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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 333 371
Rank change year-on-year -126 +38 +64
Contract jobs citing HTTP 164 181 169
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.65% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.84% 5.25% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 113 93
10th Percentile £368 £335 £235
25th Percentile £413 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £492 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% -6.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £619
90th Percentile £623 £699 £638
UK median daily rate £466 £496 £525
% change year-on-year -6.00% -5.52% -5.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 19 7
10th Percentile £63.75 £45.00 £25.30
25th Percentile £67.50 £49.13 £27.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +132.14% -62.67%
75th Percentile £82.50 £81.35 £85.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £84.20 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% +132.14% -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 4,276 3,447 4,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.39% 12.39% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,585 2,141 2,572
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £375 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £676 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 165 282
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £44.00 £54.94
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -19.91% +5.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.07 £46.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year -44.38% -5.30% -4.61%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -93 88 £500 -6.98% 78
North of England -43 34 £460 -3.16% 11
Midlands -43 27 £401 -15.58% 7
West Midlands -42 25 £400 -15.79% 1
North West -29 22 £553 +16.32% 9
South East -66 22 £460 -8.00% 10
Yorkshire -39 9 £439 -13.97% 2
East of England -34 4 £425 -34.62% 2
North East - 3 £425 -
East Midlands -11 2 £402 +11.67% 6
South West -47 2 £500 +49.25% 5
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 10 (6.10%) Confluence
2 8 (4.88%) nginx
2 8 (4.88%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.66%) OpenStack
4 5 (3.05%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.83%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.22%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (1.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (1.22%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.61%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.61%) CICS
7 1 (0.61%) IIS
7 1 (0.61%) Mule
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (1.83%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.22%) Houdini
2 2 (1.22%) NUKE
3 1 (0.61%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (2.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 51 (31.10%) AWS
2 40 (24.39%) Azure
3 26 (15.85%) GCP
4 10 (6.10%) Akamai
5 9 (5.49%) SaaS
6 7 (4.27%) Azure Service Bus
6 7 (4.27%) GitHub
6 7 (4.27%) iPaaS
7 6 (3.66%) Boomi
7 6 (3.66%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (3.05%) Datadog
8 5 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.05%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.05%) Serverless
8 5 (3.05%) Workato
9 4 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 67 (40.85%) DNS
2 63 (38.41%) TCP/IP
3 51 (31.10%) SSL
4 29 (17.68%) Network Security
5 23 (14.02%) BIG-IP
6 22 (13.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 21 (12.80%) Wireshark
8 19 (11.59%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 18 (10.98%) HTTPS
10 15 (9.15%) Firewall
11 8 (4.88%) BGP
11 8 (4.88%) VPN
12 7 (4.27%) 5G
13 6 (3.66%) 3GPP
13 6 (3.66%) Internet
14 5 (3.05%) IPsec
14 5 (3.05%) LAN
14 5 (3.05%) WAN
15 4 (2.44%) Reverse Proxy
15 4 (2.44%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.10%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (3.66%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.44%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.44%) Metadata
3 4 (2.44%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.44%) MySQL
4 3 (1.83%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.83%) Redis
5 2 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.22%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.22%) Neo4j
5 2 (1.22%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.22%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.61%) GIS
6 1 (0.61%) OLAP
6 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (9.76%) Fiddler
2 12 (7.32%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.71%) Git
3 11 (6.71%) GitLab
4 7 (4.27%) JIRA
4 7 (4.27%) JMeter
5 6 (3.66%) Browser DevTools
5 6 (3.66%) Gatling
5 6 (3.66%) LoadRunner
6 3 (1.83%) JUnit
7 2 (1.22%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.22%) Introscope
7 2 (1.22%) Postman
7 2 (1.22%) Selenium
7 2 (1.22%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.61%) Codeception
8 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.61%) Gradle
8 1 (0.61%) TestNG
General
1 40 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.68%) Finance
3 25 (15.24%) Banking
4 22 (13.41%) Investment Banking
5 21 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (8.54%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.10%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.22%) Games
9 2 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Retail
10 1 (0.61%) Electronics
10 1 (0.61%) Front Office
10 1 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (16.46%) Developer
2 25 (15.24%) Network Engineer
3 23 (14.02%) Web Engineer
4 21 (12.80%) Senior
5 17 (10.37%) Security Engineer
6 16 (9.76%) Blue Coat Engineer
6 16 (9.76%) IP Network Engineer
7 12 (7.32%) Architect
8 11 (6.71%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.27%) Designer
9 7 (4.27%) Senior Software Engineer
9 7 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.66%) C++ Software Engineer
10 6 (3.66%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 6 (3.66%) Support Engineer
10 6 (3.66%) Tester
11 5 (3.05%) Consultant
11 5 (3.05%) Performance Tester
11 5 (3.05%) Security Consultant
11 5 (3.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (22.56%) REST
2 19 (11.59%) SAML
3 18 (10.98%) JSON
4 17 (10.37%) SOAP
5 16 (9.76%) CSS
5 16 (9.76%) Kafka
6 15 (9.15%) XML
7 13 (7.93%) HTML
7 13 (7.93%) OAuth
7 13 (7.93%) RESTful
8 11 (6.71%) Middleware
9 10 (6.10%) RabbitMQ
10 9 (5.49%) OpenAPI
10 9 (5.49%) Swagger
11 8 (4.88%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (4.88%) WebSockets
12 7 (4.27%) GraphQL
12 7 (4.27%) Web Services
13 6 (3.66%) JWT
14 5 (3.05%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.85%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (14.63%) Management Information System
3 20 (12.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (6.71%) Algorithms
4 11 (6.71%) Cloud Native
5 10 (6.10%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (5.49%) Data Structures
7 8 (4.88%) Derivative
7 8 (4.88%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.66%) BYOD
8 6 (3.66%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (3.05%) Distributed Applications
9 5 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (2.44%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.83%) CMDB
11 3 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (1.22%) Motion Graphics
12 2 (1.22%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (18.29%) Linux
2 15 (9.15%) Unix
3 14 (8.54%) Windows
4 6 (3.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.66%) Solaris
4 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.22%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (1.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.61%) CatOS
7 1 (0.61%) VMS
7 1 (0.61%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (27.44%) CI/CD
2 35 (21.34%) Load Balancing
3 31 (18.90%) Agile
4 25 (15.24%) DevOps
5 20 (12.20%) Incident Response
5 20 (12.20%) Runbook
6 19 (11.59%) SIEM
7 18 (10.98%) Test Automation
8 17 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (9.76%) Application Security
9 16 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (9.76%) Data Loss Prevention
9 16 (9.76%) Incident Management
9 16 (9.76%) Malware Detection/Protection
9 16 (9.76%) Observability
10 15 (9.15%) DDoS Mitigation
10 15 (9.15%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (9.15%) Integration Patterns
10 15 (9.15%) Migration
10 15 (9.15%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 46 (28.05%) Python
2 28 (17.07%) Java
3 21 (12.80%) SQL
4 15 (9.15%) Bash
5 14 (8.54%) JavaScript
6 12 (7.32%) C#
7 10 (6.10%) C++
7 10 (6.10%) PowerShell
7 10 (6.10%) TypeScript
8 9 (5.49%) Shell Script
9 8 (4.88%) Rust
10 7 (4.27%) PL/SQL
11 6 (3.66%) Kotlin
12 4 (2.44%) Groovy
12 4 (2.44%) Perl
13 2 (1.22%) Go
13 2 (1.22%) Jython
13 2 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (1.22%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.61%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 20 (12.20%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.71%) Degree
4 10 (6.10%) CISSP
5 6 (3.66%) CISM
6 4 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.83%) CCNA
7 3 (1.83%) CCNP
7 3 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.22%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (1.22%) GCIA
8 2 (1.22%) GCIH
8 2 (1.22%) GIAC
8 2 (1.22%) OSCP
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.61%) CCSAM
9 1 (0.61%) OSCE
9 1 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.71%) NIST
2 9 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.49%) PCI DSS
3 7 (4.27%) GDPR
4 6 (3.66%) QA
4 6 (3.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.83%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.22%) NCSC
6 2 (1.22%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.22%) SLA
7 1 (0.61%) GRC
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 27 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (12.20%) Docker
3 16 (9.76%) Firmware
4 7 (4.27%) Active Directory
5 6 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.44%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (2.44%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.22%) vSphere
8 1 (0.61%) RACF
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (8.54%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.93%) Grafana
3 12 (7.32%) Ansible
3 12 (7.32%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (6.71%) Terraform
5 4 (2.44%) Kibana
5 4 (2.44%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.22%) CA Wily
6 2 (1.22%) Consul
6 2 (1.22%) Packer
6 2 (1.22%) Tivoli
6 2 (1.22%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.61%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.61%) logstash
Vendors
1 30 (18.29%) VMware
2 28 (17.07%) F5
3 20 (12.20%) Blue Coat
4 18 (10.98%) Oracle
5 16 (9.76%) IBM
5 16 (9.76%) McAfee
5 16 (9.76%) Microsoft
5 16 (9.76%) NetApp
6 11 (6.71%) Cisco
7 9 (5.49%) Google
8 8 (4.88%) Red Hat
8 8 (4.88%) ServiceNow
9 7 (4.27%) MuleSoft
9 7 (4.27%) Netskope
9 7 (4.27%) Zscaler
10 6 (3.66%) Dynatrace
11 5 (3.05%) AppDynamics
11 5 (3.05%) Informatica
11 5 (3.05%) TIBCO
11 5 (3.05%) WSO2