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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 357 389
Rank change year-on-year -23 +32 +55
Contract jobs citing HTTP 164 152 192
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.50% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.76% 4.06% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 85 125
10th Percentile £335 £251 £308
25th Percentile £381 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £600
90th Percentile £684 £733 £695
UK median daily rate £475 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -7.99% -1.67% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 5
10th Percentile £42.50 - £61.60
25th Percentile £45.00 £27.00 £67.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £33.75 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.48% -51.79% +32.58%
75th Percentile £75.00 £49.00 £86.56
90th Percentile £85.00 £63.85 £88.62
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £33.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year +61.48% -51.79% +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 3,445 3,742 5,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.44% 12.20% 14.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,214 2,179 3,550
10th Percentile £213 £235 £212
25th Percentile £361 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 131 326
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £18.54
25th Percentile £20.63 £26.25 £23.32
Median hourly rate £34.00 £49.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -30.61% -13.26% +26.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £76.18
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.32% -13.64% +31.74%

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 November 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 November 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 November 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 -6 73 £520 -0.95% 44
Midlands 0 39 £475 -16.30% 6
West Midlands +3 36 £475 +23.38% 3
North of England -16 28 £475 -24.00% 23
North West -1 22 £400 +77.78% 18
South East -6 16 £500 +17.65% 15
East of England -17 14 £680 +20.89% 7
South West -1 7 £335 -29.47% 3
Yorkshire -36 6 £700 -6.67% 4
East Midlands -14 3 £360 -52.00% 3
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 24 (14.63%) Confluence
2 10 (6.10%) nginx
3 6 (3.66%) Apache
4 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (1.22%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.22%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.61%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.22%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.22%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.61%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.61%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 48 (29.27%) Azure
2 46 (28.05%) AWS
3 23 (14.02%) Amazon EC2
4 22 (13.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 22 (13.41%) Amazon ELB
4 22 (13.41%) Amazon S3
4 22 (13.41%) AWS KMS
4 22 (13.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 14 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (7.32%) Amazon Glacier
7 11 (6.71%) GCP
7 11 (6.71%) GitHub
7 11 (6.71%) Power Automate
8 10 (6.10%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (6.10%) Route 53
9 9 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.05%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (3.05%) Cloudflare
10 5 (3.05%) Power Platform
10 5 (3.05%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 63 (38.41%) DNS
2 42 (25.61%) Firewall
3 41 (25.00%) SMTP
3 41 (25.00%) SSL
3 41 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 37 (22.56%) FTP
5 26 (15.85%) SSH
6 23 (14.02%) Network Security
7 20 (12.20%) Wireshark
8 14 (8.54%) BIG-IP
9 13 (7.93%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 13 (7.93%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 10 (6.10%) IMAP
10 10 (6.10%) OpenLDAP
11 9 (5.49%) HTTPS
12 6 (3.66%) Internet
13 5 (3.05%) DMZ
14 4 (2.44%) VPN
15 3 (1.83%) DHCP
16 2 (1.22%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.02%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (9.15%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (6.71%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (6.10%) SQL Server
5 9 (5.49%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.83%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.83%) Power BI
8 2 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.22%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.22%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.61%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.61%) Big Data
9 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.61%) Impala
9 1 (0.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (25.00%) Git
2 39 (23.78%) JIRA
3 33 (20.12%) Jenkins
4 22 (13.41%) Vagrant
5 16 (9.76%) Fiddler
6 11 (6.71%) Postman
7 5 (3.05%) Appium
7 5 (3.05%) Charles Proxy
7 5 (3.05%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (3.05%) XCUITest
8 4 (2.44%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.44%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.44%) Robot Framework
9 3 (1.83%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (1.83%) GitLab
9 3 (1.83%) Selenium
9 3 (1.83%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.83%) Vite
9 3 (1.83%) webpack
10 2 (1.22%) TestRail
General
1 60 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.73%) Finance
3 31 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (16.46%) Public Sector
5 18 (10.98%) Banking
6 12 (7.32%) Investment Banking
6 12 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.05%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.05%) Marketing
8 4 (2.44%) Advertising
8 4 (2.44%) Legal
9 2 (1.22%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.22%) Retail
10 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) French Language
