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 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 336 364
Rank change year-on-year -123 +28 +67
Contract jobs citing HTTP 161 177 167
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.64% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.73% 5.25% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 106 92
10th Percentile £371 £323 £232
25th Percentile £409 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £533
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -10.88% -7.30%
75th Percentile £550 £597 £623
90th Percentile £611 £697 £645
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £528
% change year-on-year -2.63% -9.95% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 7
10th Percentile £63.75 £45.00 £25.30
25th Percentile £67.50 £45.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £57.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% +105.36% -62.67%
75th Percentile £82.50 £81.35 £85.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £84.40 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £57.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +30.43% +105.36% -62.67%

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 4,321 3,371 4,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 12.24% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,599 2,090 2,451
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £373 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £676 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 171 266
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £26.72 £42.50 £54.94
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -22.64% -2.75%
75th Percentile £65.55 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% -10.00% -11.49%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -100 90 £500 -2.44% 147
North of England -47 33 £461 -2.89% 18
Midlands -56 23 £379 -20.32% 15
West Midlands -57 22 £355 -25.26% 7
North West -32 21 £560 +17.89% 14
South East -53 20 £460 -5.64% 29
Yorkshire -42 9 £439 -32.50% 5
East of England -31 5 £425 -37.50% 14
North East - 3 £425 -
East Midlands -22 1 £402 +11.67% 8
South West -35 1 £475 +41.79% 13
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 12 (7.45%) Confluence
2 10 (6.21%) nginx
3 8 (4.97%) OpenStack
3 8 (4.97%) Tomcat
4 5 (3.11%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.86%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.24%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (1.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (1.24%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (1.24%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.62%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.62%) CICS
7 1 (0.62%) Mule
Applications
1 3 (1.86%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.24%) Houdini
2 2 (1.24%) NUKE
3 1 (0.62%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.62%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.62%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 46 (28.57%) AWS
2 38 (23.60%) Azure
3 20 (12.42%) GCP
4 8 (4.97%) SaaS
5 7 (4.35%) Akamai
5 7 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
5 7 (4.35%) GitHub
5 7 (4.35%) iPaaS
5 7 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.73%) Boomi
6 6 (3.73%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.73%) Workato
7 5 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (3.11%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.11%) Datadog
7 5 (3.11%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (3.11%) PowerApps
7 5 (3.11%) Serverless
8 4 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (39.75%) DNS
2 61 (37.89%) TCP/IP
3 51 (31.68%) SSL
4 26 (16.15%) Network Security
5 22 (13.66%) BIG-IP
6 21 (13.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 20 (12.42%) HTTPS
8 19 (11.80%) Wireshark
9 18 (11.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 16 (9.94%) Firewall
11 9 (5.59%) 5G
12 8 (4.97%) BGP
12 8 (4.97%) SSH
13 7 (4.35%) Internet
13 7 (4.35%) VPN
14 5 (3.11%) 4G
14 5 (3.11%) IPsec
14 5 (3.11%) LAN
14 5 (3.11%) WAN
15 4 (2.48%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.97%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.73%) MongoDB
3 6 (3.73%) MySQL
3 6 (3.73%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.11%) Data Lake
4 5 (3.11%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.11%) Redis
5 4 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.48%) Metadata
6 2 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.24%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.24%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.24%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.62%) GIS
7 1 (0.62%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 17 (10.56%) Jenkins
2 15 (9.32%) Fiddler
2 15 (9.32%) Git
3 11 (6.83%) GitLab
4 9 (5.59%) JIRA
5 5 (3.11%) Browser DevTools
5 5 (3.11%) Selenium
6 3 (1.86%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.86%) JUnit
7 2 (1.24%) Introscope
7 2 (1.24%) JMeter
7 2 (1.24%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.24%) Postman
7 2 (1.24%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.24%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.62%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.62%) Codeception
8 1 (0.62%) Gatling
8 1 (0.62%) REST Assured
General
1 42 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.39%) Finance
3 24 (14.91%) Banking
4 21 (13.04%) Investment Banking
5 17 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (9.94%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.73%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.24%) Games
9 2 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.24%) Retail
10 1 (0.62%) Electronics
10 1 (0.62%) Front Office
10 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (18.63%) Developer
2 24 (14.91%) Network Engineer
3 21 (13.04%) Web Engineer
4 17 (10.56%) Senior
5 15 (9.32%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 15 (9.32%) IP Network Engineer
