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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 346 395
Rank change year-on-year -40 +49 +32
Contract jobs citing HTTP 165 156 161
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 0.58% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.98% 4.52% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 103 109
10th Percentile £336 £360 £300
25th Percentile £403 £461 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +15.90% -15.22%
75th Percentile £608 £644 £588
90th Percentile £700 £775 £703
UK median daily rate £500 £558 £500
% change year-on-year -10.31% +11.50% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 4
10th Percentile £43.50 £41.55 £60.70
25th Percentile £45.00 £46.50 £64.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -18.25% +23.20%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £84.50 £70.45 £84.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £68.50
% change year-on-year +16.07% -18.25% +37.00%

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 3,315 3,454 5,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.59% 12.77% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,133 2,013 3,141
10th Percentile £204 £220 £207
25th Percentile £356 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £687 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 100 313
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.93
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.30 £24.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -38.04% +125.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.59
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £33.75 £56.49
% change year-on-year +14.07% -40.25% +125.96%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 10 January 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 -24 71 £525 -3.45% 21
Midlands -12 39 £475 +47.29% 4
North of England -13 37 £450 -7.98% 10
West Midlands -8 36 £475 +23.38% 3
North West 0 31 £414 -2.71% 7
East of England -20 18 £680 +13.33% 7
South East -31 13 £500 - 16
South West -25 6 £541 -11.99% 1
Yorkshire -48 6 £700 -6.67% 2
East Midlands -18 3 £360 +38.46% 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 18 (10.91%) Confluence
2 10 (6.06%) nginx
3 6 (3.64%) Apache
4 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.21%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (1.21%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.21%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.61%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.06%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.42%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.82%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 44 (26.67%) Azure
2 39 (23.64%) AWS
3 19 (11.52%) Amazon EC2
4 17 (10.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 16 (9.70%) Amazon ELB
5 16 (9.70%) Amazon S3
5 16 (9.70%) AWS KMS
5 16 (9.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 13 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (7.27%) GitHub
7 12 (7.27%) Power Platform
8 11 (6.67%) Amazon ECS
8 11 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (6.06%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (6.06%) GCP
9 10 (6.06%) Route 53
10 8 (4.85%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (4.85%) Power Automate
11 6 (3.64%) Amazon Glacier
11 6 (3.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 71 (43.03%) DNS
2 57 (34.55%) SSL
3 45 (27.27%) TCP/IP
4 36 (21.82%) Firewall
4 36 (21.82%) SMTP
5 35 (21.21%) FTP
6 31 (18.79%) Wireshark
7 26 (15.76%) BIG-IP
8 23 (13.94%) Network Security
9 17 (10.30%) SSH
10 16 (9.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 16 (9.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 11 (6.67%) HTTPS
12 10 (6.06%) IMAP
12 10 (6.06%) OpenLDAP
13 8 (4.85%) VPN
14 7 (4.24%) Wireless
15 6 (3.64%) LAN
16 5 (3.03%) DMZ
17 4 (2.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.52%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (8.48%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.27%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (6.06%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.03%) Oracle Database
5 5 (3.03%) Power BI
6 4 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.42%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.82%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.61%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.61%) Big Data
8 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.61%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.61%) Impala
8 1 (0.61%) Metadata
8 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 32 (19.39%) Git
2 29 (17.58%) Jenkins
3 26 (15.76%) JIRA
4 24 (14.55%) Fiddler
5 16 (9.70%) Vagrant
6 13 (7.88%) Postman
7 5 (3.03%) Appium
7 5 (3.03%) Charles Proxy
7 5 (3.03%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (3.03%) XCUITest
8 4 (2.42%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.42%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.42%) Selenium
8 4 (2.42%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.82%) Ant
9 3 (1.82%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.82%) GitLab
9 3 (1.82%) JUnit
9 3 (1.82%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.82%) Zephyr
General
1 65 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (16.97%) Banking
4 27 (16.36%) Finance
5 21 (12.73%) Public Sector
6 17 (10.30%) Investment Banking
7 12 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.03%) Marketing
9 3 (1.82%) Advertising
9 3 (1.82%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.82%) Legal
10 2 (1.21%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.21%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Law
11 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (21.82%) Developer
2 31 (18.79%) Network Engineer
3 21 (12.73%) Analyst
3 21 (12.73%) Web Engineer
4 18 (10.91%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (10.30%) AWS Engineer
6 16 (9.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 16 (9.70%) Platform Engineer
6 16 (9.70%) SOC Analyst
7 15 (9.09%) AWS DevOps
7 15 (9.09%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 12 (7.27%) Automation Engineer
9 11 (6.67%) Blue Coat Engineer
9 11 (6.67%) IP Network Engineer
10 10 (6.06%) AWS Platform Engineer
10 10 (6.06%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 10 (6.06%) Junior
10 10 (6.06%) Junior Network Engineer
11 8 (4.85%) DevOps Platform Engineer
11 8 (4.85%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (19.39%) JSON
2 29 (17.58%) LDAP
3 23 (13.94%) XML
4 21 (12.73%) REST
5 16 (9.70%) HTML
6 15 (9.09%) .NET
6 15 (9.09%) OAuth
7 14 (8.48%) SOAP
8 12 (7.27%) OAuth2
9 10 (6.06%) RESTful
10 8 (4.85%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.85%) Middleware
11 6 (3.64%) Ajax
11 6 (3.64%) CSS
11 6 (3.64%) Node.js
11 6 (3.64%) React
12 5 (3.03%) IBM Integration Bus
12 5 (3.03%) Kafka
12 5 (3.03%) Web Services
12 5 (3.03%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 33 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 16 (9.70%) Replication
3 15 (9.09%) Cyberattack
4 14 (8.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (7.88%) CSOC
5 13 (7.88%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (7.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.64%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.03%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.42%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.42%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.82%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.82%) BYOD
9 3 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.82%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 40 (24.24%) Linux
2 35 (21.21%) Windows
3 21 (12.73%) Unix
4 17 (10.30%) VMS
5 16 (9.70%) Amazon Linux
6 12 (7.27%) Ubuntu
7 5 (3.03%) AIX
7 5 (3.03%) Android
7 5 (3.03%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.82%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.21%) CatOS
9 2 (1.21%) CentOS
9 2 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.42%) DevOps
2 31 (18.79%) CI/CD
3 30 (18.18%) Agile
3 30 (18.18%) Load Balancing
4 27 (16.36%) Configuration Management
5 25 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (13.33%) Change Management
6 22 (13.33%) Test Automation
7 21 (12.73%) Data Loss Prevention
7 21 (12.73%) Security Operations
8 20 (12.12%) Information Security
9 19 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (10.91%) Cloud Security
10 18 (10.91%) Computer Science
10 18 (10.91%) Containerisation
10 18 (10.91%) Malware Detection/Protection
11 17 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (9.70%) API Testing
12 16 (9.70%) Patch Management
12 16 (9.70%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 70 (42.42%) Python
2 39 (23.64%) SQL
3 38 (23.03%) PowerShell
4 27 (16.36%) Java
5 20 (12.12%) C#
6 19 (11.52%) JavaScript
7 18 (10.91%) Perl
8 16 (9.70%) Groovy
9 9 (5.45%) TypeScript
10 7 (4.24%) Bash
11 6 (3.64%) Korn
12 5 (3.03%) Kotlin
12 5 (3.03%) PL/SQL
12 5 (3.03%) Shell Script
12 5 (3.03%) Swift
13 3 (1.82%) C
13 3 (1.82%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.82%) XPath
14 2 (1.21%) C++
15 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (25.45%) Security Cleared
2 35 (21.21%) SC Cleared
3 32 (19.39%) Degree
4 12 (7.27%) AWS Certification
5 11 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 10 (6.06%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.24%) Master's Degree
9 5 (3.03%) CEH
9 5 (3.03%) CISSP
10 4 (2.42%) CCNA
10 4 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.82%) CISM
11 3 (1.82%) GIAC
11 3 (1.82%) GWAPT
12 2 (1.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.21%) OSCP
12 2 (1.21%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.06%) QA
2 6 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.42%) GDPR
3 4 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.82%) NIST
4 3 (1.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.21%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.21%) SEPA
6 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (18.79%) Docker
2 16 (9.70%) DFS Replication
3 15 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (7.88%) Active Directory
5 12 (7.27%) Firmware
6 10 (6.06%) Dovecot
6 10 (6.06%) Postfix
6 10 (6.06%) Squid
6 10 (6.06%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.21%) NDS
7 2 (1.21%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.61%) HDFS
8 1 (0.61%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (18.79%) Terraform
2 27 (16.36%) Ansible
3 21 (12.73%) Prometheus
4 20 (12.12%) Grafana
5 15 (9.09%) Kubernetes
6 10 (6.06%) Nessus
6 10 (6.06%) Proxmox
7 7 (4.24%) Kibana
8 4 (2.42%) Progress Chef
8 4 (2.42%) Puppet
9 3 (1.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.21%) CSIRT
10 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.21%) Nagios
11 1 (0.61%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.61%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.61%) SCCM
11 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 37 (22.42%) F5
2 28 (16.97%) Microsoft
3 27 (16.36%) Blue Coat
4 23 (13.94%) McAfee
4 23 (13.94%) VMware
5 20 (12.12%) ServiceNow
6 18 (10.91%) Splunk
7 16 (9.70%) NetApp
8 10 (6.06%) Jaspersoft
9 9 (5.45%) Oracle
10 5 (3.03%) AppDynamics
10 5 (3.03%) CheckPoint
10 5 (3.03%) Cisco
10 5 (3.03%) Dynatrace
10 5 (3.03%) Google
10 5 (3.03%) IBM
11 4 (2.42%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.42%) Imperva
11 4 (2.42%) New Relic
12 3 (1.82%) Symantec