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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 310 388
Rank change year-on-year -109 +78 +41
Contract jobs citing HTTP 155 173 160
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.44% 0.67% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.31% 5.05% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 116 107
10th Percentile £293 £383 £300
25th Percentile £375 £465 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £573 £488
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% +17.44% -15.22%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £775 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £579 £500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.80% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £41.25 £41.25 -
25th Percentile £50.25 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +58.02% -35.38%
75th Percentile £83.75 £81.01 £48.91
90th Percentile £95.00 £81.67 £54.36
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -10.34% +58.02% -31.52%

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 3,595 3,425 5,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.17% 13.29% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,317 2,043 3,128
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £700
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £481
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.06% -7.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 101 361
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.27
25th Percentile £18.94 £20.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -22.22% +133.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £43.12
% change year-on-year +4.62% -24.62% +123.39%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -39 61 £525 -4.55% 13
North of England -33 44 £450 -5.86% 16
North West +3 39 £414 -10.21% 10
Midlands -30 35 £358 -7.86% 3
West Midlands -28 33 £358 -14.37% 2
South East -36 18 £488 -8.88% 8
East of England -34 7 - - 5
South West -42 5 £575 -6.50% 1
Yorkshire -66 5 £700 -6.67% 3
East Midlands -28 2 - - 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 8 (5.16%) Confluence
2 6 (3.87%) Apache
2 6 (3.87%) Ethereum
2 6 (3.87%) Hyperledger
3 5 (3.23%) nginx
4 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.58%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.58%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.29%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.65%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.52%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.94%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (6.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.94%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.65%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (23.87%) Azure
2 33 (21.29%) AWS
3 13 (8.39%) GitHub
4 12 (7.74%) GCP
4 12 (7.74%) Power Platform
5 11 (7.10%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 10 (6.45%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.87%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.87%) Power Automate
7 6 (3.87%) Serverless
8 5 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (3.23%) Apigee
8 5 (3.23%) Azure API Management
8 5 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (3.23%) Cloudflare
8 5 (3.23%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.58%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (38.06%) DNS
2 50 (32.26%) SSL
3 43 (27.74%) TCP/IP
3 43 (27.74%) Wireshark
4 38 (24.52%) BIG-IP
5 25 (16.13%) Firewall
6 21 (13.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 21 (13.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 16 (10.32%) FTP
8 15 (9.68%) Network Security
9 14 (9.03%) HTTPS
9 14 (9.03%) SMTP
10 9 (5.81%) VPN
11 8 (5.16%) Wireless
12 7 (4.52%) LAN
12 7 (4.52%) WAN
13 6 (3.87%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (3.87%) Ethereal
13 6 (3.87%) IPsec
13 6 (3.87%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.52%) MongoDB
2 7 (4.52%) NoSQL
2 7 (4.52%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.87%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.23%) Power BI
5 4 (2.58%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.94%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.65%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 32 (20.65%) Fiddler
2 27 (17.42%) Git
3 19 (12.26%) JIRA
4 15 (9.68%) Jenkins
5 13 (8.39%) Postman
6 11 (7.10%) JUnit
7 5 (3.23%) GitLab
8 4 (2.58%) Gatling
8 4 (2.58%) JMeter
8 4 (2.58%) Selenium
8 4 (2.58%) SoapUI
8 4 (2.58%) Vagrant
9 3 (1.94%) Ant
9 3 (1.94%) Appium
9 3 (1.94%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (1.94%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.94%) Maven
9 3 (1.94%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.94%) TestRail
9 3 (1.94%) Zephyr
General
1 51 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 36 (23.23%) Banking
3 21 (13.55%) Finance
3 21 (13.55%) Investment Banking
4 20 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.23%) Marketing
6 5 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.58%) Legal
8 3 (1.94%) Advertising
9 2 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.29%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.65%) Front Office
10 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (25.16%) Network Engineer
2 36 (23.23%) Developer
3 29 (18.71%) Web Engineer
4 16 (10.32%) Blue Coat Engineer
4 16 (10.32%) IP Network Engineer
