HTTP Contracts

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for HTTP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited HTTP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 443 415
Rank change year-on-year +72 -28 -69
Contract jobs citing HTTP 212 252 534
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.45% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.91% 3.54% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 183 351
10th Percentile £318 £411 £400
25th Percentile £406 £495 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £603 £650 £642
90th Percentile £650 £775 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £455
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.89% +1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 5
10th Percentile £26.58 £50.52 £40.35
25th Percentile £27.00 £67.13 £43.50
Median hourly rate £45.88 £75.00 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -38.83% +54.38% -2.84%
75th Percentile £75.22 - £57.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.00 £68.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,426 7,124 9,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.60% 12.71% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,234 4,603 6,376
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 443 367
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.30% -29.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.54 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -1.15%

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 2024. 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 +70 182 £525 -11.76% 76
London +78 115 £525 -15.32% 40
Work from Home +67 70 £463 -19.57% 38
UK excluding London +43 68 £463 -7.50% 33
North of England +17 23 £506 +1.25% 6
South East +19 14 £565 +39.08% 12
Yorkshire +16 12 £624 +18.76% 3
South West +10 11 £533 -11.17% 4
North West +16 10 £463 -7.50% 3
East of England +7 9 £350 -22.22% 2
Scotland +36 5 £440 -16.19%
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 3
Wales +16 1 - - 1
Midlands +15 1 - - 5
West Midlands +8 1 - - 4
North East - 1 £450 - 1

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 16 (7.55%) Apache
2 15 (7.08%) