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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 253 284
Rank change year-on-year -100 +31 +10
Contract jobs citing Apache 302 308 350
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.05% 0.79%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.14% 9.12% 8.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 230 282
10th Percentile £400 £405 £350
25th Percentile £456 £470 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +17.39% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £838 £788
90th Percentile £688 £875 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.56% -15.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 10
10th Percentile £62.20 £32.42 £21.97
25th Percentile £64.00 £49.78 £23.44
Median hourly rate £72.00 £78.70 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% +72.97% -41.67%
75th Percentile £82.25 £80.83 £64.44
90th Percentile £88.40 £82.11 £74.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.00 £78.70 £52.50
% change year-on-year -8.51% +49.90% -32.69%

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 4,229 3,376 4,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.36% 11.55% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,928 2,256 2,876
10th Percentile £305 £265 £250
25th Percentile £404 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year - +0.50% -2.45%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 76 169
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.13 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.80 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £44.64 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.47% +53.91% +24.84%
75th Percentile £74.00 £64.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £82.00 £76.25 £68.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.23 £52.75 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.05% +119.79% +9.09%

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 April 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 April 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 4 April 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 -130 240 £525 -22.22% 88
UK excluding London -53 137 £525 +5.00% 55
London -105 134 £560 -25.33% 50
Work from Home -96 71 £525 -30.00% 42
Scotland +39 36 £525 +20.00% 4
North of England -57 36 £484 +1.79% 11
North West -28 25 £525 +10.53% 9
Midlands -59 25 £550 - 4
South West -20 19 £450 -26.53% 12
West Midlands -46 19 £538 -10.42% 4
South East -68 10 £555 +38.75% 17
North East -7 7 £425 -34.62% 1
East of England -30 7 £363 +15.08% 5
East Midlands -30 5 £663 +84.67%
Yorkshire -63 4 £469 -12.79% 1
Northern Ireland -4 3 £463 -8.42%
Wales -13 3 £509 - 2

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
1 128 (42.38%) Apache Spark
2 71 (23.51%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (9.27%) Tomcat
4 25 (8.28%) WebSphere
5 24 (7.95%) Apache Geronimo
5 24 (7.95%) Apache ServiceMix
5 24 (7.95%) Red Hat Fuse
6 9 (2.98%) WebLogic
7 8 (2.65%) IIS
8 6 (1.99%) Apache Superset
8 6 (1.99%) Confluence
9 5 (1.66%) JBoss
9 5 (1.66%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.99%) Apache Synapse
11 3 (0.99%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.99%) nginx
11 3 (0.99%) SAS
12 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Actimize
1 1 (0.33%) Magento
1 1 (0.33%) Maximo
1 1 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.33%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 146 (48.34%) AWS
2 109 (36.09%) Azure
3 75 (24.83%) GCP
4 49 (16.23%) Amazon S3
5 44 (14.57%) Power Platform
6 42 (13.91%) Serverless
7 39 (12.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (9.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 28 (9.27%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (8.94%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (7.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (7.28%) Amazon SQS
13 21 (6.95%) Snowflake
14 19 (6.29%) Collibra
15 18 (5.96%) GitHub
16 15 (4.97%) dbt
16 15 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (4.64%) AWS Step Functions
18 10 (3.31%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 9 (2.98%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.30%) Firewall
2 9 (2.98%) HTTP
3 8 (2.65%) DNS
4 6 (1.99%) Network Security
5 4 (1.32%) DHCP
6 3 (0.99%) SAN
6 3 (0.99%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.66%) FTP
7 2 (0.66%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.66%) SSH
7 2 (0.66%) VLAN
8 1 (0.33%) 4G
8 1 (0.33%) 5G
8 1 (0.33%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.33%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.33%) LAN
8 1 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.33%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (0.33%) WAN
8 1 (0.33%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (17.88%) Data Lake
2 40 (13.25%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (12.58%) Power BI
4 37 (12.25%) Amazon Athena
4 37 (12.25%) Big Data
5 36 (11.92%) BigQuery
6 33 (10.93%) Delta Lake
7 23 (7.62%) Hadoop
8 20 (6.62%) SQL Server
9 19 (6.29%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (5.96%) Mixpanel
11 17 (5.63%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (5.63%) OLAP
11 17 (5.63%) OLTP
12 16 (5.30%) Metadata
13 15 (4.97%) Flink
13 15 (4.97%) MySQL
14 14 (4.64%) NoSQL
15 13 (4.30%) Relational Database
16 12 (3.97%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 51 (16.89%) Git
2 25 (8.28%) GitLab
3 22 (7.28%) JIRA
4 14 (4.64%) MLflow
5 10 (3.31%) Artifactory
5 10 (3.31%) Jenkins
6 7 (2.32%) JUnit
7 6 (1.99%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.99%) Maven
8 5 (1.66%) Selenium
9 4 (1.32%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.32%) Gradle
9 4 (1.32%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.32%) Mockito
10 3 (0.99%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.66%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.66%) ERwin
11 2 (0.66%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.33%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
General
1 53 (17.55%) Social Skills
2 49 (16.23%) Finance
3 29 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.28%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.30%) Banking
6 6 (1.99%) Investment Banking
7 5 (1.66%) Billing
7 5 (1.66%) Front Office
7 5 (1.66%) Marketing
8 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.66%) Electronics
10 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.33%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.33%) French Language
11 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 98 (32.45%) Data Engineer
2 47 (15.56%) Senior
3 42 (13.91%) Developer
4 28 (9.27%) Lead
5 24 (7.95%) Software Engineer
6 21 (6.95%) Architect
7 20 (6.62%) Senior Data Engineer
8 18 (5.96%) Java Developer
8 18 (5.96%) Principal Engineer
9 17 (5.63%) AWS Engineer
9 17 (5.63%) Lead Data Engineer
9 17 (5.63%) Principal Data Engineer
10 13 (4.30%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (3.31%) Data Architect
11 10 (3.31%) Python Engineer
12 8 (2.65%) Analyst
12 8 (2.65%) Java Engineer
12 8 (2.65%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (2.65%) Principal Software Engineer
13 7 (2.32%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (22.19%) Kafka
2 35 (11.59%) PySpark
3 34 (11.26%) REST
4 29 (9.60%) Apache NiFi
4 29 (9.60%) Middleware
5 24 (7.95%) Apache Axis
5 24 (7.95%) Apache Camel
6 20 (6.62%) Spring
7 19 (6.29%) Great Expectations
7 19 (6.29%) JSON
8 13 (4.30%) Pandas
9 12 (3.97%) Apache Beam
10 11 (3.64%) NumPy
11 10 (3.31%) AWS CDK
11 10 (3.31%) SOAP
12 9 (2.98%) Spring Boot
13 8 (2.65%) React
14 7 (2.32%) Hibernate
14 7 (2.32%) Node.js
14 7 (2.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.58%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.97%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.31%) Algorithms
4 10 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.65%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.32%) Clustering
6 7 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.99%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (1.66%) Freedom of Information
8 5 (1.66%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.66%) Replication
9 4 (1.32%) Equities
9 4 (1.32%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.66%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.66%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (14.57%) Linux
2 26 (8.61%) Windows
3 23 (7.62%) Unix
4 9 (2.98%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.32%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.66%) Debian
8 4 (1.32%) Rocky
9 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.66%) Solaris
10 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.33%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.33%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (41.06%) CI/CD
2 100 (33.11%) Analytics
3 97 (32.12%) Data Pipeline
4 94 (31.13%) ETL
5 92 (30.46%) DevOps
6 89 (29.47%) Data Engineering
7 87 (28.81%) Data Modelling
8 72 (23.84%) Agile
9 65 (21.52%) Data Governance
10 64 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
11 62 (20.53%) AI
12 58 (19.21%) Infrastructure as Code
12 58 (19.21%) Machine Learning
13 49 (16.23%) Business Intelligence
14 47 (15.56%) Software Engineering
15 46 (15.23%) Data Architecture
16 45 (14.90%) Observability
17 34 (11.26%) Data Science
17 34 (11.26%) Workflow
18 33 (10.93%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 174 (57.62%) SQL
2 166 (54.97%) Python
3 93 (30.79%) Java
4 29 (9.60%) Scala
5 24 (7.95%) C#
6 15 (4.97%) PowerShell
7 14 (4.64%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.64%) R
8 11 (3.64%) Shell Script
8 11 (3.64%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.65%) Bash
10 6 (1.99%) Perl
10 6 (1.99%) PHP
11 5 (1.66%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.99%) C++
12 3 (0.99%) Go
13 2 (0.66%) AWK
13 2 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.66%) Ruby
14 1 (0.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 93 (30.79%) Security Cleared
2 74 (24.50%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.95%) DV Cleared
4 18 (5.96%) Degree
5 13 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.32%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.32%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (0.99%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.33%) CCNA
10 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.33%) RHCE
10 1 (0.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (22.85%) Data Quality
2 27 (8.94%) GDPR
3 14 (4.64%) QA
4 6 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.33%) IFRS
7 1 (0.33%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.33%) MiFID
7 1 (0.33%) SLA
7 1 (0.33%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (16.23%) Docker
2 6 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.99%) NFS
3 5 (1.66%) Varnish
4 4 (1.32%) HDFS
4 4 (1.32%) Postfix
5 3 (0.99%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.99%) Samba
5 3 (0.99%) Sendmail
6 2 (0.66%) iptables
6 2 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.33%) Ceph
7 1 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.33%) KVM
7 1 (0.33%) Lustre
7 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 66 (21.85%) Terraform
2 55 (18.21%) Kubernetes
3 26 (8.61%) Ansible
4 8 (2.65%) Grafana
5 5 (1.66%) HAProxy
6 4 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.32%) Puppet
7 3 (0.99%) SELinux
8 2 (0.66%) Apache Ranger
8 2 (0.66%) Kibana
8 2 (0.66%) logstash
8 2 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.66%) systemd
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.33%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.33%) SCCM
9 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 64 (21.19%) Databricks
2 44 (14.57%) Oracle
3 39 (12.91%) Google
4 24 (7.95%) TIBCO
5 21 (6.95%) Microsoft
6 15 (4.97%) Red Hat
7 13 (4.30%) Cloudera
8 12 (3.97%) Informatica
9 9 (2.98%) ServiceNow
10 8 (2.65%) Confluent
10 8 (2.65%) Talend
11 7 (2.32%) Cisco
12 6 (1.99%) Guidewire
12 6 (1.99%) Splunk
13 5 (1.66%) Foundry
13 5 (1.66%) Palantir
13 5 (1.66%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.66%) SolarWinds
14 4 (1.32%) IBM
14 4 (1.32%) SAP