The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 131 172 118
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -54
Permanent jobs citing HTTP 76 17 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.531% 0.378% 1.253%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.796% 2.418% 6.943%
Number of salaries quoted 71 14 50
Average salary £35,000 £37,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% +7.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £39,250 £62,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
864 703 749
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.40% 15.61% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 716 569 590
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
HTTP
England

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands HTTP Salary Trend

HTTP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HTTP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham -6 26 £35,000 -6.66%
Warwickshire +18 15 £32,500 -12.16%
Coventry -4 11 £37,500 +56.25%
Staffordshire - 8 £32,000 -
Solihull -10 4 £31,250 -3.84%
Shropshire - 3 £34,000 -
Worcestershire - 2 £28,750 -
Stourbridge - 1 £35,000 -
Wolverhampton - 1 £35,000 -
HTTP
England

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HTTP.

1 54 (35.76%) .NET
2 50 (33.11%) C#
3 48 (31.79%) ASP.NET
4 44 (29.14%) JavaScript
5 40 (26.49%) SQL Server
6 39 (25.83%) HTML
7 37 (24.50%) SQL
8 33 (21.85%) Microsoft
8 33 (21.85%) Agile Software Development
9 32 (21.19%) CSS
10 31 (20.53%) Linux
11 29 (19.21%) Windows
12 24 (15.89%) MVC
12 24 (15.89%) UNIX
12 24 (15.89%) Python
12 24 (15.89%) Degree
13 22 (14.57%) XML
14 21 (13.91%) OO
14 21 (13.91%) DNS
15 20 (13.25%) Apache
15 20 (13.25%) COM
15 20 (13.25%) Java
16 19 (12.58%) jQuery
17 18 (11.92%) VB.NET
17 18 (11.92%) E-Commerce
18 17 (11.26%) Web Development
19 16 (10.60%) Computer Science
19 16 (10.60%) SOAP
20 15 (9.934%) Web Services
20 15 (9.934%) C

