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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 332 377
Rank change year-on-year -64 +45 +85
Contract jobs citing HTTPS 11 23 19
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.064% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.79% 1.74% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 13
10th Percentile £500 £401 £390
25th Percentile £528 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year +25.36% -1.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £587 £563
90th Percentile £788 £714 £800
England median daily rate £488 £500 £531
% change year-on-year -2.50% -5.88% -3.41%
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

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 1,395 1,323 1,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.06% 10.45% 9.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 904 855 1,157
10th Percentile £300 £265 £206
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £607
90th Percentile £700 £733 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 65
10th Percentile £20.23 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.84 £26.54 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.07% +93.18% -38.89%
75th Percentile £33.90 £51.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £84.50 £62.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £43.85 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.94% -6.25% +111.30%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -11 1 £625 +25.00%
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) HTTP
2 5 (45.45%) DNS
2 5 (45.45%) Network Security
2 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
3 4 (36.36%) SSL
4 3 (27.27%) BIG-IP
4 3 (27.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (27.27%) Firewall
5 1 (9.09%) FTP
5 1 (9.09%) Internet
5 1 (9.09%) SMS
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (9.09%) Burp Suite
2 1 (9.09%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security Specialist
1 3 (27.27%) Network Specialist
1 3 (27.27%) Security Specialist
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms Specialist
1 3 (27.27%) Web Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) webMethods Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Support
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Web Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Diagnostic Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Web Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) XML
2 3 (27.27%) JSON
2 3 (27.27%) SAML
3 2 (18.18%) JMS
3 2 (18.18%) OAuth
4 1 (9.09%) CSS
4 1 (9.09%) EDI
4 1 (9.09%) HTML
4 1 (9.09%) JWT
4 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
4 1 (9.09%) OpenID
4 1 (9.09%) REST
4 1 (9.09%) RESTful
4 1 (9.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
1 3 (27.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Application Security
1 4 (36.36%) DevOps
1 4 (36.36%) High Availability
2 3 (27.27%) DDoS Mitigation
2 3 (27.27%) Deployment Automation
2 3 (27.27%) Load Balancing
3 2 (18.18%) Change Control
3 2 (18.18%) Runbook
3 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Dependency Management
4 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (9.09%) Microservices
4 1 (9.09%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Red Team
4 1 (9.09%) Security Hardening
4 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) ActionScript
1 1 (9.09%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (9.09%) Bash
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CCSAM
2 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) GPEN
2 1 (9.09%) GXPN
2 1 (9.09%) OSCE
2 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) F5
1 3 (27.27%) Software AG
1 3 (27.27%) webMethods
2 2 (18.18%) IBM
2 2 (18.18%) Okta
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) Axway
3 1 (9.09%) Blue Coat
3 1 (9.09%) Netskope
3 1 (9.09%) Zscaler