HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for HTTP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited HTTP over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 377 310 281
Rank change year-on-year -67 -29 +31
Permanent jobs citing HTTP 401 1,423 1,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 1.16% 1.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.05% 9.38% 10.20%
Number of salaries quoted 199 573 684
10th Percentile £35,700 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,653 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,625 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,750
% change year-on-year -8.70% +13.30% -15.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

HTTP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,935 15,167 16,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.18% 12.41% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,194 10,320 11,502
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,528 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HTTP.

Salary trend for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HTTP over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HTTP within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -64 321 £60,000 -11.11% 102
UK excluding London -14 308 £52,500 -8.70% 56
Work from Home -140 133 £60,000 -7.69% 59
South West +75 93 £62,500 +19.05% 6
London -55 74 £69,447 -7.40% 53
South East +32 62 £50,000 -13.04% 18
Midlands +94 54 £54,000 +2.86% 12
Wales +40 39 £45,000 +5.88% 1
West Midlands +108 38 £53,085 +1.11% 12
North of England +25 35 £60,000 +4.35% 9
North West +32 27 £60,000 +4.35% 3
East Midlands +33 16 £60,000 -7.69%
Scotland -52 12 £50,000 -27.27% 3
Northern Ireland -16 9 £37,500 +7.91% 2
Yorkshire +72 8 £65,000 -6.40% 5
East of England +48 8 £35,000 -51.39% 5

