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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 345 371
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 +141
Contract jobs citing HTTPS 23 21 20
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.16% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.82% 1.49% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 12
10th Percentile £439 £400 £433
25th Percentile £463 £556 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £800 £681
90th Percentile £688 - -
England median daily rate £520 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -2.22%
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
% change year-on-year - - -26.67%

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 1,262 1,410 1,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.77% 9.90% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 868 1,253
10th Percentile £300 £265 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £628 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 13 59
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £18.93
25th Percentile - £25.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +23.00%
75th Percentile £31.13 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.75 £75.31 £76.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +7.14% -38.04% +120.62%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -4 3 £575 -25.81%
West London - 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 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.35%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) Akamai
3 1 (4.35%) Cloudflare
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Figma
3 1 (4.35%) Firebase
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) DNS
1 6 (26.09%) SSL
2 5 (21.74%) BGP
2 5 (21.74%) EIGRP
2 5 (21.74%) IPsec
2 5 (21.74%) OSPF
3 2 (8.70%) Wireless
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (4.35%) DHCP
4 1 (4.35%) Ethernet
4 1 (4.35%) Firewall
4 1 (4.35%) FTP
4 1 (4.35%) Internet
4 1 (4.35%) NX-OS
4 1 (4.35%) RTP
4 1 (4.35%) SMS
4 1 (4.35%) SSH
4 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Android Studio
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) GitLab
1 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
1 1 (4.35%) SonarQube
1 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (4.35%) Xcode
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Banking
3 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Retail
3 1 (4.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Network Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) webMethods Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Juniper Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Administrator
5 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Firewall Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) ForgeRock Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Mobile UI Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Network Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (52.17%) XML
2 11 (47.83%) JSON
3 10 (43.48%) OAuth
3 10 (43.48%) SOAP
4 6 (26.09%) REST
5 5 (21.74%) JMS
5 5 (21.74%) OAuth2
5 5 (21.74%) OpenID
6 3 (13.04%) JDBC
7 2 (8.70%) RESTful
8 1 (4.35%) .NET
8 1 (4.35%) CSS
8 1 (4.35%) Flutter
8 1 (4.35%) HTML
8 1 (4.35%) JWT
8 1 (4.35%) React Native
8 1 (4.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) PKI
2 3 (13.04%) Taxonomies
3 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) BYOD
4 1 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Android
2 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) DevOps
2 10 (43.48%) Deployment Automation
2 10 (43.48%) Test Automation
3 8 (34.78%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (21.74%) API Development
4 5 (21.74%) API Management
5 3 (13.04%) API Integration
5 3 (13.04%) Change Control
5 3 (13.04%) DevSecOps
5 3 (13.04%) Identity Management
6 2 (8.70%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (4.35%) Business Strategy
7 1 (4.35%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (4.35%) Containerisation
7 1 (4.35%) Critical Thinking
7 1 (4.35%) Customer Experience
7 1 (4.35%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (4.35%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) Bash
2 5 (21.74%) C++
2 5 (21.74%) Perl
3 4 (17.39%) Java
3 4 (17.39%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.35%) Kotlin
4 1 (4.35%) Objective-C
4 1 (4.35%) Swift
4 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 5 (21.74%) CCNP
2 5 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (21.74%) JNCIA
2 5 (21.74%) JNCIS
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.35%) GDPR
1 1 (4.35%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Firmware
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.35%) Ansible
2 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Cisco
1 6 (26.09%) webMethods
2 5 (21.74%) Axway
2 5 (21.74%) Juniper
2 5 (21.74%) SAP
3 4 (17.39%) IBM
3 4 (17.39%) Software AG
4 3 (13.04%) ForgeRock
5 2 (8.70%) Fortinet
5 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.35%) F5
6 1 (4.35%) Infoblox
6 1 (4.35%) Oracle
6 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.35%) Remedy
6 1 (4.35%) Ruckus Wireless
6 1 (4.35%) VMware
6 1 (4.35%) Xamarin