HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
UK

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 485 450
Rank change year-on-year -66 -35 -146
Permanent jobs citing HTTP 182 391 784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.48% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.10% 3.51% 5.18%
Number of salaries quoted 102 235 415
10th Percentile £43,875 £32,541 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,313 £46,150 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £96,003 £85,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £54,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +14.81% -13.60% +25.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,649 11,135 15,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.31% 13.61% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,780 8,728 8,975
10th Percentile £26,875 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £71,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.20% -3.33% -

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 6 March 2025.

Salary histogram for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Top 14 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 6 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -53 163 £62,500 +4.17% 77
Work from Home +59 94 £62,500 +4.17% 55
London +66 91 £62,500 -3.85% 54
UK excluding London -82 81 £62,000 +14.81% 26
South East +29 22 £53,750 +8.96% 7
North of England +18 19 £65,000 - 4
East of England +30 17 £62,000 +77.14% 8
North West 0 11 £60,750 -4.71% 4
South West -17 9 £67,500 +8.00% 5
Yorkshire +53 8 £85,253 +42.09%
Scotland +57 5 £71,991 +43.98%
West Midlands -9 5 £60,000 +4.35% 2
Midlands -17 5 £60,000 - 2
Wales +26 4 £52,772 +31.93%

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 27 (14.84%) Apache Spark
2 9 (4.95%) Confluence
3 5 (2.75%) Apache
4 4 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.65%) IIS
5 3 (1.65%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.55%) CMS
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.55%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (2.20%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.10%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (22.53%) AWS
2 27 (14.84%) Azure
3 22 (12.09%) Serverless
4 12 (6.59%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (4.40%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (4.40%) SaaS
7 6 (3.30%) GitHub
8 5 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.20%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.65%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.65%) GCP
11 2 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.10%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.10%) npm
11 2 (1.10%) Nutanix
11 2 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 58 (31.87%) TCP/IP
2 49 (26.92%) DNS
3 42 (23.08%) SMTP
4 32 (17.58%) Firewall
5 23 (12.64%) WAN
6 21 (11.54%) Internet
6 21 (11.54%) VPN
7 19 (10.44%) FTP
8 18 (9.89%) LAN
9 12 (6.59%) SSL
10 11 (6.04%) Intrusion Detection
11 10 (5.49%) DHCP
12 9 (4.95%) 5G
13 7 (3.85%) HTTPS
14 6 (3.30%) Network Security
15 5 (2.75%) IPv6
15 5 (2.75%) SD-WAN
15 5 (2.75%) VLAN
16 4 (2.20%) BGP
16 4 (2.20%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.64%) Relational Database
2 16 (8.79%) SQL Server
3 12 (6.59%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (5.49%) Amazon QuickSight
5 3 (1.65%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (1.65%) MariaDB
5 3 (1.65%) MySQL
6 2 (1.10%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.55%) DB2
7 1 (0.55%) Metadata
7 1 (0.55%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 25 (13.74%) Git
2 20 (10.99%) Jenkins
2 20 (10.99%) JIRA
3 10 (5.49%) JUnit
4 8 (4.40%) GitLab
5 7 (3.85%) Subversion
5 7 (3.85%) XCUITest
6 5 (2.75%) Appium
6 5 (2.75%) Cypress.io
7 4 (2.20%) NUnit
7 4 (2.20%) Postman
7 4 (2.20%) PowerBuilder
7 4 (2.20%) Selenium
7 4 (2.20%) Spinnaker
8 2 (1.10%) Maven
8 2 (1.10%) Protractor
8 2 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.55%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.55%) Robolectric
9 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 71 (39.01%) Social Skills
2 48 (26.37%) Finance
3 43 (23.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (17.03%) Games
6 30 (16.48%) Retail
7 28 (15.38%) Advertising
8 15 (8.24%) Telecoms
9 13 (7.14%) Manufacturing
10 11 (6.04%) Electronics
10 11 (6.04%) Law
11 9 (4.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (4.40%) Banking
13 7 (3.85%) Front Office
14 5 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (2.20%) Automotive
15 4 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (1.65%) Legal
17 2 (1.10%) Aerospace
17 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (32.42%) Senior
