HTTPS Contract Job Trends in London

HyperText Transport Protocol, Secure (HTTPS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring HTTPS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 336 373
Rank change year-on-year -58 +37 +105
Contract jobs citing HTTPS 11 23 18
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.067% 0.18% 0.099%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.81% 1.70% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 12
10th Percentile £385 £403 £425
25th Percentile £480 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £800 £563
90th Percentile - - £585
England median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - -25.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,360 1,351 1,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.30% 10.36% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 854 1,199
10th Percentile £262 £258 £204
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £614
90th Percentile £694 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 15 71
10th Percentile £20.82 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.54 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% +70.45% -14.43%
75th Percentile £40.75 £48.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £57.95 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.86% +7.69% +71.05%

HTTPS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

HTTPS job vacancy trend in London

HTTPS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HTTPS

HTTPS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTTPS in London over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HTTPS in London

HTTPS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HTTPS

HTTPS
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 HTTPS within the London region over the 6 months to 15 March 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 -8 2 £509 -32.17% 1
HTTPS
England

HTTPS
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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Akamai
3 1 (9.09%) Cloudflare
3 1 (9.09%) Figma
3 1 (9.09%) Firebase
3 1 (9.09%) GitHub
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) SSL
2 2 (18.18%) DNS
2 2 (18.18%) HTTP
2 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) DHCP
3 1 (9.09%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) Internet
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Android Studio
1 1 (9.09%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) SonarQube
1 1 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (9.09%) Xcode
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Web Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) webMethods Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Diagnostic Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Support
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) UI Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Web Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) XML
2 6 (54.55%) JSON
3 5 (45.45%) OAuth
4 4 (36.36%) REST
5 3 (27.27%) SOAP
6 2 (18.18%) JMS
6 2 (18.18%) OAuth2
6 2 (18.18%) OpenID
6 2 (18.18%) RESTful
6 2 (18.18%) SAML
7 1 (9.09%) .NET
7 1 (9.09%) CSS
7 1 (9.09%) Flutter
7 1 (9.09%) HTML
7 1 (9.09%) JWT
7 1 (9.09%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
1 1 (9.09%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Android
2 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) DevOps
2 6 (54.55%) Deployment Automation
3 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
4 3 (27.27%) API Development
4 3 (27.27%) API Management
5 2 (18.18%) Change Control
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Agile
6 1 (9.09%) Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) B2C
6 1 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (9.09%) Load Balancing
6 1 (9.09%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (9.09%) MVVM
6 1 (9.09%) Network Design
6 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (9.09%) Unit Testing
6 1 (9.09%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) Kotlin
1 1 (9.09%) Objective-C
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) Swift
1 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Axway
1 3 (27.27%) webMethods
2 2 (18.18%) IBM
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Software AG
3 1 (9.09%) Blue Coat
3 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
3 1 (9.09%) F5
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 1 (9.09%) Infoblox
3 1 (9.09%) Netskope
3 1 (9.09%) Okta
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) Xamarin
3 1 (9.09%) Zscaler