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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 410 320 399
Rank change year-on-year -90 +79 +18
Contract jobs citing HTTP 173 170 155
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.44% 0.70% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.54% 5.31% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 118 101
10th Percentile £306 £379 £300
25th Percentile £402 £448 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £463
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +23.24% -19.57%
75th Percentile £588 £653 £575
90th Percentile £738 £775 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £570 £475
% change year-on-year -12.28% +20.00% -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 5
10th Percentile £41.25 £38.25 £24.45
25th Percentile £50.25 £49.13 £27.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +25.33% -38.83%
75th Percentile £83.75 £81.18 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £82.10 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +13.04% +25.33% -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 3,810 3,202 5,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.74% 13.15% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,410 2,011 3,148
10th Percentile £225 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £375 £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 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £485
% change year-on-year +2.04% +1.14% -6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 123 396
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.75 £19.77 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.25 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -6.25% +110.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.81 £69.32
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +13.88% -6.25% +110.53%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -73 79 £525 +2.44% 24
North of England -38 46 £446 -6.80% 14
North West +7 43 £460 -2.49% 4
Midlands -39 33 £340 -13.04% 2
West Midlands -37 31 £340 -24.44% 1
South East -60 17 £488 -4.41% 5
East of England -40 7 - - 8
South West -41 5 £575 -6.50% 1
Yorkshire -58 3 £375 -50.00% 7
East Midlands -40 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 6 (3.47%) Ethereum
1 6 (3.47%) Hyperledger
2 5 (2.89%) Confluence
3 4 (2.31%) Apache
3 4 (2.31%) nginx
3 4 (2.31%) OpenStack
3 4 (2.31%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.73%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.16%) IBM HTTP Server
5 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (1.16%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.16%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (1.16%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (0.58%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.58%) IIS
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (4.62%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) InDesign
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (5.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.73%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.58%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 40 (23.12%) AWS
2 35 (20.23%) Azure
3 21 (12.14%) GCP
4 14 (8.09%) GitHub
5 10 (5.78%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (5.78%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (5.78%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (5.78%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.47%) SaaS
6 6 (3.47%) Serverless
7 5 (2.89%) Akamai
7 5 (2.89%) Apigee
7 5 (2.89%) Azure API Management
7 5 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.31%) Azure Functions
8 4 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.31%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (40.46%) DNS
2 56 (32.37%) TCP/IP
3 55 (31.79%) SSL
4 42 (24.28%) BIG-IP
5 39 (22.54%) Wireshark
6 25 (14.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 22 (12.72%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 22 (12.72%) Network Security
8 21 (12.14%) Firewall
9 19 (10.98%) HTTPS
10 12 (6.94%) VPN
11 9 (5.20%) FTP
11 9 (5.20%) SMTP
11 9 (5.20%) Wireless
12 8 (4.62%) 3GPP
12 8 (4.62%) LAN
12 8 (4.62%) WAN
13 7 (4.05%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (4.05%) Ethereal
13 7 (4.05%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (4.05%) MongoDB
2 7 (4.05%) NoSQL
2 7 (4.05%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.47%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.31%) Power BI
5 4 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.73%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.58%) GIS
8 1 (0.58%) Metadata
8 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (17.34%) Fiddler
2 22 (12.72%) Git
3 17 (9.83%) JIRA
4 13 (7.51%) Jenkins
5 12 (6.94%) JUnit
6 11 (6.36%) Postman
7 8 (4.62%) GitLab
8 7 (4.05%) Gatling
8 7 (4.05%) JMeter
9 6 (3.47%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (2.89%) LoadRunner
10 5 (2.89%) SoapUI
11 4 (2.31%) Cucumber
12 3 (1.73%) Ant
12 3 (1.73%) Maven
12 3 (1.73%) Selenium
12 3 (1.73%) SpecFlow
12 3 (1.73%) TestRail
12 3 (1.73%) Zephyr
13 2 (1.16%) REST Assured
General
1 52 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.70%) Banking
3 31 (17.92%) Finance
4 25 (14.45%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (14.45%) Investment Banking
5 10 (5.78%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.20%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.31%) Legal
8 4 (2.31%) Marketing
9 3 (1.73%) Advertising
10 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Front Office
