HTTP Contracts

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring HTTP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HTTP over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 359 434
Rank change year-on-year +13 +75 -26
Contract jobs citing HTTP 208 227 257
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.52% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.28% 4.19% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 134 181
10th Percentile £360 £298 £400
25th Percentile £446 £402 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £608 £650
90th Percentile £838 £650 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £538
% change year-on-year +2.70% -13.95% +16.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 7
10th Percentile £45.75 £26.58 £53.32
25th Percentile £54.38 £27.00 £69.75
Median hourly rate £80.68 £45.88 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.84% -38.83% +66.67%
75th Percentile £81.35 £75.22 £79.00
90th Percentile £82.10 £85.00 £84.42
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.68 £45.88 -
% change year-on-year +75.84% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,941 5,422 7,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.39% 12.51% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,378 3,197 4,666
10th Percentile £231 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £502
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -0.30% +0.30%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -4.08% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 429 419
10th Percentile £14.54 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.81 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £22.26
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +102.16% -23.40%
75th Percentile £60.41 £63.75 £63.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £73.35 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.55 £47.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -33.59% +94.08% +8.78%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HTTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HTTP.

Daily rate trend for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTTP over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HTTP.

Hourly rate trend for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HTTP over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the UK over the 6 months to 5 July 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 +28 167 £500 -4.76% 426
Work from Home +40 93 £538 +13.16% 189
London +8 90 £550 +4.76% 260
UK excluding London +50 79 £475 +2.70% 175
South East +35 16 £500 -0.25% 47
Midlands +23 16 £463 -38.33% 23
North of England +1 16 £475 -23.63% 45
South West +37 13 £615 +15.38% 18
East of England +28 12 £613 +91.41% 32
West Midlands +18 12 £475 - 18
North West +4 9 £475 +38.18% 25
Yorkshire +1 7 £510 -18.40% 16
East Midlands +7 4 £363 -51.60% 5
Northern Ireland -13 4 - - 6
Scotland 0 3 £525 +19.32% 9
Wales +7 2 £460 -

HTTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (7.21%) Confluence
2 6 (2.88%) NetWeaver
3 5 (2.40%) IIS
4 3 (1.44%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (0.96%) Apache
5 2 (0.96%) CMS
5 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.96%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.48%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.48%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.48%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (2.40%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.44%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (0.96%) assyst
2 2 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.48%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 94 (45.19%) AWS
2 72 (34.62%) Azure
3 35 (16.83%) GCP
4 31 (14.90%) AWS CloudFormation
5 24 (11.54%) SaaS
6 19 (9.13%) Amazon EC2
6 19 (9.13%) GitHub
7 16 (7.69%) IaaS
7 16 (7.69%) PaaS
8 13 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
8 13 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (6.25%) npm
8 13 (6.25%) Serverless
9 10 (4.81%) Amazon S3
9 10 (4.81%) OpenShift
10 9 (4.33%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (3.85%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (3.37%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 81 (38.94%) DNS
2 66 (31.73%) TCP/IP
3 47 (22.60%) Firewall
4 35 (16.83%) DHCP
5 34 (16.35%) SMTP
6 32 (15.38%) HTTPS
7 31 (14.90%) SSL
8 24 (11.54%) FTP
9 21 (10.10%) BGP
10 19 (9.13%) Network Security
10 19 (9.13%) OSPF
11 18 (8.65%) Internet
12 11 (5.29%) SSH
13 9 (4.33%) VPN
14 7 (3.37%) SNMP
15 6 (2.88%) VLAN
16 4 (1.92%) IPsec
17 3 (1.44%) Software-Defined Radio
17 3 (1.44%) WAN
18 2 (0.96%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.13%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (7.21%) Relational Database
3 12 (5.77%) SQL Server
4 11 (5.29%) DynamoDB
5 10 (4.81%) Amazon Aurora
5 10 (4.81%) MySQL
6 8 (3.85%) Oracle Database
6 8 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.40%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.40%) Power BI
8 4 (1.92%) DB2
8 4 (1.92%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.44%) Oracle Database 10g
10 2 (0.96%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.96%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.48%) Big Data
11 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (19.23%) Git
2 37 (17.79%) Jenkins
3 36 (17.31%) JIRA
4 14 (6.73%) webpack
5 11 (5.29%) GitLab
6 6 (2.88%) Browser DevTools
6 6 (2.88%) Vagrant
7 5 (2.40%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.40%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.40%) git-flow
7 5 (2.40%) JUnit
8 4 (1.92%) Ant
8 4 (1.92%) Maven
8 4 (1.92%) Robot Framework
8 4 (1.92%) Vite
9 3 (1.44%) GoogleTest
9 3 (1.44%) Mocha
9 3 (1.44%) Postman
9 3 (1.44%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 33 (15.87%) Finance
3 23 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.17%) Banking
5 12 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.37%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.88%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.92%) Marketing
8 4 (1.92%) Retail
9 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.44%) Law
10 2 (0.96%) Advertising
10 2 (0.96%) Aviation
10 2 (0.96%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.96%) Legal
10 2 (0.96%) Military
11 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.48%) French Language
11 1 (0.48%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 64 (30.77%) Developer
2 32 (15.38%) Architect
3 24 (11.54%) DevOps Engineer
4 18 (8.65%) Technical Architect
5 17 (8.17%) Senior
6 16 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
6 16 (7.69%) Cloud Native Architect
7 14 (6.73%) Analyst
8 12 (5.77%) Angular Developer
8 12 (5.77%) Security Architect
9 10 (4.81%) Integration Developer
10 9 (4.33%) Java Developer
10 9 (4.33%) Senior DevOps
11 8 (3.85%) AWS Architect
11 8 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.85%) Network Security Architect
11 8 (3.85%) Security Technical Architect
11 8 (3.85%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (25.96%) REST
2 41 (19.71%) HTML
3 38 (18.27%) CSS
4 36 (17.31%) SOAP
5 34 (16.35%) AngularJS
6 30 (14.42%) XML
7 28 (13.46%) React
8 27 (12.98%) Web Services
9 25 (12.02%) RESTful
10 22 (10.58%) JSON
10 22 (10.58%) LDAP
11 15 (7.21%) .NET
11 15 (7.21%) Node.js
12 14 (6.73%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (6.73%) Middleware
13 13 (6.25%) Jest
14 12 (5.77%) WebSockets
15 11 (5.29%) JMS
16 10 (4.81%) EDI
16 10 (4.81%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.17%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.21%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.33%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (4.33%) Cyberattack
3 9 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.85%) CMDB
4 8 (3.85%) Replication
4 8 (3.85%) Virtual Team
5 7 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.37%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.88%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (2.88%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.40%) CSOC
7 5 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.44%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 63 (30.29%) Linux
2 32 (15.38%) Windows
3 19 (9.13%) Unix
4 13 (6.25%) Windows Server
5 11 (5.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.88%) Amazon Linux
6 6 (2.88%) VMS
7 5 (2.40%) AIX
8 3 (1.44%) CentOS
9 2 (0.96%) Debian
9 2 (0.96%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.96%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.48%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.48%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (29.81%) Agile
2 58 (27.88%) DevOps
3 51 (24.52%) Test Automation
4 42 (20.19%) CI/CD
5 38 (18.27%) Containerisation
6 36 (17.31%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (14.90%) Scrum
8 30 (14.42%) Microservices
9 29 (13.94%) Configuration Management
10 27 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (10.10%) Sprint Planning
12 20 (9.62%) SDLC
13 18 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (8.17%) Cloud Security
15 16 (7.69%) API Development
16 15 (7.21%) Change Management
16 15 (7.21%) Security Operations
17 14 (6.73%) Incident Response
17 14 (6.73%) SIEM
18 13 (6.25%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 74 (35.58%) Python
2 58 (27.88%) JavaScript
3 55 (26.44%) Java
4 35 (16.83%) PowerShell
5 27 (12.98%) SQL
6 23 (11.06%) Bash
7 22 (10.58%) Perl
8 19 (9.13%) Bicep
9 18 (8.65%) TypeScript
10 10 (4.81%) C#
10 10 (4.81%) Groovy
11 8 (3.85%) ABAP
11 8 (3.85%) Go
12 7 (3.37%) Korn
12 7 (3.37%) PL/SQL
12 7 (3.37%) Shell Script
13 6 (2.88%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (2.40%) T-SQL
15 4 (1.92%) PHP
16 3 (1.44%) C++
Qualifications
1 49 (23.56%) Security Cleared
2 39 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.65%) DV Cleared
4 13 (6.25%) Degree
5 11 (5.29%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.33%) CEH
7 8 (3.85%) CISSP
8 5 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.92%) CCNP
10 2 (0.96%) CCIE
10 2 (0.96%) CCNA
10 2 (0.96%) CCSP
10 2 (0.96%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.96%) GCIH
10 2 (0.96%) OSCP
11 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.33%) QA
2 6 (2.88%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.88%) GDPR
2 6 (2.88%) HIPAA
2 6 (2.88%) WCAG
3 4 (1.92%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.92%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.44%) SEPA
5 2 (0.96%) NIST
5 2 (0.96%) NIST 800
System Software
1 50 (24.04%) Docker
2 11 (5.29%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.85%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.88%) DFS Replication
6 4 (1.92%) OpenAM
6 4 (1.92%) OpenDJ
6 4 (1.92%) OpenIDM
7 2 (0.96%) Firmware
7 2 (0.96%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.48%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.48%) XenApp
8 1 (0.48%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 49 (23.56%) Terraform
2 48 (23.08%) Kubernetes
3 24 (11.54%) Ansible
4 21 (10.10%) Puppet
5 20 (9.62%) Grafana
6 17 (8.17%) Prometheus
7 14 (6.73%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.96%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.96%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.96%) Nagios
8 2 (0.96%) Nessus
8 2 (0.96%) SCCM
8 2 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.96%) WSUS
9 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.48%) CA Wily
9 1 (0.48%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.48%) Packer
9 1 (0.48%) Rancher
9 1 (0.48%) SCOM
Vendors
1 25 (12.02%) Cisco
1 25 (12.02%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.54%) ServiceNow
3 19 (9.13%) Red Hat
4 18 (8.65%) Fortinet
5 17 (8.17%) Palo Alto
6 16 (7.69%) CheckPoint
6 16 (7.69%) Google
6 16 (7.69%) Oracle
7 15 (7.21%) VMware
8 9 (4.33%) ForgeRock
8 9 (4.33%) SAP
9 7 (3.37%) Arista
10 6 (2.88%) F5
10 6 (2.88%) IBM
10 6 (2.88%) Salesforce
11 5 (2.40%) Blue Prism
12 4 (1.92%) Amplitude
12 4 (1.92%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.92%) Splunk