HTTP Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring HTTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 65 65
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 +3
Contract jobs citing HTTP 1 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.074% 0.74% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.20% 10.17% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £336 -
25th Percentile - £359 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £360 £750
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -52.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile - £366 £775
90th Percentile - £385 -
England median daily rate £460 £475 £544
% change year-on-year -3.16% -12.64% -5.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 83 59 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.14% 7.27% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 33 45
10th Percentile £213 £146 £202
25th Percentile £263 £160 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £360 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -24.21% +4.92%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £600
90th Percentile £520 £500 £693
England median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 5
10th Percentile £21.33 £17.32 -
25th Percentile £23.42 £21.91 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% +16.49% +2.81%
75th Percentile £60.27 - £24.18
90th Percentile £74.00 - £24.85
England median hourly rate £45.00 £39.66 £57.35
% change year-on-year +13.46% -30.85% +1.52%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

HTTP job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing HTTP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing HTTP

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing HTTP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing HTTP

HTTP
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 September 2026. 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
Northamptonshire +10 1 £402 +11.67% 1
HTTP
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Contactless
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 8583
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) QA