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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 484 524
Rank change year-on-year +29 +40 +125
Contract jobs citing HTTPS 57 44 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.74% 1.11% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 23 44
10th Percentile £450 £353 £383
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £612 £613
Median % change year-on-year -12.25% -0.08% +6.52%
75th Percentile £688 £655 £684
90th Percentile £700 £840 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £640 £588
% change year-on-year -14.06% +8.94% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £51.50 - -
25th Percentile £53.75 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £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 3,282 3,967 5,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.81% 12.04% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,054 2,323 3,578
10th Percentile £227 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £618
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 280
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.44 £16.73
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.75 £24.03
Median hourly rate £41.72 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.25% +1.52% +34.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.78
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.85% -10.60% +34.50%

HTTPS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for HTTPS 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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 +31 34 £544 -16.38% 9
North of England -16 8 £670 +24.65% 5
South East - 7 £500 - 4
North West -13 6 £581 +158.22% 5
East Midlands - 3 £358 - 3
Midlands - 3 £358 - 3
Yorkshire -19 2 £700 +17.94%
HTTPS
UK

HTTPS
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 3 (5.26%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (3.51%) Confluence
3 1 (1.75%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.75%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 11 (19.30%) Azure
2 8 (14.04%) AWS
3 7 (12.28%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (8.77%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.77%) IaaS
4 5 (8.77%) PaaS
5 4 (7.02%) Akamai
5 4 (7.02%) Cloudflare
6 3 (5.26%) Azure AKS
6 3 (5.26%) GCP
7 2 (3.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (3.51%) Firebase
7 2 (3.51%) GitHub
7 2 (3.51%) Serverless
8 1 (1.75%) Cloud Run
8 1 (1.75%) Figma
8 1 (1.75%) Google App Engine
8 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.58%) SSL
2 13 (22.81%) HTTP
3 12 (21.05%) Firewall
4 9 (15.79%) DNS
5 6 (10.53%) BGP
5 6 (10.53%) EIGRP
5 6 (10.53%) IPsec
5 6 (10.53%) OSPF
6 3 (5.26%) Network Security
6 3 (5.26%) SSH
6 3 (5.26%) VLAN
7 2 (3.51%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.51%) Wireless
8 1 (1.75%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.75%) FTP
8 1 (1.75%) RTP
8 1 (1.75%) SNMP
8 1 (1.75%) Telnet
8 1 (1.75%) VPN
8 1 (1.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) Apache Cassandra
2 3 (5.26%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.75%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Git
2 6 (10.53%) Jenkins
2 6 (10.53%) JIRA
3 4 (7.02%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.75%) Android Studio
4 1 (1.75%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.75%) Xcode
General
1 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.77%) Finance
3 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.75%) Banking
5 1 (1.75%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Retail
5 1 (1.75%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 24 (42.11%) Developer
2 8 (14.04%) Network Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Architect
3 7 (12.28%) webMethods Developer
4 6 (10.53%) ForgeRock Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Juniper Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Software Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Azure Architect
6 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (7.02%) Java Developer
6 4 (7.02%) Software Developer
7 3 (5.26%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Linux Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Linux Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Network Security Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Network Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (42.11%) SOAP
2 22 (38.60%) REST
3 19 (33.33%) OAuth
4 16 (28.07%) JSON
4 16 (28.07%) XML
5 10 (17.54%) JDBC
5 10 (17.54%) OAuth2
5 10 (17.54%) OpenID
6 8 (14.04%) RESTful
7 7 (12.28%) JMS
7 7 (12.28%) Spring
7 7 (12.28%) Spring Boot
7 7 (12.28%) Web Services
8 4 (7.02%) Hibernate
9 3 (5.26%) CSS
9 3 (5.26%) HTML
9 3 (5.26%) JPA
9 3 (5.26%) Lambda Expressions
9 3 (5.26%) RAML
9 3 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.32%) PKI
2 9 (15.79%) Taxonomies
3 4 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (7.02%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.26%) State Machine
5 2 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.51%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.75%) BYOD
6 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.75%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.81%) Linux
2 3 (5.26%) Unix
2 3 (5.26%) Windows
3 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.75%) Android
4 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.75%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.75%) VMS
4 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.75%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.86%) DevOps
2 20 (35.09%) Kalman Filter
3 16 (28.07%) Test Automation
4 13 (22.81%) Agile
4 13 (22.81%) CI/CD
5 12 (21.05%) Deployment Automation
6 10 (17.54%) API Integration
6 10 (17.54%) DevSecOps
6 10 (17.54%) Scrum
7 9 (15.79%) API Development
7 9 (15.79%) Identity Management
8 8 (14.04%) Design Patterns
8 8 (14.04%) Identity Access Management
8 8 (14.04%) Mentoring
9 7 (12.28%) Coaching
9 7 (12.28%) Microservices
9 7 (12.28%) Open Source
9 7 (12.28%) Performance Optimisation
9 7 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (12.28%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.09%) Java
2 16 (28.07%) JavaScript
3 8 (14.04%) Python
4 6 (10.53%) Bash
4 6 (10.53%) C++
4 6 (10.53%) Perl
4 6 (10.53%) PowerShell
4 6 (10.53%) SQL
5 3 (5.26%) PL/SQL
6 2 (3.51%) C
6 2 (3.51%) Groovy
7 1 (1.75%) ActionScript
7 1 (1.75%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (1.75%) C#
7 1 (1.75%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.75%) Objective-C
7 1 (1.75%) Swift
7 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) Security Cleared
2 18 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 8 (14.04%) CCNP
3 8 (14.04%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (10.53%) JNCIA
4 6 (10.53%) JNCIS
5 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 3 (5.26%) CEH
6 2 (3.51%) CCIE
6 2 (3.51%) GIAC
6 2 (3.51%) GWAPT
7 1 (1.75%) CISSP
7 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) GRC
2 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.75%) NIST
2 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.75%) PSD2
2 1 (1.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (12.28%) Firmware
2 6 (10.53%) Docker
3 3 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.51%) OpenAM
4 2 (3.51%) OpenDJ
4 2 (3.51%) OpenIDM
5 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (19.30%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (15.79%) Kubernetes
3 7 (12.28%) Ansible
4 6 (10.53%) Terraform
5 2 (3.51%) Rsyslog
5 2 (3.51%) SCOM
6 1 (1.75%) SCCM
6 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (21.05%) ForgeRock
2 9 (15.79%) Cisco
3 7 (12.28%) SAP
3 7 (12.28%) webMethods
4 6 (10.53%) Axway
4 6 (10.53%) IBM
4 6 (10.53%) Juniper
4 6 (10.53%) Ping Identity
5 5 (8.77%) Software AG
6 4 (7.02%) Imperva
7 3 (5.26%) Oracle
7 3 (5.26%) VMware
8 2 (3.51%) F5
8 2 (3.51%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.75%) IBM Sterling
9 1 (1.75%) Qualys
9 1 (1.75%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.75%) Remedy
9 1 (1.75%) Ruckus Wireless
9 1 (1.75%) Xamarin