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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 330 360
Rank change year-on-year -127 +30 +67
Contract jobs citing HTTP 163 155 194
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.61% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.97% 4.81% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 99 114
10th Percentile £306 £356 £298
25th Percentile £406 £415 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -2.38% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £622
90th Percentile £738 £695 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £535 £500
% change year-on-year -11.29% +7.09% -15.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 10
10th Percentile £68.38 £45.75 £26.58
25th Percentile £79.06 £54.38 £27.00
Median hourly rate £88.75 £80.68 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +10.01% +75.84% -38.83%
75th Percentile £95.00 £81.35 £75.22
90th Percentile - £82.10 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £88.75 £80.68 £45.88
% change year-on-year +10.01% +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 4,103 3,225 4,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 12.76% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,543 1,992 2,860
10th Percentile £250 £235 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -1.20% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 137 393
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.69 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.25 £19.46 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.88 £40.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -27.80% -12.82% +121.59%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £27.69 £43.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -36.71% -2.78% +114.29%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 84 £525 -2.33% 15
North of England -45 38 £446 -6.21% 3
Midlands -43 32 £365 -21.08% 2
West Midlands -43 29 £355 -25.26% 1
North West -29 28 £553 +16.32% 2
South East -59 17 £450 -10.00% 13
Yorkshire -38 8 £418 +12.84%
East Midlands -14 3 £402 +10.74% 1
South West -43 2 £500 -18.70% 2
North East - 2 £419 - 1
East of England -38 1 - - 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 9 (5.52%) Confluence
2 8 (4.91%) nginx
2 8 (4.91%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.68%) Ethereum
3 6 (3.68%) Hyperledger
4 5 (3.07%) WebLogic
5 4 (2.45%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.84%) WebSphere
7 2 (1.23%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (1.23%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (1.23%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.61%) CICS
8 1 (0.61%) IIS
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (3.68%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.61%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.61%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 43 (26.38%) AWS
2 32 (19.63%) Azure
3 22 (13.50%) GCP
4 9 (5.52%) SaaS
5 8 (4.91%) Akamai
5 8 (4.91%) GitHub
6 5 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (3.07%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.07%) Workato
7 4 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.45%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.45%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.84%) Datadog
8 3 (1.84%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.84%) Serverless
9 2 (1.23%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.23%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.23%) Fastly
Communications & Networking
1 64 (39.26%) DNS
2 55 (33.74%) TCP/IP
3 51 (31.29%) SSL
4 33 (20.25%) BIG-IP
5 31 (19.02%) Wireshark
6 28 (17.18%) Network Security
7 21 (12.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 21 (12.88%) HTTPS
8 18 (11.04%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 18 (11.04%) Firewall
9 9 (5.52%) VPN
10 8 (4.91%) IPsec
10 8 (4.91%) LAN
10 8 (4.91%) WAN
11 7 (4.29%) 3GPP
11 7 (4.29%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (4.29%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (4.29%) Wireless
12 6 (3.68%) Kerberos
13 5 (3.07%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.13%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (4.29%) MongoDB
2 7 (4.29%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.45%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.45%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.84%) Metadata
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.61%) GIS
6 1 (0.61%) MySQL
6 1 (0.61%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (13.50%) Fiddler
2 14 (8.59%) Git
2 14 (8.59%) JIRA
3 10 (6.13%) JUnit
4 8 (4.91%) GitLab
4 8 (4.91%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.91%) JMeter
5 7 (4.29%) Gatling
6 6 (3.68%) Browser DevTools
6 6 (3.68%) LoadRunner
7 3 (1.84%) Postman
8 2 (1.23%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.23%) Gradle
8 2 (1.23%) Introscope
8 2 (1.23%) Maven
8 2 (1.23%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.23%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.23%) TestNG
9 1 (0.61%) Codeception
9 1 (0.61%) MSI
General
1 38 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.63%) Finance
3 31 (19.02%) Banking
4 23 (14.11%) Investment Banking
5 15 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.91%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.29%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.23%) Front Office
9 2 (1.23%) Games
9 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Legal
10 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Electronics
