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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 347 339
Rank change year-on-year -126 -8 +68
Contract jobs citing HTTP 172 175 188
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.62% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.98% 5.32% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 103 102
10th Percentile £363 £324 £291
25th Percentile £406 £408 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -11.26% -6.91%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £624
90th Percentile £619 £696 £650
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -3.16% -13.64% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 6
10th Percentile £61.18 £45.00 £27.00
25th Percentile £68.75 £45.75 £38.06
Median hourly rate £85.00 £57.50 £76.25
Median % change year-on-year +47.83% -24.59% +11.31%
75th Percentile £88.75 £75.00 £85.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £84.27 -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £57.50 £76.25
% change year-on-year +47.83% -24.59% +11.31%

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 4,317 3,289 3,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.28% 11.74% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,545 2,079 2,260
10th Percentile £253 £225 £242
25th Percentile £400 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £594 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 388 173 169
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £15.09
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.83 £24.18
Median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% -38.97% +1.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £93.27 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £41.72 £50.00
% change year-on-year -20.90% -16.56% -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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -83 80 £500 -2.91% 109
North of England -61 33 £473 -3.91% 41
East of England -16 22 £425 -37.50% 26
South East -60 21 £460 -3.16% 36
Midlands -67 20 £450 -5.26% 33
West Midlands -53 19 £450 -5.26% 21
North West -46 18 £560 +17.89% 35
Yorkshire -31 12 £472 -32.64% 6
North East - 3 £425 -
East Midlands -22 1 £402 +11.67% 12
South West -42 1 £475 +41.79% 12
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 (6.98%) Confluence
2 11 (6.40%) nginx
3 9 (5.23%) Tomcat
4 7 (4.07%) IIS
4 7 (4.07%) WebLogic
5 6 (3.49%) OpenStack
6 4 (2.33%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.74%) Apache
7 3 (1.74%) IBM HTTP Server
7 3 (1.74%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (1.74%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (1.74%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (1.74%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.58%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.58%) CICS
8 1 (0.58%) Mule
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (1.74%) Windchill
2 2 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.16%) Houdini
2 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.16%) NUKE
3 1 (0.58%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.74%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 44 (25.58%) AWS
2 36 (20.93%) Azure
3 20 (11.63%) GCP
4 11 (6.40%) Akamai
5 10 (5.81%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (5.23%) Boomi
6 9 (5.23%) iPaaS
7 7 (4.07%) GitHub
7 7 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (4.07%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.49%) Azure Databricks
8 6 (3.49%) PowerApps
8 6 (3.49%) SaaS
8 6 (3.49%) Serverless
8 6 (3.49%) Workato
9 5 (2.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (2.91%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.91%) Datadog
10 4 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 58 (33.72%) TCP/IP
2 57 (33.14%) DNS
3 52 (30.23%) SSL
4 26 (15.12%) Network Security
5 18 (10.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 18 (10.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 18 (10.47%) Firewall
6 16 (9.30%) Wireshark
7 15 (8.72%) BGP
7 15 (8.72%) BIG-IP
7 15 (8.72%) HTTPS
8 12 (6.98%) Internet
9 9 (5.23%) SSH
10 8 (4.65%) LAN
10 8 (4.65%) OSPF
11 7 (4.07%) DHCP
11 7 (4.07%) HSRP
11 7 (4.07%) SMTP
11 7 (4.07%) SNMP
11 7 (4.07%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
1 8 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (4.07%) MongoDB
2 7 (4.07%) MySQL
2 7 (4.07%) Relational Database
3 6 (3.49%) Data Lake
3 6 (3.49%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.49%) Redis
4 4 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.33%) Metadata
5 3 (1.74%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.16%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.58%) GIS
7 1 (0.58%) OLAP
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (9.88%) Git
2 16 (9.30%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.40%) Fiddler
3 11 (6.40%) GitLab
4 8 (4.65%) JIRA
5 6 (3.49%) Selenium
6 4 (2.33%) JMeter
6 4 (2.33%) LoadRunner
7 3 (1.74%) Gatling
7 3 (1.74%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (1.16%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.16%) JUnit
8 2 (1.16%) Postman
8 2 (1.16%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.16%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.16%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.58%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
General
1 44 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 22 (12.79%) Finance
3 19 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (11.05%) Banking
4 17 (9.88%) Investment Banking
5 11 (6.40%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.07%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.49%) Back Office
8 5 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.74%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.16%) Law
11 2 (1.16%) Retail
12 1 (0.58%) Games
12 1 (0.58%) Marketing
12 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (19.19%) Developer
2 28 (16.28%) Network Engineer
