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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 250 304
Rank change year-on-year -56 +54 -16
Contract jobs citing Apache 305 371 353
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.85% 1.02% 0.77%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.94% 9.19% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 278 273
10th Percentile £375 £397 £351
25th Percentile £432 £523 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £730 £575
Median % change year-on-year -26.59% +26.87% -10.16%
75th Percentile £688 £875 £700
90th Percentile £825 £888 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £523
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile £62.68 £57.35 £20.70
25th Percentile £67.06 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £76.75 £74.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% +40.95% -
75th Percentile £84.06 - £78.00
90th Percentile £87.03 £74.26 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.75 £74.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% -5.13% +122.95%

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 3,840 4,037 4,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.65% 11.07% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,597 2,464 3,104
10th Percentile £288 £256 £250
25th Percentile £400 £398 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +1.17% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £720 £785 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £460 £470
% change year-on-year +3.26% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 93 139
10th Percentile £16.98 £17.02 £14.54
25th Percentile £20.36 £21.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +38.16% +35.39%
75th Percentile £69.25 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £23.85
% change year-on-year -26.32% +99.16% +34.59%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Apache in the UK

Apache
Top 15 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 29 November 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
England -65 264 £550 -26.67% 59
London -66 141 £625 -21.88% 30
UK excluding London +10 137 £475 - 53
Work from Home -80 100 £625 -21.88% 22
North of England -15 47 £452 -9.70% 8
Midlands -12 36 £511 -16.46% 4
North West 0 33 £433 -15.51% 8
West Midlands -9 29 £511 -16.46% 1
Scotland +20 23 £500 +17.65% 1
South East -7 14 £600 +26.32% 24
South West +7 13 £435 -28.98% 10
Yorkshire -29 11 £475 -5.00%
East Midlands -7 7 £510 +41.67% 3
East of England -17 7 £516 +63.89% 3
North East - 3 £400 -

