The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 79 204 177
Rank change year-on-year
+125 -27
Permanent jobs citing HTTP 212 43 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 2.951% 0.606% 0.830%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.52% 4.147% 5.605%
Number of salaries quoted 157 40 53
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £16,500 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,200 £41,150 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
HTTP
England

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West HTTP Jobs Demand Trend

HTTP
Salary Trend

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

North West HTTP Salary Trend

HTTP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HTTP across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West HTTP Salary Histogram

HTTP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +45 106 £35,000 +6.06%
Cheshire +73 83 £35,000 -
Lancashire - 15 £35,750 -
Merseyside +22 2 £32,500 +1.56%
HTTP
England

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 132 (32.12%) HTML
2 129 (31.39%) JavaScript
3 123 (29.93%) CSS
4 115 (27.98%) SQL
5 103 (25.06%) C#
6 101 (24.57%) .NET
7 98 (23.84%) Java
8 97 (23.60%) XML
9 90 (21.90%) E-Commerce
10 85 (20.68%) Linux
11 83 (20.19%) PHP
12 80 (19.46%) MySQL
12 80 (19.46%) Web Services
13 77 (18.73%) Microsoft
14 73 (17.76%) ASP.NET
15 72 (17.52%) Agile Software Development
16 70 (17.03%) OO
17 60 (14.60%) SQL Server
17 60 (14.60%) MVC
18 58 (14.11%) Windows
19 54 (13.14%) Finance
20 49 (11.92%) UML
21 46 (11.19%) Scrum
22 42 (10.22%) OOP
23 40 (9.732%) UNIX
24 38 (9.246%) Use Case
24 38 (9.246%) RESTful
24 38 (9.246%) RDBMS
25 36 (8.759%) COM
25 36 (8.759%) jQuery

