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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 458 496
Rank change year-on-year -39 +38 +169
Contract jobs citing HTTPS 51 39 60
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.51% 1.09% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 20 39
10th Percentile £353 £423 £373
25th Percentile £412 £463 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £684 £681 £663
90th Percentile £688 £800 £690
UK median daily rate £575 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - -26.67%

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 3,384 3,565 5,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.68% 12.80% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,196 2,083 3,164
10th Percentile £205 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £678 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 105 315
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.71
25th Percentile £20.04 £20.30 £23.81
Median hourly rate £36.75 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -38.04% +50.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £76.25 £72.75 £75.93
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.86% -38.04% +68.63%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 -17 23 £500 -23.08% 4
North of England -27 12 £670 +34.00% 1
North West - 9 £660 -
Midlands - 8 £400 - 6
West Midlands - 8 £400 - 6
Yorkshire -48 3 £700 +40.00% 1
South East -20 2 £500 - 2
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 4 (7.84%) Anypoint
2 2 (3.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.96%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.49%) AWS
2 10 (19.61%) Azure
3 6 (11.76%) GCP
4 4 (7.84%) Akamai
4 4 (7.84%) Apigee
4 4 (7.84%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.96%) Figma
5 1 (1.96%) Firebase
5 1 (1.96%) GitHub
5 1 (1.96%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (25.49%) SSL
2 11 (21.57%) HTTP
3 9 (17.65%) DNS
4 8 (15.69%) Firewall
4 8 (15.69%) IPsec
5 5 (9.80%) BGP
5 5 (9.80%) EIGRP
5 5 (9.80%) OSPF
5 5 (9.80%) Wireless
6 4 (7.84%) VPN
7 3 (5.88%) BIG-IP
7 3 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (5.88%) Ethereal
7 3 (5.88%) LAN
7 3 (5.88%) WAN
7 3 (5.88%) Wireshark
8 1 (1.96%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (1.96%) NX-OS
8 1 (1.96%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.76%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Git
1 6 (11.76%) Jenkins
2 4 (7.84%) Postman
3 2 (3.92%) JIRA
4 1 (1.96%) Android Studio
4 1 (1.96%) GitLab
4 1 (1.96%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.96%) Xcode
General
1 14 (27.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (1.96%) Banking
4 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Retail
4 1 (1.96%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 27 (52.94%) Developer
2 13 (25.49%) webMethods Developer
3 9 (17.65%) Network Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Apigee Developer
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Java Developer
4 4 (7.84%) Juniper Engineer
5 2 (3.92%) Architect
5 2 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) Active Directory Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) Firewall Architect
6 1 (1.96%) Linux/Unix DevOps
6 1 (1.96%) Mobile UI Developer
6 1 (1.96%) Network Architect
6 1 (1.96%) Senior
6 1 (1.96%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (1.96%) Ubuntu Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (58.82%) XML
2 29 (56.86%) JSON
3 22 (43.14%) SOAP
4 18 (35.29%) OAuth
5 13 (25.49%) JMS
5 13 (25.49%) REST
6 10 (19.61%) OAuth2
7 6 (11.76%) RESTful
8 5 (9.80%) JWT
8 5 (9.80%) OpenID
9 4 (7.84%) Hibernate
9 4 (7.84%) JAX-RS
9 4 (7.84%) SAML
9 4 (7.84%) Spring
9 4 (7.84%) Spring Boot
10 3 (5.88%) JDBC
10 3 (5.88%) LDAP
11 1 (1.96%) HTML
11 1 (1.96%) Middleware
11 1 (1.96%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) PKI
2 3 (5.88%) Security Posture
2 3 (5.88%) Taxonomies
3 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.96%) BYOD
4 1 (1.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.96%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.61%) Linux
2 2 (3.92%) CatOS
3 1 (1.96%) Android
3 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.96%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.96%) VMS
3 1 (1.96%) Windows
3 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (56.86%) DevOps
2 21 (41.18%) Deployment Automation
2 21 (41.18%) Test Automation
3 12 (23.53%) CI/CD
4 9 (17.65%) API Management
5 8 (15.69%) API Development
5 8 (15.69%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (9.80%) Change Control
6 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
6 5 (9.80%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (7.84%) API Design
7 4 (7.84%) API Testing
7 4 (7.84%) Application Security
7 4 (7.84%) Data Privacy
7 4 (7.84%) Integration Patterns
7 4 (7.84%) Microservices
7 4 (7.84%) User Experience
8 3 (5.88%) API Integration
8 3 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) Java
2 6 (11.76%) Python
3 5 (9.80%) Bash
3 5 (9.80%) C++
3 5 (9.80%) Perl
4 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.88%) SQL
6 1 (1.96%) C
6 1 (1.96%) C#
6 1 (1.96%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.96%) Objective-C
6 1 (1.96%) Swift
6 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 21 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.76%) Degree
4 5 (9.80%) CCNP
4 5 (9.80%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (9.80%) JNCIA
4 5 (9.80%) JNCIS
5 3 (5.88%) CEH
5 3 (5.88%) GIAC
5 3 (5.88%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) QA
2 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) GDPR
2 1 (1.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Docker
2 5 (9.80%) Firmware
3 4 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.88%) Active Directory
4 3 (5.88%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) Kubernetes
1 6 (11.76%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (5.88%) Ansible
3 2 (3.92%) Rsyslog
3 2 (3.92%) SCOM
3 2 (3.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (29.41%) IBM
2 14 (27.45%) SAP
2 14 (27.45%) webMethods
3 12 (23.53%) Axway
4 11 (21.57%) Software AG
5 9 (17.65%) Cisco
6 7 (13.73%) F5
7 5 (9.80%) Juniper
7 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
8 4 (7.84%) CheckPoint
8 4 (7.84%) IBM Sterling
8 4 (7.84%) MuleSoft
8 4 (7.84%) Palo Alto
8 4 (7.84%) Splunk
8 4 (7.84%) VMware
9 3 (5.88%) ForgeRock
9 3 (5.88%) Imperva
10 2 (3.92%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.96%) Infoblox
11 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds