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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 356 390
Rank change year-on-year -13 +34 +45
Contract jobs citing HTTP 165 154 191
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.49% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.82% 4.04% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 92 123
10th Percentile £335 £290 £303
25th Percentile £391 £400 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £698 £771 £698
UK median daily rate £475 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -7.77% -1.90% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 5
10th Percentile £42.50 £29.25 £61.60
25th Percentile £45.00 £32.63 £67.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £39.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.97% -43.57% +32.58%
75th Percentile £75.00 £57.25 £86.56
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.15 £88.62
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £39.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +37.97% -43.57% +53.85%

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 3,422 3,815 5,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.13% 12.25% 14.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,205 2,205 3,419
10th Percentile £206 £234 £210
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £608
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 136 328
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.83 £18.82
25th Percentile £20.56 £23.47 £23.07
Median hourly rate £31.39 £48.56 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -35.37% -14.04% +27.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £42.50 £56.40
% change year-on-year -20.00% -24.65% +35.90%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -8 74 £508 -3.79% 26
Midlands +9 38 £475 -16.30% 5
West Midlands -6 35 £475 +23.38% 4
North of England -21 30 £450 -7.98% 13
North West 0 24 £402 +7.20% 8
South East -6 15 £500 +17.65% 31
East of England -17 14 £680 +20.89% 5
South West 0 7 £335 -29.47% 5
Yorkshire -39 6 £700 -6.67% 4
East Midlands -9 3 £360 -52.00% 1
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 23 (13.94%) Confluence
2 10 (6.06%) nginx
3 6 (3.64%) Apache
4 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.21%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (1.21%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.21%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.61%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.06%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.21%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.21%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.61%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.61%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 51 (30.91%) Azure
2 47 (28.48%) AWS
3 23 (13.94%) Amazon EC2
4 21 (12.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 21 (12.73%) Amazon ELB
4 21 (12.73%) Amazon S3
4 21 (12.73%) AWS KMS
4 21 (12.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 14 (8.48%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (7.88%) Power Automate
7 11 (6.67%) Amazon Glacier
7 11 (6.67%) GitHub
8 10 (6.06%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (6.06%) GCP
8 10 (6.06%) Route 53
9 9 (5.45%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (4.24%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.03%) Apigee
12 5 (3.03%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 64 (38.79%) DNS
2 43 (26.06%) TCP/IP
3 42 (25.45%) SSL
4 41 (24.85%) Firewall
5 40 (24.24%) SMTP
6 36 (21.82%) FTP
7 25 (15.15%) SSH
8 23 (13.94%) Network Security
9 21 (12.73%) Wireshark
10 15 (9.09%) BIG-IP
11 13 (7.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 13 (7.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 10 (6.06%) HTTPS
12 10 (6.06%) IMAP
12 10 (6.06%) OpenLDAP
13 7 (4.24%) Internet
14 5 (3.03%) DMZ
15 4 (2.42%) VPN
16 3 (1.82%) DHCP
17 2 (1.21%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (13.94%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.27%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (6.06%) SQL Server
5 9 (5.45%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.03%) Power BI
7 4 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.42%) Oracle Database
7 4 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.21%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.21%) Oracle Database 10g
9 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.61%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.61%) Big Data
9 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.61%) Impala
9 1 (0.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (24.85%) Git
2 37 (22.42%) JIRA
3 34 (20.61%) Jenkins
4 21 (12.73%) Vagrant
5 17 (10.30%) Fiddler
6 12 (7.27%) Postman
7 5 (3.03%) Appium
7 5 (3.03%) Charles Proxy
7 5 (3.03%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (3.03%) XCUITest
8 4 (2.42%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.42%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.42%) Robot Framework
8 4 (2.42%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.82%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (1.82%) JUnit
9 3 (1.82%) Selenium
9 3 (1.82%) Vite
9 3 (1.82%) webpack
10 2 (1.21%) TestRail
General
1 63 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.61%) Finance
3 31 (18.79%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (15.76%) Public Sector
5 21 (12.73%) Banking
6 13 (7.88%) Investment Banking
7 12 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.24%) Marketing
9 5 (3.03%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.42%) Legal
11 3 (1.82%) Advertising
12 2 (1.21%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.61%) Aviation
13 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.61%) French Language
