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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 618 523 269
Rank change year-on-year -95 -254 +60
Permanent jobs citing HTTP 308 509 2,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.52% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.28% 3.29% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 211 281 669
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £51,250 £46,000
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 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £61,180 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.19% +11.24% -8.33%

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 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -69 270 £55,000 -18.82% 79
UK excluding London -66 215 £52,500 -14.19% 41
Work from Home -42 116 £55,000 -20.80% 35
London +17 86 £62,500 -21.88% 39
South West -23 57 £53,750 -30.65% 5
South East -24 55 £42,500 -32.00% 13
North of England +18 30 £65,000 +8.33% 7
Midlands -4 28 £54,000 -10.00% 6
West Midlands +17 24 £55,000 +7.32% 4
Northern Ireland +32 21 £35,000 -17.65% 5
North West -1 19 £70,000 +27.27% 1
East of England +2 12 £34,500 +15.00% 3
Yorkshire +54 8 £55,000 -10.10% 6
Scotland -73 8 £50,000 -28.57% 1
Wales -3 6 £40,000 - 1
East Midlands -21 4 £39,750 -41.11% 2
North East -4 3 £65,000 -7.14% 2

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 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.60%) nginx
4 7 (2.27%) IIS
5 6 (1.95%) Apache
6 5 (1.62%) Confluence
6 5 (1.62%) 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 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.92%) Trello
3 8 (2.60%) InfoPath
3 8 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.97%) Maximo
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.65%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 126 (40.91%) AWS
2 117 (37.99%) Azure
3 46 (14.94%) SaaS
4 39 (12.66%) OpenShift
5 26 (8.44%) Serverless
6 24 (7.79%) AWS Lambda
7 19 (6.17%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.52%) Azure App Service
9 17 (5.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 17 (5.52%) Matillion
9 17 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (3.90%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (3.57%) Entra ID
11 11 (3.57%) GCP
12 9 (2.92%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.60%) OneDrive
13 8 (2.60%) PaaS
14 7 (2.27%) Amazon S3
14 7 (2.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 117 (37.99%) DNS
2 111 (36.04%) TCP/IP
3 57 (18.51%) DHCP
4 51 (16.56%) Internet
5 42 (13.64%) SMTP
6 28 (9.09%) MQTT
7 25 (8.12%) FTP
7 25 (8.12%) SSL
8 20 (6.49%) Firewall
8 20 (6.49%) VPN
9 15 (4.87%) HTTPS
9 15 (4.87%) SNMP
10 13 (4.22%) LAN
11 11 (3.57%) BGP
11 11 (3.57%) SSH
11 11 (3.57%) WAN
12 7 (2.27%) EIGRP
12 7 (2.27%) IGRP
12 7 (2.27%) IPsec
12 7 (2.27%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (13.31%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.12%) MySQL
3 23 (7.47%) NoSQL
4 17 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (3.90%) DynamoDB
7 10 (3.25%) GIS
7 10 (3.25%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.95%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (1.95%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (1.62%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.30%) 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%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
13 1 (0.32%) Sisense
13 1 (0.32%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 30 (9.74%) Git
2 18 (5.84%) JIRA
3 16 (5.19%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.25%) GitLab
5 5 (1.62%) Postman
6 4 (1.30%) Subversion
6 4 (1.30%) 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%) JUnit
General
1 93 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.31%) Finance
3 34 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 25 (8.12%) Manufacturing
6 21 (6.82%) Aerospace
7 20 (6.49%) Telecoms
8 19 (6.17%) Electronics
8 19 (6.17%) Marketing
9 10 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.92%) Retail
11 8 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.30%) Advertising
12 4 (1.30%) Automotive
12 4 (1.30%) Banking
13 3 (0.97%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.65%) Games
14 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.65%) Legal
15 1 (0.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 81 (26.30%) Senior
2 74 (24.03%) Developer
3 64 (20.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (14.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (10.06%) Software Engineer
6 26 (8.44%) DevOps Engineer
7 22 (7.14%) Lead
8 18 (5.84%) Architect
9 14 (4.55%) Analyst
10 13 (4.22%) JavaScript Developer
11 12 (3.90%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.57%) Full Stack Developer
13 10 (3.25%) ERP Developer
13 10 (3.25%) Graduate
13 10 (3.25%) Graduate Developer
13 10 (3.25%) Junior
13 10 (3.25%) Software Architect
13 10 (3.25%) Systems Engineer
14 9 (2.92%) AWS Developer
14 9 (2.92%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (21.43%) HTML
1 66 (21.43%) REST
2 56 (18.18%) CSS
3 51 (16.56%) RESTful
4 48 (15.58%) React
5 40 (12.99%) Node.js
6 37 (12.01%) JSON
6 37 (12.01%) Web Services
7 29 (9.42%) .NET
8 27 (8.77%) XML
9 25 (8.12%) AngularJS
10 24 (7.79%) Laravel
11 17 (5.52%) JWT
12 13 (4.22%) Kafka
12 13 (4.22%) RabbitMQ
13 10 (3.25%) Django
13 10 (3.25%) HTML5
13 10 (3.25%) Sass
14 9 (2.92%) Jest
14 9 (2.92%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.79%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.47%) IoT
3 20 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.87%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.90%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.60%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.60%) Clustering
7 8 (2.60%) CUDA
7 8 (2.60%) GNSS
7 8 (2.60%) Tandem
8 7 (2.27%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.27%) Arduino
8 7 (2.27%) EFT
8 7 (2.27%) Raspberry Pi
9 6 (1.95%) Blockchain
9 6 (1.95%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.95%) NFT
9 6 (1.95%) Web3
10 5 (1.62%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 114 (37.01%) Linux
2 106 (34.42%) Windows
3 45 (14.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (7.79%) Unix
5 18 (5.84%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.30%) 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
1 108 (35.06%) DevOps
2 76 (24.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 73 (23.70%) Software Engineering
4 70 (22.73%) Computer Science
5 65 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (19.81%) Agile
7 58 (18.83%) Microservices
8 54 (17.53%) Software Architecture
9 47 (15.26%) CI/CD
10 36 (11.69%) Full Stack Development
11 35 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
12 33 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
12 33 (10.71%) Test Automation
13 32 (10.39%) User Experience
14 29 (9.42%) Web Development
15 27 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (8.77%) Machine Learning
16 26 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
16 26 (8.44%) Mentoring
17 25 (8.12%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 118 (38.31%) Python
2 85 (27.60%) SQL
3 76 (24.68%) JavaScript
4 73 (23.70%) Java
5 67 (21.75%) PowerShell
6 52 (16.88%) Bash
7 34 (11.04%) PHP
8 24 (7.79%) TypeScript
9 23 (7.47%) C#
10 21 (6.82%) T-SQL
11 14 (4.55%) C
12 13 (4.22%) C++
13 9 (2.92%) Apex Code
14 7 (2.27%) Ruby
15 5 (1.62%) VB
16 4 (1.30%) ActionScript
16 4 (1.30%) ActionScript 2.0
16 4 (1.30%) R
16 4 (1.30%) VBScript
17 3 (0.97%) Go
Qualifications
1 66 (21.43%) Degree
2 45 (14.61%) Security Cleared
3 35 (11.36%) DV Cleared
4 33 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (8.12%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.52%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.25%) PhD
8 9 (2.92%) CCNA
9 6 (1.95%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.30%) GIAC
11 3 (0.97%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.65%) CASP
12 2 (0.65%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.65%) Linux+ Certification
12 2 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.32%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.49%) QA
2 15 (4.87%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.92%) GDPR
4 7 (2.27%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.62%) 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 (20.45%) Docker
2 45 (14.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (12.99%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.47%) Firmware
5 20 (6.49%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (4.55%) Active Directory
7 10 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (2.92%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.97%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.65%) Varnish
10 2 (0.65%) vSphere
11 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.32%) NFS
11 1 (0.32%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 69 (22.40%) Kubernetes
2 60 (19.48%) Puppet
3 48 (15.58%) Ansible
4 37 (12.01%) Terraform
5 10 (3.25%) Progress Chef
6 7 (2.27%) SCCM
6 7 (2.27%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.95%) Grafana
8 5 (1.62%) Packer
8 5 (1.62%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.97%) Consul
10 2 (0.65%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.32%) Cacti
11 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.32%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.32%) Perfmon
11 1 (0.32%) Pingdom
11 1 (0.32%) Rancher
11 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 69 (22.40%) Microsoft
2 63 (20.45%) VMware
3 44 (14.29%) Red Hat
4 28 (9.09%) Google
5 20 (6.49%) SAP
6 13 (4.22%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.92%) Cisco
7 9 (2.92%) Oracle
8 8 (2.60%) Citrix
8 8 (2.60%) Juniper
9 7 (2.27%) Arista
9 7 (2.27%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.27%) Globalscape
9 7 (2.27%) NVIDIA
9 7 (2.27%) Tufin
10 4 (1.30%) Apple
10 4 (1.30%) F5
10 4 (1.30%) IBM
11 3 (0.97%) UiPath
12 2 (0.65%) Veracode