HTTP Contracts in the South East

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring HTTP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HTTP over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 192 208
Rank change year-on-year +54 +16 +13
Contract jobs citing HTTP 16 15 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.50% 0.26% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.85% 1.28% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £475 £306 £312
25th Percentile £488 £461 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +32.50% -12.09%
75th Percentile - £625 £431
90th Percentile £520 £633 £533
England median daily rate £500 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £30.35 £24.03 -
25th Percentile £44.59 £25.94 -
Median hourly rate £56.25 £28.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +100.89% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 £29.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £80.68 £45.88 £75.00
% change year-on-year +75.84% -38.83% +66.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 562 1,170 997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.69% 20.56% 17.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 565 590
10th Percentile £220 £210 £240
25th Percentile £325 £390 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
England median daily rate £493 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.40% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 141 72
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.63 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.76 £36.75 £32.38
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +125.49%
75th Percentile £58.72 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.56 £85.65 £78.97
England median hourly rate £38.41 £45.88 £20.71
% change year-on-year -16.28% +121.59% -17.18%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing HTTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for HTTP in the South East

HTTP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HTTP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for HTTP in the South East

HTTP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HTTP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for HTTP in the South East

HTTP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HTTP in the South East over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HTTP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 July 2025. 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
Thames Valley +38 12 £500 - 28
Berkshire +24 6 £500 - 23
Buckinghamshire - 5 £475 - 4
Hampshire +27 4 £500 -11.50% 12
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
HTTP
England

HTTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) IIS
2 1 (6.25%) Apache
2 1 (6.25%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (6.25%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SAS
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) SaaS
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Figma
3 2 (12.50%) GCP
3 2 (12.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) npm
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) SNMP
1 3 (18.75%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) FTP
2 1 (6.25%) HTTPS
2 1 (6.25%) SSL
2 1 (6.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (6.25%) MySQL
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Power Query
2 1 (6.25%) Sisense
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
2 3 (18.75%) Git
2 3 (18.75%) GoogleTest
2 3 (18.75%) Jenkins
2 3 (18.75%) Robot Framework
3 2 (12.50%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (12.50%) GitLab
3 2 (12.50%) UI Automator
4 1 (6.25%) Bitbucket
4 1 (6.25%) Eclipse
4 1 (6.25%) Fiddler
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) French Language
4 1 (6.25%) Italian Language
4 1 (6.25%) Military
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Architect
1 4 (25.00%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Software Test Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Test Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Salesforce Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) UI Developer
3 2 (12.50%) UI/UX Developer
3 2 (12.50%) UX Developer
4 1 (6.25%) BizTalk Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (62.50%) CSS
1 10 (62.50%) HTML
2 8 (50.00%) XML
3 6 (37.50%) Ajax
3 6 (37.50%) Web Services
4 5 (31.25%) REST
4 5 (31.25%) SOAP
5 3 (18.75%) JSON
5 3 (18.75%) Node.js
6 2 (12.50%) .NET
6 2 (12.50%) AngularJS
6 2 (12.50%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (12.50%) React
6 2 (12.50%) Semantic HTML
6 2 (12.50%) Vue
6 2 (12.50%) XSLT
7 1 (6.25%) EDI
7 1 (6.25%) JSP
7 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (6.25%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) CMDB
2 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Agile
1 7 (43.75%) Configuration Management
1 7 (43.75%) Scrum
2 5 (31.25%) ITIL
3 4 (25.00%) Change Management
3 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 4 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 4 (25.00%) Service Management
4 3 (18.75%) Integration Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Prototyping
4 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
4 3 (18.75%) SysML
4 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
4 3 (18.75%) UML
4 3 (18.75%) Validation
4 3 (18.75%) Verification and Validation
5 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
4 2 (12.50%) Korn
4 2 (12.50%) SQL
5 1 (6.25%) ActionScript
5 1 (6.25%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (6.25%) C++
5 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 2 (12.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
1 2 (12.50%) Firmware
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 2 (12.50%) Terraform
2 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (6.25%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) SCOM
2 1 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) ServiceNow
2 3 (18.75%) Google
3 2 (12.50%) Ab Initio
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 1 (6.25%) Atlassian
4 1 (6.25%) Dynatrace
4 1 (6.25%) IBM
4 1 (6.25%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) SAP
4 1 (6.25%) Snow