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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 354 384
Rank change year-on-year -20 +30 +46
Contract jobs citing HTTP 172 155 188
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.51% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.09% 4.09% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 99 120
10th Percentile £335 £312 £302
25th Percentile £378 £405 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -10.87%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £680 £775 £701
UK median daily rate £475 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -8.87% -0.71% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 5
10th Percentile £42.50 £41.55 £61.60
25th Percentile £45.00 £46.50 £67.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £56.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% -20.00% +32.58%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.50 £86.56
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.45 £88.62
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £56.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -2.68% -20.00% +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 3,382 3,792 5,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.92% 12.51% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,184 2,204 3,383
10th Percentile £206 £223 £210
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £611
90th Percentile £677 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 129 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.35 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.09 £23.00 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £33.39 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.57% -25.45% +25.00%

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 8 December 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 8 December 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 8 December 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 -20 76 £500 -9.09% 14
Midlands +3 41 £475 -16.30% 10
West Midlands +7 38 £475 +23.38% 9
North of England -18 33 £450 -5.86% 22
North West +5 26 £402 +0.50% 12
South East -19 15 £500 +17.65% 19
East of England -14 13 £680 +20.89% 8
South West -12 8 £335 -29.47% 7
Yorkshire -38 7 £700 -6.67% 9
East Midlands -15 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 (13.37%) Confluence
2 10 (5.81%) nginx
3 6 (3.49%) Apache
4 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (1.16%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.16%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.58%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (5.81%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.16%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.74%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.58%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.58%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 53 (30.81%) Azure
2 48 (27.91%) AWS
3 23 (13.37%) Amazon EC2
4 20 (11.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 20 (11.63%) Amazon ELB
4 20 (11.63%) Amazon S3
4 20 (11.63%) AWS KMS
4 20 (11.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 14 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (7.56%) GitHub
6 13 (7.56%) Power Automate
7 11 (6.40%) GCP
8 10 (5.81%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (5.81%) Amazon Glacier
8 10 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (5.81%) Route 53
9 7 (4.07%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.49%) Apigee
10 6 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.91%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 69 (40.12%) DNS
2 47 (27.33%) SSL
3 46 (26.74%) TCP/IP
4 45 (26.16%) Firewall
5 39 (22.67%) SMTP
6 34 (19.77%) FTP
7 26 (15.12%) Wireshark
8 24 (13.95%) SSH
9 23 (13.37%) Network Security
10 20 (11.63%) BIG-IP
11 14 (8.14%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 14 (8.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 13 (7.56%) HTTPS
13 10 (5.81%) IMAP
13 10 (5.81%) OpenLDAP
14 8 (4.65%) VPN
15 7 (4.07%) Internet
16 5 (2.91%) DMZ
16 5 (2.91%) LAN
16 5 (2.91%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.79%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (8.72%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (6.98%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (5.81%) SQL Server
5 9 (5.23%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.91%) Oracle Database
6 5 (2.91%) Power BI
7 4 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.74%) Oracle Database 10g
9 1 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.58%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.58%) Big Data
9 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.58%) Impala
9 1 (0.58%) Metadata
9 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (24.42%) Git
2 37 (21.51%) JIRA
3 35 (20.35%) Jenkins
4 20 (11.63%) Vagrant
5 19 (11.05%) Fiddler
6 13 (7.56%) Postman
7 5 (2.91%) Appium
7 5 (2.91%) Charles Proxy
7 5 (2.91%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (2.91%) XCUITest
8 4 (2.33%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.33%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.33%) Robot Framework
8 4 (2.33%) Selenium
8 4 (2.33%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.74%) Ant
9 3 (1.74%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.74%) JUnit
9 3 (1.74%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.74%) Zephyr
General
1 64 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 34 (19.77%) Finance
3 32 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (14.53%) Public Sector
5 24 (13.95%) Banking
6 14 (8.14%) Investment Banking
7 12 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.07%) Marketing
9 5 (2.91%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.33%) Legal
11 3 (1.74%) Advertising
12 2 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.58%) French Language
13 1 (0.58%) German Language
13 1 (0.58%) Law
13 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (23.26%) Developer
2 27 (15.70%) Network Engineer
3 21 (12.21%) DevOps Engineer
4 17 (9.88%) Analyst
4 17 (9.88%) AWS Engineer
4 17 (9.88%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 17 (9.88%) Platform Engineer
4 17 (9.88%) Web Engineer
5 15 (8.72%) AWS DevOps
5 15 (8.72%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 13 (7.56%) Automation Engineer
7 12 (6.98%) SOC Analyst
8 10 (5.81%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 10 (5.81%) Consultant
8 10 (5.81%) Senior
9 8 (4.65%) Python Engineer
9 8 (4.65%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.65%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (4.65%) Technical Support
9 8 (4.65%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (16.86%) JSON
1 29 (16.86%) XML
2 27 (15.70%) LDAP
3 20 (11.63%) REST
3 20 (11.63%) SOAP
4 17 (9.88%) AngularJS
5 15 (8.72%) React
6 14 (8.14%) HTML
6 14 (8.14%) OAuth
7 13 (7.56%) RESTful
8 11 (6.40%) OAuth2
9 10 (5.81%) .NET
10 9 (5.23%) CSS
11 8 (4.65%) JMS
11 8 (4.65%) Kafka
11 8 (4.65%) Middleware
11 8 (4.65%) XSD
12 6 (3.49%) Node.js
12 6 (3.49%) WebSockets
13 5 (2.91%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.70%) Management Information System
2 20 (11.63%) Replication
3 10 (5.81%) Cyberattack
4 9 (5.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.65%) CSOC
5 8 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.65%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.91%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.91%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.33%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.33%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.74%) BYOD
9 3 (1.74%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (1.16%) Digital Signage
10 2 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 45 (26.16%) Linux
2 41 (23.84%) Windows
3 22 (12.79%) Unix
4 21 (12.21%) VMS
5 20 (11.63%) Amazon Linux
6 12 (6.98%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.91%) AIX
7 5 (2.91%) Android
7 5 (2.91%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.33%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.16%) CatOS
9 2 (1.16%) CentOS
9 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.58%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (25.58%) DevOps
2 41 (23.84%) Agile
3 31 (18.02%) CI/CD
3 31 (18.02%) Configuration Management
4 29 (16.86%) Test Automation
5 26 (15.12%) Change Management
5 26 (15.12%) Load Balancing
6 23 (13.37%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (12.21%) Cloud Security
9 20 (11.63%) Patch Management
9 20 (11.63%) Platform Engineering
10 18 (10.47%) Containerisation
10 18 (10.47%) Security Operations
11 17 (9.88%) Computer Science
11 17 (9.88%) Information Security
12 16 (9.30%) API Testing
12 16 (9.30%) Microservices
13 15 (8.72%) Data Loss Prevention
13 15 (8.72%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 70 (40.70%) Python
2 45 (26.16%) SQL
3 41 (23.84%) PowerShell
4 32 (18.60%) Java
5 23 (13.37%) Perl
6 20 (11.63%) Groovy
6 20 (11.63%) JavaScript
7 15 (8.72%) TypeScript
8 13 (7.56%) C#
9 9 (5.23%) Bash
10 6 (3.49%) Korn
11 5 (2.91%) Kotlin
11 5 (2.91%) PL/SQL
11 5 (2.91%) Shell Script
11 5 (2.91%) Swift
12 4 (2.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.74%) C
13 3 (1.74%) XPath
14 2 (1.16%) C++
14 2 (1.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 38 (22.09%) SC Cleared
3 31 (18.02%) Degree
4 13 (7.56%) AWS Certification
5 10 (5.81%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.23%) CEH
6 9 (5.23%) CISSP
7 8 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (2.91%) CCNA
8 5 (2.91%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.91%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.74%) CCNP
9 3 (1.74%) CCSP
9 3 (1.74%) CISM
9 3 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.74%) GCIH
9 3 (1.74%) GWAPT
9 3 (1.74%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.14%) QA
2 8 (4.65%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.49%) GDPR
4 5 (2.91%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.33%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.74%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.74%) NIST
6 3 (1.74%) WCAG
7 2 (1.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 35 (20.35%) Docker
2 20 (11.63%) DFS Replication
3 19 (11.05%) Active Directory
4 12 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (5.81%) Dovecot
5 10 (5.81%) Postfix
5 10 (5.81%) Squid
6 9 (5.23%) Firmware
7 7 (4.07%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.16%) NDS
8 2 (1.16%) NetIQ eDirectory
9 1 (0.58%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.58%) HDFS
9 1 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (20.93%) Terraform
2 25 (14.53%) Prometheus
3 24 (13.95%) Ansible
4 23 (13.37%) Grafana
5 17 (9.88%) Kubernetes
6 10 (5.81%) Nessus
6 10 (5.81%) Proxmox
7 7 (4.07%) Kibana
8 4 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (2.33%) Progress Chef
8 4 (2.33%) Puppet
9 3 (1.74%) CSIRT
9 3 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.16%) Nagios
11 1 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.58%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.58%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.58%) SCCM
11 1 (0.58%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (19.19%) F5
1 33 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 30 (17.44%) ServiceNow
3 21 (12.21%) Blue Coat
4 18 (10.47%) Splunk
5 17 (9.88%) McAfee
5 17 (9.88%) VMware
6 13 (7.56%) NetApp
7 10 (5.81%) Jaspersoft
8 9 (5.23%) Google
8 9 (5.23%) Oracle
9 8 (4.65%) Blue Prism
10 6 (3.49%) Cisco
10 6 (3.49%) Imperva
11 5 (2.91%) AppDynamics
11 5 (2.91%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.91%) Dynatrace
11 5 (2.91%) Fortinet
11 5 (2.91%) IBM
12 4 (2.33%) New Relic