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
1 107 (35.08%) Apache Airflow
2 98 (32.13%) Apache Spark
3 26 (8.52%) IIS
3 26 (8.52%) WebLogic
4 25 (8.20%) JBoss
5 18 (5.90%) WebSphere
6 14 (4.59%) Confluence
7 13 (4.26%) Tomcat
8 10 (3.28%) iPlanet
8 10 (3.28%) WebSphere Application Server
9 7 (2.30%) nginx
10 4 (1.31%) Jupyter
10 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.66%) Apache Geronimo
11 2 (0.66%) Apache Pig
11 2 (0.66%) Apache ServiceMix
11 2 (0.66%) Luigi
11 2 (0.66%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Fuse
11 2 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.98%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.66%) Abaqus
2 2 (0.66%) Sketch
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.64%) Maximo
2 1 (0.33%) Actimize
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 170 (55.74%) AWS
2 86 (28.20%) Azure
3 57 (18.69%) Snowflake
4 53 (17.38%) dbt
5 49 (16.07%) Serverless
6 44 (14.43%) GCP
7 35 (11.48%) Amazon S3
8 24 (7.87%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (7.54%) Power Platform
10 22 (7.21%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (6.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (6.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 18 (5.90%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (3.93%) OpenShift
15 9 (2.95%) AWS Step Functions
15 9 (2.95%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (2.95%) GitHub
15 9 (2.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 8 (2.62%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.59%) Firewall
2 11 (3.61%) Kerberos
3 8 (2.62%) DNS
3 8 (2.62%) HTTP
4 6 (1.97%) SSL
5 4 (1.31%) DHCP
5 4 (1.31%) Network Security
6 3 (0.98%) SMTP
7 2 (0.66%) LAN
7 2 (0.66%) VPN
7 2 (0.66%) WAN
8 1 (0.33%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.33%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.33%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (0.33%) SSH
8 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.33%) VLAN
8 1 (0.33%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (20.00%) Data Lake
2 47 (15.41%) Amazon Athena
2 47 (15.41%) Big Data
3 45 (14.75%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (13.11%) Hadoop
5 37 (12.13%) Apache Iceberg
6 30 (9.84%) Apache Arrow
6 30 (9.84%) Apache Ignite
6 30 (9.84%) Dremio
7 26 (8.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 26 (8.52%) Delta Lake
8 23 (7.54%) Power BI
9 19 (6.23%) NoSQL
10 18 (5.90%) Apache Hive
10 18 (5.90%) BigQuery
10 18 (5.90%) Metadata
11 16 (5.25%) Relational Database
12 14 (4.59%) Oracle Database
12 14 (4.59%) SQL Server
13 12 (3.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 55 (18.03%) Git
2 23 (7.54%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.56%) GitLab
4 19 (6.23%) JIRA
5 14 (4.59%) JUnit
6 12 (3.93%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (3.61%) Bitbucket Server
7 11 (3.61%) CA Release Automation
8 10 (3.28%) MLflow
9 9 (2.95%) Eclipse
9 9 (2.95%) IntelliJ
9 9 (2.95%) Selenium
10 8 (2.62%) Artifactory
11 6 (1.97%) Bitbucket
12 5 (1.64%) Maven
12 5 (1.64%) Mockito
12 5 (1.64%) Subversion
13 4 (1.31%) Liquibase
14 3 (0.98%) Robot Framework
14 3 (0.98%) Vagrant
General
1 85 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.97%) Finance
3 43 (14.10%) Banking
4 30 (9.84%) Front Office
4 30 (9.84%) Investment Banking
5 25 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (6.56%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.31%) Legal
9 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.66%) Electronics
10 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.66%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.66%) Marketing
10 2 (0.66%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 73 (23.93%) Senior
2 70 (22.95%) Data Engineer
3 45 (14.75%) Software Engineer
4 42 (13.77%) AWS Engineer
5 39 (12.79%) Python Engineer
6 38 (12.46%) Senior Software Engineer
7 34 (11.15%) Java Engineer
8 32 (10.49%) Developer
9 30 (9.84%) AWS Software Engineer
9 30 (9.84%) Java Software Engineer
9 30 (9.84%) Python Software Engineer
10 29 (9.51%) Senior Java Engineer
10 29 (9.51%) Senior Java Software Engineer
11 19 (6.23%) Architect
11 19 (6.23%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (5.25%) Lead
13 13 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
13 13 (4.26%) Senior Data Engineer
14 11 (3.61%) Data Architect
15 10 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (16.72%) Kafka
2 44 (14.43%) Apache NiFi
3 42 (13.77%) Pandas
4 39 (12.79%) NumPy
5 35 (11.48%) REST
6 30 (9.84%) gRPC
6 30 (9.84%) Protocol Buffers
6 30 (9.84%) SciPy
7 29 (9.51%) PySpark
8 19 (6.23%) OAuth
9 18 (5.90%) XML
10 17 (5.57%) Spring
11 16 (5.25%) React
12 15 (4.92%) JSON
12 15 (4.92%) SOAP
13 14 (4.59%) HTML
14 13 (4.26%) Middleware
15 12 (3.93%) OpenID
16 11 (3.61%) RESTful
16 11 (3.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.16%) Equities
2 30 (9.84%) Derivative
2 30 (9.84%) Fixed Income
2 30 (9.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 30 (9.84%) Hedge funds
2 30 (9.84%) Pricing Data
3 17 (5.57%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.59%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.28%) PKI
6 9 (2.95%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (1.97%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.64%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.31%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.31%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.31%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 72 (23.61%) Linux
2 54 (17.70%) Windows
3 41 (13.44%) Unix
4 19 (6.23%) Windows Server
5 16 (5.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (3.28%) CentOS
7 6 (1.97%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.98%) Debian
8 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.33%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.33%) Rocky
9 1 (0.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (38.69%) Agile
2 102 (33.44%) CI/CD
3 93 (30.49%) DevOps
4 84 (27.54%) Data Pipeline
5 81 (26.56%) Analytics
6 78 (25.57%) ETL
7 71 (23.28%) Software Engineering
8 64 (20.98%) Data Engineering
9 61 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (18.03%) Data Modelling
11 51 (16.72%) Data Governance
12 46 (15.08%) Business Intelligence
13 44 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (13.11%) Infrastructure as Code
15 36 (11.80%) Data Science
15 36 (11.80%) Microservices
16 33 (10.82%) Visualisation
17 32 (10.49%) Asset Management
17 32 (10.49%) Machine Learning
18 31 (10.16%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 178 (58.36%) Python
2 107 (35.08%) SQL
3 87 (28.52%) Java
4 54 (17.70%) JavaScript
5 38 (12.46%) Scala
6 32 (10.49%) TypeScript
7 17 (5.57%) PowerShell
8 16 (5.25%) C#
8 16 (5.25%) Shell Script
9 15 (4.92%) Bash
10 12 (3.93%) C++
10 12 (3.93%) Groovy
11 6 (1.97%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.64%) PHP
13 4 (1.31%) R
14 3 (0.98%) Go
14 3 (0.98%) Perl
15 2 (0.66%) AWK
15 2 (0.66%) Korn
15 2 (0.66%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 89 (29.18%) Security Cleared
2 60 (19.67%) SC Cleared
3 40 (13.11%) DV Cleared
4 14 (4.59%) AWS Certification
5 12 (3.93%) Degree
6 7 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.31%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.66%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.66%) MCP
9 2 (0.66%) RHCE
10 1 (0.33%) CCNP
10 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.33%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.79%) Data Quality
2 22 (7.21%) QA
3 12 (3.93%) GDPR
4 8 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.66%) Section 508
5 2 (0.66%) WCAG
6 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.33%) IFRS
6 1 (0.33%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.33%) MiFID
6 1 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 51 (16.72%) Docker
2 19 (6.23%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.93%) HDFS
4 8 (2.62%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 8 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.66%) KVM
6 2 (0.66%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.33%) Ceph
7 1 (0.33%) iptables
7 1 (0.33%) Lustre
7 1 (0.33%) NFS
7 1 (0.33%) Samba
7 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 47 (15.41%) Terraform
2 41 (13.44%) Ansible
3 36 (11.80%) Kubernetes
4 19 (6.23%) Puppet
5 15 (4.92%) Progress Chef
6 11 (3.61%) CA Single Sign-On
7 10 (3.28%) CA Wily
7 10 (3.28%) Hadoop YARN
7 10 (3.28%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.95%) Grafana
9 8 (2.62%) Tivoli
10 6 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.31%) Nagios
12 3 (0.98%) Oozie
12 3 (0.98%) Salt
12 3 (0.98%) WMI
13 2 (0.66%) Icinga
13 2 (0.66%) Kibana
13 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Satellite
14 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (15.41%) Databricks
2 44 (14.43%) Oracle
3 33 (10.82%) Splunk
4 32 (10.49%) Microsoft
5 25 (8.20%) AppDynamics
6 21 (6.89%) IBM
7 19 (6.23%) Google
8 17 (5.57%) Cisco
9 15 (4.92%) Dynatrace
10 13 (4.26%) Red Hat
11 12 (3.93%) Cloudera
12 11 (3.61%) Broadcom
12 11 (3.61%) Informatica
12 11 (3.61%) VMware
13 9 (2.95%) Foundry
13 9 (2.95%) Palantir
13 9 (2.95%) webMethods
14 8 (2.62%) ServiceNow
15 5 (1.64%) Talend
16 4 (1.31%) Salesforce