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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 308 363
Rank change year-on-year -123 +55 +80
Contract jobs citing HTTP 170 168 180
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.70% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.24% 5.39% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 108 111
10th Percentile £303 £359 £300
25th Percentile £406 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £555 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +5.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £620
90th Percentile £738 £722 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £508
% change year-on-year -13.04% +13.30% -11.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 9
10th Percentile £53.10 £45.75 £26.15
25th Percentile £55.00 £54.38 £27.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £80.68 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -18.19% +75.84% -38.83%
75th Percentile £89.38 £81.35 £85.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £82.10 -
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £80.68 £45.88
% change year-on-year -18.19% +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 4,009 3,119 4,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.59% 13.04% 13.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,482 1,949 2,922
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% -0.92% -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 118 390
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.66 £16.44
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.41 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.39% -3.98% +134.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.69 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.35 £70.07
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £39.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year -27.18% -0.85% +118.16%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -76 81 £525 -1.18% 22
North of England -49 40 £439 -6.70% 10
Midlands -37 35 £355 -3.53% 4
West Midlands -36 33 £355 -23.24%
North West -11 31 £555 +16.84% 7
South East -52 17 £450 -10.00% 9
Yorkshire -54 7 £418 +12.84% 2
East of England -39 5 - - 3
South West -41 5 £550 -10.57% 2
East Midlands -29 2 - - 4
North East - 2 £419 - 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 (4.71%) Confluence
2 6 (3.53%) Ethereum
2 6 (3.53%) Hyperledger
3 5 (2.94%) nginx
3 5 (2.94%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.35%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.76%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.76%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.18%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.18%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (1.18%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (1.18%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.59%) CICS
7 1 (0.59%) IIS
7 1 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (5.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.59%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 5 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.59%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.29%) AWS
2 29 (17.06%) Azure
3 18 (10.59%) GCP
4 10 (5.88%) GitHub
5 9 (5.29%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.71%) Akamai
6 8 (4.71%) SaaS
7 6 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.94%) Serverless
8 5 (2.94%) Workato
9 4 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.35%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.35%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.76%) Datadog
10 3 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 74 (43.53%) DNS
2 61 (35.88%) SSL
3 58 (34.12%) TCP/IP
4 40 (23.53%) BIG-IP
5 38 (22.35%) Wireshark
6 28 (16.47%) Network Security
7 22 (12.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 22 (12.94%) HTTPS
8 20 (11.76%) Firewall
9 19 (11.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 14 (8.24%) VPN
11 12 (7.06%) LAN
11 12 (7.06%) WAN
12 11 (6.47%) IPsec
12 11 (6.47%) Wireless
13 10 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (5.29%) FTP
15 8 (4.71%) 3GPP
15 8 (4.71%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.29%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (4.71%) MongoDB
3 7 (4.12%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.35%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.76%) Metadata
5 3 (1.76%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.18%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.18%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.18%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.59%) GIS
Development Applications
1 26 (15.29%) Fiddler
2 14 (8.24%) Git
2 14 (8.24%) JIRA
3 10 (5.88%) GitLab
4 9 (5.29%) JUnit
5 8 (4.71%) JMeter
6 7 (4.12%) Gatling
7 6 (3.53%) Browser DevTools
7 6 (3.53%) Jenkins
7 6 (3.53%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.35%) Postman
9 2 (1.18%) Cucumber
9 2 (1.18%) Gradle
9 2 (1.18%) Introscope
9 2 (1.18%) Maven
9 2 (1.18%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.18%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.18%) TestNG
10 1 (0.59%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.59%) Travis CI
General
1 46 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.00%) Banking
3 30 (17.65%) Finance
4 24 (14.12%) Investment Banking
5 20 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.29%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.12%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.18%) Front Office
9 2 (1.18%) Games
9 2 (1.18%) Legal
10 1 (0.59%) Electronics