10 1 (0.61%) Publishing
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (20.86%) Network Engineer
2 29 (17.79%) Senior
2 29 (17.79%) Web Engineer
3 28 (17.18%) Developer
4 18 (11.04%) Security Engineer
5 17 (10.43%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 17 (10.43%) IP Network Engineer
6 12 (7.36%) Software Engineer
7 9 (5.52%) Java Developer
8 8 (4.91%) Senior Developer
9 7 (4.29%) Senior Software Engineer
9 7 (4.29%) Support Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) C++ Software Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Java Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Junior
10 6 (3.68%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Tester
11 5 (3.07%) Applications Engineer
11 5 (3.07%) Junior Network Engineer
11 5 (3.07%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (20.25%) REST
2 19 (11.66%) SAML
3 14 (8.59%) JSON
3 14 (8.59%) Kafka
4 13 (7.98%) RESTful
5 11 (6.75%) OAuth
6 10 (6.13%) AngularJS
7 9 (5.52%) Spring
7 9 (5.52%) Spring Boot
7 9 (5.52%) WebSockets
8 8 (4.91%) CSS
8 8 (4.91%) FIX Protocol
8 8 (4.91%) SOAP
9 7 (4.29%) LDAP
10 6 (3.68%) gRPC
10 6 (3.68%) Middleware
10 6 (3.68%) Spring Batch
10 6 (3.68%) XML
11 5 (3.07%) .NET
11 5 (3.07%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.11%) Management Information System
2 21 (12.88%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (11.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (6.75%) Algorithms
5 9 (5.52%) Data Structures
6 8 (4.91%) Derivative
7 7 (4.29%) Cloud Native
7 7 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (3.68%) BYOD
8 6 (3.68%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (3.68%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.68%) Product Ownership
9 5 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (2.45%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.84%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.23%) Blockchain
12 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (14.72%) Linux
2 15 (9.20%) Windows
3 11 (6.75%) Unix
4 6 (3.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.68%) Solaris
4 6 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.68%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.84%) CatOS
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (1.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.61%) VMS
8 1 (0.61%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (28.22%) CI/CD
2 35 (21.47%) Load Balancing
3 32 (19.63%) Agile
4 22 (13.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 22 (13.50%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 18 (11.04%) DevOps
6 17 (10.43%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (10.43%) Migration
6 17 (10.43%) Runbook
7 16 (9.82%) Application Security
7 16 (9.82%) Incident Response
7 16 (9.82%) Microservices
7 16 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (9.20%) SIEM
8 15 (9.20%) Software Engineering
8 15 (9.20%) Test Automation
9 13 (7.98%) DDoS Mitigation
9 13 (7.98%) High Availability
9 13 (7.98%) Observability
9 13 (7.98%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 43 (26.38%) Python
2 38 (23.31%) Java
3 19 (11.66%) SQL
4 16 (9.82%) TypeScript
5 12 (7.36%) Bash
5 12 (7.36%) C#
6 11 (6.75%) C++
6 11 (6.75%) JavaScript
7 10 (6.13%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.91%) Rust
9 7 (4.29%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.45%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.84%) Go
11 3 (1.84%) Groovy
12 2 (1.23%) Jython
12 2 (1.23%) Perl
12 2 (1.23%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.61%) Cypher
13 1 (0.61%) PHP
13 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (13.50%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.82%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.13%) CISSP
4 9 (5.52%) Degree
5 6 (3.68%) CISM
6 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.23%) CCNA
7 2 (1.23%) CCNP
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.23%) OSCP
8 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.61%) CCSAM
8 1 (0.61%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.61%) ECSA
8 1 (0.61%) GPEN
8 1 (0.61%) GXPN
8 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.61%) OSCE
8 1 (0.61%) SANS
8 1 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (5.52%) NIST
1 9 (5.52%) PCI DSS
2 7 (4.29%) GDPR
3 6 (3.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (3.07%) QA
5 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (17.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (11.66%) Docker
3 17 (10.43%) Firmware
4 12 (7.36%) VMware NSX
5 11 (6.75%) Active Directory
6 6 (3.68%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.45%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.61%) RACF
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (10.43%) Kubernetes
2 14 (8.59%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (7.36%) Ansible
4 7 (4.29%) Grafana
5 6 (3.68%) Terraform
6 4 (2.45%) Kibana
6 4 (2.45%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (1.23%) CA Wily
7 2 (1.23%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.61%) Consul
8 1 (0.61%) logstash
8 1 (0.61%) Packer
8 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (21.47%) VMware
2 33 (20.25%) F5
3 26 (15.95%) Blue Coat
4 22 (13.50%) McAfee
5 20 (12.27%) Microsoft
6 17 (10.43%) NetApp
7 13 (7.98%) Oracle
8 11 (6.75%) Cisco
8 11 (6.75%) IBM
9 8 (4.91%) Red Hat
10 7 (4.29%) CheckPoint
10 7 (4.29%) Netskope
10 7 (4.29%) Palo Alto
10 7 (4.29%) Zscaler
11 5 (3.07%) AppDynamics
11 5 (3.07%) Dynatrace
11 5 (3.07%) SolarWinds
12 4 (2.45%) Databricks
12 4 (2.45%) Ericsson
12 4 (2.45%) ServiceNow