HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for HTTP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited HTTP over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 608 530 269
Rank change year-on-year -78 -261 +52
Permanent jobs citing HTTP 310 478 2,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.50% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.28% 3.10% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 211 280 663
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £50,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.12% +8.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,313 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,507
% change year-on-year -12.50% +8.09% -5.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

HTTP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HTTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HTTP.

Salary trend for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HTTP over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -54 271 £55,000 -18.52% 80
UK excluding London -78 216 £52,500 -12.50% 33
Work from Home -39 117 £55,000 -20.80% 40
London +1 87 £62,500 -21.88% 44
South West -26 57 £53,750 -18.87% 4
South East -36 55 £45,915 -23.48% 12
North of England +5 31 £65,000 +8.33% 6
Midlands -10 27 £54,500 -9.17% 5
West Midlands -3 23 £58,750 +17.50% 4
Northern Ireland +39 22 £35,000 -17.65% 3
North West -17 20 £68,750 +30.95% 4
East of England 0 12 £34,500 +15.00% 2
Yorkshire +36 8 £55,000 -10.10% 2
Scotland -81 8 £50,000 -29.93%
Wales -1 6 £40,000 -11.11% 1
East Midlands -21 4 £39,750 -41.11% 1
North East -9 3 £65,000 -7.14% 1

HTTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.58%) nginx
4 7 (2.26%) IIS
5 6 (1.94%) Apache
6 5 (1.61%) Confluence
6 5 (1.61%) Drupal
7 3 (0.97%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.97%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.97%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.97%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.65%) CMS
8 2 (0.65%) Moodle
9 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.32%) SAS
9 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.90%) Trello
3 8 (2.58%) InfoPath
3 8 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (4.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.97%) Maximo
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.65%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 127 (40.97%) AWS
2 117 (37.74%) Azure
3 46 (14.84%) SaaS
4 39 (12.58%) OpenShift
5 26 (8.39%) Serverless
6 24 (7.74%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.48%) Azure App Service
9 17 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 17 (5.48%) Matillion
10 16 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (4.19%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (3.55%) Entra ID
12 11 (3.55%) GCP
13 9 (2.90%) Azure Functions
14 8 (2.58%) OneDrive
14 8 (2.58%) PaaS
15 7 (2.26%) Amazon S3
15 7 (2.26%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 116 (37.42%) DNS
2 113 (36.45%) TCP/IP
3 56 (18.06%) DHCP
4 53 (17.10%) Internet
5 41 (13.23%) SMTP
6 29 (9.35%) MQTT
7 24 (7.74%) FTP
7 24 (7.74%) SSL
8 22 (7.10%) VPN
9 21 (6.77%) Firewall
10 15 (4.84%) HTTPS
11 14 (4.52%) SNMP
12 13 (4.19%) BGP
12 13 (4.19%) LAN
13 11 (3.55%) WAN
14 10 (3.23%) SSH
15 7 (2.26%) DMVPN
15 7 (2.26%) EIGRP
15 7 (2.26%) IGRP
15 7 (2.26%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (13.23%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.06%) MySQL
3 24 (7.74%) NoSQL
4 17 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (3.87%) DynamoDB
7 10 (3.23%) GIS
7 10 (3.23%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.94%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (1.94%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (1.61%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.97%) DB2
12 2 (0.65%) Power BI
12 2 (0.65%) Redis
13 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.32%) Sisense
13 1 (0.32%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 30 (9.68%) Git
2 18 (5.81%) JIRA
3 16 (5.16%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.23%) GitLab
5 5 (1.61%) Postman
6 4 (1.29%) Subversion
6 4 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.97%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.97%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.65%) Hudson
8 2 (0.65%) Moq
8 2 (0.65%) MSTest
8 2 (0.65%) Protractor
8 2 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.65%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.65%) webpack
9 1 (0.32%) PHPUnit
General
1 98 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 40 (12.90%) Finance
3 35 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.39%) Public Sector
5 25 (8.06%) Manufacturing
6 21 (6.77%) Aerospace
7 20 (6.45%) Telecoms
8 19 (6.13%) Electronics
8 19 (6.13%) Marketing
9 10 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.90%) Retail
11 8 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.61%) Mandarin Language
13 4 (1.29%) Advertising
13 4 (1.29%) Automotive
14 3 (0.97%) Banking
15 2 (0.65%) Games
15 2 (0.65%) Legal
16 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 82 (26.45%) Senior
2 74 (23.87%) Developer
3 62 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (14.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (10.00%) Software Engineer
6 26 (8.39%) DevOps Engineer
7 22 (7.10%) Lead
8 19 (6.13%) Architect
9 15 (4.84%) Analyst
10 13 (4.19%) JavaScript Developer
11 12 (3.87%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.55%) Full Stack Developer
12 11 (3.55%) Software Architect
13 10 (3.23%) ERP Developer
13 10 (3.23%) Graduate
13 10 (3.23%) Graduate Developer
13 10 (3.23%) Junior
14 9 (2.90%) AWS Developer
14 9 (2.90%) Systems Engineer
14 9 (2.90%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (21.29%) REST
2 65 (20.97%) HTML
3 56 (18.06%) CSS
4 52 (16.77%) RESTful
5 48 (15.48%) React
6 41 (13.23%) Node.js
7 37 (11.94%) JSON
7 37 (11.94%) Web Services
8 29 (9.35%) .NET
9 27 (8.71%) XML
10 26 (8.39%) AngularJS
11 24 (7.74%) Laravel
12 17 (5.48%) JWT
13 14 (4.52%) Kafka
13 14 (4.52%) RabbitMQ
14 10 (3.23%) Django
14 10 (3.23%) Sass
15 9 (2.90%) HTML5
15 9 (2.90%) Jest
15 9 (2.90%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.74%) Data Centre
1 24 (7.74%) IoT
2 20 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.84%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.19%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.58%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.58%) Clustering
6 8 (2.58%) CUDA
6 8 (2.58%) GNSS
6 8 (2.58%) Tandem
7 7 (2.26%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.26%) Arduino
7 7 (2.26%) Raspberry Pi
8 6 (1.94%) Blockchain
8 6 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.94%) Cyberattack
8 6 (1.94%) EFT
8 6 (1.94%) NFT
8 6 (1.94%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 114 (36.77%) Linux
2 105 (33.87%) Windows
3 46 (14.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (7.74%) Unix
5 17 (5.48%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.29%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.65%) Android
7 2 (0.65%) CentOS
7 2 (0.65%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.32%) Debian
8 1 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Solaris
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.32%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (35.16%) DevOps
2 75 (24.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 74 (23.87%) Software Engineering
4 73 (23.55%) Computer Science
5 66 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (19.68%) Agile
7 59 (19.03%) Microservices
8 54 (17.42%) Software Architecture
9 47 (15.16%) CI/CD
10 36 (11.61%) Full Stack Development
11 35 (11.29%) Actionable Insight
12 34 (10.97%) Artificial Intelligence
13 33 (10.65%) Test Automation
14 32 (10.32%) User Experience
15 29 (9.35%) Web Development
16 28 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
16 28 (9.03%) Cybersecurity
17 27 (8.71%) Machine Learning
18 26 (8.39%) Mentoring
19 25 (8.06%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 119 (38.39%) Python
2 86 (27.74%) SQL
3 76 (24.52%) JavaScript
4 73 (23.55%) Java
5 66 (21.29%) PowerShell
6 52 (16.77%) Bash
7 34 (10.97%) PHP
8 24 (7.74%) TypeScript
9 23 (7.42%) C#
10 21 (6.77%) T-SQL
11 14 (4.52%) C
12 13 (4.19%) C++
13 9 (2.90%) Apex Code
14 7 (2.26%) Ruby
15 5 (1.61%) VB
16 4 (1.29%) ActionScript
16 4 (1.29%) ActionScript 2.0
16 4 (1.29%) R
16 4 (1.29%) VBScript
17 3 (0.97%) Go
Qualifications
1 69 (22.26%) Degree
2 45 (14.52%) Security Cleared
3 35 (11.29%) DV Cleared
4 33 (10.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (8.06%) SC Cleared
6 18 (5.81%) Master's Degree
7 12 (3.87%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.55%) PhD
9 10 (3.23%) CCNA
10 6 (1.94%) CREST Certified
11 5 (1.61%) GIAC
12 3 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.97%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.65%) CASP
13 2 (0.65%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (0.65%) Linux+ Certification
13 2 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.65%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.77%) QA
2 15 (4.84%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.23%) GDPR
4 8 (2.58%) HIPAA
5 6 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.97%) NIST
7 2 (0.65%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.65%) WCAG
8 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 63 (20.32%) Docker
2 45 (14.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (12.90%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.42%) Firmware
5 20 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (4.19%) Active Directory
7 9 (2.90%) Embedded Firmware
7 9 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.97%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.65%) Varnish
9 2 (0.65%) vSphere
10 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.32%) NFS
10 1 (0.32%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 70 (22.58%) Kubernetes
2 61 (19.68%) Puppet
3 48 (15.48%) Ansible
4 37 (11.94%) Terraform
5 10 (3.23%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.94%) Grafana
6 6 (1.94%) SCCM
6 6 (1.94%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.61%) Packer
7 5 (1.61%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.97%) Consul
9 2 (0.65%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.32%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.32%) Icinga
10 1 (0.32%) Perfmon
10 1 (0.32%) Pingdom
10 1 (0.32%) Rancher
10 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 67 (21.61%) Microsoft
2 61 (19.68%) VMware
3 44 (14.19%) Red Hat
4 29 (9.35%) Google
5 20 (6.45%) SAP
6 13 (4.19%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.90%) Cisco
7 9 (2.90%) Oracle
8 8 (2.58%) Juniper
9 7 (2.26%) Arista
9 7 (2.26%) Citrix
9 7 (2.26%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.26%) NVIDIA
9 7 (2.26%) Tufin
10 6 (1.94%) Globalscape
11 4 (1.29%) Apple
11 4 (1.29%) F5
11 4 (1.29%) IBM
12 3 (0.97%) UiPath
13 2 (0.65%) webMethods