %) DNS 8 4 (6.154 %) IMAP 9 3 (4.615 %) IPsec 9 3 (4.615 %) WAN 9 3 (4.615 %) SAN 10 2 (3.077 %) 3G 10 2 (3.077 %) Broadband 10 2 (3.077 %) Network Security 10 2 (3.077 %) Wi-Fi 11 1 (1.538 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (16.92 %) SQL Server 2 9 (13.85 %) RDBMS 2 9 (13.85 %) Oracle 10g 2 9 (13.85 %) Oracle 11g 3 8 (12.31 %) SQLPlus 4 6 (9.231 %) DB2 5 5 (7.692 %) Crystal Reports 6 3 (4.615 %) SQL Server 2005 6 3 (4.615 %) SQL Server 2000 6 3 (4.615 %) MySQL 7 2 (3.077 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 6 (9.231 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (4.615 %) Flash 2 3 (4.615 %) JDeveloper 2 3 (4.615 %) XMLSpy 3 1 (1.538 %) LoadRunner
General 1 8 (12.31 %) Government 2 6 (9.231 %) Insurance 3 4 (6.154 %) Pharmaceutical 3 4 (6.154 %) Finance 4 1 (1.538 %) Publishing 4 1 (1.538 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 15 (23.08 %) Developer 2 12 (18.46 %) Tester 3 7 (10.77 %) Penetration Tester 4 6 (9.231 %) Analyst 5 5 (7.692 %) Performance Tester 5 5 (7.692 %) Java Developer 6 4 (6.154 %) Test Specialist 6 4 (6.154 %) Web Developer 7 3 (4.615 %) Applications Support 7 3 (4.615 %) 3rd Line Support 7 3 (4.615 %) Administrator 7 3 (4.615 %) Systems Administrator 7 3 (4.615 %) Systems Analyst 7 3 (4.615 %) .NET Developer 7 3 (4.615 %) VB.NET Developer 7 3 (4.615 %) Team Leader 8 2 (3.077 %) Analyst Developer 8 2 (3.077 %) Systems Developer 8 2 (3.077 %) Support Specialist 8 2 (3.077 %) Applications Support Specialist
Miscellaneous 1 12 (18.46 %) Mainframe 2 6 (9.231 %) W3C 3 3 (4.615 %) Blackberry 4 2 (3.077 %) Client/Server 5 1 (1.538 %) Video Conferencing	Operating Systems 1 8 (12.31 %) Unix 2 6 (9.231 %) Windows 2 6 (9.231 %) Linux 3 4 (6.154 %) Debian 4 3 (4.615 %) Solaris 4 3 (4.615 %) Windows XP 5 2 (3.077 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (1.538 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (1.538 %) AIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (21.54 %) Test Scripting 2 10 (15.38 %) Validation 2 10 (15.38 %) Performance Testing 3 7 (10.77 %) Penetration Testing 4 6 (9.231 %) Enterprise Architecture 4 6 (9.231 %) SOA 4 6 (9.231 %) e-GIF 5 3 (4.615 %) Configuration Management 5 3 (4.615 %) ITIL 5 3 (4.615 %) OO 5 3 (4.615 %) OOD 6 2 (3.077 %) Web Development 6 2 (3.077 %) Business Analysis 6 2 (3.077 %) Service Management 6 2 (3.077 %) Service Delivery 7 1 (1.538 %) CAD 7 1 (1.538 %) ERP 7 1 (1.538 %) OOP 7 1 (1.538 %) Content Management 7 1 (1.538 %) Load Balancing	Programming Languages 1 33 (50.77 %) SQL 2 18 (27.69 %) Java 3 11 (16.92 %) JavaScript 4 8 (12.31 %) COBOL 4 8 (12.31 %) PL/SQL 5 7 (10.77 %) ABAP 6 5 (7.692 %) VB 7 4 (6.154 %) VBScript 8 3 (4.615 %) DHTML 8 3 (4.615 %) VB.NET 9 2 (3.077 %) Assembly Language 9 2 (3.077 %) VB6 10 1 (1.538 %) REXX 10 1 (1.538 %) Tcl 10 1 (1.538 %) Shell Script 10 1 (1.538 %) Python 10 1 (1.538 %) Perl 10 1 (1.538 %) PHP
Qualifications 1 2 (3.077 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.538 %) SLA
System Software 1 3 (4.615 %) Active Directory 2 2 (3.077 %) Squid	Systems Management 1 2 (3.077 %) Tivoli 2 1 (1.538 %) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors 1 9 (13.85 %) Oracle 1 9 (13.85 %) SAP 2 8 (12.31 %) Microsoft 3 4 (6.154 %) Dell 4 3 (4.615 %) Citrix 4 3 (4.615 %) Sun 4 3 (4.615 %) HP 4 3 (4.615 %) IBM 4 3 (4.615 %) VMware 5 2 (3.077 %) BladeLogic 5 2 (3.077 %) Fujitsu Siemens 5 2 (3.077 %) Finjan 5 2 (3.077 %) Red Hat 5 2 (3.077 %) Siemens 6 1 (1.538 %) VERITAS 6 1 (1.538 %) Polycom 6 1 (1.538 %) SonicWALL