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This section looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the West Midlands 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank93124
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.002 %
As % of the category below6.114 %0.426 %
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£353£375
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
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£35.83£38.88
% change on same period last year-7.86 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads507469
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.676 %0.468 %
Daily rates quoted11873
Average minimum daily rate£295£287
Average daily rate£319£309
% change on same period last year+3.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted82123
Average minimum hourly rate£28.50£30.01
Average hourly rate£30.14£33.68
% change on same period last year-10.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.78£37.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
HTTP EnglandHTTP
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.

HTTP
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands HTTP Daily Rate 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 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
StaffordshireNew entry-21--
ShropshireNew entry-6--
BirminghamUp+172--
HTTP EnglandHTTP
England

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

146 (73.02 %)SQL
243 (68.25 %)Information Security
243 (68.25 %)Paros
243 (68.25 %)Auditing
243 (68.25 %)Fiddler
336 (57.14 %)Transact-SQL
336 (57.14 %)VB
416 (25.40 %)XML
59 (14.29 %)WebSphere
59 (14.29 %)SOAP
59 (14.29 %)WebServices
59 (14.29 %)Java
68 (12.70 %)Linux
77 (11.11 %)Ethical Hacking
86 (9.524 %)J2EE
86 (9.524 %)SAP
95 (7.937 %)WebSphere MQ
104 (6.349 %)ClearQuest
104 (6.349 %)Rational Rose
104 (6.349 %)Eclipse
104 (6.349 %)LoadRunner
104 (6.349 %)Red Hat
104 (6.349 %)zOS
104 (6.349 %)COBOL
104 (6.349 %)Solaris
104 (6.349 %)WebLogic
104 (6.349 %)WBIMB
104 (6.349 %)Performance Testing
104 (6.349 %)Test Scripting
104 (6.349 %)Security Cleared

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (25.40 %)XML
29 (14.29 %)SOAP
29 (14.29 %)WebServices
29 (14.29 %)WebSphere
36 (9.524 %)J2EE
44 (6.349 %)WBIMB
53 (4.762 %)EJB
53 (4.762 %)XSD
62 (3.175 %)UDDI
62 (3.175 %)WSDL
62 (3.175 %)Middleware
62 (3.175 %)SAP XI
62 (3.175 %)Spring
62 (3.175 %)JDBC
62 (3.175 %)SAP PI
71 (1.587 %)JSTL
71 (1.587 %)JSR 168
71 (1.587 %)Servlets
71 (1.587 %).NET
71 (1.587 %)Struts
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (7.937 %)WebSphere MQ
24 (6.349 %)WebLogic
33 (4.762 %)WebSphere Message Broker
42 (3.175 %)Rendezvous
42 (3.175 %)JBoss
42 (3.175 %)Apache
42 (3.175 %)Tomcat
42 (3.175 %)Tuxedo
51 (1.587 %)TIBCO EMS
51 (1.587 %)WebSphere Application Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.175 %)SAP CRM
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.175 %)VPN
12 (3.175 %)SSL
12 (3.175 %)Internet
12 (3.175 %)MPLS
12 (3.175 %)Firewall
12 (3.175 %)BIG-IP
12 (3.175 %)VLAN
12 (3.175 %)Network Security
21 (1.587 %)FTP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (1.587 %)Oracle 8/8i
11 (1.587 %)RDBMS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
143 (68.25 %)Paros
143 (68.25 %)Fiddler
24 (6.349 %)Rational Rose
24 (6.349 %)Eclipse
24 (6.349 %)LoadRunner
24 (6.349 %)ClearQuest
31 (1.587 %)Ant
31 (1.587 %)PVCS
31 (1.587 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
143 (68.25 %)Auditing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (50.79 %)Developer
229 (46.03 %)Tester
311 (17.46 %)Web Tester
48 (12.70 %)Penetration Tester
57 (11.11 %)Architect
57 (11.11 %)Web Developer
57 (11.11 %)Consultant
57 (11.11 %)Web Architect
57 (11.11 %)Ethical Hacker
66 (9.524 %)WebSphere Developer
75 (7.937 %)Security Consultant
83 (4.762 %)Security Architect
83 (4.762 %)Performance Tester
92 (3.175 %)Security Specialist
92 (3.175 %)Technical Lead
101 (1.587 %)SAP XI Consultant
101 (1.587 %)Performance Test Analyst
101 (1.587 %)Java/J2EE Developer
101 (1.587 %)Senior Performance Test Analyst
101 (1.587 %)Java Team Leader
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.175 %)PKI
21 (1.587 %)Web 2.0
21 (1.587 %)Wiki
21 (1.587 %)W3C
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (12.70 %)Linux
24 (6.349 %)zOS
24 (6.349 %)Solaris
24 (6.349 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (3.175 %)UNIX
41 (1.587 %)SUSE
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
143 (68.25 %)Information Security
27 (11.11 %)Ethical Hacking
34 (6.349 %)Performance Testing
34 (6.349 %)Test Scripting
34 (6.349 %)Security Cleared
43 (4.762 %)SC Cleared
43 (4.762 %)Unit Testing
43 (4.762 %)AOP
43 (4.762 %)B2B
52 (3.175 %)OO
52 (3.175 %)CRM
52 (3.175 %)Risk Assessment
52 (3.175 %)Technical Architecture
61 (1.587 %)UML
61 (1.587 %)TDD
61 (1.587 %)Identity Management
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
146 (73.02 %)SQL
236 (57.14 %)Transact-SQL
236 (57.14 %)VB
39 (14.29 %)Java
44 (6.349 %)COBOL
52 (3.175 %)ABAP
61 (1.587 %)JavaScript
61 (1.587 %)C
61 (1.587 %)C++
61 (1.587 %)VB.NET
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.587 %)WAI
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (9.524 %)SAP
24 (6.349 %)Red Hat
32 (3.175 %)CheckPoint
32 (3.175 %)TIBCO
32 (3.175 %)ION Trading
32 (3.175 %)Cisco
32 (3.175 %)IBM
41 (1.587 %)Oracle