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 24 (5.99%) MS Exchange
2 9 (2.24%) Confluence
3 8 (2.00%) nginx
4 4 (1.00%) IBM HTTP Server
4 4 (1.00%) IIS
4 4 (1.00%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 4 (1.00%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.00%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Fuse
5 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Luigi
6 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 7 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.75%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.00%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.25%) osCommerce
3 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 183 (45.64%) AWS
2 146 (36.41%) Azure
3 77 (19.20%) OpenShift
4 44 (10.97%) SaaS
5 30 (7.48%) AWS CloudFormation
6 26 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (5.74%) GCP
8 17 (4.24%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (2.99%) Serverless
10 11 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.74%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.75%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.75%) GitHub
12 6 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 6 (1.50%) Azure Functions
12 6 (1.50%) IaaS
13 5 (1.25%) Azure Storage
13 5 (1.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 5 (1.25%) PaaS
14 4 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 237 (59.10%) TCP/IP
2 195 (48.63%) DNS
3 141 (35.16%) DHCP
4 87 (21.70%) SMTP
5 64 (15.96%) FTP
6 57 (14.21%) SSL
7 56 (13.97%) Internet
8 53 (13.22%) Firewall
9 44 (10.97%) Network Security
10 41 (10.22%) WAN
11 37 (9.23%) LAN
11 37 (9.23%) VPN
12 35 (8.73%) SSH
13 30 (7.48%) Sourcefire
14 29 (7.23%) Intrusion Detection
15 26 (6.48%) SNMP
16 24 (5.99%) Telnet
17 13 (3.24%) HTTPS
18 8 (2.00%) IPv4
19 7 (1.75%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.98%) NoSQL
2 26 (6.48%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.74%) MySQL
4 13 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.74%) MongoDB
6 8 (2.00%) Big Data
7 7 (1.75%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.50%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.50%) Redis
9 5 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.00%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.00%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.00%) Oracle Database 12c
10 4 (1.00%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.25%) DB2
12 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 35 (8.73%) Git
2 25 (6.23%) JIRA
3 23 (5.74%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.24%) Selenium
5 12 (2.99%) JMeter
6 10 (2.49%) JUnit
6 10 (2.49%) SoapUI
7 9 (2.24%) WebDriver
8 8 (2.00%) TestLink
9 6 (1.50%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.50%) GitLab
9 6 (1.50%) Postman
10 5 (1.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.25%) IntelliJ
10 5 (1.25%) Maven
11 3 (0.75%) git-flow
11 3 (0.75%) Subversion
11 3 (0.75%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.50%) Burp Suite
12 2 (0.50%) MSBuild
General
1 86 (21.45%) Finance
2 85 (21.20%) Social Skills
3 75 (18.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 65 (16.21%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (11.47%) Aerospace
6 31 (7.73%) Games
7 23 (5.74%) Electronics
8 17 (4.24%) Banking
8 17 (4.24%) Public Sector
9 15 (3.74%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.49%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.00%) Law
12 6 (1.50%) Marketing
12 6 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.00%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.00%) Retail
14 3 (0.75%) Advertising
15 2 (0.50%) Automotive
15 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 94 (23.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 93 (23.19%) Senior
3 56 (13.97%) Developer
4 48 (11.97%) Analyst
5 47 (11.72%) Software Engineer
6 35 (8.73%) SOC Analyst
7 33 (8.23%) Embedded Engineer
7 33 (8.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 31 (7.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 28 (6.98%) Lead
10 23 (5.74%) Architect
10 23 (5.74%) Graduate
11 20 (4.99%) Linux Engineer
12 19 (4.74%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (4.49%) Systems Engineer
14 16 (3.99%) Senior Developer
15 15 (3.74%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (3.74%) Cyber Threat Manager
15 15 (3.74%) Junior
15 15 (3.74%) Threat Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (15.21%) HTML
2 44 (10.97%) JSON
3 38 (9.48%) REST
4 36 (8.98%) LDAP
5 34 (8.48%) React
6 33 (8.23%) Protocol Buffers
7 29 (7.23%) OpenID
7 29 (7.23%) SAML
8 28 (6.98%) RESTful
9 27 (6.73%) CSS
10 24 (5.99%) XML
11 21 (5.24%) .NET
11 21 (5.24%) Web Services
12 19 (4.74%) Node.js
13 17 (4.24%) SOAP
14 15 (3.74%) Kafka
15 12 (2.99%) WebSockets
16 11 (2.74%) Swagger
16 11 (2.74%) YAML
17 10 (2.49%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 53 (13.22%) Cyber Threat
2 44 (10.97%) Cyberattack
3 38 (9.48%) PKI
4 33 (8.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 33 (8.23%) Security Operations Centre
5 30 (7.48%) Cloud Native
5 30 (7.48%) Data Centre
6 24 (5.99%) EFT
7 20 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.49%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.00%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.75%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.75%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.50%) IoT
12 5 (1.25%) SCADA
13 4 (1.00%) Clustering
13 4 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.00%) GNSS
13 4 (1.00%) Tandem
13 4 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 175 (43.64%) Linux
2 127 (31.67%) Windows
3 91 (22.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 39 (9.73%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.24%) CentOS
6 12 (2.99%) Unix
7 5 (1.25%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.25%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.75%) Android
9 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.50%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.50%) VMS
10 1 (0.25%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (31.42%) Agile
2 107 (26.68%) Actionable Insight
3 99 (24.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 92 (22.94%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (19.20%) DevOps
6 63 (15.71%) Software Engineering
7 59 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (12.22%) Collaborative Working
9 47 (11.72%) SDLC
9 47 (11.72%) SIEM
9 47 (11.72%) Software Testing
10 46 (11.47%) DevSecOps
11 44 (10.97%) Unit Testing
12 43 (10.72%) Cloud Security
12 43 (10.72%) Test Automation
13 38 (9.48%) Security Operations
14 37 (9.23%) Infrastructure as Code
15 36 (8.98%) CI/CD
15 36 (8.98%) Software Architecture
16 35 (8.73%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 150 (37.41%) Python
2 119 (29.68%) PowerShell
3 109 (27.18%) Java
4 92 (22.94%) Bash
5 54 (13.47%) SQL
6 43 (10.72%) JavaScript
7 36 (8.98%) C
8 29 (7.23%) C#
9 24 (5.99%) TypeScript
10 20 (4.99%) PHP
11 13 (3.24%) Perl
12 9 (2.24%) Go
13 8 (2.00%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.75%) C++
15 6 (1.50%) Ruby
16 5 (1.25%) Rust
17 3 (0.75%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.50%) Groovy
18 2 (0.50%) Swift
19 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 141 (35.16%) Security Cleared
2 61 (15.21%) Degree
2 61 (15.21%) SC Cleared
3 59 (14.71%) DV Cleared
4 35 (8.73%) AWS Certification
5 33 (8.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 17 (4.24%) CREST Certified
7 15 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (3.74%) GIAC
8 4 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.75%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.75%) MCSE
10 2 (0.50%) CCNA
10 2 (0.50%) CCNP
10 2 (0.50%) CHECK Team Leader
10 2 (0.50%) CHECK Team Member
10 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.50%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.74%) QA
2 4 (1.00%) NIST
3 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.50%) GRC
4 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.50%) NCSC
5 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.25%) SLA
5 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 107 (26.68%) Docker
2 81 (20.20%) Hyper-V
3 79 (19.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (7.98%) Active Directory
5 25 (6.23%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.00%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.75%) Firmware
8 1 (0.25%) iptables
8 1 (0.25%) NFS
8 1 (0.25%) Squid
Systems Management
1 105 (26.18%) Kubernetes
2 94 (23.44%) Ansible
3 81 (20.20%) Puppet
4 52 (12.97%) Terraform
5 31 (7.73%) FortiGate
6 24 (5.99%) SCCM
6 24 (5.99%) vCenter Server
7 10 (2.49%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.25%) Grafana
9 4 (1.00%) Data Guard
9 4 (1.00%) Nagios
9 4 (1.00%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.00%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.50%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.25%) cPanel
11 1 (0.25%) Kibana
11 1 (0.25%) logstash
11 1 (0.25%) Packer
11 1 (0.25%) Plesk
11 1 (0.25%) SELinux
Vendors
1 106 (26.43%) VMware
2 80 (19.95%) Red Hat
3 38 (9.48%) Microsoft
4 35 (8.73%) IBM
5 34 (8.48%) Cisco
5 34 (8.48%) F5
6 32 (7.98%) Splunk
7 31 (7.73%) Juniper
8 30 (7.48%) ArcSight
8 30 (7.48%) CheckPoint
8 30 (7.48%) TippingPoint
8 30 (7.48%) Trend Micro
9 24 (5.99%) Citrix
9 24 (5.99%) Globalscape
10 15 (3.74%) Google
11 12 (2.99%) Oracle
12 7 (1.75%) Atlassian
13 5 (1.25%) Palo Alto
14 4 (1.00%) Rackspace
14 4 (1.00%) SAP