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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 321 380
Rank change year-on-year -81 +59 +66
Contract jobs citing HTTPS 18 26 19
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.096% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.20% 2.07% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 13
10th Percentile £489 £448 £393
25th Percentile £500 £519 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £706 £825
90th Percentile £713 £715 £875
England median daily rate £508 £500 £612
% change year-on-year +1.50% -18.30% +6.43%
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 £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 1,496 1,257 1,671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.96% 10.27% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 982 817 1,123
10th Percentile £300 £263 £215
25th Percentile £408 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £707 £714 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 52
10th Percentile £16.04 £20.13 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.36 £24.66 £16.71
Median hourly rate £26.11 £40.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -34.73% +68.07% -34.38%
75th Percentile £51.25 £52.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £85.25 £62.05 £59.75
England median hourly rate £30.77 £39.32 £40.00
% change year-on-year -21.74% -1.70% +122.22%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -14 2 £625 +25.00% 2
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 5 (27.78%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 8 (44.44%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) AWS
3 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 3 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) HTTP
2 8 (44.44%) DNS
3 7 (38.89%) TCP/IP
4 6 (33.33%) Network Security
5 5 (27.78%) SSL
6 3 (16.67%) BIG-IP
6 3 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (16.67%) Firewall
7 2 (11.11%) FTP
8 1 (5.56%) DMZ
8 1 (5.56%) Internet
8 1 (5.56%) IPsec
8 1 (5.56%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (5.56%) SAN
8 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
8 1 (5.56%) SSH
8 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (5.56%) Burp Suite
2 1 (5.56%) SoapUI
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Network Security Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Network Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Security Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Web Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Web Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) webMethods Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Diagnostic Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) REST
2 3 (16.67%) SAML
3 2 (11.11%) EDI
3 2 (11.11%) JSON
3 2 (11.11%) SOAP
3 2 (11.11%) XML
4 1 (5.56%) OAuth
4 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Algorithms
2 3 (16.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.56%) IoT
3 1 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.56%) PKI
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Runbook
2 6 (33.33%) Change Management
2 6 (33.33%) DevOps
3 5 (27.78%) High Availability
3 5 (27.78%) Incident Response
3 5 (27.78%) Information Security
3 5 (27.78%) Load Balancing
3 5 (27.78%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (22.22%) Agile
4 4 (22.22%) Application Security
4 4 (22.22%) Attestation
4 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 4 (22.22%) Project Governance
4 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 3 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) ActionScript
2 2 (11.11%) ActionScript 2.0
2 2 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) Bash
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 4 (22.22%) PMP
3 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.56%) CCSAM
5 1 (5.56%) CREST Certified
5 1 (5.56%) GPEN
5 1 (5.56%) GXPN
5 1 (5.56%) OSCE
5 1 (5.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (22.22%) GDPR
2 4 (22.22%) GRC
2 4 (22.22%) HIPAA
2 4 (22.22%) PCI DSS
2 4 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) F5
1 3 (16.67%) Okta
2 2 (11.11%) Axway
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Software AG
2 2 (11.11%) webMethods
2 2 (11.11%) Zscaler
3 1 (5.56%) Blue Coat
3 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.56%) Netskope
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow