The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 17 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 Watford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 13 15 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing HTTP 2 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 2.985% 6.422% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 53.85% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
10 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 14.93% 11.93% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £275 £235 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.02% -21.99%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £11.75 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+197.87% +4.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
HTTP
Hertfordshire

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) MS Project
3 1 (11.11%) COM
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (11.11%) UML
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) SLA
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
3 1 (11.11%) BPMN
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Axure RP
3 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 1 (11.11%) User Stories

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 1 (11.11%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Project
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Axure RP
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 1 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Scrum
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Use Case
2 1 (11.11%) BPMN
2 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
2 1 (11.11%) User Stories
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
2 1 (11.11%) UML
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft