HTTP Contract Job Trends in London

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring HTTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 263 281
Rank change year-on-year -60 +18 +67
Contract jobs citing HTTP 82 93 110
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.46% 0.74% 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.85% 6.99% 6.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 66 72
10th Percentile £404 £338 £300
25th Percentile £463 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -15.32%
75th Percentile £688 £666 £620
90th Percentile £788 £775 £650
England median daily rate £500 £565 £525
% change year-on-year -11.50% +7.62% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £90.00 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +65.14% - -
75th Percentile £95.00 £63.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £66.00 £80.68 £45.88
% change year-on-year -18.19% +75.84% -38.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,402 1,331 1,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.87% 10.58% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 931 851 1,123
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £700 £719 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 53
10th Percentile £19.49 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.28 £30.37 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.11 £42.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.56% +80.85% -48.91%
75th Percentile £35.20 £51.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £93.25 £62.65 £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £29.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +41.40% -25.85% +116.22%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

HTTP job vacancy trend in London

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HTTP

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTTP in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HTTP in London

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HTTP

HTTP
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Central London -15 3 £92 -84.24% 6
East London -6 2 £416 +0.20% 2
South London - 1 £775 -
HTTP
England

HTTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (7.32%) Ethereum
1 6 (7.32%) Hyperledger
2 5 (6.10%) nginx
2 5 (6.10%) Tomcat
3 4 (4.88%) OpenStack
4 3 (3.66%) Confluence
4 3 (3.66%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (9.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.66%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (1.22%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.22%) R3 Corda
3 1 (1.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.83%) Azure
2 19 (23.17%) AWS
3 11 (13.41%) GCP
4 10 (12.20%) Power Platform
5 8 (9.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 8 (9.76%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (7.32%) SaaS
7 5 (6.10%) Azure API Management
7 5 (6.10%) GitHub
7 5 (6.10%) PowerApps
8 4 (4.88%) Serverless
9 3 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (3.66%) Azure Functions
9 3 (3.66%) Power Automate
9 3 (3.66%) Workato
10 2 (2.44%) Cloudflare
10 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
10 2 (2.44%) Fastly
10 2 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (2.44%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (21.95%) DNS
1 18 (21.95%) TCP/IP
2 10 (12.20%) Network Security
2 10 (12.20%) SSL
3 9 (10.98%) HTTPS
4 6 (7.32%) 3GPP
4 6 (7.32%) Firewall
5 4 (4.88%) 5G
5 4 (4.88%) BIG-IP
5 4 (4.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 4 (4.88%) Kerberos
5 4 (4.88%) LTE
6 3 (3.66%) Diameter Protocol
7 2 (2.44%) Ethernet
7 2 (2.44%) Intelligent Network
7 2 (2.44%) Internet
7 2 (2.44%) VLAN
7 2 (2.44%) VPN
7 2 (2.44%) Wireless
8 1 (1.22%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.54%) Oracle Database
2 6 (7.32%) MongoDB
2 6 (7.32%) NoSQL
3 5 (6.10%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (3.66%) Oracle Database 10g
4 3 (3.66%) Power BI
4 3 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.44%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.44%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (1.22%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.22%) Metadata
6 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (12.20%) Git
1 10 (12.20%) JUnit
2 9 (10.98%) JIRA
3 6 (7.32%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (4.88%) SoapUI
5 3 (3.66%) Ant
5 3 (3.66%) GitLab
6 2 (2.44%) Cucumber
6 2 (2.44%) Gatling
6 2 (2.44%) Jenkins
6 2 (2.44%) JMeter
6 2 (2.44%) LoadRunner
7 1 (1.22%) Burp Suite
7 1 (1.22%) Postman
7 1 (1.22%) Selenium
7 1 (1.22%) SpecFlow
7 1 (1.22%) TestDirector
7 1 (1.22%) TestRail
7 1 (1.22%) Toad
7 1 (1.22%) Zephyr
General
1 34 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 26 (31.71%) Finance
3 19 (23.17%) Banking
4 9 (10.98%) Telecoms
