Apache Contract Job Trends

Apache HTTP Server (httpd)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Apache skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 280 310
Rank change year-on-year -47 +30 -34
Contract jobs citing Apache 289 269 322
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.87% 0.73%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.39% 7.55% 7.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 205 252
10th Percentile £394 £384 £350
25th Percentile £450 £469 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +19.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £838 £703
90th Percentile £738 £875 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £510
% change year-on-year +1.32% -6.86% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 7
10th Percentile £63.15 - £22.00
25th Percentile £64.00 - £24.88
Median hourly rate £75.00 £74.44 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% +41.79% -
75th Percentile £82.00 - £65.88
90th Percentile £84.20 - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £74.44 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.75% +41.79% +50.06%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Apache falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,912 3,565 4,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.82% 11.51% 9.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,705 2,196 2,860
10th Percentile £300 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £622 £600
90th Percentile £694 £723 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 68 169
10th Percentile £15.20 £17.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.81 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% +49.09% +25.00%
75th Percentile £69.25 £63.75 £51.19
90th Percentile £81.60 £66.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £48.16 £24.00
% change year-on-year -43.50% +100.66% +29.73%

Apache
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Apache relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Apache job vacancy trend in the UK

Apache
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apache.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apache

Apache
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apache over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Apache in the UK

Apache
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apache.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apache

Apache
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Apache over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Apache in the UK

Apache
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache within the UK over the 6 months to 12 February 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
England -85 234 £525 -19.23% 90
UK excluding London +11 142 £481 +1.32% 82
London -87 119 £575 -14.81% 29
Work from Home -72 68 £512 -31.76% 47
North of England -34 40 £462 -16.00% 22
Midlands -20 36 £507 +21.86% 6
Scotland +39 32 £525 +1.20% 14
West Midlands -21 31 £504 -4.10% 4
North West -7 24 £453 -17.64% 11
South West -16 15 £625 +2.04% 21
South East -48 11 £560 +28.00% 16
Yorkshire -53 9 £475 - 4
North East -8 7 £425 -34.62% 7
East of England -27 7 £363 +14.53% 4
East Midlands -19 5 £663 +115.45% 2
Northern Ireland -2 3 £463 -22.92%
Wales - 1 £543 - 1

