HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
UK

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 445 397
Rank change year-on-year +79 -48 -50
Contract jobs citing HTTP 218 285 573
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.48% 0.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.92% 3.90% 5.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 204 372
10th Percentile £305 £396 £400
25th Percentile £403 £495 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £622 £650 £640
90th Percentile £650 £775 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 8
10th Percentile £25.73 £50.52 £40.40
25th Percentile £41.16 £67.13 £42.96
Median hourly rate £45.88 £75.00 £49.06
Median % change year-on-year -38.83% +52.87% -6.55%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £61.88
90th Percentile - £79.00 £76.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 - £52.27
% change year-on-year - - -4.96%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,560 7,312 9,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.81% 12.38% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,330 4,755 6,337
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 474 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.95
25th Percentile £16.93 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.92% -31.36% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HTTP.

Daily rate trend for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTTP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HTTP.

Hourly rate trend for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HTTP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +51 168 £517 -10.09% 81
London +74 109 £525 -15.32% 39
UK excluding London +60 73 £463 -7.50% 49
Work from Home +75 72 £463 -19.57% 37
North of England +14 21 £463 -7.50% 7
Scotland +54 17 £579 +10.33% 4
North West +19 11 £463 -7.50% 3
South East +22 10 £565 +36.97% 14
Yorkshire +14 9 £624 +18.76% 4
East of England +12 9 £350 -15.15% 1
South West +21 7 £569 -9.00% 9
Northern Ireland +12 6 - - 7
Midlands +24 2 - - 7
East Midlands +18 1 - - 3
West Midlands +14 1 - - 4
Wales +11 1 - -
North East - 1 £450 - 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 14 (6.42%) Apache
2 13 (5.96%) Confluence
3 8 (3.67%) IBM HTTP Server
3 8 (3.67%) IIS
3 8 (3.67%) Tomcat
3 8 (3.67%) WebSphere
3 8 (3.67%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (3.67%) WebSphere Portal
4 7 (3.21%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.75%) CMS
5 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.83%) MQSeries
7 3 (1.38%) nginx
7 3 (1.38%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.92%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.92%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.92%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.46%) Drupal
9 1 (0.46%) govService
9 1 (0.46%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 11 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.46%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 6 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.92%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 58 (26.61%) AWS
2 50 (22.94%) GCP
3 40 (18.35%) Azure
4 16 (7.34%) GitHub
5 13 (5.96%) Serverless
6 10 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (4.13%) Apigee
7 9 (4.13%) SaaS
8 8 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.67%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (3.67%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.21%) npm
10 6 (2.75%) Kong
11 5 (2.29%) PaaS
11 5 (2.29%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.83%) Google App Engine
13 3 (1.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 74 (33.94%) TCP/IP
2 43 (19.72%) DNS
3 36 (16.51%) SSL
4 32 (14.68%) Firewall
5 21 (9.63%) VPN
6 17 (7.80%) FTP
7 13 (5.96%) DHCP
7 13 (5.96%) Internet
7 13 (5.96%) SMTP
7 13 (5.96%) SSH
8 12 (5.50%) HTTPS
8 12 (5.50%) IPsec
8 12 (5.50%) Network Security
9 10 (4.59%) SNMP
10 8 (3.67%) H.323
10 8 (3.67%) Wireshark
11 7 (3.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (3.21%) NetScaler
12 6 (2.75%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (2.75%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.93%) Apache Cassandra
2 18 (8.26%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.50%) MongoDB
4 10 (4.59%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.75%) MySQL
6 5 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.29%) BigQuery
6 5 (2.29%) SQLite
7 4 (1.83%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.83%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.83%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.38%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.92%) Power BI
9 2 (0.92%) Power Query
10 1 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.46%) Redis
10 1 (0.46%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 33 (15.14%) Git
1 33 (15.14%) Jenkins
2 22 (10.09%) JIRA
3 12 (5.50%) Postman
4 9 (4.13%) GitLab
5 6 (2.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (2.75%) CircleCI
5 6 (2.75%) IBM UrbanCode
5 6 (2.75%) JMeter
5 6 (2.75%) Selenium
5 6 (2.75%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (2.75%) Travis CI
6 5 (2.29%) Checkstyle
6 5 (2.29%) SoapUI
6 5 (2.29%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.83%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.83%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.83%) Gatling
7 4 (1.83%) WebDriver
8 3 (1.38%) Burp Suite
General
1 43 (19.72%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.60%) Finance
3 26 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.55%) Telecoms
5 19 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 18 (8.26%) Banking
7 10 (4.59%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.13%) Electronics
8 9 (4.13%) Marketing
9 8 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.67%) Legal
10 5 (2.29%) German Language
11 2 (0.92%) Advertising
11 2 (0.92%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Automotive
12 1 (0.46%) Billing
12 1 (0.46%) Local Government
12 1 (0.46%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.46%) Publishing
12 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (32.11%) Developer
2 38 (17.43%) Scala Developer
3 19 (8.72%) Senior
4 18 (8.26%) Linux Engineer
5 17 (7.80%) Software Engineer
6 16 (7.34%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (6.42%) Support Engineer
8 12 (5.50%) Network Engineer
9 11 (5.05%) Linux Server Engineer
9 11 (5.05%) Server Engineer
10 9 (4.13%) Consultant
10 9 (4.13%) Python Developer
11 8 (3.67%) Architect
11 8 (3.67%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.67%) Middleware Engineer
12 6 (2.75%) Automation Engineer
12 6 (2.75%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (2.75%) DevOps Automation Engineer
12 6 (2.75%) Security Engineer
12 6 (2.75%) Senior Middleware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (25.69%) RESTful
2 44 (20.18%) REST
3 39 (17.89%) Akka
4 37 (16.97%) Kafka
5 27 (12.39%) CSS
5 27 (12.39%) JSON
6 22 (10.09%) HTML
6 22 (10.09%) XML
7 18 (8.26%) AngularJS
7 18 (8.26%) LDAP
8 15 (6.88%) SOAP
9 14 (6.42%) .NET
10 13 (5.96%) Elastic Stack
11 12 (5.50%) Node.js
11 12 (5.50%) OAuth
12 11 (5.05%) OpenID
12 11 (5.05%) SAML
13 10 (4.59%) Web Services
13 10 (4.59%) YAML
14 9 (4.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.72%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.50%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (5.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 10 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.13%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.67%) IVR
7 6 (2.75%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.29%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.29%) Clustering
8 5 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.83%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.38%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.38%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.38%) PKI
11 2 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.92%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 53 (24.31%) Linux
2 29 (13.30%) Unix
3 24 (11.01%) Windows
4 8 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.83%) Mac OS X
6 3 (1.38%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.92%) Android
7 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.92%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.46%) Solaris
8 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.03%) Agile
2 62 (28.44%) DevOps
3 49 (22.48%) Microservices
4 46 (21.10%) CI/CD
5 43 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (16.06%) Clean Code
7 34 (15.60%) TDD
8 29 (13.30%) Pair Programming
9 27 (12.39%) GitOps
10 25 (11.47%) Machine Learning
10 25 (11.47%) Personalization
11 23 (10.55%) Infrastructure as Code
11 23 (10.55%) Software Engineering
12 22 (10.09%) Continuous Integration
13 17 (7.80%) ITIL
13 17 (7.80%) Test Automation
14 16 (7.34%) Coaching
15 15 (6.88%) High Availability
15 15 (6.88%) Infrastructure Automation
15 15 (6.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 47 (21.56%) Python
2 43 (19.72%) Scala
3 42 (19.27%) JavaScript
4 31 (14.22%) Java
5 24 (11.01%) PowerShell
6 19 (8.72%) Bash
7 16 (7.34%) C#
7 16 (7.34%) SQL
8 14 (6.42%) TypeScript
9 10 (4.59%) Perl
10 9 (4.13%) PHP
11 5 (2.29%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.83%) Groovy
13 3 (1.38%) Go
13 3 (1.38%) Ruby
14 2 (0.92%) ABAP
14 2 (0.92%) C
14 2 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.92%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.92%) Swift
Qualifications
1 33 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.88%) DV Cleared
3 14 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.50%) Degree
5 11 (5.05%) CCNP
5 11 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.29%) CCDP
7 3 (1.38%) CCIE
7 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.92%) CEH
8 2 (0.92%) CISSP
8 2 (0.92%) GCIA
8 2 (0.92%) GCIH
8 2 (0.92%) GIAC
8 2 (0.92%) HND
8 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.92%) MCSD
8 2 (0.92%) MCSE
8 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.46%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.05%) QA
2 4 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.38%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.92%) HL7
5 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.46%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.46%) NCSC
5 1 (0.46%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (10.55%) Docker
2 12 (5.50%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.29%) NFS
4 4 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.83%) Samba
4 4 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.92%) XenApp
6 1 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (20.18%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.80%) Progress Chef
2 17 (7.80%) Puppet
2 17 (7.80%) Terraform
3 13 (5.96%) Ansible
3 13 (5.96%) Kibana
4 10 (4.59%) logstash
5 7 (3.21%) Grafana
5 7 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.75%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (2.29%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.83%) QRadar
9 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.38%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.92%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.92%) Oracle Flashback
10 2 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.46%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 37 (16.97%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.72%) Typelevel
3 18 (8.26%) Splunk
4 17 (7.80%) SAP
5 12 (5.50%) Google
5 12 (5.50%) Red Hat
6 11 (5.05%) Cisco
6 11 (5.05%) Oracle
7 10 (4.59%) F5
7 10 (4.59%) IBM
8 9 (4.13%) Palo Alto
9 8 (3.67%) Avaya
9 8 (3.67%) Zscaler
10 7 (3.21%) Verint
11 5 (2.29%) Arista
11 5 (2.29%) Aruba
11 5 (2.29%) Symantec
12 4 (1.83%) ArcSight
12 4 (1.83%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.83%) VMware