10 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (22.94%) Network Engineer
2 33 (19.41%) Web Engineer
3 28 (16.47%) Senior
4 27 (15.88%) Developer
5 18 (10.59%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 18 (10.59%) IP Network Engineer
5 18 (10.59%) Security Engineer
6 12 (7.06%) Software Engineer
7 9 (5.29%) Junior
8 8 (4.71%) Junior Network Engineer
8 8 (4.71%) Senior Developer
9 7 (4.12%) Analyst
9 7 (4.12%) Java Developer
9 7 (4.12%) Senior Software Engineer
9 7 (4.12%) Support Engineer
9 7 (4.12%) Tester
10 6 (3.53%) C++ Software Engineer
10 6 (3.53%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 5 (2.94%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.94%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (18.24%) REST
2 22 (12.94%) SAML
3 16 (9.41%) JSON
4 15 (8.82%) LDAP
5 13 (7.65%) RESTful
6 12 (7.06%) Kafka
7 11 (6.47%) OAuth
8 10 (5.88%) .NET
9 8 (4.71%) AngularJS
9 8 (4.71%) WebSockets
9 8 (4.71%) XML
10 7 (4.12%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (4.12%) gRPC
10 7 (4.12%) HTML
10 7 (4.12%) Spring
10 7 (4.12%) Spring Boot
11 6 (3.53%) Middleware
11 6 (3.53%) SOAP
11 6 (3.53%) Spring Batch
12 5 (2.94%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.06%) Management Information System
2 19 (11.18%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (7.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (6.47%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (5.88%) Algorithms
6 9 (5.29%) Data Structures
7 7 (4.12%) Derivative
8 6 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (3.53%) BYOD
8 6 (3.53%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.53%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.94%) CSOC
9 5 (2.94%) Cyberattack
9 5 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (2.94%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (2.35%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.76%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.35%) Linux
2 14 (8.24%) Windows
3 9 (5.29%) Unix
4 6 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.53%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.94%) CatOS
5 5 (2.94%) Solaris
5 5 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.18%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (1.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.59%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.06%) CI/CD
2 37 (21.76%) Load Balancing
3 32 (18.82%) Agile
4 26 (15.29%) Data Loss Prevention
4 26 (15.29%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 23 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (12.94%) Runbook
7 19 (11.18%) DevOps
8 18 (10.59%) Incident Response
9 17 (10.00%) Application Security
9 17 (10.00%) Migration
10 16 (9.41%) Microservices
10 16 (9.41%) Security Operations
11 15 (8.82%) Software Engineering
12 14 (8.24%) SIEM
12 14 (8.24%) Test Automation
13 13 (7.65%) Full-Stack Development
13 13 (7.65%) High Availability
14 12 (7.06%) Analytics
14 12 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 50 (29.41%) Python
2 33 (19.41%) Java
3 17 (10.00%) C#
4 15 (8.82%) PowerShell
4 15 (8.82%) SQL
4 15 (8.82%) TypeScript
5 13 (7.65%) JavaScript
6 12 (7.06%) Bash
7 9 (5.29%) C++
8 7 (4.12%) Rust
9 5 (2.94%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.76%) Go
10 3 (1.76%) Groovy
10 3 (1.76%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.18%) Jython
11 2 (1.18%) Perl
11 2 (1.18%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.18%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.59%) PHP
12 1 (0.59%) XPath
Qualifications
1 24 (14.12%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.59%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.88%) Degree
4 9 (5.29%) CISSP
5 6 (3.53%) CISM
5 6 (3.53%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.76%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.18%) CCNA
7 2 (1.18%) CCNP
7 2 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.18%) PhD
8 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.59%) CCSAM
8 1 (0.59%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.59%) GPEN
8 1 (0.59%) GXPN
8 1 (0.59%) OSCE
8 1 (0.59%) OSCP
8 1 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (5.29%) NIST
2 7 (4.12%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.53%) GDPR
3 6 (3.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.94%) QA
5 2 (1.18%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (18.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (10.59%) Firmware
2 18 (10.59%) VMware NSX
3 16 (9.41%) Docker
4 12 (7.06%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.35%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.59%) RACF
Systems Management
1 17 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 17 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (9.41%) Ansible
3 9 (5.29%) Grafana
4 5 (2.94%) Kibana
5 4 (2.35%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (2.35%) Terraform
6 2 (1.18%) CA Wily
6 2 (1.18%) logstash
6 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.18%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.59%) Consul
7 1 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.59%) Packer
7 1 (0.59%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.59%) Puppet
7 1 (0.59%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (24.71%) VMware
2 41 (24.12%) F5
3 30 (17.65%) Blue Coat
4 26 (15.29%) McAfee
5 24 (14.12%) Microsoft
6 18 (10.59%) NetApp
7 14 (8.24%) Cisco
8 10 (5.88%) CheckPoint
8 10 (5.88%) Oracle
8 10 (5.88%) Palo Alto
9 8 (4.71%) IBM
10 7 (4.12%) Netskope
10 7 (4.12%) Red Hat
10 7 (4.12%) Zscaler
11 6 (3.53%) SolarWinds
12 5 (2.94%) AppDynamics
12 5 (2.94%) Dynatrace
13 4 (2.35%) Ericsson
13 4 (2.35%) Huawei
13 4 (2.35%) Nokia