HTTP Contract Job Trends in the South East

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring HTTP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 164 201
Rank change year-on-year +21 +37 +14
Contract jobs citing HTTP 18 20 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.52% 0.44% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.00% 2.38% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 11
10th Percentile - - £208
25th Percentile £204 £203 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £306
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +14.57% -44.45%
75th Percentile £500 £499 £399
90th Percentile £503 £583 £401
England median daily rate £475 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -10.63% -3.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £53.25 £24.03 -
25th Percentile £54.38 £25.94 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £28.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +105.36% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 £29.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £28.00 £76.41
% change year-on-year +105.36% -63.35% +57.28%

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 600 842 1,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.23% 18.34% 19.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 456 654
10th Percentile £204 £252 £207
25th Percentile £329 £400 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £638 £672 £675
England median daily rate £490 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +1.50% -1.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 84 72
10th Percentile £15.22 £27.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £31.58 £53.40 £32.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -5.98% +35.56%
75th Percentile £70.87 £70.94 £75.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £75.24 £77.90
England median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.50%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing HTTP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing HTTP

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTTP in the South East over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HTTP in the South East

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing HTTP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing HTTP

HTTP
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 17 September 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 +18 9 £488 +39.29% 1
Berkshire +23 5 £500 +42.86% 1
Hampshire +7 5 £500 -9.50% 2
Surrey +4 4 £208 +1.22%
Buckinghamshire - 4 £475 -
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 1 (5.56%) Confluence
1 1 (5.56%) IIS
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) SAS
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) SaaS
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.11%) AWS
4 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.11%) Figma
4 2 (11.11%) GCP
4 2 (11.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.56%) npm
5 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Wireshark
2 4 (22.22%) FTP
3 3 (16.67%) SNMP
3 3 (16.67%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (11.11%) DNS
4 2 (11.11%) HTTPS
4 2 (11.11%) SSL
4 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.56%) Firewall
5 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) Power Query
2 1 (5.56%) Sisense
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) JIRA
2 3 (16.67%) Git
2 3 (16.67%) GoogleTest
2 3 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 3 (16.67%) Robot Framework
3 2 (11.11%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (11.11%) GitLab
3 2 (11.11%) UI Automator
4 1 (5.56%) Bitbucket
4 1 (5.56%) Fiddler
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) French Language
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) German Language
4 1 (5.56%) Italian Language
4 1 (5.56%) Spanish Language
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Support Engineer
1 7 (38.89%) Technical Engineer
1 7 (38.89%) Technical Support
1 7 (38.89%) Technical Support Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Automation Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Software Test Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Salesforce Developer
4 2 (11.11%) UI Developer
4 2 (11.11%) UI/UX Developer
4 2 (11.11%) UX Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Security Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) JIRA Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Power BI Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) CSS
1 6 (33.33%) HTML
1 6 (33.33%) SOAP
2 5 (27.78%) REST
3 3 (16.67%) Ajax
3 3 (16.67%) Node.js
3 3 (16.67%) Web Services
3 3 (16.67%) XML
4 2 (11.11%) AngularJS
4 2 (11.11%) JSON
4 2 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (11.11%) React
4 2 (11.11%) Semantic HTML
4 2 (11.11%) Vue
5 1 (5.56%) .NET
5 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
5 1 (5.56%) MDX
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (5.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.56%) CMDB
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Linux
3 4 (22.22%) Unix
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (5.56%) VMS
5 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (27.78%) Incident Management
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
3 4 (22.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Escalation Management
3 4 (22.22%) Integration Testing
3 4 (22.22%) OO
3 4 (22.22%) OOP
3 4 (22.22%) Scrum
3 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 4 (22.22%) Validation
4 3 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 3 (16.67%) SysML
4 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 3 (16.67%) UML
4 3 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) Python
2 5 (27.78%) Java
3 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.11%) Korn
4 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 2 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (5.56%) C
5 1 (5.56%) C#
5 1 (5.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.11%) WCAG
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
2 2 (11.11%) Firmware
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (5.56%) NDS
3 1 (5.56%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (11.11%) Terraform
3 1 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (5.56%) Ansible
3 1 (5.56%) Rsyslog
3 1 (5.56%) SCCM
3 1 (5.56%) SCOM
3 1 (5.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Google
2 2 (11.11%) Ab Initio
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (5.56%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (5.56%) NetIQ
3 1 (5.56%) OpenText
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow