HTTP Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring HTTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 78 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs citing HTTP 7 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.70% 0.64% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.57% 3.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £517 £477 -
25th Percentile £542 £502 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £553 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.81% - -
75th Percentile £569 £600 -
90th Percentile - £623 -
South East median daily rate £475 £350 £306
% change year-on-year +35.71% +14.57% -48.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £53.25 - -
25th Percentile £54.38 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £28.00 -
% change year-on-year +105.36% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 196 251 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 19.56% 19.94% 25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 126 136
10th Percentile £275 £400 £235
25th Percentile £476 £463 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £430
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +33.58% -12.67%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £549
90th Percentile £650 £688 £606
South East median daily rate £478 £500 £453
% change year-on-year -4.50% +10.50% -2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 32 43
10th Percentile £48.20 £36.61 £15.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.40 £37.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.68 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.62% +10.74% +27.78%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +33.33%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

HTTP job vacancy trend in Hampshire

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing HTTP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing HTTP

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing HTTP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing HTTP

HTTP
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Southampton +3 4 £563 -2.17% 1
Portsmouth - 3 - -
HTTP
South East

HTTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
1 3 (42.86%) SNMP
1 3 (42.86%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (14.29%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 3 (42.86%) Git
2 3 (42.86%) GoogleTest
2 3 (42.86%) Jenkins
2 3 (42.86%) Robot Framework
3 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Security Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Software Test Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
1 3 (42.86%) Node.js
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) BYOD
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Integration Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Validation
3 3 (42.86%) Application Security
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Data Flow Diagram
3 3 (42.86%) Due Diligence
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
3 3 (42.86%) Information Governance
3 3 (42.86%) ISMS
3 3 (42.86%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) Security Testing
3 3 (42.86%) SysML
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISM
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
1 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
1 3 (42.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Rsyslog
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Atlassian
1 1 (14.29%) Google