HTTPS Contract Job Trends in England

HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring HTTPS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 444 514
Rank change year-on-year -94 +70 +83
Contract jobs citing HTTPS 48 35 29
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.14% 0.078%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.25% 1.10% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 22 19
10th Percentile £300 £401 £458
25th Percentile £358 £461 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £538 £547 £658
90th Percentile £651 £698 £875
UK median daily rate £475 £611 £550
% change year-on-year -22.19% +11.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £52.75 - -
25th Percentile £53.13 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £55.00
75th Percentile £56.88 - £57.50
90th Percentile £57.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £55.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

HTTPS 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 3,846 3,188 5,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.54% 13.10% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,425 1,977 3,035
10th Percentile £238 £220 £206
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £495
% change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 125 399
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.31 £16.30 £17.35
Median hourly rate £42.38 £36.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.10% -8.75% +112.54%
75th Percentile £67.81 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £37.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -2.60% +102.63%

HTTPS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HTTPS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

HTTPS job vacancy trend in England

HTTPS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTTPS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTTPS

HTTPS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTTPS in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HTTPS in England

HTTPS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTTPS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTTPS

HTTPS
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 HTTPS within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Midlands - 19 £400 - 1
West Midlands - 19 £400 - 1
London -59 13 £650 +21.04% 2
South West - 6 £520 -
North West -36 5 £358 -27.24% 1
North of England -77 5 £358 -24.63% 1
South East -51 3 - -
East of England -38 1 £475 -
HTTPS
UK

HTTPS
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 5 (10.42%) Anypoint
2 3 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.17%) IIS
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.92%) AWS
2 10 (20.83%) Azure
3 4 (8.33%) Apigee
3 4 (8.33%) GCP
4 3 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.17%) SaaS
6 1 (2.08%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 22 (45.83%) HTTP
2 19 (39.58%) Firewall
3 15 (31.25%) DNS
3 15 (31.25%) Wireless
4 14 (29.17%) SSL
5 13 (27.08%) BIG-IP
6 11 (22.92%) Network Security
7 10 (20.83%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (20.83%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (20.83%) IPsec
7 10 (20.83%) LAN
7 10 (20.83%) WAN
8 9 (18.75%) VPN
8 9 (18.75%) Wireshark
9 8 (16.67%) Ethereal
10 7 (14.58%) DHCP
11 6 (12.50%) TCP/IP
12 3 (6.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 2 (4.17%) FTP
14 1 (2.08%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Git
2 5 (10.42%) Jenkins
3 4 (8.33%) Postman
4 3 (6.25%) JIRA
5 2 (4.17%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (2.08%) Burp Suite
6 1 (2.08%) SoapUI
General
1 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Finance
4 2 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Developer
2 9 (18.75%) Network Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 4 (8.33%) Apigee Developer
4 4 (8.33%) webMethods Developer
5 3 (6.25%) Architect
5 3 (6.25%) Network Security Specialist
5 3 (6.25%) Network Specialist
5 3 (6.25%) Security Specialist
5 3 (6.25%) Telecoms Specialist
5 3 (6.25%) Web Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Technical Support
6 2 (4.17%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Web Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (27.08%) SAML
2 10 (20.83%) LDAP
3 9 (18.75%) XML
4 8 (16.67%) JSON
4 8 (16.67%) RESTful
5 7 (14.58%) Hibernate
5 7 (14.58%) OAuth
5 7 (14.58%) Spring
5 7 (14.58%) Spring Boot
6 6 (12.50%) 802.1X
6 6 (12.50%) OAuth2
6 6 (12.50%) REST
7 5 (10.42%) JWT
8 4 (8.33%) JAX-RS
9 3 (6.25%) JMS
9 3 (6.25%) SOAP
10 2 (4.17%) Web Services
11 1 (2.08%) CSS
11 1 (2.08%) EDI
11 1 (2.08%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) IoT
2 3 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 3 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) CatOS
2 4 (8.33%) Windows
3 1 (2.08%) Linux
3 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) CI/CD
2 8 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (16.67%) Microservices
2 8 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 7 (14.58%) DevOps
3 7 (14.58%) Network Segmentation
4 6 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 6 (12.50%) High Availability
4 6 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
4 6 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 6 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 6 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (12.50%) Zero Trust
5 5 (10.42%) Agile
5 5 (10.42%) Data Privacy
5 5 (10.42%) Test Automation
6 4 (8.33%) API Design
6 4 (8.33%) API Testing
6 4 (8.33%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) Java
2 1 (2.08%) ActionScript
2 1 (2.08%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (2.08%) Bash
2 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.67%) Degree
2 8 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.42%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.17%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.17%) PMP
6 1 (2.08%) CCSAM
6 1 (2.08%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.08%) GPEN
6 1 (2.08%) GXPN
6 1 (2.08%) OSCE
6 1 (2.08%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) GDPR
1 2 (4.17%) GRC
1 2 (4.17%) HIPAA
1 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.17%) PCI DSS
1 2 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (22.92%) Active Directory
1 11 (22.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (20.83%) VMware NSX
3 4 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) F5
1 13 (27.08%) VMware
2 10 (20.83%) CheckPoint
2 10 (20.83%) Cisco
2 10 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (20.83%) Palo Alto
3 8 (16.67%) IBM
4 6 (12.50%) Axway
4 6 (12.50%) ForeScout
5 5 (10.42%) IBM Sterling
5 5 (10.42%) MuleSoft
5 5 (10.42%) SolarWinds
6 4 (8.33%) SAP
6 4 (8.33%) Software AG
6 4 (8.33%) Splunk
6 4 (8.33%) webMethods
7 2 (4.17%) Okta
8 1 (2.08%) Ariba
8 1 (2.08%) Netskope
8 1 (2.08%) Zscaler