10 1 (0.61%) German Language
10 1 (0.61%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.61%) Military
10 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (23.17%) Developer
2 23 (14.02%) DevOps Engineer
3 21 (12.80%) Network Engineer
4 17 (10.37%) Analyst
4 17 (10.37%) AWS Engineer
4 17 (10.37%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 17 (10.37%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (9.15%) AWS DevOps
5 15 (9.15%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 14 (8.54%) Web Engineer
7 12 (7.32%) Automation Engineer
7 12 (7.32%) SOC Analyst
8 11 (6.71%) Consultant
9 10 (6.10%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Senior
10 8 (4.88%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Python Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Support Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Technical Support
10 8 (4.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (15.24%) JSON
2 24 (14.63%) LDAP
2 24 (14.63%) XML
3 19 (11.59%) REST
4 18 (10.98%) AngularJS
4 18 (10.98%) SOAP
5 16 (9.76%) React
6 14 (8.54%) RESTful
7 12 (7.32%) HTML
8 11 (6.71%) OAuth
9 9 (5.49%) CSS
10 8 (4.88%) .NET
10 8 (4.88%) JMS
10 8 (4.88%) OAuth2
10 8 (4.88%) XSD
11 7 (4.27%) Middleware
11 7 (4.27%) Web Services
11 7 (4.27%) WebSockets
12 6 (3.66%) Express.js
12 6 (3.66%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.24%) Management Information System
2 22 (13.41%) Replication
3 10 (6.10%) Cyberattack
4 9 (5.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.88%) CSOC
5 8 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.88%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.05%) Mobile App
7 5 (3.05%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.44%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.44%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.83%) BYOD
9 3 (1.83%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (1.22%) Digital Signage
10 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.22%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 45 (27.44%) Linux
2 41 (25.00%) Windows
3 23 (14.02%) VMS
4 22 (13.41%) Amazon Linux
5 20 (12.20%) Unix
6 12 (7.32%) Ubuntu
7 5 (3.05%) Android
7 5 (3.05%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.44%) Windows Server
9 3 (1.83%) AIX
10 2 (1.22%) CentOS
10 2 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.61%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.22%) DevOps
2 38 (23.17%) Agile
3 34 (20.73%) Configuration Management
4 30 (18.29%) CI/CD
5 29 (17.68%) Change Management
6 28 (17.07%) Test Automation
7 23 (14.02%) Cloud Security
7 23 (14.02%) Load Balancing
7 23 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (13.41%) Patch Management
8 22 (13.41%) Platform Engineering
9 20 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (10.98%) Security Operations
11 17 (10.37%) Containerisation
11 17 (10.37%) Information Security
12 15 (9.15%) Computer Science
13 14 (8.54%) API Testing
13 14 (8.54%) Microservices
13 14 (8.54%) Scrum
13 14 (8.54%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 71 (43.29%) Python
2 43 (26.22%) PowerShell
2 43 (26.22%) SQL
3 31 (18.90%) Java
4 23 (14.02%) Perl
5 22 (13.41%) Groovy
6 19 (11.59%) JavaScript
7 15 (9.15%) TypeScript
8 11 (6.71%) C#
9 8 (4.88%) Bash
10 6 (3.66%) Korn
11 5 (3.05%) Kotlin
11 5 (3.05%) Swift
12 4 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (2.44%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.83%) C
13 3 (1.83%) PL/SQL
14 2 (1.22%) C++
14 2 (1.22%) PHP
14 2 (1.22%) XPath
Qualifications
1 45 (27.44%) Security Cleared
2 40 (24.39%) SC Cleared
3 29 (17.68%) Degree
4 13 (7.93%) AWS Certification
5 10 (6.10%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.49%) CEH
6 9 (5.49%) CISSP
7 8 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (3.05%) CCNA
8 5 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.05%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.05%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.83%) CCNP
9 3 (1.83%) CCSP
9 3 (1.83%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.83%) GWAPT
9 3 (1.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.93%) QA
2 8 (4.88%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.66%) GDPR
4 5 (3.05%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.44%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.83%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.83%) NIST
6 3 (1.83%) WCAG
7 1 (0.61%) SEPA
System Software
1 36 (21.95%) Docker
2 22 (13.41%) DFS Replication
3 18 (10.98%) Active Directory
4 10 (6.10%) Dovecot
4 10 (6.10%) Postfix
4 10 (6.10%) Squid
5 8 (4.88%) Firmware
5 8 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.22%) NDS
6 2 (1.22%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 2 (1.22%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.61%) HDFS
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (23.17%) Terraform
2 25 (15.24%) Prometheus
3 23 (14.02%) Grafana
4 20 (12.20%) Ansible
5 16 (9.76%) Kubernetes
6 10 (6.10%) Nessus
6 10 (6.10%) Proxmox
7 6 (3.66%) Kibana
8 4 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.83%) CSIRT
10 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.22%) Nagios
10 2 (1.22%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.22%) Puppet
11 1 (0.61%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.61%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.61%) SCCM
11 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (19.51%) ServiceNow
2 28 (17.07%) Microsoft
3 26 (15.85%) F5
4 18 (10.98%) Blue Coat
5 16 (9.76%) Splunk
6 14 (8.54%) McAfee
7 12 (7.32%) NetApp
8 11 (6.71%) Google
9 10 (6.10%) Jaspersoft
9 10 (6.10%) VMware
10 8 (4.88%) Blue Prism
11 7 (4.27%) Oracle
12 5 (3.05%) AppDynamics
12 5 (3.05%) Dynatrace
12 5 (3.05%) Fortinet
12 5 (3.05%) Imperva
13 4 (2.44%) New Relic
14 3 (1.83%) Cisco
14 3 (1.83%) IBM
14 3 (1.83%) Symantec