nginx Contract Job Trends in England

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UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring nginx skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 461 478
Rank change year-on-year -129 +17 +28
Contract jobs citing nginx 54 58 46
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.31% 1.87% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 40 23
10th Percentile £389 £348 £213
25th Percentile £425 £413 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £523 £511
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +2.25% -14.83%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £619
90th Percentile £658 £621 £650
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £511
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.15% -7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £59.61 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £67.47 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.47 - -

All Application Platform Skills
England

nginx falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,136 3,107 3,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.89% 11.09% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,671 2,062 2,327
10th Percentile £286 £275 £281
25th Percentile £406 £388 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -6.29% +0.48%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £688 £713 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 71 72
10th Percentile £14.94 £15.50 £17.17
25th Percentile £16.60 £24.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% -17.65% -
75th Percentile £56.43 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.12 £73.75 £74.40
UK median hourly rate £28.40 £34.43 £37.00
% change year-on-year -17.53% -6.95% -19.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

nginx job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing nginx

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing nginx in England over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for nginx in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing nginx

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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 nginx within the England region over the 6 months to 3 October 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 -84 30 £484 -14.04% 22
North of England -71 9 £483 +34.92% 10
South East -56 8 £450 +9.09% 8
Yorkshire - 7 £483 - 5
South West -37 3 £688 +17.02% 4
North West -53 2 - - 4
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UK