3 20 (11.63%) Security Engineer
4 16 (9.30%) Senior
5 14 (8.14%) Architect
6 13 (7.56%) Software Engineer
6 13 (7.56%) Web Engineer
7 11 (6.40%) Blue Coat Engineer
7 11 (6.40%) IP Network Engineer
7 11 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (5.23%) Analyst
8 9 (5.23%) Integration Developer
9 7 (4.07%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) Senior Software Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Python Developer
11 5 (2.91%) C++ Software Engineer
11 5 (2.91%) Security Analyst
11 5 (2.91%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (31.98%) REST
2 31 (18.02%) JSON
3 24 (13.95%) Kafka
4 23 (13.37%) SOAP
5 21 (12.21%) XML
6 18 (10.47%) CSS
7 16 (9.30%) HTML
7 16 (9.30%) RESTful
8 15 (8.72%) Middleware
9 14 (8.14%) LDAP
9 14 (8.14%) RabbitMQ
9 14 (8.14%) SAML
9 14 (8.14%) Terraform
10 12 (6.98%) OpenAPI
10 12 (6.98%) Swagger
11 11 (6.40%) OAuth
12 10 (5.81%) GraphQL
12 10 (5.81%) JWT
13 9 (5.23%) ActiveMQ
13 9 (5.23%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.02%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (11.63%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (9.88%) Cloud Native
4 16 (9.30%) Management Information System
4 16 (9.30%) Onboarding
5 13 (7.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 9 (5.23%) Data Structures
7 8 (4.65%) Algorithms
7 8 (4.65%) Derivative
7 8 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.49%) Distributed Applications
8 6 (3.49%) Low-Code
9 4 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.74%) CMDB
10 3 (1.74%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.74%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.74%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 38 (22.09%) Linux
2 25 (14.53%) Windows
3 14 (8.14%) Unix
4 11 (6.40%) Windows Server
5 9 (5.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.74%) Solaris
6 3 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.16%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (1.16%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.16%) VMS
7 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.58%) CatOS
8 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.58%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.67%) CI/CD
2 35 (20.35%) Load Balancing
3 31 (18.02%) DevOps
4 25 (14.53%) Agile
4 25 (14.53%) SIEM
5 23 (13.37%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (12.79%) Event-Driven
6 22 (12.79%) Observability
6 22 (12.79%) Test Automation
7 20 (11.63%) Incident Response
7 20 (11.63%) Integration Patterns
8 19 (11.05%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (11.05%) Software Engineering
9 18 (10.47%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 18 (10.47%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (9.30%) Scrum
11 15 (8.72%) API Integration
11 15 (8.72%) Runbook
11 15 (8.72%) Threat Detection
12 13 (7.56%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 47 (27.33%) Python
2 29 (16.86%) Java
3 28 (16.28%) SQL
4 14 (8.14%) PowerShell
5 13 (7.56%) JavaScript
5 13 (7.56%) Shell Script
6 11 (6.40%) Bash
7 10 (5.81%) C#
8 9 (5.23%) C++
8 9 (5.23%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.07%) Kotlin
9 7 (4.07%) Rust
10 6 (3.49%) Groovy
11 4 (2.33%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.74%) Perl
13 2 (1.16%) Go
13 2 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (1.16%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.58%) Cypher
14 1 (0.58%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 37 (21.51%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.37%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.98%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.23%) Degree
5 6 (3.49%) CCNA
5 6 (3.49%) CCNP
5 6 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.49%) CISSP
5 6 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.74%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.74%) OSCP
7 2 (1.16%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.16%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.16%) ECSA
7 2 (1.16%) GCIA
7 2 (1.16%) GCIH
7 2 (1.16%) GIAC
7 2 (1.16%) SANS
8 1 (0.58%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.40%) QA
2 3 (1.74%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.74%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.16%) NCSC
3 2 (1.16%) NIST
3 2 (1.16%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.58%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.58%) GDPR
4 1 (0.58%) GMP
4 1 (0.58%) GRC
4 1 (0.58%) GxP
4 1 (0.58%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.58%) SLA
4 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (16.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (12.79%) Docker
3 20 (11.63%) Active Directory
4 11 (6.40%) Firmware
5 9 (5.23%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (5.23%) vSphere
6 7 (4.07%) Hyper-V
6 7 (4.07%) NFS
7 3 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.74%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.16%) DFS Replication
8 2 (1.16%) Dovecot
8 2 (1.16%) Postfix
8 2 (1.16%) Squid
9 1 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.58%) RACF
Systems Management
1 18 (10.47%) Grafana
2 14 (8.14%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.40%) Ansible
4 9 (5.23%) Prometheus
5 7 (4.07%) Nagios
6 6 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.33%) Kibana
8 2 (1.16%) Consul
8 2 (1.16%) Nessus
8 2 (1.16%) Packer
8 2 (1.16%) Proxmox
8 2 (1.16%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.58%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.58%) logstash
9 1 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (22.09%) VMware
2 24 (13.95%) F5
3 22 (12.79%) IBM
4 21 (12.21%) Oracle
5 15 (8.72%) Cisco
6 14 (8.14%) Blue Coat
6 14 (8.14%) Microsoft
7 12 (6.98%) Google
8 11 (6.40%) McAfee
8 11 (6.40%) NetApp
9 10 (5.81%) MuleSoft
9 10 (5.81%) SolarWinds
10 9 (5.23%) Informatica
10 9 (5.23%) ServiceNow
10 9 (5.23%) TIBCO
10 9 (5.23%) WSO2
11 6 (3.49%) Dynatrace
11 6 (3.49%) Qualys
11 6 (3.49%) SAP
11 6 (3.49%) Splunk