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This section looks at the demand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank127106
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching permanent IT job ads2732
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.013 %
As % of the category below4.463 %7.175 %
Salaries quoted2731
Average minimum salary£30,185£39,652
Average salary£31,815£43,032
% change on same period last year-26.06 %
Average maximum salary£33,444£46,413
UK excluding London average salary£39,809£40,987
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads605446
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.186 %
Salaries quoted567407
Average minimum salary£31,877£27,460
Average salary£34,661£29,614
% change on same period last year+17.04 %
Average maximum salary£37,445£31,768
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
HTTP North WestHTTP
North West

HTTP
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire HTTP Demand Trend

HTTP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HTTP across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire HTTP Salary Trend

HTTP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HTTP across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Cheshire HTTP Salary Histogram

HTTP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WilmslowNew entry-12£31,667-
WarringtonNew entry-3£32,500-
ChesterDown-91£35,000-14.63 %
HTTP North WestHTTP
North West

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HTTP.

158 (72.50 %)XML
243 (53.75 %)Java
339 (48.75 %)WebServices
432 (40.00 %)Windows
530 (37.50 %)Degree
627 (33.75 %)SQL
725 (31.25 %)C++
823 (28.75 %)JavaScript
823 (28.75 %)J2EE
922 (27.50 %)HTML
1021 (26.25 %)CSS
1021 (26.25 %)Finance
1120 (25.00 %)EJB
1219 (23.75 %).NET
1219 (23.75 %)JDBC
1219 (23.75 %)C#
1219 (23.75 %)VC++
1219 (23.75 %)ActiveX
1219 (23.75 %)J2ME
1219 (23.75 %)Web Development
1219 (23.75 %).NET Framework
1318 (22.50 %)WSDL
1318 (22.50 %)JAX-RPC
1318 (22.50 %)SOAP
1318 (22.50 %)Integration Testing
1415 (18.75 %)Microsoft
1415 (18.75 %)Blackberry
1513 (16.25 %)SQL Server
1612 (15.00 %)XSL
1711 (13.75 %)Apache

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HTTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
158 (72.50 %)XML
239 (48.75 %)WebServices
323 (28.75 %)J2EE
422 (27.50 %)HTML
521 (26.25 %)CSS
620 (25.00 %)EJB
719 (23.75 %)ActiveX
719 (23.75 %)JDBC
719 (23.75 %).NET
719 (23.75 %)J2ME
719 (23.75 %).NET Framework
818 (22.50 %)WSDL
818 (22.50 %)JAX-RPC
818 (22.50 %)SOAP
912 (15.00 %)XSL
107 (8.750 %)CORBA
107 (8.750 %)ASP.NET
107 (8.750 %)AJAX
107 (8.750 %)WebSphere
107 (8.750 %)Silverlight
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (13.75 %)Apache
29 (11.25 %)IIS
33 (3.750 %)iPlanet
33 (3.750 %)Tuxedo
41 (1.250 %)SharePoint
41 (1.250 %)Commerce Server
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (7.500 %)MS Excel
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (3.750 %)SoftGrid
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
28 (10.00 %)Internet
37 (8.750 %)FTP
45 (6.250 %)Firewall
45 (6.250 %)DNS
54 (5.000 %)Intranet
63 (3.750 %)SSL
71 (1.250 %)SAN
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (16.25 %)SQL Server
24 (5.000 %)Oracle 10g
33 (3.750 %)RDBMS
33 (3.750 %)DB2
33 (3.750 %)Informix
41 (1.250 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (1.250 %)Oracle 9i
41 (1.250 %)Datawarehouse
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (7.500 %)Paros
16 (7.500 %)Fiddler
24 (5.000 %)VSS/SourceSafe
33 (3.750 %)JIRA
42 (2.500 %)JDeveloper
42 (2.500 %)JUnit
51 (1.250 %)Ant
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (26.25 %)Finance
26 (7.500 %)Auditing
35 (6.250 %)Automotive
42 (2.500 %)Electric
42 (2.500 %)Games
42 (2.500 %)Banking
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
134 (42.50 %)Software Engineer
228 (35.00 %)Developer
320 (25.00 %)Software Developer
412 (15.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
510 (12.50 %).NET Developer
68 (10.00 %)Java Developer
77 (8.750 %)Systems Developer
86 (7.500 %)CSharp Software Developer
86 (7.500 %)C# Developer
95 (6.250 %)Tester
104 (5.000 %)Technical Support
104 (5.000 %)Java Software Engineer
104 (5.000 %)Technical Engineer
113 (3.750 %)J2EE Software Engineer
113 (3.750 %)Java Software Developer
113 (3.750 %)Java/J2EE Developer
122 (2.500 %)Web Tester
122 (2.500 %)Penetration Tester
122 (2.500 %)J2EE Developer
122 (2.500 %)Architect
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (18.75 %)Blackberry
25 (6.250 %)Client/Server
34 (5.000 %)Computer Science
43 (3.750 %)Italian Language
43 (3.750 %)Spanish Language
52 (2.500 %)Pocket PC
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
132 (40.00 %)Windows
210 (12.50 %)Linux
38 (10.00 %)UNIX
44 (5.000 %)Red Hat Linux
53 (3.750 %)Windows Vista
53 (3.750 %)Windows XP
62 (2.500 %)Windows CE
62 (2.500 %)Windows 2000
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (23.75 %)Web Development
218 (22.50 %)Integration Testing
37 (8.750 %)ITIL
46 (7.500 %)Information Security
54 (5.000 %)UML
54 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
54 (5.000 %)Incident Management
63 (3.750 %)Unit Testing
63 (3.750 %)Agile Software Development
72 (2.500 %)Software Engineering
81 (1.250 %)Software Testing
81 (1.250 %)Load Balancing
81 (1.250 %)Security Testing
81 (1.250 %)Test Scripting
81 (1.250 %)Content Management
81 (1.250 %)Automated Testing
81 (1.250 %)Scrum
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
143 (53.75 %)Java
227 (33.75 %)SQL
325 (31.25 %)C++
423 (28.75 %)JavaScript
519 (23.75 %)C#
519 (23.75 %)VC++
68 (10.00 %)VB
76 (7.500 %)Transact-SQL
83 (3.750 %)Perl
83 (3.750 %)PHP
83 (3.750 %)Shell Script
91 (1.250 %)PHP4
91 (1.250 %)VBScript
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (37.50 %)Degree
22 (2.500 %)HND
31 (1.250 %)ISEB
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.250 %)VMware ESX
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (2.500 %)Tivoli
12 (2.500 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (18.75 %)Microsoft
29 (11.25 %)Oracle
34 (5.000 %)Red Hat
43 (3.750 %)Sybase
43 (3.750 %)Altiris
51 (1.250 %)VMware