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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 123 147
Rank change year-on-year +2 +24 +39
Contract jobs citing HTTP 7 12 4
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.37% 0.51% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.00% 4.56% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 3
10th Percentile £407 £475 £437
25th Percentile £435 £497 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £585
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -8.12% +10.38%
75th Percentile £775 £725 £755
90th Percentile - £788 £857
London median daily rate £525 £530 £575
% change year-on-year -0.94% -7.83% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £49.75 £39.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +25.95% -43.57% -5.85%

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 175 263 302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.33% 11.27% 9.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 170 190
10th Percentile £255 £286 £224
25th Percentile £406 £426 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% +0.96% -1.89%
75th Percentile £664 £638 £600
90th Percentile £738 £738 £694
London median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £21.96 - £19.39
25th Percentile £24.18 £31.25 £20.09
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +44.44% +7.14%
75th Percentile £41.99 £33.75 £50.63
90th Percentile £56.54 - £66.75
London median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year -38.66% +54.72% +10.42%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

HTTP job vacancy trend 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 31 October 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 31 October 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 -2 5 £750 +36.36% 10
City of Westminster - 1 £600 -
HTTP
London

HTTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (14.29%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
2 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
2 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) SSL
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Robot Framework
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Advertising
3 2 (28.57%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Python Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) JSON
2 1 (14.29%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) RESTful
2 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Private Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Fixed Income
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) Hedge funds
2 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Load Balancing
1 3 (42.86%) Low Latency
1 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
1 3 (42.86%) Ultra-Low Latency
2 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
2 2 (28.57%) High Availability
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Concurrent Programming
3 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Multithreaded Programming
3 1 (14.29%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) OOD
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) Perl
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) Korn
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Ansible
2 2 (28.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) F5
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Arista
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Dynatrace
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Meraki
2 1 (14.29%) UiPath