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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 357 415
Rank change year-on-year +22 +58 +14
Contract jobs citing HTTP 181 173 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.65% 0.53% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.51% 4.36% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 94 115
10th Percentile £313 £245 £325
25th Percentile £372 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.88% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £584 £623 £673
90th Percentile £680 £650 £750
UK median daily rate £475 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -10.38% +0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 6
10th Percentile £45.00 £25.30 £51.77
25th Percentile £45.75 £27.00 £67.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £28.00 £76.41
Median % change year-on-year +105.36% -63.35% +57.28%
75th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £85.67
90th Percentile £84.27 - £88.28
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £28.00 £76.41
% change year-on-year +105.36% -63.35% +63.29%

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 3,282 3,967 5,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.81% 12.04% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,054 2,323 3,578
10th Percentile £227 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £618
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 280
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.44 £16.73
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.75 £24.03
Median hourly rate £41.72 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.25% +1.52% +34.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.78
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.85% -10.60% +34.50%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing HTTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for HTTP 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 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +13 99 £500 -9.09% 31
Midlands +18 36 £475 -16.30% 7
West Midlands +19 30 £475 +23.38% 4
North of England -9 19 £475 -23.82% 12
South East +18 18 £475 +35.71% 14
East of England +14 14 £680 +57.23% 17
North West -8 11 £475 +111.11% 7
Yorkshire -17 8 £675 +8.00% 3
East Midlands +3 6 £360 -52.00% 3
South West +13 5 £335 -36.07% 6
HTTP
UK

HTTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (13.81%) Confluence
2 10 (5.52%) nginx
3 3 (1.66%) Apache
3 3 (1.66%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (1.10%) CMS
4 2 (1.10%) IIS
4 2 (1.10%) NetWeaver
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.10%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.10%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.55%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.55%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.52%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (2.21%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.66%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP MRS
2 1 (0.55%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 68 (37.57%) AWS
2 52 (28.73%) Azure
3 30 (16.57%) Amazon EC2
4 25 (13.81%) Amazon S3
5 24 (13.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 22 (12.15%) Amazon ELB
6 22 (12.15%) AWS KMS
6 22 (12.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 15 (8.29%) GCP
7 15 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (7.18%) GitHub
9 12 (6.63%) Amazon Glacier
10 10 (5.52%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (5.52%) Route 53
11 8 (4.42%) Power Automate
12 6 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (3.31%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (3.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 69 (38.12%) DNS
2 49 (27.07%) SMTP
3 47 (25.97%) SSL
4 45 (24.86%) FTP
5 42 (23.20%) Firewall
5 42 (23.20%) TCP/IP
6 28 (15.47%) SSH
7 19 (10.50%) Network Security
8 13 (7.18%) HTTPS
9 11 (6.08%) Internet
10 10 (5.52%) IMAP
10 10 (5.52%) OpenLDAP
11 9 (4.97%) Wireshark
12 5 (2.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 5 (2.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 4 (2.21%) BGP
13 4 (2.21%) BIG-IP
13 4 (2.21%) DMZ
13 4 (2.21%) VLAN
13 4 (2.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (15.47%) Amazon RDS
2 16 (8.84%) Amazon Aurora
3 15 (8.29%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (5.52%) Relational Database
5 7 (3.87%) Oracle Database
6 6 (3.31%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.76%) Power BI
8 3 (1.66%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.66%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.66%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (1.10%) Big Data
9 2 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.55%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.55%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.55%) Impala
10 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (23.76%) Git
2 42 (23.20%) Jenkins
2 42 (23.20%) JIRA
3 22 (12.15%) Vagrant
4 9 (4.97%) GitLab
5 8 (4.42%) webpack
6 7 (3.87%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (3.87%) Postman
6 7 (3.87%) Robot Framework
7 5 (2.76%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.76%) Fiddler
7 5 (2.76%) LoadRunner
7 5 (2.76%) Vite
8 4 (2.21%) Ant
8 4 (2.21%) Appium
8 4 (2.21%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.21%) Charles Proxy
8 4 (2.21%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.21%) Katalon Studio
8 4 (2.21%) XCUITest
General
1 71 (39.23%) Social Skills
2 36 (19.89%) Finance
3 31 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.92%) Public Sector
5 13 (7.18%) Banking
6 10 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.42%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.76%) Marketing
8 5 (2.76%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.21%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.66%) Retail
11 2 (1.10%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.10%) French Language
