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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 273 198
Rank change year-on-year -100 -75 +87
Contract jobs citing Apache 309 309 535
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.98% 1.23%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.90% 8.82% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 233 460
10th Percentile £363 £390 £413
25th Percentile £425 £463 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £725
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -17.24% +20.83%
75th Percentile £588 £825 £850
90th Percentile £668 £875 £888
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +15.79% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 11
10th Percentile £59.71 £38.21 £36.75
25th Percentile £63.50 £64.24 £48.75
Median hourly rate £66.50 £79.35 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +13.36% -10.26%
75th Percentile £72.06 £80.74 £74.44
90th Percentile £80.13 £82.07 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 £79.35 £70.00
% change year-on-year -16.19% +13.36% -10.26%

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 4,480 3,503 4,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 11.10% 10.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 2,289 3,102
10th Percentile £313 £290 £263
25th Percentile £404 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.25% -2.20% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £630
90th Percentile £675 £719 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 82 157
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.45 £13.51
25th Percentile £19.25 £26.35 £16.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £51.25 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% +59.58% -38.83%
75th Percentile £63.05 £66.00 £51.91
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.75 £74.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £52.50 £33.56
% change year-on-year -33.33% +56.45% -28.22%

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 4 July 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 4 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Apache in the UK

Apache
Top 16 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 4 July 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 -139 244 £524 -17.06% 116
UK excluding London -52 138 £495 -10.00% 75
London -109 135 £560 -25.33% 49
Work from Home -89 83 £525 -30.00% 51
North of England -46 54 £425 - 19
Scotland +19 35 £525 +13.51% 4
North East -5 31 £385 -40.77% 5
North West -36 20 £525 +46.65% 9
Midlands -47 20 £500 -13.04% 10
South West -26 18 £450 -20.00% 21
West Midlands -55 17 £513 -14.58% 6
South East -73 6 £500 -16.67% 20
Wales -16 3 £509 - 1
Yorkshire -60 3 £463 -26.00% 5
East Midlands -16 2 £548 +33.54% 4
East of England -38 2 £400 -17.10%

