HTTP Contracts in England

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring HTTP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HTTP over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 363 443
Rank change year-on-year +56 +80 -32
Contract jobs citing HTTP 168 180 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.70% 0.49% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.37% 3.72% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 111 153
10th Percentile £359 £300 £366
25th Percentile £415 £400 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £688
90th Percentile £722 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £508 £575
% change year-on-year +13.30% -11.74% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 6
10th Percentile £45.75 £26.15 £50.52
25th Percentile £54.38 £27.00 £67.13
Median hourly rate £80.68 £45.88 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.84% -38.83% +54.38%
75th Percentile £81.35 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £82.10 - £79.00
UK median hourly rate £80.68 £45.88 £75.00
% change year-on-year +75.84% -38.83% +54.38%

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 3,126 4,843 5,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.06% 13.19% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,949 2,922 3,851
10th Percentile £220 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £650
90th Percentile £675 £690 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 390 409
10th Percentile £13.93 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.09 £16.44 £10.63
Median hourly rate £36.57 £40.00 £17.07
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +134.40% -28.63%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.07 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.34
% change year-on-year -6.25% +118.16% -33.33%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing HTTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for HTTP in England

HTTP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HTTP in England.

Daily rate trend for HTTP in England

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTTP in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HTTP in England

HTTP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HTTP in England.

Hourly rate trend for HTTP in England

HTTP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HTTP in England over the 6 months to 29 May 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 29 May 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 +25 83 £531 +1.19% 109
South East +48 18 £500 -11.50% 35
South West +47 16 £615 +15.38% 16
East of England +38 16 £600 +71.43% 14
North of England +2 16 £471 -7.06% 27
Midlands +25 14 £368 - 18
West Midlands +23 9 £463 - 11
North West +4 9 £475 +2.70% 14
Yorkshire +5 7 £370 -40.66% 12
East Midlands - 5 £358 - 7
HTTP
UK

HTTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (7.14%) Confluence
2 5 (2.98%) IIS
3 4 (2.38%) NetWeaver
3 4 (2.38%) nginx
4 3 (1.79%) Apache
4 3 (1.79%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.79%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (1.79%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.19%) CMS
6 1 (0.60%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.60%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.60%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.60%) SAS
6 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.76%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (1.19%) assyst
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (44.05%) AWS
2 59 (35.12%) Azure
3 19 (11.31%) GCP
4 16 (9.52%) AWS CloudFormation
4 16 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (9.52%) GitHub
5 15 (8.93%) OpenShift
6 12 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
6 12 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (7.14%) Serverless
7 10 (5.95%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (5.36%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (5.36%) SaaS
9 8 (4.76%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (4.17%) npm
11 5 (2.98%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.98%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 63 (37.50%) DNS
2 48 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 34 (20.24%) SMTP
3 34 (20.24%) SSL
4 24 (14.29%) DHCP
5 23 (13.69%) FTP
6 19 (11.31%) Firewall
7 18 (10.71%) Network Security
8 16 (9.52%) HTTPS
9 11 (6.55%) Internet
10 6 (3.57%) BGP
10 6 (3.57%) SNMP
10 6 (3.57%) VLAN
11 5 (2.98%) POP3
11 5 (2.98%) VPN
12 4 (2.38%) OSPF
13 3 (1.79%) Reverse Proxy
13 3 (1.79%) SSH
13 3 (1.79%) WAN
13 3 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (6.55%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (5.95%) DynamoDB
3 10 (5.95%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.76%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (4.76%) MySQL
4 8 (4.76%) Oracle Database
5 7 (4.17%) SQL Server
6 6 (3.57%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.38%) Power BI
8 3 (1.79%) Apache Hive
8 3 (1.79%) Apache Iceberg
8 3 (1.79%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.79%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.79%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (1.79%) Parquet
8 3 (1.79%) Presto
8 3 (1.79%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.19%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.60%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 28 (16.67%) Git
2 26 (15.48%) Jenkins
3 21 (12.50%) JIRA
4 15 (8.93%) GitLab
5 7 (4.17%) webpack
6 5 (2.98%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.98%) git-flow
6 5 (2.98%) JUnit
7 4 (2.38%) Ant
7 4 (2.38%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (2.38%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.79%) GoogleTest
8 3 (1.79%) LoadRunner
8 3 (1.79%) Maven
8 3 (1.79%) Mocha
8 3 (1.79%) Poetry
8 3 (1.79%) Postman
8 3 (1.79%) Robot Framework
8 3 (1.79%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.79%) Toad
General
1 38 (22.62%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.88%) Finance
3 23 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.71%) Banking
5 7 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.17%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.38%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.38%) Law
7 4 (2.38%) Retail
8 3 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.19%) Advertising
9 2 (1.19%) Automotive
9 2 (1.19%) Legal
9 2 (1.19%) Marketing
10 1 (0.60%) French Language
10 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.60%) Military
10 1 (0.60%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 50 (29.76%) Developer
2 22 (13.10%) DevOps Engineer
3 20 (11.90%) Analyst
4 17 (10.12%) Architect
5 15 (8.93%) Senior
6 13 (7.74%) SOC Analyst
7 10 (5.95%) Integration Developer
8 8 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.17%) Angular Developer
9 7 (4.17%) Java Developer
9 7 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
9 7 (4.17%) ServiceNow Architect
10 6 (3.57%) Automation Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) AWS DevOps
10 6 (3.57%) Node.js Developer
10 6 (3.57%) SAP Developer
10 6 (3.57%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) Test Engineer
11 5 (2.98%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (28.57%) REST
2 43 (25.60%) HTML
3 39 (23.21%) CSS
4 32 (19.05%) SOAP
5 31 (18.45%) Web Services
6 28 (16.67%) LDAP
7 23 (13.69%) React
7 23 (13.69%) XML
8 20 (11.90%) AngularJS
8 20 (11.90%) JSON
8 20 (11.90%) RESTful
9 16 (9.52%) .NET
10 14 (8.33%) Node.js
11 12 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (6.55%) EDI
12 11 (6.55%) Jest
12 11 (6.55%) WebSockets
13 10 (5.95%) Middleware
14 9 (5.36%) OAuth
14 9 (5.36%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (7.74%) Cyberattack
3 12 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.95%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.95%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (4.76%) CMDB
5 8 (4.76%) CSOC
5 8 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.98%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.98%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.79%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.79%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.79%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.79%) State Machine
9 3 (1.79%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 57 (33.93%) Linux
2 32 (19.05%) Windows
3 18 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 18 (10.71%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.74%) Unix
5 6 (3.57%) AIX
6 3 (1.79%) CentOS
7 2 (1.19%) Debian
7 2 (1.19%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.60%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.60%) VMS
8 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (30.95%) DevOps
2 44 (26.19%) Agile
3 39 (23.21%) CI/CD
3 39 (23.21%) Containerisation
4 27 (16.07%) Microservices
5 26 (15.48%) Test Automation
6 25 (14.88%) Scrum
7 22 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (12.50%) Configuration Management
9 20 (11.90%) Infrastructure as Code
9 20 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (10.71%) Security Operations
10 18 (10.71%) Threat Detection
11 17 (10.12%) Service Management
11 17 (10.12%) SIEM
12 16 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (8.93%) Incident Response
14 14 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
15 13 (7.74%) SDLC
16 12 (7.14%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (34.52%) Python
2 54 (32.14%) Java
3 49 (29.17%) JavaScript
4 32 (19.05%) PowerShell
5 25 (14.88%) Bash
6 24 (14.29%) SQL
7 14 (8.33%) TypeScript
8 12 (7.14%) C#
9 10 (5.95%) Groovy
10 7 (4.17%) ABAP
10 7 (4.17%) Korn
10 7 (4.17%) Perl
10 7 (4.17%) PL/SQL
10 7 (4.17%) Shell Script
11 6 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (2.98%) T-SQL
13 4 (2.38%) Go
14 3 (1.79%) Bicep
14 3 (1.79%) C++
15 2 (1.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 28 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 25 (14.88%) DV Cleared
4 17 (10.12%) Degree
5 10 (5.95%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (4.17%) CEH
7 6 (3.57%) CISSP
8 4 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (2.38%) CCNP
9 3 (1.79%) CCNA
9 3 (1.79%) CCSP
9 3 (1.79%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.79%) GCIH
9 3 (1.79%) OSCP
9 3 (1.79%) SAP Certification
10 2 (1.19%) CCIE
10 2 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.60%) CCDP
11 1 (0.60%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.38%) Accessibility
1 4 (2.38%) GDPR
1 4 (2.38%) HIPAA
1 4 (2.38%) WCAG
2 3 (1.79%) SEPA
3 2 (1.19%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.19%) NIST
3 2 (1.19%) NIST 800
3 2 (1.19%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 45 (26.79%) Docker
2 18 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.93%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.76%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.98%) OpenAM
5 5 (2.98%) OpenDJ
5 5 (2.98%) OpenIDM
6 3 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (1.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.60%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.60%) XenApp
8 1 (0.60%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 47 (27.98%) Kubernetes
2 34 (20.24%) Terraform
3 26 (15.48%) Ansible
3 26 (15.48%) Puppet
4 13 (7.74%) Grafana
5 11 (6.55%) Progress Chef
6 10 (5.95%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.98%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.79%) SCCM
8 3 (1.79%) WSUS
9 2 (1.19%) CA Wily
9 2 (1.19%) CSIRT
9 2 (1.19%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.19%) Nagios
9 2 (1.19%) Nessus
10 1 (0.60%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.60%) Packer
10 1 (0.60%) SCOM
Vendors
1 23 (13.69%) Red Hat
2 22 (13.10%) VMware
3 16 (9.52%) Microsoft
4 15 (8.93%) Google
4 15 (8.93%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.95%) ForgeRock
6 9 (5.36%) Cisco
6 9 (5.36%) Oracle
7 8 (4.76%) SAP
8 7 (4.17%) Arista
9 6 (3.57%) Splunk
10 5 (2.98%) IBM
10 5 (2.98%) Salesforce
11 4 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (2.38%) Juniper
12 3 (1.79%) Ab Initio
12 3 (1.79%) AppDynamics
12 3 (1.79%) Darktrace
12 3 (1.79%) F5
12 3 (1.79%) Perforce