6 13 (8.07%) Security Engineer
6 13 (8.07%) Software Engineer
7 12 (7.45%) Architect
8 8 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (4.97%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.35%) Designer
9 7 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Analyst
10 6 (3.73%) AWS Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) C++ Software Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 5 (3.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 5 (3.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (27.95%) REST
2 22 (13.66%) Kafka
3 21 (13.04%) JSON
4 20 (12.42%) SAML
5 18 (11.18%) CSS
6 16 (9.94%) HTML
6 16 (9.94%) RESTful
6 16 (9.94%) SOAP
7 14 (8.70%) XML
8 13 (8.07%) OAuth
8 13 (8.07%) Terraform
9 12 (7.45%) RabbitMQ
10 10 (6.21%) Middleware
11 9 (5.59%) OpenAPI
11 9 (5.59%) Swagger
12 8 (4.97%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (4.97%) WebSockets
13 7 (4.35%) GraphQL
13 7 (4.35%) Spring
13 7 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.77%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (13.04%) Management Information System
3 16 (9.94%) Cloud Native
4 15 (9.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 11 (6.83%) Algorithms
5 11 (6.83%) Onboarding
6 10 (6.21%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (5.59%) Data Structures
8 8 (4.97%) Derivative
9 6 (3.73%) Distributed Applications
10 5 (3.11%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (3.11%) Low-Code
11 4 (2.48%) BYOD
12 3 (1.86%) CMDB
12 3 (1.86%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (1.24%) Replication
13 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (1.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.88%) Linux
2 15 (9.32%) Unix
3 13 (8.07%) Windows
4 5 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.11%) Solaris
4 5 (3.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (2.48%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.24%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (1.24%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (1.24%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.24%) VMS
8 1 (0.62%) CatOS
8 1 (0.62%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (26.09%) CI/CD
2 35 (21.74%) Load Balancing
3 29 (18.01%) DevOps
4 28 (17.39%) Agile
5 23 (14.29%) Test Automation
6 20 (12.42%) Observability
7 18 (11.18%) Event-Driven
7 18 (11.18%) Software Engineering
8 17 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (9.94%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (9.94%) Integration Patterns
9 16 (9.94%) Scrum
10 15 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (9.32%) Data Loss Prevention
10 15 (9.32%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 15 (9.32%) Incident Response
10 15 (9.32%) Malware Detection/Protection
10 15 (9.32%) Migration
10 15 (9.32%) Runbook
10 15 (9.32%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 46 (28.57%) Python
2 31 (19.25%) Java
3 25 (15.53%) SQL
4 16 (9.94%) Bash
5 13 (8.07%) JavaScript
6 11 (6.83%) PowerShell
7 10 (6.21%) Shell Script
8 9 (5.59%) C#
8 9 (5.59%) C++
8 9 (5.59%) TypeScript
9 8 (4.97%) Rust
10 6 (3.73%) Groovy
10 6 (3.73%) Kotlin
10 6 (3.73%) PL/SQL
11 5 (3.11%) Perl
12 2 (1.24%) Go
12 2 (1.24%) Jython
12 2 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (1.24%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.62%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 25 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.18%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.83%) Degree
4 8 (4.97%) CISSP
5 5 (3.11%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.48%) CISM
6 4 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.24%) CCNA
8 2 (1.24%) CCNP
8 2 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.24%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (1.24%) GCIA
8 2 (1.24%) GCIH
8 2 (1.24%) GIAC
8 2 (1.24%) OSCP
9 1 (0.62%) CCSAM
9 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.62%) GPEN
9 1 (0.62%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.21%) QA
2 9 (5.59%) NIST
3 7 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.35%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.11%) GDPR
5 4 (2.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.86%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.24%) NCSC
7 2 (1.24%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.24%) SLA
8 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.62%) GRC
8 1 (0.62%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.62%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (15.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (14.91%) Docker
3 15 (9.32%) Firmware
4 7 (4.35%) Active Directory
5 5 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.48%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.86%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (1.24%) DFS Replication
8 2 (1.24%) Dovecot
8 2 (1.24%) Postfix
8 2 (1.24%) Squid
8 2 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.24%) vSphere
9 1 (0.62%) RACF
Systems Management
1 17 (10.56%) Kubernetes
2 15 (9.32%) Grafana
3 13 (8.07%) Ansible
4 12 (7.45%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (4.97%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.86%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (1.24%) CA Wily
7 2 (1.24%) Consul
7 2 (1.24%) Kibana
7 2 (1.24%) Nessus
7 2 (1.24%) Packer
7 2 (1.24%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.24%) Tivoli
7 2 (1.24%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.62%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.62%) logstash
8 1 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (17.39%) F5
1 28 (17.39%) VMware
2 19 (11.80%) Blue Coat
3 18 (11.18%) Oracle
4 17 (10.56%) IBM
5 16 (9.94%) Microsoft
6 15 (9.32%) McAfee
6 15 (9.32%) NetApp
7 11 (6.83%) Cisco
8 10 (6.21%) ServiceNow
9 8 (4.97%) Google
10 7 (4.35%) MuleSoft
10 7 (4.35%) Netskope
10 7 (4.35%) Red Hat
10 7 (4.35%) Zscaler
11 6 (3.73%) Informatica
11 6 (3.73%) TIBCO
11 6 (3.73%) WSO2
12 5 (3.11%) Databricks
13 4 (2.48%) Sparx