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
1 160 (51.78%) Apache Spark
2 109 (35.28%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (10.03%) Tomcat
4 28 (9.06%) Jupyter
5 26 (8.41%) WebSphere
6 22 (7.12%) Apache Geronimo
6 22 (7.12%) Apache ServiceMix
6 22 (7.12%) Red Hat Fuse
7 9 (2.91%) nginx
8 7 (2.27%) IIS
9 5 (1.62%) Apache Superset
9 5 (1.62%) CloudStack
9 5 (1.62%) Confluence
9 5 (1.62%) SharePoint
10 4 (1.29%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.65%) Apache Synapse
12 2 (0.65%) JBoss
13 1 (0.32%) Luigi
13 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Magento
1 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.32%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 165 (53.40%) AWS
2 117 (37.86%) Azure
3 77 (24.92%) GCP
4 49 (15.86%) Amazon S3
5 38 (12.30%) Power Platform
6 31 (10.03%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (9.06%) Serverless
8 25 (8.09%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (8.09%) dbt
9 23 (7.44%) Snowflake
10 22 (7.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 21 (6.80%) Azure Data Factory
12 20 (6.47%) Amazon EMR
13 19 (6.15%) GitHub
14 18 (5.83%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (4.85%) Amazon SQS
16 14 (4.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 13 (4.21%) Collibra
18 12 (3.88%) GitHub Actions
19 9 (2.91%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.53%) DNS
2 10 (3.24%) Firewall
3 6 (1.94%) HTTP
3 6 (1.94%) SAN
4 5 (1.62%) NAS
5 3 (0.97%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.97%) VLAN
6 2 (0.65%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.65%) FTP
6 2 (0.65%) Network Security
6 2 (0.65%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.32%) 4G
7 1 (0.32%) 5G
7 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.32%) Intranet
7 1 (0.32%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.32%) SSH
7 1 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (14.89%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (13.27%) Big Data
2 41 (13.27%) Data Lake
3 32 (10.36%) Power BI
4 31 (10.03%) BigQuery
5 30 (9.71%) Amazon Athena
5 30 (9.71%) Delta Lake
6 29 (9.39%) SQL Server
7 25 (8.09%) Hadoop
8 24 (7.77%) Flink
9 22 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (6.15%) NoSQL
11 18 (5.83%) Metadata
12 17 (5.50%) MySQL
13 16 (5.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 16 (5.18%) Relational Database
14 13 (4.21%) MongoDB
14 13 (4.21%) Tableau
15 10 (3.24%) Mixpanel
16 9 (2.91%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 54 (17.48%) Git
2 42 (13.59%) GitLab
3 20 (6.47%) JIRA
4 13 (4.21%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.59%) MLflow
6 6 (1.94%) Maven
6 6 (1.94%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.29%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.29%) Gradle
8 3 (0.97%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.97%) Selenium
9 1 (0.32%) Ant
9 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.32%) Capybara
9 1 (0.32%) git-flow
9 1 (0.32%) JMeter
9 1 (0.32%) minitest
9 1 (0.32%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.32%) RSpec
9 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 58 (18.77%) Finance
2 54 (17.48%) Social Skills
3 39 (12.62%) Public Sector
4 38 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.53%) Banking
6 6 (1.94%) Marketing
7 5 (1.62%) Billing
7 5 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.62%) Publishing
8 4 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.29%) Front Office
8 4 (1.29%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.65%) Legal
9 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.32%) Law
10 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 108 (34.95%) Data Engineer
2 46 (14.89%) Senior
3 45 (14.56%) Developer
4 34 (11.00%) Architect
5 27 (8.74%) Lead
6 26 (8.41%) Senior Data Engineer
7 21 (6.80%) Java Developer
8 19 (6.15%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (5.50%) Lead Data Engineer
10 13 (4.21%) Data Architect
11 12 (3.88%) Software Engineer
12 11 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (3.56%) Principal Engineer
13 10 (3.24%) Principal Data Engineer
14 9 (2.91%) Python Developer
15 8 (2.59%) Senior Developer
16 7 (2.27%) Platform Engineer
16 7 (2.27%) Python Engineer
16 7 (2.27%) Software Developer
17 6 (1.94%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (22.01%) Kafka
2 49 (15.86%) PySpark
3 29 (9.39%) Spring
4 25 (8.09%) Middleware
5 23 (7.44%) REST
6 22 (7.12%) Apache Axis
6 22 (7.12%) Apache Camel
6 22 (7.12%) Spring Boot
7 16 (5.18%) JSON
8 15 (4.85%) Apache Beam
9 12 (3.88%) Great Expectations
10 9 (2.91%) AWS CDK
10 9 (2.91%) OAuth
10 9 (2.91%) Pandas
11 8 (2.59%) SOAP
12 7 (2.27%) LAMP
12 7 (2.27%) NumPy
12 7 (2.27%) PyTorch
13 6 (1.94%) Apache NiFi
13 6 (1.94%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 44 (14.24%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.83%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.85%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.88%) Data Structures
5 12 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.24%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.59%) Clustering
8 7 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.27%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.94%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.62%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (1.62%) Freedom of Information
10 5 (1.62%) Replication
10 5 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.29%) Data Fabric
11 4 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.97%) PKI
12 3 (0.97%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.86%) Linux
2 18 (5.83%) Unix
2 18 (5.83%) Windows
3 16 (5.18%) Ubuntu
4 11 (3.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.59%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.62%) CentOS
6 5 (1.62%) Rocky
7 4 (1.29%) Debian
7 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.65%) Solaris
9 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.32%) VMS
10 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (47.90%) CI/CD
2 117 (37.86%) Data Engineering
3 106 (34.30%) Analytics
4 102 (33.01%) Data Pipeline
5 98 (31.72%) DevOps
6 90 (29.13%) ETL
7 85 (27.51%) Data Modelling
8 72 (23.30%) Containerisation
9 70 (22.65%) AI
10 68 (22.01%) Agile
10 68 (22.01%) Infrastructure as Code
11 59 (19.09%) Data Governance
12 53 (17.15%) Machine Learning
13 50 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
14 40 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (12.94%) Observability
15 37 (11.97%) Workflow
16 36 (11.65%) Data Science
17 35 (11.33%) Migration
18 33 (10.68%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 197 (63.75%) Python
2 179 (57.93%) SQL
3 92 (29.77%) Java
4 25 (8.09%) Scala
5 19 (6.15%) Bash
6 14 (4.53%) Shell Script
7 12 (3.88%) PowerShell
8 11 (3.56%) C#
8 11 (3.56%) R
9 9 (2.91%) Go
9 9 (2.91%) JavaScript
9 9 (2.91%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.27%) Perl
11 6 (1.94%) PHP
12 5 (1.62%) Ruby
13 4 (1.29%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.65%) Cypher
15 2 (0.65%) Gremlin
15 2 (0.65%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 96 (31.07%) Security Cleared
2 87 (28.16%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.44%) Degree
4 17 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.59%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.27%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.94%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.62%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.97%) CCNP
10 3 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.97%) CSPO
10 3 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.65%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.32%) RHCE
12 1 (0.32%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (22.01%) Data Quality
2 23 (7.44%) GDPR
3 8 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.59%) QA
4 5 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.97%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.65%) WCAG
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 80 (25.89%) Docker
2 9 (2.91%) Postfix
3 8 (2.59%) NFS
4 7 (2.27%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.27%) Varnish
5 6 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.29%) Sendmail
7 3 (0.97%) Dovecot
7 3 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.97%) vSphere
8 2 (0.65%) Ceph
8 2 (0.65%) HDFS
8 2 (0.65%) KVM
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.65%) Samba
9 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 79 (25.57%) Terraform
2 64 (20.71%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.80%) Ansible
4 11 (3.56%) Grafana
5 9 (2.91%) HAProxy
6 6 (1.94%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.29%) SELinux
8 3 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.97%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.65%) Apache Ranger
9 2 (0.65%) Kibana
9 2 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.65%) Puppet
9 2 (0.65%) systemd
10 1 (0.32%) logstash
10 1 (0.32%) Packer
10 1 (0.32%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 61 (19.74%) Databricks
2 41 (13.27%) Oracle
3 35 (11.33%) Google
4 31 (10.03%) Microsoft
5 22 (7.12%) TIBCO
6 16 (5.18%) Trend Micro
7 11 (3.56%) Informatica
8 10 (3.24%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.59%) Cloudera
10 7 (2.27%) Cisco
10 7 (2.27%) VMware
11 6 (1.94%) Guidewire
11 6 (1.94%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.94%) Talend
12 5 (1.62%) Confluent
12 5 (1.62%) IBM
13 4 (1.29%) Hortonworks
14 3 (0.97%) F5
14 3 (0.97%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.97%) Splunk