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HTTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 54 (35.76%) .NET
2 48 (31.79%) ASP.NET
3 39 (25.83%) HTML
4 32 (21.19%) CSS
5 22 (14.57%) XML
6 20 (13.25%) COM
7 19 (12.58%) jQuery
8 16 (10.60%) SOAP
9 15 (9.934%) Web Services
10 14 (9.272%) XSLT
10 14 (9.272%) ASP.NET MVC
11 13 (8.609%) WCF
12 12 (7.947%) J2EE
13 10 (6.623%) ASP
14 8 (5.298%) .NET Remoting
14 8 (5.298%) REST
15 6 (3.974%) WebSphere
15 6 (3.974%) Ajax
16 5 (3.311%) JMS
17 4 (2.649%) AWT
Application Platforms
1 20 (13.25%) Apache
2 7 (4.636%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.974%) Amazon AWS
4 5 (3.311%) Lotus Notes
5 4 (2.649%) Lotus Domino
5 4 (2.649%) MS Exchange
6 3 (1.987%) WebSphere MQ
7 2 (1.325%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (1.325%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.325%) IIS
7 2 (1.325%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.662%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.662%) SAS
8 1 (0.662%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.662%) CMS
8 1 (0.662%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.662%) WebSphere Process Server
8 1 (0.662%) TIBCO EMS
8 1 (0.662%) ESB
Applications
1 7 (4.636%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.649%) MS Office
3 1 (0.662%) MS Project
3 1 (0.662%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.662%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.325%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.662%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (0.662%) TIBCO iProcess
2 1 (0.662%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.91%) DNS
2 13 (8.609%) DHCP
3 10 (6.623%) TCP/IP
4 9 (5.960%) HTTPS
5 7 (4.636%) VoIP
6 3 (1.987%) SAN
6 3 (1.987%) Firewall
6 3 (1.987%) FTP
7 2 (1.325%) IPsec
7 2 (1.325%) Internet
7 2 (1.325%) VPN
7 2 (1.325%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.662%) WAN
8 1 (0.662%) SMTP
8 1 (0.662%) LDAP
8 1 (0.662%) LAN
8 1 (0.662%) SSL
8 1 (0.662%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (26.49%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.623%) OLTP
3 4 (2.649%) MySQL
4 1 (0.662%) SQLPlus
4 1 (0.662%) GIS
4 1 (0.662%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.662%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.662%) DB2
4 1 (0.662%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.662%) MS Access
4 1 (0.662%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 12 (7.947%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.649%) NUnit
3 3 (1.987%) JUnit
3 3 (1.987%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.325%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (1.325%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.662%) Hudson
5 1 (0.662%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.662%) Maven
5 1 (0.662%) JIRA
5 1 (0.662%) Selenium
5 1 (0.662%) ProC
5 1 (0.662%) JDeveloper
5 1 (0.662%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.662%) Ant
5 1 (0.662%) JBuilder
General
1 14 (9.272%) Finance
2 8 (5.298%) Financial Institution
3 5 (3.311%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.311%) Marketing
4 4 (2.649%) Games
5 3 (1.987%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.662%) Advertising
6 1 (0.662%) Banking
6 1 (0.662%) Retail
6 1 (0.662%) Back Office
6 1 (0.662%) Legal
Job Titles
1 75 (49.67%) Developer
2 27 (17.88%) .NET Developer
3 21 (13.91%) C# Developer
3 21 (13.91%) C# .NET Developer
4 19 (12.58%) Analyst
5 17 (11.26%) Senior Developer
5 17 (11.26%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 12 (7.947%) ASP.NET Developer
7 9 (5.960%) Support Analyst
7 9 (5.960%) Web Developer
7 9 (5.960%) Software Engineer
7 9 (5.960%) Software Developer
8 6 (3.974%) Junior
9 5 (3.311%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.311%) Java Software Engineer
9 5 (3.311%) Administrator
9 5 (3.311%) Java Developer
9 5 (3.311%) Senior C# Developer
10 4 (2.649%) Senior Java Developer
10 4 (2.649%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.60%) Computer Science
2 11 (7.285%) N-Tier
3 10 (6.623%) Open Source
4 9 (5.960%) Device Driver
5 7 (4.636%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.311%) Credit Risk
7 4 (2.649%) Fat Client
7 4 (2.649%) Thin Client
7 4 (2.649%) Blackberry
7 4 (2.649%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.987%) Clustering
9 2 (1.325%) Replication
9 2 (1.325%) FMCG
9 2 (1.325%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.662%) AS400
10 1 (0.662%) Streaming Video
10 1 (0.662%) PMI
10 1 (0.662%) iPhone
10 1 (0.662%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.662%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.53%) Linux
2 29 (19.21%) Windows
3 24 (15.89%) UNIX
4 4 (2.649%) HPUX
4 4 (2.649%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.987%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.987%) Solaris
5 3 (1.987%) Debian
5 3 (1.987%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.987%) Android
5 3 (1.987%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.662%) CentOS
6 1 (0.662%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.662%) Windows NT
6 1 (0.662%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.662%) MVS
6 1 (0.662%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (21.85%) Agile Software Development
2 24 (15.89%) MVC
3 21 (13.91%) OO
4 18 (11.92%) E-Commerce
5 17 (11.26%) Web Development
6 13 (8.609%) Unit Testing
7 10 (6.623%) ITIL
8 9 (5.960%) Project Management
8 9 (5.960%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (3.974%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (3.974%) PRINCE2
9 6 (3.974%) SOA
10 5 (3.311%) UML
10 5 (3.311%) ERP
10 5 (3.311%) OOD
10 5 (3.311%) Service Management
10 5 (3.311%) Analytics
11 4 (2.649%) OOP
11 4 (2.649%) TDD
12 3 (1.987%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (33.11%) C#
2 44 (29.14%) JavaScript
3 37 (24.50%) SQL
4 24 (15.89%) Python
5 20 (13.25%) Java
6 18 (11.92%) VB.NET
7 15 (9.934%) C
8 12 (7.947%) VB
9 10 (6.623%) VB6
10 7 (4.636%) C++
11 5 (3.311%) PHP
11 5 (3.311%) Objective-C
12 4 (2.649%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.987%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.987%) Bash shell
14 2 (1.325%) XPath
14 2 (1.325%) PL/SQL
14 2 (1.325%) Perl
15 1 (0.662%) Delphi
15 1 (0.662%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 24 (15.89%) Degree
2 5 (3.311%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.649%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.987%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (1.987%) MCP
5 2 (1.325%) MCSE
6 1 (0.662%) IRCA
6 1 (0.662%) ISEB
6 1 (0.662%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.662%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.662%) CISM
6 1 (0.662%) MCDST
6 1 (0.662%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.311%) SLA
2 2 (1.325%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.662%) QA
3 1 (0.662%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (9.934%) Squid
2 10 (6.623%) Samba
3 5 (3.311%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.987%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.325%) XenServer
5 2 (1.325%) XenDesktop
5 2 (1.325%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.662%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.662%) vSphere
6 1 (0.662%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 2 (1.325%) Nagios
1 2 (1.325%) WSUS
1 2 (1.325%) Puppet
2 1 (0.662%) SCOM
2 1 (0.662%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 33 (21.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.947%) Twitter
3 9 (5.960%) Facebook
3 9 (5.960%) Oracle
4 6 (3.974%) HP
5 5 (3.311%) JBoss
5 5 (3.311%) Lotus
5 5 (3.311%) VMware
6 4 (2.649%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.649%) Cisco
7 3 (1.987%) Citrix
7 3 (1.987%) DevExpress
8 2 (1.325%) Juniper
8 2 (1.325%) IBM
8 2 (1.325%) SAP
8 2 (1.325%) Mapinfo
9 1 (0.662%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.662%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.662%) Remedy
9 1 (0.662%) ESRI
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