11 2 (1.10%) Law
11 2 (1.10%) Legal
12 1 (0.55%) German Language
12 1 (0.55%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (22.65%) Developer
2 29 (16.02%) DevOps Engineer
3 21 (11.60%) AWS Engineer
4 17 (9.39%) AWS DevOps
4 17 (9.39%) AWS DevOps Engineer
4 17 (9.39%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 17 (9.39%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (8.29%) Analyst
6 13 (7.18%) Network Engineer
6 13 (7.18%) SOC Analyst
7 12 (6.63%) Automation Engineer
7 12 (6.63%) Senior
8 11 (6.08%) Architect
9 10 (5.52%) AWS Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.42%) Consultant
10 8 (4.42%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.42%) Python Engineer
10 8 (4.42%) Test Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) Technical Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (19.89%) REST
2 30 (16.57%) LDAP
3 28 (15.47%) HTML
4 27 (14.92%) React
5 26 (14.36%) CSS
5 26 (14.36%) SOAP
6 25 (13.81%) AngularJS
7 24 (13.26%) XML
8 18 (9.94%) Web Services
9 16 (8.84%) JSON
10 12 (6.63%) .NET
10 12 (6.63%) RESTful
11 11 (6.08%) Middleware
12 10 (5.52%) Vue
13 9 (4.97%) HTML5
13 9 (4.97%) Jest
13 9 (4.97%) JMS
14 8 (4.42%) Kafka
14 8 (4.42%) Node.js
14 8 (4.42%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.26%) Replication
2 18 (9.94%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.63%) Cyberattack
4 11 (6.08%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (5.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.97%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (4.42%) CSOC
8 7 (3.87%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.87%) Mobile App
9 6 (3.31%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.76%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (2.76%) Private Cloud
11 4 (2.21%) Cloud Native
11 4 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.66%) Digital Signage
12 3 (1.66%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.66%) State Machine
12 3 (1.66%) Vector Graphics
12 3 (1.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (32.04%) Linux
2 41 (22.65%) Windows
3 23 (12.71%) VMS
4 22 (12.15%) Amazon Linux
5 21 (11.60%) Unix
6 12 (6.63%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.21%) AIX
7 4 (2.21%) Android
7 4 (2.21%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.66%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.10%) CentOS
9 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.55%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.55%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (32.60%) DevOps
2 49 (27.07%) Agile
3 42 (23.20%) Configuration Management
4 40 (22.10%) CI/CD
5 37 (20.44%) Test Automation
6 27 (14.92%) Change Management
7 26 (14.36%) Cloud Security
7 26 (14.36%) Containerisation
8 25 (13.81%) Microservices
8 25 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (13.81%) Scrum
9 22 (12.15%) Patch Management
9 22 (12.15%) Platform Engineering
10 21 (11.60%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (10.50%) Threat Modelling
12 18 (9.94%) Security Operations
13 17 (9.39%) Load Balancing
13 17 (9.39%) SIEM
14 16 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
15 15 (8.29%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 82 (45.30%) Python
2 46 (25.41%) Java
2 46 (25.41%) PowerShell
3 40 (22.10%) SQL
4 38 (20.99%) JavaScript
5 24 (13.26%) Groovy
6 23 (12.71%) Perl
7 13 (7.18%) TypeScript
8 10 (5.52%) Bash
8 10 (5.52%) C#
9 8 (4.42%) Korn
10 7 (3.87%) PL/SQL
11 6 (3.31%) Go
12 5 (2.76%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (2.21%) C++
13 4 (2.21%) Kotlin
13 4 (2.21%) PHP
13 4 (2.21%) Shell Script
13 4 (2.21%) Swift
14 3 (1.66%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 52 (28.73%) Security Cleared
2 49 (27.07%) SC Cleared
3 25 (13.81%) Degree
4 13 (7.18%) AWS Certification
5 11 (6.08%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (5.52%) Azure Certification
7 9 (4.97%) CEH
7 9 (4.97%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.87%) CISSP
9 6 (3.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (2.76%) CCNP
11 4 (2.21%) CCNA
11 4 (2.21%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (1.10%) CCIE
13 2 (1.10%) CCSP
13 2 (1.10%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (1.10%) GIAC
13 2 (1.10%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.08%) Accessibility
1 11 (6.08%) QA
2 7 (3.87%) WCAG
3 5 (2.76%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.76%) GDPR
3 5 (2.76%) HIPAA
4 4 (2.21%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.66%) SEPA
6 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (24.86%) Docker
2 22 (12.15%) DFS Replication
3 16 (8.84%) Active Directory
4 10 (5.52%) Dovecot
4 10 (5.52%) Postfix
4 10 (5.52%) Squid
5 3 (1.66%) Firmware
6 2 (1.10%) NDS
6 2 (1.10%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 2 (1.10%) OpenAM
6 2 (1.10%) OpenDJ
6 2 (1.10%) OpenIDM
6 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.55%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.55%) HDFS
7 1 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 43 (23.76%) Terraform
2 31 (17.13%) Grafana
3 30 (16.57%) Prometheus
4 29 (16.02%) Kubernetes
5 24 (13.26%) Ansible
6 10 (5.52%) Nessus
6 10 (5.52%) Progress Chef
6 10 (5.52%) Proxmox
7 7 (3.87%) Puppet
8 5 (2.76%) Kibana
9 4 (2.21%) Nagios
10 2 (1.10%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.55%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.55%) SCCM
11 1 (0.55%) SCOM
11 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (18.78%) ServiceNow
2 25 (13.81%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.29%) F5
4 13 (7.18%) Google
5 12 (6.63%) Oracle
5 12 (6.63%) Splunk
6 10 (5.52%) Jaspersoft
7 9 (4.97%) Cisco
8 8 (4.42%) Blue Coat
9 7 (3.87%) Blue Prism
9 7 (3.87%) ForgeRock
10 6 (3.31%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.76%) Amplitude
11 5 (2.76%) Arista
11 5 (2.76%) Dynatrace
11 5 (2.76%) Fortinet
12 4 (2.21%) AppDynamics
12 4 (2.21%) Meraki
12 4 (2.21%) New Relic
12 4 (2.21%) SolarWinds