13 1 (0.61%) German Language
13 1 (0.61%) Law
13 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.61%) Military
13 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (24.24%) Developer
2 22 (13.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 22 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 17 (10.30%) Analyst
3 17 (10.30%) AWS Engineer
3 17 (10.30%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 17 (10.30%) Platform Engineer
4 15 (9.09%) AWS DevOps
4 15 (9.09%) AWS DevOps Engineer
4 15 (9.09%) Web Engineer
5 12 (7.27%) Automation Engineer
5 12 (7.27%) SOC Analyst
6 10 (6.06%) AWS Platform Engineer
6 10 (6.06%) Consultant
6 10 (6.06%) Senior
7 8 (4.85%) Python Engineer
7 8 (4.85%) Support Engineer
7 8 (4.85%) Technical Engineer
7 8 (4.85%) Technical Support
7 8 (4.85%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (16.36%) JSON
2 26 (15.76%) XML
3 24 (14.55%) LDAP
4 19 (11.52%) REST
4 19 (11.52%) SOAP
5 18 (10.91%) AngularJS
6 15 (9.09%) React
7 14 (8.48%) HTML
7 14 (8.48%) OAuth
7 14 (8.48%) RESTful
8 11 (6.67%) OAuth2
9 10 (6.06%) .NET
10 9 (5.45%) CSS
11 8 (4.85%) JMS
11 8 (4.85%) Middleware
11 8 (4.85%) XSD
12 7 (4.24%) Kafka
13 6 (3.64%) Express.js
13 6 (3.64%) Node.js
13 6 (3.64%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.76%) Management Information System
2 21 (12.73%) Replication
3 10 (6.06%) Cyberattack
4 9 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.85%) CSOC
5 8 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.85%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.03%) Mobile App
7 5 (3.03%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.42%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.42%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.82%) BYOD
9 3 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (1.21%) Digital Signage
10 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (27.27%) Linux
2 41 (24.85%) Windows
3 22 (13.33%) VMS
4 21 (12.73%) Amazon Linux
4 21 (12.73%) Unix
5 12 (7.27%) Ubuntu
6 5 (3.03%) Android
6 5 (3.03%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.42%) AIX
7 4 (2.42%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.21%) CentOS
8 2 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.61%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.06%) DevOps
2 40 (24.24%) Agile
3 32 (19.39%) Configuration Management
4 29 (17.58%) CI/CD
5 28 (16.97%) Test Automation
6 27 (16.36%) Change Management
7 24 (14.55%) Load Balancing
8 23 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (13.33%) Cloud Security
10 21 (12.73%) Patch Management
10 21 (12.73%) Platform Engineering
11 20 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (10.91%) Security Operations
13 17 (10.30%) Computer Science
13 17 (10.30%) Information Security
14 16 (9.70%) Containerisation
15 15 (9.09%) API Testing
15 15 (9.09%) Microservices
16 14 (8.48%) Scrum
16 14 (8.48%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 69 (41.82%) Python
2 44 (26.67%) SQL
3 42 (25.45%) PowerShell
4 31 (18.79%) Java
5 23 (13.94%) Perl
6 21 (12.73%) Groovy
7 20 (12.12%) JavaScript
8 16 (9.70%) TypeScript
9 12 (7.27%) C#
10 8 (4.85%) Bash
11 5 (3.03%) Korn
11 5 (3.03%) Kotlin
11 5 (3.03%) Swift
12 4 (2.42%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (2.42%) PL/SQL
12 4 (2.42%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.82%) C
14 2 (1.21%) C++
14 2 (1.21%) PHP
14 2 (1.21%) XPath
Qualifications
1 46 (27.88%) Security Cleared
2 40 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 31 (18.79%) Degree
4 13 (7.88%) AWS Certification
5 10 (6.06%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.45%) CEH
6 9 (5.45%) CISSP
7 8 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (3.03%) CCNA
8 5 (3.03%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.03%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.82%) CCNP
9 3 (1.82%) CCSP
9 3 (1.82%) CISM
9 3 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.82%) GCIH
9 3 (1.82%) GIAC
9 3 (1.82%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.88%) QA
2 8 (4.85%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.64%) GDPR
4 5 (3.03%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.82%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.82%) NIST
6 3 (1.82%) WCAG
7 2 (1.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 35 (21.21%) Docker
2 21 (12.73%) DFS Replication
3 17 (10.30%) Active Directory
4 10 (6.06%) Dovecot
4 10 (6.06%) Postfix
4 10 (6.06%) Squid
5 8 (4.85%) Firmware
5 8 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.82%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.21%) NDS
7 2 (1.21%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.61%) HDFS
8 1 (0.61%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (21.82%) Terraform
2 25 (15.15%) Prometheus
3 23 (13.94%) Grafana
4 22 (13.33%) Ansible
5 16 (9.70%) Kubernetes
6 10 (6.06%) Nessus
6 10 (6.06%) Proxmox
7 6 (3.64%) Kibana
8 4 (2.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.82%) CSIRT
9 3 (1.82%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.82%) Puppet
10 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.21%) Nagios
11 1 (0.61%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.61%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.61%) SCCM
11 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (18.79%) ServiceNow
2 30 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 27 (16.36%) F5
4 19 (11.52%) Blue Coat
5 17 (10.30%) Splunk
6 15 (9.09%) McAfee
7 12 (7.27%) NetApp
8 11 (6.67%) VMware
9 10 (6.06%) Jaspersoft
10 9 (5.45%) Google
11 8 (4.85%) Blue Prism
11 8 (4.85%) Oracle
12 5 (3.03%) AppDynamics
12 5 (3.03%) Dynatrace
12 5 (3.03%) Fortinet
12 5 (3.03%) Imperva
13 4 (2.42%) IBM
13 4 (2.42%) New Relic
14 3 (1.82%) Cisco
14 3 (1.82%) Symantec