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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 20 (37.04%) Apache
2 17 (31.48%) Tomcat
3 12 (22.22%) Confluence
4 9 (16.67%) WebLogic
5 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
6 5 (9.26%) WebSphere
7 3 (5.56%) Apache Spark
7 3 (5.56%) IBM HTTP Server
7 3 (5.56%) IIS
7 3 (5.56%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (5.56%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (5.56%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (5.56%) WebSphere Portal
8 2 (3.70%) Traefik
9 1 (1.85%) CMS
9 1 (1.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Cloud Services
1 24 (44.44%) AWS
2 14 (25.93%) Azure
3 9 (16.67%) GitHub
4 8 (14.81%) Amazon EC2
4 8 (14.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 7 (12.96%) Serverless
6 5 (9.26%) Amazon S3
6 5 (9.26%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (7.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (7.41%) GCP
8 3 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (5.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (5.56%) AWS KMS
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Functions
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (5.56%) Cloudflare
8 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.78%) DNS
2 13 (24.07%) Firewall
3 11 (20.37%) HTTP
4 7 (12.96%) Reverse Proxy
5 6 (11.11%) SSH
6 5 (9.26%) DHCP
6 5 (9.26%) OpenVPN
6 5 (9.26%) TCP/IP
7 3 (5.56%) VPN
8 2 (3.70%) BIG-IP
8 2 (3.70%) FTP
8 2 (3.70%) HTTPS
8 2 (3.70%) IMAP
8 2 (3.70%) Internet
8 2 (3.70%) NAS
8 2 (3.70%) Network Security
8 2 (3.70%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (3.70%) SAN
8 2 (3.70%) SMTP
8 2 (3.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.93%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (9.26%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (7.41%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (7.41%) MySQL
4 3 (5.56%) Data Lake
4 3 (5.56%) GIS
4 3 (5.56%) NoSQL
4 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.70%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (3.70%) Big Data
5 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.70%) DynamoDB
5 2 (3.70%) Power BI
6 1 (1.85%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.85%) MariaDB
6 1 (1.85%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (33.33%) Git
1 18 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 9 (16.67%) JIRA
3 6 (11.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 6 (11.11%) GitLab
4 5 (9.26%) Bitbucket
5 3 (5.56%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (3.70%) Artifactory
6 2 (3.70%) Vagrant
7 1 (1.85%) Capybara
7 1 (1.85%) Maven
7 1 (1.85%) minitest
7 1 (1.85%) RSpec
7 1 (1.85%) Selenium
General
1 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.41%) Finance
4 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Law
5 1 (1.85%) Military
5 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) DevOps Engineer
2 12 (22.22%) Developer
3 8 (14.81%) AWS Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Java Developer
4 7 (12.96%) Platform Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Elasticsearch Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) AWS DevOps
7 4 (7.41%) Computer Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Architect
8 3 (5.56%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
8 3 (5.56%) Oracle Developer
8 3 (5.56%) WebLogic Developer
9 2 (3.70%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 2 (3.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 2 (3.70%) Lead
9 2 (3.70%) Platform Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (53.70%) Terraform
2 10 (18.52%) React
3 9 (16.67%) Spring
4 7 (12.96%) Node.js
5 6 (11.11%) Middleware
6 5 (9.26%) JPA
6 5 (9.26%) Kafka
6 5 (9.26%) YAML
7 4 (7.41%) boto
7 4 (7.41%) LEMP Stack
7 4 (7.41%) OpenTofu
8 3 (5.56%) .NET
8 3 (5.56%) EJB
8 3 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (5.56%) Java SE
8 3 (5.56%) LAMP
8 3 (5.56%) Spring Boot
8 3 (5.56%) Vue
9 2 (3.70%) Jakarta EE
9 2 (3.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 6 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (9.26%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (5.56%) Client/Server
3 3 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.56%) PKI
4 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) Replication
4 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.85%) NHS
5 1 (1.85%) NVMe
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (57.41%) Linux
2 19 (35.19%) Windows
3 11 (20.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (12.96%) Ubuntu
4 7 (12.96%) Windows Server
5 5 (9.26%) CentOS
5 5 (9.26%) Solaris
5 5 (9.26%) Windows 10
5 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (5.56%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (3.70%) Unix
7 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (42.59%) DevOps
2 20 (37.04%) CI/CD
3 16 (29.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 10 (18.52%) Containerisation
5 9 (16.67%) ETL
5 9 (16.67%) Microservices
6 8 (14.81%) Platform Engineering
7 7 (12.96%) Agile
8 6 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (11.11%) Master Data Management
8 6 (11.11%) Roadmaps
8 6 (11.11%) Secrets Management
8 6 (11.11%) Security Hardening
8 6 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (9.26%) Analytics
9 5 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (9.26%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (9.26%) Micro Frontends
9 5 (9.26%) Software Engineering
9 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (40.74%) Python
2 19 (35.19%) Java
3 16 (29.63%) JavaScript
3 16 (29.63%) SQL
4 15 (27.78%) PowerShell
5 14 (25.93%) Bash
6 10 (18.52%) PL/SQL
7 9 (16.67%) TypeScript
8 4 (7.41%) C#
8 4 (7.41%) Groovy
9 3 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (3.70%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.85%) C++
11 1 (1.85%) Go
11 1 (1.85%) R
11 1 (1.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 30 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.41%) AWS Certification
4 4 (7.41%) CISSP
4 4 (7.41%) Degree
5 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.85%) CEH
6 1 (1.85%) FFIEC
6 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (1.85%) SANS
6 1 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) NIST
2 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.85%) GLBA
3 1 (1.85%) HL7
3 1 (1.85%) NCSC
3 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (38.89%) Docker
2 11 (20.37%) Active Directory
3 9 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (9.26%) Dovecot
4 5 (9.26%) Postfix
4 5 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.70%) DFS Replication
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (3.70%) Squid
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.85%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (27.78%) Ansible
2 11 (20.37%) Kubernetes
3 9 (16.67%) Grafana
3 9 (16.67%) Prometheus
4 6 (11.11%) HAProxy
4 6 (11.11%) Packer
4 6 (11.11%) vCenter Server
5 4 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (5.56%) Kibana
6 3 (5.56%) Progress Chef
6 3 (5.56%) SELinux
7 2 (3.70%) Istio
7 2 (3.70%) Nessus
7 2 (3.70%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (3.70%) Podman
7 2 (3.70%) Proxmox
7 2 (3.70%) Puppet
8 1 (1.85%) Argo
8 1 (1.85%) linkerd
Vendors
1 16 (29.63%) Oracle
2 15 (27.78%) Red Hat
3 12 (22.22%) IBM
4 11 (20.37%) ServiceNow
4 11 (20.37%) VMware
5 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
6 5 (9.26%) F5
6 5 (9.26%) Tanium
7 4 (7.41%) Cisco
8 3 (5.56%) Databricks
8 3 (5.56%) Google
8 3 (5.56%) Juniper
9 2 (3.70%) Jaspersoft
10 1 (1.85%) Apple
10 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.85%) ESET
10 1 (1.85%) Intel
10 1 (1.85%) Okta
10 1 (1.85%) Splunk
10 1 (1.85%) WSO2