Hybrid/Remote HTTP Job Trends

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring HTTP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 379 448
Rank change year-on-year +1 +69 -17
Permanent jobs citing HTTP 64 47 112
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 0.29% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.71% 2.40% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 26 33 87
10th Percentile £52,500 £38,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £60,625 £56,250 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +4.17% -13.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £74,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,750 £91,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,359 1,959 4,771
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.05% 11.88% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,277 1,198 2,988
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £80,375
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%

HTTP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing HTTP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

HTTP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HTTP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HTTP

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HTTP over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

HTTP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (1.56%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.56%) Houdini
1 1 (1.56%) Lightworks
1 1 (1.56%) NUKE
Cloud Services
1 37 (57.81%) AWS
2 12 (18.75%) GitHub
3 8 (12.50%) GitHub Copilot
4 7 (10.94%) Azure
5 4 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (4.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (4.69%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.56%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (1.56%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (1.56%) GCP
8 1 (1.56%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 20 (31.25%) BGP
1 20 (31.25%) VPN
2 19 (29.69%) DNS
2 19 (29.69%) WAN
3 15 (23.44%) FTP
3 15 (23.44%) MPLS
3 15 (23.44%) SNMP
3 15 (23.44%) SSL
4 14 (21.88%) DHCP
5 13 (20.31%) SD-WAN
5 13 (20.31%) TCP/IP
6 11 (17.19%) VLAN
7 10 (15.63%) ICMP
7 10 (15.63%) IPsec
7 10 (15.63%) Network Security
7 10 (15.63%) SSH
8 7 (10.94%) LAN
9 5 (7.81%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (7.81%) Internet
9 5 (7.81%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) MongoDB
1 3 (4.69%) MySQL
2 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.56%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.56%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Git
2 1 (1.56%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.56%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (62.50%) Finance
2 29 (45.31%) Banking
3 10 (15.63%) Social Skills
4 8 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Law
7 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (45.31%) Development Engineer
1 29 (45.31%) Software Development Engineer
1 29 (45.31%) Software Engineer
2 21 (32.81%) Lead
2 21 (32.81%) Lead Software Engineer
3 15 (23.44%) Architect
4 13 (20.31%) Senior
5 10 (15.63%) Network Architect
5 10 (15.63%) Network Security Architect
5 10 (15.63%) Security Architect
6 8 (12.50%) Senior Development Engineer
6 8 (12.50%) Senior Software Development Engineer
6 8 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (10.94%) Developer
8 5 (7.81%) Analyst
9 4 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
10 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (4.69%) Python Developer
10 3 (4.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (3.13%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (53.13%) REST
2 14 (21.88%) OAuth
3 10 (15.63%) SAML
4 4 (6.25%) LDAP
4 4 (6.25%) WebRTC
5 3 (4.69%) 802.1X
5 3 (4.69%) ARM Templates
5 3 (4.69%) Django
5 3 (4.69%) Flask
5 3 (4.69%) FreeSWITCH
5 3 (4.69%) Jinja
5 3 (4.69%) JSON
5 3 (4.69%) OAuth2
5 3 (4.69%) pytest
5 3 (4.69%) RFC 2833
5 3 (4.69%) SQLAlchemy
6 2 (3.13%) RESTful
6 2 (3.13%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (1.56%) VCL
7 1 (1.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (48.44%) Public Cloud
2 22 (34.38%) Product Ownership
3 14 (21.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (7.81%) PKI
5 4 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (4.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 2 (3.13%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.56%) CUDA
8 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.56%) IoT
8 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.56%) Motion Graphics
8 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) Linux
2 3 (4.69%) Ubuntu
2 3 (4.69%) Windows
3 1 (1.56%) FreeBSD
3 1 (1.56%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.56%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (54.69%) Technical Leadership
2 32 (50.00%) OO
3 31 (48.44%) Software Engineering
4 30 (46.88%) Roadmaps
5 29 (45.31%) Product Management
5 29 (45.31%) Product Roadmap
5 29 (45.31%) SOA
5 29 (45.31%) SOLID
6 21 (32.81%) BDD
6 21 (32.81%) Collaborative Working
6 21 (32.81%) Pair Programming
6 21 (32.81%) TDD
7 16 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (20.31%) AI
9 10 (15.63%) Mentoring
9 10 (15.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 10 (15.63%) Network Segmentation
10 8 (12.50%) Architectural Design
10 8 (12.50%) User Experience
11 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 29 (45.31%) Java
2 8 (12.50%) Python
3 4 (6.25%) C++
3 4 (6.25%) SQL
4 3 (4.69%) Bicep
4 3 (4.69%) C
4 3 (4.69%) C#
5 2 (3.13%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.56%) Bash
6 1 (1.56%) Delphi
6 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.56%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.56%) Pascal
6 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) Degree
3 5 (7.81%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) CREST Certified
4 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (17.19%) NIST
3 3 (4.69%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.56%) QA
4 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Docker
2 3 (4.69%) Kamailio
3 2 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.56%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.56%) KVM
4 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (15.63%) CASB
1 10 (15.63%) FortiGate
2 6 (9.38%) Terraform
3 5 (7.81%) Endace
4 4 (6.25%) Kubernetes
4 4 (6.25%) QRadar
5 3 (4.69%) Ansible
5 3 (4.69%) Argo
6 1 (1.56%) Nessus
6 1 (1.56%) Nmap
6 1 (1.56%) OpenVAS
6 1 (1.56%) Proxmox
6 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (31.25%) Cisco
2 15 (23.44%) Microsoft
3 10 (15.63%) Palo Alto
4 7 (10.94%) F5
5 5 (7.81%) Juniper
6 4 (6.25%) ArcSight
6 4 (6.25%) Splunk
7 3 (4.69%) BT
7 3 (4.69%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.69%) Mitel
7 3 (4.69%) SolarWinds
8 2 (3.13%) Arista
8 2 (3.13%) VMware
9 1 (1.56%) Adobe
9 1 (1.56%) Foundry
9 1 (1.56%) Qualys
39 hybrid/remote HTTP jobs