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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 343 371
Rank change year-on-year -89 +28 +71
Contract jobs citing HTTP 168 171 178
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.63% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.94% 5.00% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 104 102
10th Percentile £323 £350 £275
25th Percentile £406 £414 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £569 £641 £622
90th Percentile £688 £690 £650
UK median daily rate £473 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -7.35% -2.86% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 19 9
10th Percentile £68.38 £45.00 £26.15
25th Percentile £79.06 £45.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £88.75 £65.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +36.54% +41.67% -38.83%
75th Percentile £95.00 £81.35 £85.00
90th Percentile - £84.20 -
UK median hourly rate £88.75 £65.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +36.54% +41.67% -38.83%

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 4,265 3,423 4,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.51% 12.56% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,614 2,119 2,750
10th Percentile £250 £235 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 161 346
10th Percentile £16.03 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £44.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.27% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £46.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -43.31% +15.63% -16.52%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -65 90 £500 -9.09% 39
North of England -52 36 £453 -4.68% 7
Midlands -34 29 £388 -18.42% 7
West Midlands -40 26 £375 -21.05% 1
North West -31 25 £553 +16.32% 3
South East -65 22 £460 -8.00% 12
Yorkshire -50 9 £439 -13.97% 3
East Midlands -12 3 £402 +12.29% 6
South West -43 2 £500 +1.27% 3
North East - 2 £419 - 1
East of England -41 1 - - 2
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 (5.95%) Confluence
2 8 (4.76%) nginx
2 8 (4.76%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.57%) Ethereum
3 6 (3.57%) Hyperledger
4 5 (2.98%) WebLogic
5 4 (2.38%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.79%) WebSphere
7 2 (1.19%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (1.19%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (1.19%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (1.19%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.60%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.60%) CICS
8 1 (0.60%) IIS
8 1 (0.60%) Mule
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.19%) Houdini
2 2 (1.19%) NUKE
3 1 (0.60%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.60%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.60%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 49 (29.17%) AWS
2 38 (22.62%) Azure
3 24 (14.29%) GCP
4 9 (5.36%) Akamai
4 9 (5.36%) SaaS
5 7 (4.17%) GitHub
6 6 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.98%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (2.98%) Workato
8 4 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (2.38%) Datadog
8 4 (2.38%) iPaaS
8 4 (2.38%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.38%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.38%) Serverless
9 3 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.79%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 67 (39.88%) DNS
2 61 (36.31%) TCP/IP
3 51 (30.36%) SSL
4 29 (17.26%) Network Security
5 27 (16.07%) BIG-IP
6 25 (14.88%) Wireshark
7 22 (13.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 19 (11.31%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 19 (11.31%) HTTPS
9 15 (8.93%) Firewall
10 8 (4.76%) VPN
11 7 (4.17%) BGP
12 6 (3.57%) 3GPP
12 6 (3.57%) Internet
13 5 (2.98%) IPsec
13 5 (2.98%) LAN
13 5 (2.98%) WAN
14 4 (2.38%) DHCP
14 4 (2.38%) FTP
14 4 (2.38%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.95%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (4.17%) MongoDB
2 7 (4.17%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.98%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.38%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.79%) Metadata
6 2 (1.19%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.19%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.19%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.19%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.60%) GIS
7 1 (0.60%) MySQL
7 1 (0.60%) OLAP
7 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (11.31%) Fiddler
2 15 (8.93%) Git
3 14 (8.33%) JIRA
4 10 (5.95%) JUnit
5 8 (4.76%) GitLab
5 8 (4.76%) Jenkins
5 8 (4.76%) JMeter
6 7 (4.17%) Gatling
7 6 (3.57%) Browser DevTools
7 6 (3.57%) LoadRunner
8 3 (1.79%) Postman
9 2 (1.19%) Cucumber
9 2 (1.19%) Gradle
9 2 (1.19%) Introscope
9 2 (1.19%) Maven
9 2 (1.19%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.19%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.19%) TestNG
10 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.60%) webpack
General
1 41 (24.40%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.64%) Finance
3 30 (17.86%) Banking
4 22 (13.10%) Investment Banking
5 21 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.95%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.36%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.19%) Front Office
9 2 (1.19%) Games
9 2 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.19%) Legal
9 2 (1.19%) Retail
10 1 (0.60%) Electronics
10 1 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (17.86%) Developer
