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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 324 396
Rank change year-on-year -90 +72 +44
Contract jobs citing HTTP 154 171 162
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.66% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.34% 5.04% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 116 110
10th Percentile £263 £383 £300
25th Percentile £375 £465 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £573 £488
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% +17.44% -15.22%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £775 £650
UK median daily rate £488 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -15.22% +15.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 4
10th Percentile £41.25 £39.75 -
25th Percentile £50.25 £42.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +19.27% +18.79% -35.08%
75th Percentile £83.75 £68.50 £48.91
90th Percentile £95.00 £71.65 £54.36
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +19.27% +18.79% -31.52%

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 3,551 3,393 5,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.27% 13.14% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 1,996 3,138
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.99% -6.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 96 378
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.42
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.30 £20.87
Median hourly rate £31.44 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -31.58% +138.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £73.75 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £31.44 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -3.26% -31.58% +143.59%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -53 62 £525 -6.25% 13
North of England -25 43 £450 -4.66% 21
North West +5 38 £414 -9.12% 14
Midlands -32 36 £388 -0.13% 4
West Midlands -24 35 £388 -7.19% 3
South East -33 16 £350 -34.58% 15
East of England -37 7 - - 8
South West -36 5 £575 -6.50% 2
Yorkshire -54 5 £700 -6.67% 4
East Midlands -24 1 - - 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 9 (5.84%) Confluence
2 6 (3.90%) Apache
2 6 (3.90%) Ethereum
2 6 (3.90%) Hyperledger
3 5 (3.25%) nginx
4 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.95%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.95%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.65%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.55%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.60%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (6.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.95%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.65%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 38 (24.68%) Azure
2 33 (21.43%) AWS
3 12 (7.79%) GCP
3 12 (7.79%) GitHub
3 12 (7.79%) Power Platform
4 11 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (6.49%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (5.84%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (5.19%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (3.90%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (3.90%) Amazon ELB
9 6 (3.90%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.90%) AWS KMS
9 6 (3.90%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.90%) Serverless
9 6 (3.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (3.25%) Cloudflare
10 5 (3.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (40.26%) DNS
2 49 (31.82%) SSL
3 44 (28.57%) TCP/IP
4 43 (27.92%) Wireshark
5 37 (24.03%) BIG-IP
6 29 (18.83%) Firewall
7 20 (12.99%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 20 (12.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 19 (12.34%) FTP
9 16 (10.39%) SMTP
10 14 (9.09%) HTTPS
11 13 (8.44%) Network Security
12 11 (7.14%) VPN
13 10 (6.49%) Wireless
14 9 (5.84%) LAN
15 8 (5.19%) SSH
16 7 (4.55%) WAN
17 6 (3.90%) Cisco ASA
17 6 (3.90%) Ethereal
17 6 (3.90%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.19%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (4.55%) MongoDB
3 7 (4.55%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.90%) Oracle Database
5 5 (3.25%) Amazon Aurora
5 5 (3.25%) Power BI
6 4 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.95%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.30%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.65%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 31 (20.13%) Fiddler
2 28 (18.18%) Git
3 20 (12.99%) JIRA
4 17 (11.04%) Jenkins
5 13 (8.44%) Postman
6 10 (6.49%) JUnit
7 6 (3.90%) Vagrant
8 4 (2.60%) Appium
8 4 (2.60%) Charles Proxy
8 4 (2.60%) GitLab
8 4 (2.60%) Katalon Studio
8 4 (2.60%) Selenium
8 4 (2.60%) SoapUI
8 4 (2.60%) XCUITest
9 3 (1.95%) Ant
9 3 (1.95%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.95%) IntelliJ
9 3 (1.95%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.95%) TestRail
9 3 (1.95%) Zephyr
General
1 52 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.73%) Banking
3 23 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.29%) Finance
5 20 (12.99%) Investment Banking
6 11 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.25%) Marketing
9 4 (2.60%) Legal
10 3 (1.95%) Advertising
11 2 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.30%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.65%) Front Office
12 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (25.32%) Network Engineer
2 36 (23.38%) Developer
3 28 (18.18%) Web Engineer
4 15 (9.74%) Blue Coat Engineer
4 15 (9.74%) IP Network Engineer
5 14 (9.09%) Junior
6 13 (8.44%) Junior Network Engineer
7 12 (7.79%) Senior
8 11 (7.14%) Analyst
9 10 (6.49%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 10 (6.49%) Java Developer
10 8 (5.19%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) Consultant
10 8 (5.19%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) Support Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) Technical Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) Technical Support
10 8 (5.19%) Technical Support Engineer
11 7 (4.55%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (22.08%) JSON
2 29 (18.83%) REST
3 24 (15.58%) XML
4 17 (11.04%) OAuth
5 16 (10.39%) .NET
5 16 (10.39%) LDAP
5 16 (10.39%) RESTful
6 15 (9.74%) HTML
7 14 (9.09%) SOAP
8 13 (8.44%) Kafka
9 12 (7.79%) AngularJS
9 12 (7.79%) OAuth2
10 11 (7.14%) Spring
10 11 (7.14%) Spring Boot
11 10 (6.49%) Middleware
11 10 (6.49%) SAML
12 7 (4.55%) gRPC
13 6 (3.90%) SignalR
13 6 (3.90%) Spring Batch
13 6 (3.90%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.90%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.90%) Replication
3 5 (3.25%) CSOC
3 5 (3.25%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (3.25%) Cyberattack
3 5 (3.25%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.25%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (2.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.60%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.95%) AI Agents
5 3 (1.95%) BYOD
5 3 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.95%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.30%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.30%) Media Streaming
6 2 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.18%) Linux
1 28 (18.18%) Windows
2 17 (11.04%) Unix
3 6 (3.90%) Amazon Linux
3 6 (3.90%) Ubuntu
3 6 (3.90%) VMS
4 5 (3.25%) AIX
4 5 (3.25%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.60%) Android
5 4 (2.60%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.60%) CatOS
6 3 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.30%) CentOS
8 1 (0.65%) Solaris
8 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.32%) CI/CD
2 35 (22.73%) Agile
3 33 (21.43%) Load Balancing
4 28 (18.18%) DevOps
5 26 (16.88%) Data Loss Prevention
5 26 (16.88%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 19 (12.34%) Microservices
6 19 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (11.04%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (10.39%) Computer Science
9 14 (9.09%) Test Automation
10 12 (7.79%) API Testing
10 12 (7.79%) Change Management
10 12 (7.79%) Configuration Management
10 12 (7.79%) Containerisation
10 12 (7.79%) Customer Engagement
10 12 (7.79%) Security Operations
11 11 (7.14%) API Management
11 11 (7.14%) CRM
11 11 (7.14%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 45 (29.22%) Python
2 34 (22.08%) Java
3 25 (16.23%) SQL
4 19 (12.34%) C#
5 18 (11.69%) PowerShell
6 16 (10.39%) JavaScript
7 15 (9.74%) TypeScript
8 8 (5.19%) Perl
9 7 (4.55%) Bash
10 6 (3.90%) Groovy
10 6 (3.90%) Korn
10 6 (3.90%) PL/SQL
11 4 (2.60%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.60%) Swift
12 3 (1.95%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.95%) XPath
13 2 (1.30%) C
13 2 (1.30%) C++
13 2 (1.30%) Go
13 2 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 26 (16.88%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.58%) Degree
3 19 (12.34%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.90%) AWS Certification
5 6 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.90%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.25%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.60%) CEH
7 4 (2.60%) CISSP
8 3 (1.95%) CCNA
8 3 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.95%) CISM
8 3 (1.95%) GIAC
8 3 (1.95%) GWAPT
9 2 (1.30%) CCSA
9 2 (1.30%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.30%) PhD
9 2 (1.30%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.19%) QA
2 5 (3.25%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.60%) GDPR
3 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.95%) NIST
4 3 (1.95%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.30%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.30%) SEPA
6 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (15.58%) Docker
2 23 (14.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (11.04%) VMware NSX
4 15 (9.74%) Firmware
5 14 (9.09%) Active Directory
6 6 (3.90%) DFS Replication
7 4 (2.60%) Dovecot
7 4 (2.60%) Postfix
7 4 (2.60%) Squid
8 2 (1.30%) NDS
8 2 (1.30%) NetIQ eDirectory
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (14.29%) Ansible
2 19 (12.34%) Kubernetes
3 12 (7.79%) Terraform
4 10 (6.49%) Prometheus
5 9 (5.84%) Grafana
6 6 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.60%) Nessus
7 4 (2.60%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.30%) Kibana
9 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.30%) Nagios
9 2 (1.30%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.30%) Puppet
10 1 (0.65%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.65%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.65%) logstash
10 1 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (27.27%) F5
2 35 (22.73%) VMware
3 31 (20.13%) Blue Coat
4 30 (19.48%) McAfee
5 28 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 19 (12.34%) NetApp
7 12 (7.79%) Splunk
8 10 (6.49%) Oracle
9 8 (5.19%) CheckPoint
9 8 (5.19%) Cisco
9 8 (5.19%) ServiceNow
10 6 (3.90%) IBM
10 6 (3.90%) Palo Alto
11 4 (2.60%) Imperva
11 4 (2.60%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (2.60%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.95%) Google
13 2 (1.30%) Fortinet
13 2 (1.30%) Meraki
13 2 (1.30%) Red Hat