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 132 (32.12%) HTML
2 123 (29.93%) CSS
3 101 (24.57%) .NET
4 97 (23.60%) XML
5 80 (19.46%) Web Services
6 73 (17.76%) ASP.NET
7 38 (9.246%) RESTful
8 36 (8.759%) COM
8 36 (8.759%) jQuery
9 27 (6.569%) J2EE
10 23 (5.596%) Spring
10 23 (5.596%) SOAP
11 20 (4.866%) HTML5
12 17 (4.136%) REST
13 16 (3.893%) CSS3
14 15 (3.650%) LAMP
14 15 (3.650%) Hibernate
15 14 (3.406%) soapUI
16 9 (2.190%) JSON
16 9 (2.190%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 18 (4.380%) Apache
2 16 (3.893%) Tomcat
3 10 (2.433%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.703%) IIS
4 7 (1.703%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (1.217%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.973%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (0.973%) MS Exchange
7 3 (0.730%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.487%) CMS
8 2 (0.487%) WebSphere MQ
8 2 (0.487%) SAS
8 2 (0.487%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.487%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.487%) WordPress
8 2 (0.487%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 2 (0.487%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.243%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.243%) ActiveMQ
9 1 (0.243%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 17 (4.136%) Photoshop
2 13 (3.163%) MS Excel
3 11 (2.676%) Fireworks
4 8 (1.946%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (1.217%) MS Office
6 2 (0.487%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.243%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (0.243%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.243%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (1.217%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.973%) Oracle HRMS
3 3 (0.730%) Oracle Payroll
4 2 (0.487%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.243%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.243%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.243%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.406%) Internet
2 13 (3.163%) SMTP
2 13 (3.163%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.190%) IMAP
3 9 (2.190%) LDAP
4 8 (1.946%) DNS
5 5 (1.217%) SAN
5 5 (1.217%) FTP
5 5 (1.217%) Firewall
6 4 (0.973%) SMS
7 3 (0.730%) NAS
7 3 (0.730%) Network Security
7 3 (0.730%) WAN
7 3 (0.730%) LAN
7 3 (0.730%) Intranet
7 3 (0.730%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.487%) Wireless
8 2 (0.487%) VoIP
9 1 (0.243%) VLAN
9 1 (0.243%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (19.46%) MySQL
2 60 (14.60%) SQL Server
3 38 (9.246%) RDBMS
4 9 (2.190%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (2.190%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.703%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (1.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.460%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (1.217%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (0.973%) Big Data
8 4 (0.973%) OLTP
9 3 (0.730%) OLAP
9 3 (0.730%) DataStage
9 3 (0.730%) GIS
10 2 (0.487%) SQL Server 2000
10 2 (0.487%) DTS
10 2 (0.487%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.487%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.243%) Oracle 11g
11 1 (0.243%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 21 (5.109%) Selenium
2 14 (3.406%) Subversion
2 14 (3.406%) FitNesse
2 14 (3.406%) WATIR
3 7 (1.703%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.460%) Git (software)
5 5 (1.217%) JIRA
6 3 (0.730%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.487%) PhoneGap
7 2 (0.487%) Bugzilla
7 2 (0.487%) JUnit
8 1 (0.243%) NUnit
8 1 (0.243%) CruiseControl
8 1 (0.243%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.243%) Rhino Mocks
8 1 (0.243%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.243%) Xcode
8 1 (0.243%) Trac
8 1 (0.243%) QUnit
8 1 (0.243%) Jasmine
General
1 54 (13.14%) Finance
2 16 (3.893%) Telecoms
3 14 (3.406%) Marketing
4 13 (3.163%) Financial Institution
5 6 (1.460%) Legal
6 5 (1.217%) Banking
6 5 (1.217%) Games
7 4 (0.973%) Retail
7 4 (0.973%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.487%) Back Office
8 2 (0.487%) Automotive
8 2 (0.487%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.243%) Local Government
9 1 (0.243%) French Language
9 1 (0.243%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.243%) Publishing
9 1 (0.243%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 181 (44.04%) Developer
2 54 (13.14%) C# Developer
3 49 (11.92%) .NET Developer
4 45 (10.95%) Analyst
5 43 (10.46%) C# .NET Developer
6 42 (10.22%) PHP Developer
7 40 (9.732%) ASP.NET Developer
8 39 (9.489%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 23 (5.596%) Consultant
10 22 (5.353%) Designer
11 21 (5.109%) Java Developer
12 19 (4.623%) Business Analyst
13 18 (4.380%) Senior Developer
13 18 (4.380%) Web Designer
14 17 (4.136%) Technical Support
15 16 (3.893%) Web Developer
16 15 (3.650%) Software Engineer
17 14 (3.406%) Test Consultant
18 13 (3.163%) Java/J2EE Developer
18 13 (3.163%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.759%) Enterprise Software
2 35 (8.516%) N-Tier
3 31 (7.543%) Mobile App
4 22 (5.353%) Computer Science
5 12 (2.920%) Handset
6 9 (2.190%) Replication
6 9 (2.190%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.946%) Clustering
7 8 (1.946%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.460%) Social Media
8 6 (1.460%) Open Source
8 6 (1.460%) iPhone
9 5 (1.217%) 3D Graphics
9 5 (1.217%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.217%) Digital Media
9 5 (1.217%) Mobile Payment
10 4 (0.973%) IBM Mainframe
10 4 (0.973%) Social Network
10 4 (0.973%) Visualisation
11 3 (0.730%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 85 (20.68%) Linux
2 58 (14.11%) Windows
3 40 (9.732%) UNIX
4 24 (5.839%) Apple iOS
5 17 (4.136%) Android
6 12 (2.920%) AIX
7 11 (2.676%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (2.190%) Solaris
9 7 (1.703%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.460%) CentOS
10 6 (1.460%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.973%) Fedora
12 3 (0.730%) HPUX
12 3 (0.730%) Windows XP
12 3 (0.730%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.487%) Windows 2000 Server
14 1 (0.243%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.243%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.243%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.243%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (21.90%) E-Commerce
2 72 (17.52%) Agile Software Development
3 70 (17.03%) OO
4 60 (14.60%) MVC
5 49 (11.92%) UML
6 46 (11.19%) Scrum
7 42 (10.22%) OOP
8 38 (9.246%) Use Case
9 36 (8.759%) Stress Testing
10 35 (8.516%) Load Balancing
11 33 (8.029%) TDD
12 20 (4.866%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (4.380%) Pair Programming
14 16 (3.893%) Unit Testing
14 16 (3.893%) Continuous Integration
15 15 (3.650%) Web Development
15 15 (3.650%) Migration
15 15 (3.650%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (3.650%) Waterfall
16 14 (3.406%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (31.39%) JavaScript
2 115 (27.98%) SQL
3 103 (25.06%) C#
4 98 (23.84%) Java
5 83 (20.19%) PHP
6 30 (7.299%) C
7 25 (6.083%) C++
8 24 (5.839%) Python
9 20 (4.866%) Shell Script
10 15 (3.650%) Ruby
11 13 (3.163%) Objective-C
12 10 (2.433%) PHP5
13 5 (1.217%) VC++
13 5 (1.217%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.217%) VBScript
14 4 (0.973%) JCL
14 4 (0.973%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.973%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.730%) Bash shell
15 3 (0.730%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 28 (6.813%) Degree
2 8 (1.946%) ISEB
3 6 (1.460%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.460%) ISTQB
4 3 (0.730%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (0.487%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.487%) PMP
5 2 (0.487%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.487%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.487%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.243%) MCPD
6 1 (0.243%) MCITP
6 1 (0.243%) MCTS
6 1 (0.243%) CEH
6 1 (0.243%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.243%) PhD
6 1 (0.243%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.243%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.516%) WAI
2 24 (5.839%) QA
3 6 (1.460%) SLA
4 3 (0.730%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.730%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.243%) COBIT
System Software
1 3 (0.730%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.243%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.243%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.243%) vSphere
2 1 (0.243%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.487%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.243%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.243%) Cobbler
2 1 (0.243%) Puppet
Vendors
1 77 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.839%) Oracle
2 24 (5.839%) Zend
3 19 (4.623%) Apple
4 16 (3.893%) IBM
5 12 (2.920%) HP
6 11 (2.676%) JBoss
6 11 (2.676%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.433%) SAP
8 8 (1.946%) Google
9 7 (1.703%) EMC
10 5 (1.217%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.973%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.973%) Adobe
11 4 (0.973%) hybris
12 3 (0.730%) Siebel
12 3 (0.730%) Cisco
12 3 (0.730%) Sun
12 3 (0.730%) VMware
12 3 (0.730%) Teradata
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