HTTP Contract Job Trends in England

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring HTTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 322 394
Rank change year-on-year -79 +72 +29
Contract jobs citing HTTP 163 167 167
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.63% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.78% 4.88% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 110 113
10th Percentile £314 £380 £300
25th Percentile £375 £463 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £463
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +24.32% -19.57%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £775 £675
UK median daily rate £492 £586 £500
% change year-on-year -16.08% +17.25% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile £41.88 £41.55 -
25th Percentile £50.88 £46.50 £45.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £51.94
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +7.82% -26.51%
75th Percentile £81.56 £65.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £70.45 £80.40
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £51.94
% change year-on-year +16.07% +7.82% -15.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,410 3,425 5,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.39% 12.95% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,212 1,964 3,233
10th Percentile £204 £220 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -3.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 106 366
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £16.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £22.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.65
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -32.24% +140.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.63 £75.89
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.65
% change year-on-year -14.29% -32.24% +149.47%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

HTTP job vacancy trend in England

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTTP

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTTP in England over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HTTP in England

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTTP

HTTP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HTTP in England over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for HTTP in England

HTTP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the England region over the 6 months to 28 January 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
London -37 72 £525 -4.55% 26
Midlands -19 41 £389 +0.23% 6
North of England -25 40 £450 -7.98% 14
West Midlands -8 38 £450 +7.78% 3
North West +5 35 £414 -2.71% 8
South East -25 12 £500 -8.68% 30
East of England -22 8 - - 4
South West -35 6 £541 -11.99% 2
Yorkshire -51 5 £700 -6.67% 5
East Midlands -30 3 £360 +10.60% 3
HTTP
UK

HTTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 14 (8.59%) Confluence
2 8 (4.91%) nginx
3 6 (3.68%) Apache
4 5 (3.07%) Ethereum
4 5 (3.07%) Hyperledger
5 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (1.23%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.23%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.61%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 7 (4.29%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (6.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.84%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 43 (26.38%) Azure
2 38 (23.31%) AWS
3 14 (8.59%) Amazon EC2
4 13 (7.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 12 (7.36%) Amazon ELB
5 12 (7.36%) Amazon S3
5 12 (7.36%) AWS KMS
5 12 (7.36%) GCP
5 12 (7.36%) GitHub
5 12 (7.36%) Power Platform
5 12 (7.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 11 (6.75%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (6.13%) Amazon ECS
7 10 (6.13%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (4.91%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (4.91%) Power Automate
8 8 (4.91%) Route 53
9 6 (3.68%) Serverless
10 5 (3.07%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (40.49%) DNS
2 53 (32.52%) SSL
3 48 (29.45%) TCP/IP
4 38 (23.31%) Wireshark
5 35 (21.47%) Firewall
6 34 (20.86%) BIG-IP
7 24 (14.72%) SMTP
8 23 (14.11%) FTP
9 19 (11.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 19 (11.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 15 (9.20%) SSH
11 14 (8.59%) HTTPS
12 13 (7.98%) Network Security
13 11 (6.75%) VPN
14 10 (6.13%) Wireless
15 9 (5.52%) LAN
16 8 (4.91%) IMAP
16 8 (4.91%) OpenLDAP
17 7 (4.29%) WAN
18 6 (3.68%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.59%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (6.75%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (6.13%) SQL Server
4 9 (5.52%) Amazon Aurora
5 6 (3.68%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.07%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.07%) Oracle Database
6 5 (3.07%) Power BI
7 4 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.45%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.84%) Oracle Database 10g
9 1 (0.61%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.61%) Big Data
9 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.61%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.61%) Impala
9 1 (0.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 34 (20.86%) Git
2 28 (17.18%) Fiddler
3 26 (15.95%) JIRA
4 24 (14.72%) Jenkins
5 13 (7.98%) Postman
6 12 (7.36%) Vagrant
7 8 (4.91%) JUnit
8 5 (3.07%) Appium
8 5 (3.07%) Charles Proxy
8 5 (3.07%) Katalon Studio
8 5 (3.07%) XCUITest
9 4 (2.45%) IntelliJ
9 4 (2.45%) LoadRunner
9 4 (2.45%) Selenium
9 4 (2.45%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.84%) Ant
10 3 (1.84%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.84%) GitLab
10 3 (1.84%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.84%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.47%) Banking
3 28 (17.18%) Finance
4 24 (14.72%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (11.66%) Investment Banking
6 16 (9.82%) Public Sector
7 10 (6.13%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.07%) Marketing
9 4 (2.45%) Legal
10 3 (1.84%) Advertising
11 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (23.93%) Network Engineer
2 36 (22.09%) Developer
3 25 (15.34%) Web Engineer
4 14 (8.59%) AWS Engineer
4 14 (8.59%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (7.98%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 13 (7.98%) IP Network Engineer
5 13 (7.98%) Junior
6 12 (7.36%) AWS DevOps
6 12 (7.36%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 12 (7.36%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 12 (7.36%) Junior Network Engineer
6 12 (7.36%) Platform Engineer
7 11 (6.75%) Analyst
7 11 (6.75%) Automation Engineer
7 11 (6.75%) Senior
8 10 (6.13%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 8 (4.91%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 8 (4.91%) Consultant
9 8 (4.91%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (19.02%) JSON
2 27 (16.56%) REST
3 23 (14.11%) XML
4 20 (12.27%) LDAP
5 16 (9.82%) HTML
5 16 (9.82%) OAuth
6 14 (8.59%) .NET
6 14 (8.59%) RESTful
7 13 (7.98%) AngularJS
7 13 (7.98%) SOAP
8 11 (6.75%) Kafka
8 11 (6.75%) OAuth2
9 10 (6.13%) SAML
10 9 (5.52%) Spring
10 9 (5.52%) Spring Boot
11 8 (4.91%) Middleware
12 6 (3.68%) Ajax
12 6 (3.68%) CSS
12 6 (3.68%) gRPC
12 6 (3.68%) React
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.56%) Management Information System
2 12 (7.36%) Replication
3 6 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.68%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.07%) CSOC
4 5 (3.07%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (3.07%) Cyberattack
4 5 (3.07%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.07%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.07%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (2.45%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.84%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.84%) BYOD
6 3 (1.84%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.84%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.61%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 37 (22.70%) Linux
2 33 (20.25%) Windows
3 20 (12.27%) Unix
4 12 (7.36%) Amazon Linux
4 12 (7.36%) VMS
5 10 (6.13%) Ubuntu
6 5 (3.07%) AIX
6 5 (3.07%) Android
6 5 (3.07%) Apple iOS
6 5 (3.07%) Windows Server
7 4 (2.45%) CatOS
8 2 (1.23%) CentOS
8 2 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (22.09%) CI/CD
2 34 (20.86%) Agile
3 33 (20.25%) DevOps
3 33 (20.25%) Load Balancing
4 23 (14.11%) Data Loss Prevention
5 22 (13.50%) Configuration Management
5 22 (13.50%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 21 (12.88%) Test Automation
7 18 (11.04%) Change Management
7 18 (11.04%) Computer Science
7 18 (11.04%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (9.82%) API Testing
8 16 (9.82%) Microservices
9 15 (9.20%) Containerisation
10 13 (7.98%) Cloud Security
10 13 (7.98%) Security Operations
11 12 (7.36%) Customer Engagement
11 12 (7.36%) Patch Management
11 12 (7.36%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 58 (35.58%) Python
2 35 (21.47%) SQL
3 32 (19.63%) Java
4 26 (15.95%) PowerShell
5 18 (11.04%) C#
6 17 (10.43%) JavaScript
7 15 (9.20%) Perl
8 14 (8.59%) TypeScript
9 12 (7.36%) Groovy
10 8 (4.91%) Bash
11 6 (3.68%) Korn
12 5 (3.07%) Kotlin
12 5 (3.07%) PL/SQL
12 5 (3.07%) Shell Script
12 5 (3.07%) Swift
13 3 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.84%) XPath
14 2 (1.23%) C
14 2 (1.23%) C++
15 1 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 31 (19.02%) Security Cleared
2 30 (18.40%) Degree
3 24 (14.72%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.13%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.91%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.29%) Master's Degree
7 6 (3.68%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.07%) CEH
8 5 (3.07%) CISSP
9 4 (2.45%) CCNA
9 4 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.84%) CISM
10 3 (1.84%) GIAC
10 3 (1.84%) GWAPT
11 2 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.23%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (1.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.52%) QA
2 6 (3.68%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.45%) GDPR
3 4 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.84%) NIST
4 3 (1.84%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.23%) SEPA
6 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (17.79%) Docker
2 20 (12.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (9.82%) Active Directory
4 15 (9.20%) VMware NSX
5 14 (8.59%) Firmware
6 12 (7.36%) DFS Replication
7 8 (4.91%) Dovecot
7 8 (4.91%) Postfix
7 8 (4.91%) Squid
8 2 (1.23%) NDS
8 2 (1.23%) NetIQ eDirectory
9 1 (0.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.61%) HDFS
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (15.95%) Ansible
2 23 (14.11%) Terraform
3 17 (10.43%) Kubernetes
4 16 (9.82%) Prometheus
5 15 (9.20%) Grafana
6 8 (4.91%) Nessus
6 8 (4.91%) Proxmox
7 7 (4.29%) Kibana
8 6 (3.68%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.84%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.23%) CSIRT
10 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.23%) Nagios
10 2 (1.23%) Puppet
11 1 (0.61%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.61%) logstash
11 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (26.99%) F5
2 33 (20.25%) Microsoft
3 30 (18.40%) VMware
4 29 (17.79%) Blue Coat
5 27 (16.56%) McAfee
6 18 (11.04%) NetApp
7 17 (10.43%) Splunk
8 16 (9.82%) ServiceNow
9 9 (5.52%) Oracle
10 8 (4.91%) CheckPoint
10 8 (4.91%) Cisco
10 8 (4.91%) Jaspersoft
11 6 (3.68%) Palo Alto
12 5 (3.07%) AppDynamics
12 5 (3.07%) Dynatrace
12 5 (3.07%) IBM
13 4 (2.45%) Google
13 4 (2.45%) Imperva
13 4 (2.45%) New Relic
13 4 (2.45%) SolarWinds