HTTP Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring HTTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 97 126
Rank change year-on-year -15 +29 -1
Contract jobs citing HTTP 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.20% 0.39% 0.058%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.23% 2.01% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £325 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £388
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -9.68% -26.19%
75th Percentile £525 £406 £394
90th Percentile - £425 -
South East median daily rate £500 £425 £306
% change year-on-year +17.65% +39.12% -51.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

HTTP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 244 299 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.49% 19.68% 26.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 131 270
10th Percentile £255 £233 £200
25th Percentile £325 £353 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £475 £419
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +13.43% -11.84%
75th Percentile £537 £603 £575
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 12
10th Percentile £17.63 £22.28 £24.41
25th Percentile £28.00 £27.94 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £38.25 £71.07
Median % change year-on-year +69.93% -46.18% +202.40%
75th Percentile £84.50 £48.94 £77.85
90th Percentile £89.88 £54.83 £85.36
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £61.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +14.08% +2.50% +33.33%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HTTP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

HTTP job vacancy trend in Berkshire

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing HTTP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing HTTP

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing HTTP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing HTTP

HTTP
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Bracknell - 2 - -
HTTP
South East

HTTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) SSL
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Fiddler
General
1 1 (33.33%) French Language
1 1 (33.33%) German Language
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Support
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) NDS
2 1 (33.33%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) NetIQ
2 1 (33.33%) OpenText
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle