HTTP Contract Job Trends in Central London

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring HTTP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 121 160
Rank change year-on-year +6 +39 +29
Contract jobs citing HTTP 12 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.62% 0.39% 0.093%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.03% 4.02% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £358 - £411
25th Percentile £411 £525 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +18.92% -11.90%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £527
90th Percentile £775 £775 £562
London median daily rate £500 £550 £585
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.98% -0.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 199 224 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.20% 9.66% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 136 206
10th Percentile £258 £261 £200
25th Percentile £372 £418 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £664 £625 £623
90th Percentile £746 £745 £688
London median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £27.56 - £26.38
25th Percentile £33.28 - £34.06
Median hourly rate £44.11 - £48.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.50%
75th Percentile £55.49 - £64.06
90th Percentile £61.54 - £72.13
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +28.37%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for HTTP in Central London

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HTTP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HTTP

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTTP in Central London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HTTP in Central London

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HTTP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HTTP

HTTP
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
City of London +12 9 £588 -12.96% 3
City of Westminster - 2 £590 -
HTTP
London

HTTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (8.33%) IIS
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (8.33%) GitHub
2 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) SSL
2 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (16.67%) BGP
3 2 (16.67%) Network Security
3 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
4 1 (8.33%) Firewall
4 1 (8.33%) FTP
4 1 (8.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) MySQL
2 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Robot Framework
2 1 (8.33%) JMeter
2 1 (8.33%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Python Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Web Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Automation Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Java Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Power Platform Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) CSS
1 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (16.67%) JSON
2 2 (16.67%) REST
3 1 (8.33%) .NET
3 1 (8.33%) OAuth
3 1 (8.33%) OAuth2
3 1 (8.33%) OpenAPI
3 1 (8.33%) Swagger
3 1 (8.33%) WebSockets
3 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) Hedge funds
1 2 (16.67%) Private Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Fixed Income
2 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (8.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Unix
3 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (25.00%) High Availability
3 3 (25.00%) Low Latency
3 3 (25.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 2 (16.67%) DevOps
4 2 (16.67%) DevSecOps
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (16.67%) Network Performance Management
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) SDLC
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (16.67%) C++
4 2 (16.67%) Perl
5 1 (8.33%) C#
5 1 (8.33%) Go
5 1 (8.33%) Korn
5 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Ansible
2 2 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Arista
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) F5
2 2 (16.67%) Meraki
3 1 (8.33%) Dynatrace
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) UiPath