5 8 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (8.54%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.66%) Marketing
7 3 (3.66%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.44%) Front Office
8 2 (2.44%) Games
8 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.44%) Legal
9 1 (1.22%) Electronics
9 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (34.15%) Developer
2 17 (20.73%) Senior
3 8 (9.76%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 7 (8.54%) Security Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) Senior Developer
4 7 (8.54%) Software Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) Web Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Java Developer
5 6 (7.32%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) Integration Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) Senior Java Developer
6 5 (6.10%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Applications Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Lead
7 4 (4.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Tester
7 4 (4.88%) Web Support Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.73%) REST
2 14 (17.07%) JSON
2 14 (17.07%) Kafka
3 11 (13.41%) OAuth
4 10 (12.20%) HTML
5 9 (10.98%) .NET
5 9 (10.98%) SAML
6 8 (9.76%) AngularJS
6 8 (9.76%) RESTful
6 8 (9.76%) SOAP
7 7 (8.54%) gRPC
7 7 (8.54%) Middleware
7 7 (8.54%) XML
8 6 (7.32%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (7.32%) Spring
8 6 (7.32%) Spring Batch
8 6 (7.32%) Spring Boot
8 6 (7.32%) WebSockets
9 5 (6.10%) IBM Integration Bus
9 5 (6.10%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.63%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (10.98%) Algorithms
3 6 (7.32%) Derivative
3 6 (7.32%) Product Ownership
4 5 (6.10%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.10%) Data Structures
4 5 (6.10%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (4.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.44%) AI Agents
7 2 (2.44%) Blockchain
7 2 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.44%) Fixed Income
7 2 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (2.44%) IoT
7 2 (2.44%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.95%) Linux
2 12 (14.63%) Windows
3 7 (8.54%) Unix
4 5 (6.10%) AIX
4 5 (6.10%) Solaris
4 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (4.88%) Windows Server
5 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.49%) CI/CD
2 19 (23.17%) Agile
3 13 (15.85%) DevOps
4 12 (14.63%) Runbook
5 11 (13.41%) Microservices
5 11 (13.41%) Migration
6 10 (12.20%) Scrum
7 9 (10.98%) API Management
7 9 (10.98%) CRM
7 9 (10.98%) Decision-Making
7 9 (10.98%) Low Latency
7 9 (10.98%) Software Engineering
7 9 (10.98%) Test Automation
8 8 (9.76%) Application Security
8 8 (9.76%) Code Quality
8 8 (9.76%) Customer Engagement
8 8 (9.76%) High Availability
8 8 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (8.54%) Multithreading
9 7 (8.54%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (26.83%) Java
2 19 (23.17%) Python
3 16 (19.51%) TypeScript
4 15 (18.29%) C#
5 14 (17.07%) SQL
6 13 (15.85%) JavaScript
7 9 (10.98%) PL/SQL
8 7 (8.54%) Bash
9 6 (7.32%) C++
9 6 (7.32%) PowerShell
9 6 (7.32%) Rust
10 5 (6.10%) Korn
10 5 (6.10%) Perl
11 3 (3.66%) Shell Script
12 1 (1.22%) Kotlin
12 1 (1.22%) Scala
12 1 (1.22%) Solidity
12 1 (1.22%) XPath
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.54%) Degree
4 3 (3.66%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.44%) CCNA
5 2 (2.44%) CCNP
5 2 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.44%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.44%) PhD
6 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.22%) CCSAM
6 1 (1.22%) CISSP
6 1 (1.22%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.22%) GPEN
6 1 (1.22%) GXPN
6 1 (1.22%) OSCE
6 1 (1.22%) OSCP
6 1 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) NIST
2 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.44%) SEPA
3 1 (1.22%) QA
3 1 (1.22%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (10.98%) Docker
2 5 (6.10%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.88%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (10.98%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.32%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (4.88%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (3.66%) Ansible
5 1 (1.22%) Grafana
5 1 (1.22%) Kibana
5 1 (1.22%) logstash
Vendors
1 12 (14.63%) Oracle
2 11 (13.41%) Microsoft
3 10 (12.20%) IBM
4 6 (7.32%) VMware
5 5 (6.10%) F5
5 5 (6.10%) Netskope
5 5 (6.10%) Red Hat
5 5 (6.10%) Zscaler
6 4 (4.88%) Ericsson
6 4 (4.88%) Huawei
6 4 (4.88%) Nokia
7 3 (3.66%) Cisco
7 3 (3.66%) Forcepoint
8 2 (2.44%) Blue Coat
8 2 (2.44%) Databricks
8 2 (2.44%) Google
8 2 (2.44%) Okta
8 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.22%) Samsung
9 1 (1.22%) Workday