2 46 (25.27%) Software Engineer
3 34 (18.68%) Senior Software Engineer
4 26 (14.29%) Developer
5 19 (10.44%) Automation Engineer
6 17 (9.34%) Analyst
7 15 (8.24%) Lead
8 13 (7.14%) Development Engineer
9 11 (6.04%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (5.49%) Reliability Engineer
10 10 (5.49%) Robotics Engineer
11 9 (4.95%) Information Security Engineer
11 9 (4.95%) Security Engineer
11 9 (4.95%) SOC Analyst
12 8 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (4.40%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 8 (4.40%) Python Engineer
12 8 (4.40%) Senior Developer
13 7 (3.85%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (18.13%) JSON
2 29 (15.93%) Kafka
3 27 (14.84%) REST
4 20 (10.99%) HTML
5 19 (10.44%) Jest
5 19 (10.44%) LDAP
5 19 (10.44%) Web Services
6 18 (9.89%) React
7 17 (9.34%) Django
8 13 (7.14%) XML
9 12 (6.59%) .NET
9 12 (6.59%) CSS
9 12 (6.59%) GraphQL
10 9 (4.95%) Node.js
10 9 (4.95%) Playwright
10 9 (4.95%) SOAP
11 8 (4.40%) Apollo GraphQL
11 8 (4.40%) Celery
11 8 (4.40%) Next.js
11 8 (4.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.38%) Distributed Systems
2 17 (9.34%) Client/Server
3 14 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 13 (7.14%) Algorithms
4 13 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (6.04%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (5.49%) Robotics
6 10 (5.49%) SCADA
7 9 (4.95%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (4.95%) Mobile App
8 8 (4.40%) Data Structures
9 7 (3.85%) Derivative
9 7 (3.85%) Fixed Income
10 6 (3.30%) Management Information System
11 5 (2.75%) FPGA
11 5 (2.75%) GNSS
11 5 (2.75%) MicroBlaze
11 5 (2.75%) Self-Driving Car
11 5 (2.75%) Tandem
12 4 (2.20%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 48 (26.37%) Linux
2 29 (15.93%) Windows
3 15 (8.24%) Unix
4 13 (7.14%) Windows Server
5 8 (4.40%) Apple iOS
6 7 (3.85%) Android
7 4 (2.20%) CentOS
7 4 (2.20%) Debian
7 4 (2.20%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.10%) AIX
8 2 (1.10%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (39.01%) Agile
2 50 (27.47%) DevOps
2 50 (27.47%) Software Engineering
3 49 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (22.53%) Computer Science
5 36 (19.78%) Test Automation
6 30 (16.48%) CI/CD
6 30 (16.48%) Machine Learning
7 29 (15.93%) Performance Metrics
8 27 (14.84%) Programmatic Advertising
9 23 (12.64%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (12.09%) Security Operations
11 21 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
12 20 (10.99%) Incident Response
13 19 (10.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (9.89%) Analytics
14 18 (9.89%) API Integration
14 18 (9.89%) Microservices
15 17 (9.34%) Information Security
15 17 (9.34%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 83 (45.60%) Python
2 37 (20.33%) SQL
3 27 (14.84%) Scala
4 26 (14.29%) C
5 20 (10.99%) JavaScript
6 19 (10.44%) TypeScript
7 18 (9.89%) C++
8 16 (8.79%) PowerShell
9 14 (7.69%) Bash
10 13 (7.14%) C#
11 10 (5.49%) Perl
11 10 (5.49%) R
12 8 (4.40%) Java
13 7 (3.85%) Swift
14 5 (2.75%) Go
15 4 (2.20%) Jython
15 4 (2.20%) Kotlin
15 4 (2.20%) PHP
16 2 (1.10%) AWK
16 2 (1.10%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 57 (31.32%) Degree
2 24 (13.19%) Security Cleared
3 19 (10.44%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 10 (5.49%) Numerate Degree
6 8 (4.40%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.30%) CISSP
8 4 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.20%) CISM
9 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.10%) CEH
10 1 (0.55%) CCNA
10 1 (0.55%) CCNP
10 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.49%) SLA
2 6 (3.30%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.30%) NIST
2 6 (3.30%) QA
3 4 (2.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 27 (14.84%) Docker
2 14 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (3.30%) Firmware
4 3 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.10%) KVM
5 2 (1.10%) Postfix
5 2 (1.10%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (10.44%) Kubernetes
2 14 (7.69%) Terraform
3 13 (7.14%) QRadar
4 8 (4.40%) Consul
4 8 (4.40%) Packer
5 7 (3.85%) Ansible
6 4 (2.20%) Nessus
7 2 (1.10%) Grafana
7 2 (1.10%) Nagios
7 2 (1.10%) Puppet
7 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 39 (21.43%) Google
3 27 (14.84%) Apple
4 18 (9.89%) VMware
5 13 (7.14%) Splunk
6 9 (4.95%) Oracle
7 6 (3.30%) Okta
8 4 (2.20%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.20%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.20%) SAP
9 3 (1.65%) Cisco
9 3 (1.65%) IBM
10 2 (1.10%) Mercator
10 2 (1.10%) Perforce
10 2 (1.10%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.10%) Sophos
11 1 (0.55%) F5
11 1 (0.55%) ForgeRock
11 1 (0.55%) PayPal
11 1 (0.55%) SolarWinds