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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 352 400
Rank change year-on-year -25 +48 +33
Contract jobs citing HTTP 158 166 188
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.54% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.72% 4.40% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 92 123
10th Percentile £335 £232 £307
25th Percentile £363 £400 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -9.13%
75th Percentile £588 £622 £600
90th Percentile £696 £656 £710
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 5
10th Percentile £42.50 - £61.60
25th Percentile £45.00 £27.00 £67.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £33.75 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.48% -51.79% +32.58%
75th Percentile £75.00 £49.00 £86.56
90th Percentile £85.00 £63.85 £88.62
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £33.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year +61.48% -51.79% +53.85%

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 3,350 3,774 5,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.49% 12.21% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,159 2,185 3,531
10th Percentile £213 £234 £213
25th Percentile £359 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £606 £600
90th Percentile £685 £687 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 130 322
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £17.78
25th Percentile £20.00 £27.75 £23.02
Median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% -0.57% +34.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.92% -11.71% +34.10%

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 3 November 2025.

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 3 November 2025.

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 3 November 2025. 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 -29 72 £526 -0.75% 30
Midlands +15 41 £475 -16.30% 8
West Midlands +5 35 £475 +23.38% 5
North of England -27 20 £538 +7.50% 11
South East -1 16 £500 +29.03% 16
East of England -12 14 £680 +20.89% 7
North West -16 14 £375 +66.67% 8
South West +2 6 £335 -34.95% 6
East Midlands -7 6 £360 -52.00% 3
Yorkshire -26 6 £700 +12.54% 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 24 (15.19%) Confluence
2 10 (6.33%) nginx
3 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.90%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (1.27%) Apache
4 2 (1.27%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (1.27%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.27%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.63%) CMS
5 1 (0.63%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.33%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.27%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.63%) SAP MRS
1 1 (0.63%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 48 (30.38%) AWS
2 46 (29.11%) Azure
3 24 (15.19%) Amazon EC2
4 22 (13.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 22 (13.92%) Amazon ELB
4 22 (13.92%) Amazon S3
4 22 (13.92%) AWS KMS
4 22 (13.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 16 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (7.59%) Amazon Glacier
6 12 (7.59%) GCP
7 11 (6.96%) GitHub
8 10 (6.33%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (6.33%) Power Automate
8 10 (6.33%) Route 53
9 9 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.16%) Akamai
10 5 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (3.16%) Cloudflare
10 5 (3.16%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 65 (41.14%) DNS
2 44 (27.85%) SSL
3 41 (25.95%) SMTP
4 40 (25.32%) TCP/IP
5 39 (24.68%) Firewall
6 37 (23.42%) FTP
7 26 (16.46%) SSH
8 19 (12.03%) Network Security
9 18 (11.39%) Wireshark
10 12 (7.59%) BIG-IP
11 11 (6.96%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 11 (6.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 11 (6.96%) HTTPS
12 10 (6.33%) IMAP
12 10 (6.33%) OpenLDAP
13 7 (4.43%) Internet
14 5 (3.16%) DHCP
14 5 (3.16%) DMZ
15 4 (2.53%) Wireless
16 3 (1.90%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.19%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (9.49%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.59%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (6.33%) SQL Server
5 8 (5.06%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.27%) Power BI
9 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.63%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.63%) Big Data
9 1 (0.63%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.63%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.63%) Impala
9 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (25.95%) Git
2 38 (24.05%) JIRA
3 35 (22.15%) Jenkins
4 22 (13.92%) Vagrant
5 14 (8.86%) Fiddler
6 8 (5.06%) Postman
7 5 (3.16%) Appium
7 5 (3.16%) Charles Proxy
7 5 (3.16%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (3.16%) XCUITest
8 4 (2.53%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (2.53%) GitLab
8 4 (2.53%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.53%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.53%) Robot Framework
8 4 (2.53%) Vite
8 4 (2.53%) webpack
9 2 (1.27%) Cypress.io
9 2 (1.27%) Selenium
10 1 (0.63%) WebDriver
General
1 57 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.25%) Finance
3 30 (18.99%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (17.09%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.23%) Banking
6 12 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (5.70%) Investment Banking
8 5 (3.16%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.16%) Marketing
9 4 (2.53%) Advertising
9 4 (2.53%) Legal
10 3 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.90%) Retail
11 2 (1.27%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.63%) French Language
12 1 (0.63%) German Language
12 1 (0.63%) Law
12 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.63%) Military
12 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (21.52%) Developer
2 25 (15.82%) DevOps Engineer
3 19 (12.03%) Network Engineer
4 17 (10.76%) Analyst
4 17 (10.76%) AWS Engineer
4 17 (10.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 17 (10.76%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (9.49%) AWS DevOps
5 15 (9.49%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 13 (8.23%) Web Engineer
7 12 (7.59%) Automation Engineer
7 12 (7.59%) SOC Analyst
8 11 (6.96%) Consultant
9 10 (6.33%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 10 (6.33%) Senior
10 8 (5.06%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 8 (5.06%) Python Engineer
10 8 (5.06%) Support Engineer
10 8 (5.06%) Technical Engineer
10 8 (5.06%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (15.19%) LDAP
2 23 (14.56%) AngularJS
3 22 (13.92%) REST
4 20 (12.66%) React
5 19 (12.03%) JSON
6 17 (10.76%) XML
7 16 (10.13%) HTML
7 16 (10.13%) SOAP
8 15 (9.49%) RESTful
9 13 (8.23%) CSS
10 11 (6.96%) Web Services
11 8 (5.06%) JMS
11 8 (5.06%) OAuth
11 8 (5.06%) XSD
12 7 (4.43%) WebSockets
13 6 (3.80%) .NET
13 6 (3.80%) Express.js
13 6 (3.80%) Node.js
14 5 (3.16%) HTML5
14 5 (3.16%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.56%) Management Information System
2 22 (13.92%) Replication
3 10 (6.33%) Cyberattack
4 9 (5.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (5.06%) CSOC
5 8 (5.06%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (5.06%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (4.43%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (3.16%) Mobile App
8 5 (3.16%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.53%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.53%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (2.53%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.90%) BYOD
10 3 (1.90%) State Machine
11 2 (1.27%) Digital Signage
11 2 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (24.68%) Linux
2 38 (24.05%) Windows
3 23 (14.56%) VMS
4 22 (13.92%) Amazon Linux
5 13 (8.23%) Unix
6 12 (7.59%) Ubuntu
7 5 (3.16%) Android
7 5 (3.16%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.53%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.27%) CentOS
9 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.63%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (27.22%) DevOps
2 37 (23.42%) Agile
3 36 (22.78%) Configuration Management
4 32 (20.25%) CI/CD
5 30 (18.99%) Change Management
6 26 (16.46%) Test Automation
7 23 (14.56%) Cloud Security
7 23 (14.56%) Load Balancing
8 22 (13.92%) Containerisation
8 22 (13.92%) Patch Management
8 22 (13.92%) Platform Engineering
8 22 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (11.39%) Security Operations
11 17 (10.76%) Information Security
11 17 (10.76%) Scrum
12 14 (8.86%) Microservices
12 14 (8.86%) SIEM
13 13 (8.23%) Analytics
13 13 (8.23%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 72 (45.57%) Python
2 43 (27.22%) PowerShell
2 43 (27.22%) SQL
3 29 (18.35%) Java
4 23 (14.56%) Groovy
4 23 (14.56%) JavaScript
5 20 (12.66%) Perl
6 15 (9.49%) TypeScript
7 8 (5.06%) Bash
7 8 (5.06%) C#
8 5 (3.16%) Kotlin
8 5 (3.16%) Swift
9 4 (2.53%) Korn
9 4 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.90%) C
10 3 (1.90%) Go
10 3 (1.90%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.90%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.27%) C++
11 2 (1.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (27.22%) Security Cleared
2 40 (25.32%) SC Cleared
3 26 (16.46%) Degree
4 13 (8.23%) AWS Certification
5 10 (6.33%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.70%) CEH
6 9 (5.70%) CISSP
7 8 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (3.16%) CCNA
8 5 (3.16%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.16%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.90%) CCNP
9 3 (1.90%) CCSP
9 3 (1.90%) CISM
9 3 (1.90%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.90%) GWAPT
9 3 (1.90%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.59%) QA
2 9 (5.70%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.80%) GDPR
4 5 (3.16%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (2.53%) WCAG
6 3 (1.90%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.90%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (24.68%) Docker
2 22 (13.92%) DFS Replication
3 18 (11.39%) Active Directory
4 10 (6.33%) Dovecot
4 10 (6.33%) Postfix
4 10 (6.33%) Squid
5 6 (3.80%) Firmware
5 6 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.27%) NDS
6 2 (1.27%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 2 (1.27%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.63%) HDFS
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.63%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.63%) OpenDJ
7 1 (0.63%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (25.32%) Terraform
2 26 (16.46%) Prometheus
3 24 (15.19%) Grafana
4 21 (13.29%) Ansible
5 19 (12.03%) Kubernetes
6 10 (6.33%) Nessus
6 10 (6.33%) Proxmox
7 6 (3.80%) Kibana
8 4 (2.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (2.53%) Nagios
9 3 (1.90%) CSIRT
9 3 (1.90%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.90%) Puppet
10 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.63%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.63%) SCCM
11 1 (0.63%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (20.25%) ServiceNow
2 28 (17.72%) Microsoft
3 24 (15.19%) F5
4 16 (10.13%) Blue Coat
5 14 (8.86%) Splunk
6 13 (8.23%) Google
7 12 (7.59%) McAfee
8 10 (6.33%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (6.33%) NetApp
9 8 (5.06%) Blue Prism
9 8 (5.06%) VMware
10 7 (4.43%) Oracle
11 5 (3.16%) AppDynamics
11 5 (3.16%) Cisco
11 5 (3.16%) Dynatrace
11 5 (3.16%) Fortinet
11 5 (3.16%) Imperva
12 4 (2.53%) Amplitude
12 4 (2.53%) New Relic
12 4 (2.53%) SolarWinds