Apache
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 119 (41.18%) Apache Spark
2 81 (28.03%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (7.27%) WebSphere
4 19 (6.57%) Tomcat
5 18 (6.23%) IIS
5 18 (6.23%) WebLogic
6 17 (5.88%) JBoss
7 14 (4.84%) Apache Geronimo
7 14 (4.84%) Apache ServiceMix
7 14 (4.84%) Red Hat Fuse
8 7 (2.42%) Confluence
8 7 (2.42%) iPlanet
8 7 (2.42%) WebSphere Application Server
9 6 (2.08%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (1.73%) nginx
11 4 (1.38%) Jupyter
11 4 (1.38%) SAS
12 3 (1.04%) Apache Superset
12 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.69%) Apache Synapse
Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Actimize
1 1 (0.35%) Maximo
1 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 148 (51.21%) AWS
2 92 (31.83%) Azure
3 65 (22.49%) GCP
4 43 (14.88%) Amazon S3
5 39 (13.49%) Serverless
6 38 (13.15%) Power Platform
7 36 (12.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 27 (9.34%) Snowflake
9 23 (7.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 21 (7.27%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (6.92%) dbt
12 19 (6.57%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (5.88%) Amazon SQS
13 17 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (5.19%) Collibra
15 9 (3.11%) AWS Step Functions
15 9 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (3.11%) GitHub
15 9 (3.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 8 (2.77%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.50%) Firewall
2 11 (3.81%) HTTP
3 8 (2.77%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.73%) DNS
5 4 (1.38%) DHCP
5 4 (1.38%) Network Security
6 3 (1.04%) SSL
6 3 (1.04%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.69%) SAN
8 1 (0.35%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.35%) Intranet
8 1 (0.35%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.35%) LAN
8 1 (0.35%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (0.35%) SSH
8 1 (0.35%) VLAN
8 1 (0.35%) VPN
8 1 (0.35%) WAN
8 1 (0.35%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (17.30%) Data Lake
2 44 (15.22%) Big Data
3 38 (13.15%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (13.15%) Hadoop
4 35 (12.11%) Amazon Athena
4 35 (12.11%) Power BI
5 28 (9.69%) BigQuery
6 26 (9.00%) Delta Lake
7 18 (6.23%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (5.88%) Metadata
8 17 (5.88%) NoSQL
8 17 (5.88%) OLTP
8 17 (5.88%) SQL Server
9 16 (5.54%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (5.54%) Apache Hive
9 16 (5.54%) MongoDB
10 14 (4.84%) Mixpanel
11 13 (4.50%) Apache Iceberg
11 13 (4.50%) MySQL
11 13 (4.50%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 50 (17.30%) Git
2 21 (7.27%) GitLab
3 14 (4.84%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.50%) JIRA
5 12 (4.15%) JUnit
5 12 (4.15%) MLflow
6 10 (3.46%) Selenium
7 9 (3.11%) Artifactory
7 9 (3.11%) Eclipse
7 9 (3.11%) IntelliJ
8 7 (2.42%) Bitbucket Server
8 7 (2.42%) CA Release Automation
9 6 (2.08%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.73%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.73%) Maven
11 4 (1.38%) Mockito
12 3 (1.04%) Gradle
12 3 (1.04%) Liquibase
13 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.69%) ERwin
General
1 62 (21.45%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.34%) Finance
3 29 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.92%) Banking
4 20 (6.92%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (3.11%) Investment Banking
6 8 (2.77%) Front Office
7 4 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.04%) Billing
8 3 (1.04%) Legal
8 3 (1.04%) Marketing
8 3 (1.04%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.69%) Electronics
9 2 (0.69%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.69%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (30.45%) Data Engineer
2 50 (17.30%) Senior
3 31 (10.73%) Developer
4 30 (10.38%) Software Engineer
5 23 (7.96%) Lead
6 20 (6.92%) AWS Engineer
7 19 (6.57%) Architect
7 19 (6.57%) Python Engineer
8 16 (5.54%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (5.54%) Senior Data Engineer
9 14 (4.84%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (4.50%) Principal Engineer
11 12 (4.15%) Data Architect
11 12 (4.15%) Java Engineer
11 12 (4.15%) Principal Data Engineer
12 11 (3.81%) Lead Data Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) Platform Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) Principal Software Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) Python Software Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (19.72%) Kafka
2 39 (13.49%) REST
3 35 (12.11%) Apache NiFi
4 32 (11.07%) PySpark
5 24 (8.30%) Middleware
6 22 (7.61%) Pandas
7 19 (6.57%) NumPy
8 18 (6.23%) Spring
9 14 (4.84%) Apache Axis
9 14 (4.84%) Apache Camel
9 14 (4.84%) Great Expectations
10 13 (4.50%) JSON
10 13 (4.50%) OAuth
11 12 (4.15%) Hibernate
11 12 (4.15%) SOAP
11 12 (4.15%) XML
12 11 (3.81%) EJB
12 11 (3.81%) React
13 10 (3.46%) Play Framework
13 10 (3.46%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.00%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.54%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.46%) Equities
3 10 (3.46%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.11%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.77%) Derivative
5 8 (2.77%) Distributed Computing
5 8 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.77%) Fixed Income
5 8 (2.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.77%) Hedge funds
5 8 (2.77%) Pricing Data
5 8 (2.77%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.73%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.73%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.73%) Replication
7 5 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.38%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.69%) Linux
2 36 (12.46%) Windows
3 31 (10.73%) Unix
4 14 (4.84%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.08%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.04%) CentOS
7 3 (1.04%) Debian
7 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.69%) Solaris
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.35%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (40.83%) CI/CD
2 93 (32.18%) Analytics
3 89 (30.80%) DevOps
4 88 (30.45%) Data Pipeline
4 88 (30.45%) ETL
5 82 (28.37%) Data Engineering
6 80 (27.68%) Agile
7 74 (25.61%) Data Modelling
8 66 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (20.76%) Data Governance
10 59 (20.42%) Machine Learning
11 52 (17.99%) AI
11 52 (17.99%) Software Engineering
12 51 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
13 43 (14.88%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (13.84%) Data Architecture
14 40 (13.84%) Observability
15 35 (12.11%) Data Science
16 34 (11.76%) Microservices
17 32 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 165 (57.09%) Python
2 136 (47.06%) SQL
3 84 (29.07%) Java
4 38 (13.15%) Scala
5 22 (7.61%) C#
6 20 (6.92%) JavaScript
7 17 (5.88%) Shell Script
8 13 (4.50%) PowerShell
9 11 (3.81%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.42%) Groovy
11 6 (2.08%) Bash
11 6 (2.08%) R
12 5 (1.73%) C++
12 5 (1.73%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.38%) Perl
14 3 (1.04%) PHP
15 2 (0.69%) AWK
15 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.69%) Go
15 2 (0.69%) Korn
Qualifications
1 77 (26.64%) Security Cleared
2 56 (19.38%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.38%) DV Cleared
4 17 (5.88%) Degree
5 11 (3.81%) AWS Certification
6 10 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.11%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.04%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.69%) RHCE
10 2 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.35%) CCNA
11 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.35%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (20.76%) Data Quality
2 26 (9.00%) GDPR
3 12 (4.15%) QA
4 6 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.04%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) IFRS
7 1 (0.35%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.35%) MiFID
7 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 47 (16.26%) Docker
2 14 (4.84%) HDFS
3 12 (4.15%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.08%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 4 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.04%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.35%) Ceph
8 1 (0.35%) iptables
8 1 (0.35%) KVM
8 1 (0.35%) Lustre
8 1 (0.35%) NFS
8 1 (0.35%) Samba
8 1 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 56 (19.38%) Terraform
2 42 (14.53%) Kubernetes
3 31 (10.73%) Ansible
4 14 (4.84%) Puppet
5 8 (2.77%) Hadoop YARN
6 7 (2.42%) CA Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.42%) CA Wily
6 7 (2.42%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.08%) Grafana
7 6 (2.08%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.08%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.69%) Kibana
8 2 (0.69%) logstash
8 2 (0.69%) Nagios
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.35%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.35%) SELinux
Vendors
1 53 (18.34%) Databricks
2 47 (16.26%) Oracle
3 32 (11.07%) Google
4 23 (7.96%) Microsoft
5 18 (6.23%) Splunk
6 16 (5.54%) Red Hat
7 14 (4.84%) TIBCO
8 11 (3.81%) AppDynamics
8 11 (3.81%) IBM
8 11 (3.81%) Informatica
9 10 (3.46%) Cisco
10 9 (3.11%) ServiceNow
10 9 (3.11%) webMethods
11 8 (2.77%) Cloudera
12 7 (2.42%) Broadcom
12 7 (2.42%) Dynatrace
12 7 (2.42%) Talend
13 6 (2.08%) Foundry
13 6 (2.08%) Palantir
14 5 (1.73%) VMware