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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 296 358
Rank change year-on-year -123 +62 +83
Contract jobs citing HTTP 170 174 181
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.73% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.28% 5.60% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 115 111
10th Percentile £304 £359 £300
25th Percentile £406 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £622
90th Percentile £741 £750 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £516
% change year-on-year -13.04% +11.43% -10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 9
10th Percentile £53.10 £45.75 £26.15
25th Percentile £55.00 £54.38 £27.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £80.68 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -18.19% +75.84% -38.83%
75th Percentile £89.38 £81.35 £85.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £82.10 -
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £80.68 £45.88
% change year-on-year -18.19% +75.84% -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 3,972 3,108 4,804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.53% 13.07% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,465 1,947 2,893
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £486 £490
% change year-on-year +2.83% -0.77% -4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 114 386
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £39.66 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% -0.85% +131.45%
75th Percentile £65.66 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.35 £70.33
UK median hourly rate £28.96 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -27.60% - +116.22%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -75 81 £525 -4.55% 27
North of England -49 39 £439 -7.58% 14
Midlands -49 35 £355 -3.53% 3
West Midlands -37 33 £355 -23.24%
North West -19 31 £555 +16.84% 10
South East -58 18 £469 -6.25% 9
Yorkshire -54 6 £418 +12.84% 4
East of England -40 5 - - 4
South West -41 5 £550 -10.57% 5
East Midlands -34 2 - - 3
North East - 2 £419 -
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 8 (4.71%) Confluence
2 6 (3.53%) Ethereum
2 6 (3.53%) Hyperledger
3 5 (2.94%) nginx
3 5 (2.94%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.35%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.76%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.76%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.18%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.18%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (1.18%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (1.18%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.59%) CICS
7 1 (0.59%) IIS
7 1 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (5.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.59%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 5 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.59%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.29%) AWS
2 29 (17.06%) Azure
3 18 (10.59%) GCP
4 10 (5.88%) GitHub
5 9 (5.29%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.71%) Akamai
6 8 (4.71%) SaaS
7 6 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.94%) Serverless
8 5 (2.94%) Workato
9 4 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.35%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.35%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.76%) Datadog
10 3 (1.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 74 (43.53%) DNS
2 59 (34.71%) SSL
3 58 (34.12%) TCP/IP
4 40 (23.53%) BIG-IP
5 38 (22.35%) Wireshark
6 26 (15.29%) Network Security
7 22 (12.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 22 (12.94%) HTTPS
8 20 (11.76%) Firewall
9 19 (11.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 14 (8.24%) VPN
11 12 (7.06%) LAN
11 12 (7.06%) WAN
12 11 (6.47%) IPsec
12 11 (6.47%) Wireless
13 10 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (5.29%) FTP
15 8 (4.71%) 3GPP
15 8 (4.71%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.29%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (4.71%) MongoDB
3 7 (4.12%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.35%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.76%) Metadata
5 3 (1.76%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.76%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.18%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.18%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.59%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.59%) GIS
7 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 26 (15.29%) Fiddler
2 14 (8.24%) Git
2 14 (8.24%) JIRA
3 10 (5.88%) GitLab
4 9 (5.29%) JUnit
5 8 (4.71%) JMeter
6 7 (4.12%) Gatling
6 7 (4.12%) Jenkins
7 6 (3.53%) Browser DevTools
7 6 (3.53%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.35%) Postman
9 2 (1.18%) Cucumber
9 2 (1.18%) Gradle
9 2 (1.18%) Introscope
9 2 (1.18%) Maven
9 2 (1.18%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.18%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.18%) TestNG
10 1 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.59%) SpecFlow
General
1 46 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 35 (20.59%) Banking
3 29 (17.06%) Finance
4 24 (14.12%) Investment Banking
5 20 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.29%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.12%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.18%) Front Office
9 2 (1.18%) Games
9 2 (1.18%) Legal
10 1 (0.59%) Electronics
10 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 38 (22.35%) Network Engineer
2 33 (19.41%) Web Engineer
3 29 (17.06%) Senior
4 28 (16.47%) Developer
5 18 (10.59%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 18 (10.59%) IP Network Engineer
6 17 (10.00%) Security Engineer
7 12 (7.06%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.29%) Junior
9 8 (4.71%) Junior Network Engineer
9 8 (4.71%) Senior Developer
10 7 (4.12%) Analyst
10 7 (4.12%) Java Developer
10 7 (4.12%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (4.12%) Support Engineer
10 7 (4.12%) Tester
11 6 (3.53%) C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (3.53%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 5 (2.94%) Integration Engineer
12 5 (2.94%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (18.24%) REST
2 22 (12.94%) SAML
3 16 (9.41%) JSON
4 15 (8.82%) LDAP
5 13 (7.65%) Kafka
5 13 (7.65%) RESTful
6 11 (6.47%) OAuth
7 10 (5.88%) .NET
8 9 (5.29%) XML
9 8 (4.71%) AngularJS
9 8 (4.71%) WebSockets
10 7 (4.12%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (4.12%) gRPC
10 7 (4.12%) HTML
10 7 (4.12%) Middleware
10 7 (4.12%) SOAP
10 7 (4.12%) Spring
10 7 (4.12%) Spring Boot
11 6 (3.53%) Spring Batch
12 5 (2.94%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.06%) Management Information System
2 19 (11.18%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (7.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 10 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 10 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (5.29%) Data Structures
6 7 (4.12%) Derivative
7 6 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.53%) BYOD
7 6 (3.53%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.53%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.94%) CSOC
8 5 (2.94%) Cyberattack
8 5 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.35%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.76%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.53%) Linux
2 15 (8.82%) Windows
3 10 (5.88%) Unix
4 6 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.53%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.94%) CatOS
5 5 (2.94%) Solaris
5 5 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.18%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (1.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.59%) AIX
8 1 (0.59%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.06%) CI/CD
2 36 (21.18%) Load Balancing
3 32 (18.82%) Agile
4 26 (15.29%) Data Loss Prevention
4 26 (15.29%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 22 (12.94%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (12.94%) Runbook
6 20 (11.76%) DevOps
7 17 (10.00%) Application Security
7 17 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 17 (10.00%) Migration
8 16 (9.41%) Microservices
8 16 (9.41%) Security Operations
9 15 (8.82%) Software Engineering
10 14 (8.24%) Test Automation
11 13 (7.65%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (7.65%) High Availability
11 13 (7.65%) SIEM
12 12 (7.06%) Analytics
12 12 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 49 (28.82%) Python
2 34 (20.00%) Java
3 17 (10.00%) C#
4 15 (8.82%) PowerShell
4 15 (8.82%) SQL
4 15 (8.82%) TypeScript
5 13 (7.65%) JavaScript
6 12 (7.06%) Bash
7 9 (5.29%) C++
8 7 (4.12%) Rust
9 6 (3.53%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.76%) Go
10 3 (1.76%) Groovy
10 3 (1.76%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.76%) Perl
10 3 (1.76%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.18%) Jython
11 2 (1.18%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.59%) Korn
12 1 (0.59%) XPath
Qualifications
1 25 (14.71%) Security Cleared
2 19 (11.18%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.88%) Degree
4 8 (4.71%) CISSP
5 6 (3.53%) CISM
5 6 (3.53%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.76%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.18%) CCNA
7 2 (1.18%) CCNP
7 2 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.18%) PhD
8 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.59%) CCSAM
8 1 (0.59%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.59%) GPEN
8 1 (0.59%) GXPN
8 1 (0.59%) OSCE
8 1 (0.59%) OSCP
8 1 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (5.29%) NIST
2 7 (4.12%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.53%) GDPR
3 6 (3.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.94%) QA
5 2 (1.18%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (18.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (10.59%) Firmware
2 18 (10.59%) VMware NSX
3 17 (10.00%) Docker
4 12 (7.06%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.35%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.59%) RACF
Systems Management
1 18 (10.59%) Kubernetes
2 17 (10.00%) Ansible
2 17 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (5.88%) Grafana
4 5 (2.94%) Kibana
4 5 (2.94%) Terraform
5 4 (2.35%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.76%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.18%) CA Wily
7 2 (1.18%) logstash
7 2 (1.18%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.18%) Puppet
7 2 (1.18%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.59%) Consul
8 1 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.59%) Packer
8 1 (0.59%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (24.71%) VMware
2 41 (24.12%) F5
3 29 (17.06%) Blue Coat
4 26 (15.29%) McAfee
5 23 (13.53%) Microsoft
6 18 (10.59%) NetApp
7 14 (8.24%) Cisco
8 11 (6.47%) Oracle
9 10 (5.88%) CheckPoint
9 10 (5.88%) Palo Alto
10 9 (5.29%) IBM
11 8 (4.71%) Red Hat
12 6 (3.53%) Netskope
12 6 (3.53%) SolarWinds
12 6 (3.53%) Zscaler
13 5 (2.94%) AppDynamics
13 5 (2.94%) Dynatrace
14 4 (2.35%) Ericsson
14 4 (2.35%) Huawei
14 4 (2.35%) Nokia