10 2 (1.16%) Games
11 1 (0.58%) Electronics
11 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (23.12%) Developer
2 39 (22.54%) Network Engineer
3 38 (21.97%) Web Engineer
4 23 (13.29%) Senior
5 20 (11.56%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 20 (11.56%) IP Network Engineer
6 11 (6.36%) Java Developer
6 11 (6.36%) Junior
7 10 (5.78%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 10 (5.78%) Junior Network Engineer
7 10 (5.78%) Security Engineer
8 9 (5.20%) Analyst
8 9 (5.20%) Tester
9 8 (4.62%) Consultant
9 8 (4.62%) Senior Developer
10 7 (4.05%) Support Engineer
11 6 (3.47%) Integration Engineer
11 6 (3.47%) SOC Analyst
11 6 (3.47%) Software Engineer
12 5 (2.89%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (18.50%) JSON
2 28 (16.18%) REST
3 20 (11.56%) XML
4 19 (10.98%) OAuth
5 18 (10.40%) RESTful
5 18 (10.40%) SAML
6 17 (9.83%) .NET
7 16 (9.25%) Kafka
8 14 (8.09%) HTML
9 12 (6.94%) AngularJS
9 12 (6.94%) LDAP
10 11 (6.36%) Middleware
10 11 (6.36%) OAuth2
10 11 (6.36%) SOAP
10 11 (6.36%) Spring
10 11 (6.36%) Spring Boot
11 8 (4.62%) WebSockets
12 7 (4.05%) gRPC
12 7 (4.05%) SignalR
13 6 (3.47%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 33 (19.08%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (4.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 6 (3.47%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.47%) BYOD
4 6 (3.47%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.47%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.47%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.89%) CSOC
5 5 (2.89%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.89%) Cyberattack
5 5 (2.89%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.31%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.73%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.73%) Derivative
7 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.16%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 27 (15.61%) Linux
2 19 (10.98%) Windows
3 14 (8.09%) Unix
4 5 (2.89%) AIX
4 5 (2.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.89%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.31%) CatOS
5 4 (2.31%) Solaris
5 4 (2.31%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.16%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (1.16%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.58%) Android
8 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (30.64%) CI/CD
2 43 (24.86%) Agile
3 36 (20.81%) Load Balancing
4 30 (17.34%) Data Loss Prevention
4 30 (17.34%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 22 (12.72%) DevOps
6 21 (12.14%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (12.14%) Microservices
7 18 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (10.40%) Runbook
8 17 (9.83%) Security Operations
9 15 (8.67%) Test Automation
10 14 (8.09%) Application Security
10 14 (8.09%) Computer Science
11 13 (7.51%) Observability
12 12 (6.94%) Containerisation
12 12 (6.94%) Incident Response
12 12 (6.94%) Information Security
12 12 (6.94%) Migration
12 12 (6.94%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 45 (26.01%) Python
2 34 (19.65%) Java
3 23 (13.29%) C#
4 22 (12.72%) SQL
5 19 (10.98%) JavaScript
6 18 (10.40%) TypeScript
7 13 (7.51%) Bash
7 13 (7.51%) PowerShell
8 10 (5.78%) PL/SQL
9 8 (4.62%) Perl
10 5 (2.89%) C++
10 5 (2.89%) Korn
11 3 (1.73%) Rust
11 3 (1.73%) XPath
12 2 (1.16%) Go
12 2 (1.16%) Jython
12 2 (1.16%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.16%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.58%) C
Qualifications
1 23 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 21 (12.14%) Degree
3 16 (9.25%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.05%) CISSP
6 6 (3.47%) CISM
6 6 (3.47%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.73%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.73%) CCNA
7 3 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.73%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.16%) CCNP
8 2 (1.16%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.16%) OSCP
8 2 (1.16%) PhD
9 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.58%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.58%) GPEN
9 1 (0.58%) GXPN
9 1 (0.58%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (5.20%) NIST
2 7 (4.05%) QA
3 6 (3.47%) GDPR
3 6 (3.47%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.16%) SEPA
5 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (18.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (11.56%) Firmware
3 18 (10.40%) Docker
4 17 (9.83%) VMware NSX
5 9 (5.20%) Active Directory
6 4 (2.31%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (11.56%) Kubernetes
2 18 (10.40%) Ansible
3 12 (6.94%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (3.47%) Grafana
5 5 (2.89%) Kibana
6 4 (2.31%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (2.31%) Terraform
7 2 (1.16%) CA Wily
7 2 (1.16%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.16%) Puppet
7 2 (1.16%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.58%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.58%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.58%) logstash
Vendors
1 43 (24.86%) F5
1 43 (24.86%) VMware
2 32 (18.50%) Blue Coat
3 31 (17.92%) McAfee
4 25 (14.45%) Microsoft
5 21 (12.14%) NetApp
6 12 (6.94%) Oracle
7 11 (6.36%) IBM
8 10 (5.78%) Cisco
9 7 (4.05%) CheckPoint
9 7 (4.05%) Palo Alto
9 7 (4.05%) Red Hat
9 7 (4.05%) Splunk
10 5 (2.89%) AppDynamics
11 4 (2.31%) Ericsson
11 4 (2.31%) Google
11 4 (2.31%) Huawei
11 4 (2.31%) Netskope
11 4 (2.31%) Nokia
11 4 (2.31%) Zscaler