5 14 (9.03%) Junior
6 13 (8.39%) Junior Network Engineer
7 12 (7.74%) Senior
8 11 (7.10%) Analyst
9 10 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 10 (6.45%) Java Developer
10 9 (5.81%) Consultant
11 7 (4.52%) Automation Engineer
11 7 (4.52%) Support Engineer
11 7 (4.52%) Technical Engineer
11 7 (4.52%) Technical Support
11 7 (4.52%) Technical Support Engineer
12 6 (3.87%) AWS Engineer
12 6 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
12 6 (3.87%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (22.58%) JSON
2 29 (18.71%) REST
3 25 (16.13%) XML
4 17 (10.97%) OAuth
5 16 (10.32%) .NET
5 16 (10.32%) RESTful
6 15 (9.68%) HTML
6 15 (9.68%) LDAP
7 13 (8.39%) Kafka
7 13 (8.39%) SOAP
8 12 (7.74%) AngularJS
8 12 (7.74%) OAuth2
9 11 (7.10%) Middleware
9 11 (7.10%) Spring
9 11 (7.10%) Spring Boot
10 10 (6.45%) SAML
11 7 (4.52%) gRPC
12 6 (3.87%) SignalR
12 6 (3.87%) Spring Batch
12 6 (3.87%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.87%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.87%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.23%) BYOD
3 5 (3.23%) CSOC
3 5 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (3.23%) Cyberattack
3 5 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (2.58%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.58%) Replication
5 3 (1.94%) AI Agents
5 3 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.94%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.94%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.29%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.29%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 27 (17.42%) Linux
2 26 (16.77%) Windows
3 16 (10.32%) Unix
4 6 (3.87%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.23%) AIX
5 5 (3.23%) Ubuntu
6 4 (2.58%) Amazon Linux
6 4 (2.58%) CatOS
6 4 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.58%) VMS
7 3 (1.94%) Android
7 3 (1.94%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.29%) CentOS
8 2 (1.29%) Solaris
8 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (27.10%) CI/CD
2 38 (24.52%) Agile
3 34 (21.94%) Load Balancing
4 27 (17.42%) Data Loss Prevention
4 27 (17.42%) DevOps
4 27 (17.42%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 19 (12.26%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (12.26%) Microservices
6 16 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (9.68%) Computer Science
7 15 (9.68%) Test Automation
8 14 (9.03%) Security Operations
9 12 (7.74%) API Testing
9 12 (7.74%) Change Management
9 12 (7.74%) Containerisation
9 12 (7.74%) Customer Engagement
9 12 (7.74%) Information Security
10 11 (7.10%) API Management
10 11 (7.10%) Application Security
10 11 (7.10%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 43 (27.74%) Python
2 33 (21.29%) Java
3 25 (16.13%) SQL
4 19 (12.26%) C#
5 16 (10.32%) JavaScript
5 16 (10.32%) PowerShell
6 15 (9.68%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.52%) Bash
7 7 (4.52%) Perl
7 7 (4.52%) PL/SQL
8 6 (3.87%) Korn
9 4 (2.58%) Groovy
10 3 (1.94%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.94%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.94%) Swift
10 3 (1.94%) XPath
11 2 (1.29%) C
11 2 (1.29%) C++
11 2 (1.29%) Go
11 2 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 26 (16.77%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.48%) Degree
3 19 (12.26%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.87%) CISSP
5 6 (3.87%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.23%) CISM
6 5 (3.23%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.58%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.58%) CEH
8 3 (1.94%) GIAC
8 3 (1.94%) GWAPT
9 2 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.29%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.29%) PhD
9 2 (1.29%) RHCE
10 1 (0.65%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.16%) QA
2 6 (3.87%) GDPR
2 6 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (3.23%) NIST
3 5 (3.23%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.29%) SEPA
6 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (14.84%) Docker
3 17 (10.97%) VMware NSX
4 16 (10.32%) Firmware
5 13 (8.39%) Active Directory
6 4 (2.58%) DFS Replication
7 3 (1.94%) Dovecot
7 3 (1.94%) Postfix
7 3 (1.94%) Squid
8 2 (1.29%) NDS
8 2 (1.29%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 2 (1.29%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (14.19%) Ansible
2 19 (12.26%) Kubernetes
3 10 (6.45%) Terraform
4 8 (5.16%) Grafana
4 8 (5.16%) Prometheus
5 6 (3.87%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.94%) Kibana
6 3 (1.94%) Nessus
6 3 (1.94%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.29%) Nagios
7 2 (1.29%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (1.29%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.29%) Puppet
8 1 (0.65%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.65%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.65%) logstash
8 1 (0.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (27.74%) F5
2 37 (23.87%) VMware
3 32 (20.65%) Blue Coat
4 31 (20.00%) McAfee
5 28 (18.06%) Microsoft
6 20 (12.90%) NetApp
7 11 (7.10%) Oracle
7 11 (7.10%) Splunk
8 7 (4.52%) IBM
9 6 (3.87%) CheckPoint
9 6 (3.87%) Cisco
9 6 (3.87%) Palo Alto
9 6 (3.87%) ServiceNow
10 4 (2.58%) Imperva
11 3 (1.94%) Google
11 3 (1.94%) Jaspersoft
11 3 (1.94%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.29%) NetIQ
12 2 (1.29%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.29%) SolarWinds