2 29 (17.26%) Network Engineer
3 28 (16.67%) Senior
4 26 (15.48%) Web Engineer
5 18 (10.71%) Security Engineer
6 16 (9.52%) Blue Coat Engineer
6 16 (9.52%) IP Network Engineer
7 12 (7.14%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.36%) Architect
8 9 (5.36%) Java Developer
9 8 (4.76%) Senior Developer
10 7 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (4.17%) Support Engineer
11 6 (3.57%) C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (3.57%) Designer
11 6 (3.57%) Java Engineer
11 6 (3.57%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (3.57%) Tester
12 5 (2.98%) Platform Engineer
12 5 (2.98%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (23.21%) REST
2 17 (10.12%) JSON
2 17 (10.12%) Kafka
2 17 (10.12%) RESTful
3 16 (9.52%) SAML
4 14 (8.33%) SOAP
5 12 (7.14%) CSS
5 12 (7.14%) XML
6 11 (6.55%) OAuth
7 10 (5.95%) AngularJS
8 9 (5.36%) Spring
8 9 (5.36%) Spring Boot
8 9 (5.36%) WebSockets
9 8 (4.76%) FIX Protocol
9 8 (4.76%) HTML
9 8 (4.76%) Middleware
10 7 (4.17%) gRPC
10 7 (4.17%) OpenAPI
10 7 (4.17%) Swagger
11 6 (3.57%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 23 (13.69%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (11.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (6.55%) Algorithms
5 9 (5.36%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (5.36%) Data Structures
6 8 (4.76%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.76%) Derivative
7 7 (4.17%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.57%) BYOD
8 6 (3.57%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (3.57%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (2.38%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.79%) Distributed Applications
12 2 (1.19%) Blockchain
12 2 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (15.48%) Linux
2 17 (10.12%) Windows
3 14 (8.33%) Unix
4 6 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.57%) Solaris
4 6 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.19%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (1.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.60%) CatOS
7 1 (0.60%) VMS
7 1 (0.60%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (29.76%) CI/CD
2 36 (21.43%) Load Balancing
3 35 (20.83%) Agile
4 21 (12.50%) DevOps
5 19 (11.31%) Data Loss Prevention
5 19 (11.31%) Incident Response
5 19 (11.31%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 19 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (10.71%) Runbook
6 18 (10.71%) SIEM
7 17 (10.12%) Scrum
8 16 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (9.52%) Incident Management
8 16 (9.52%) Microservices
8 16 (9.52%) Observability
8 16 (9.52%) Test Automation
9 15 (8.93%) Application Security
9 15 (8.93%) Migration
9 15 (8.93%) Software Engineering
10 14 (8.33%) DDoS Mitigation
Programming Languages
1 45 (26.79%) Python
2 39 (23.21%) Java
3 19 (11.31%) SQL
4 16 (9.52%) TypeScript
5 13 (7.74%) JavaScript
6 11 (6.55%) Bash
6 11 (6.55%) C#
6 11 (6.55%) C++
7 10 (5.95%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.76%) Rust
9 7 (4.17%) PL/SQL
10 6 (3.57%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.38%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.79%) Go
12 3 (1.79%) Groovy
12 3 (1.79%) Perl
13 2 (1.19%) C
13 2 (1.19%) Jython
13 2 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (1.19%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 26 (15.48%) Security Cleared
2 19 (11.31%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.95%) CISSP
4 8 (4.76%) Degree
5 6 (3.57%) CISM
6 4 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.79%) CCNA
7 3 (1.79%) CCNP
7 3 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.19%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (1.19%) GCIA
8 2 (1.19%) GCIH
8 2 (1.19%) GIAC
8 2 (1.19%) OSCP
9 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.60%) CCSAM
9 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.60%) GPEN
9 1 (0.60%) OSCE
9 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.55%) NIST
2 9 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.36%) PCI DSS
3 7 (4.17%) GDPR
4 6 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.98%) QA
6 2 (1.19%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.19%) NCSC
6 2 (1.19%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.19%) SLA
7 1 (0.60%) GRC
7 1 (0.60%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 27 (16.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (10.71%) Docker
3 16 (9.52%) Firmware
4 9 (5.36%) Active Directory
5 7 (4.17%) VMware NSX
6 6 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.38%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (1.19%) vSphere
9 1 (0.60%) RACF
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.74%) Ansible
3 11 (6.55%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (5.36%) Grafana
5 8 (4.76%) Terraform
6 4 (2.38%) Kibana
6 4 (2.38%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (1.19%) CA Wily
7 2 (1.19%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.60%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.60%) Consul
8 1 (0.60%) logstash
8 1 (0.60%) Packer
8 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (19.05%) VMware
2 30 (17.86%) F5
3 23 (13.69%) Blue Coat
4 19 (11.31%) McAfee
5 17 (10.12%) Microsoft
6 16 (9.52%) NetApp
7 15 (8.93%) Oracle
8 13 (7.74%) IBM
9 11 (6.55%) Cisco
10 8 (4.76%) Red Hat
11 7 (4.17%) Netskope
11 7 (4.17%) ServiceNow
11 7 (4.17%) Zscaler
12 6 (3.57%) Google
13 5 (2.98%) AppDynamics
13 5 (2.98%) Dynatrace
14 4 (2.38%) Huawei
14 4 (2.38%) MuleSoft
14 4 (2.38%) Palo Alto
14 4 (2.38%) SolarWinds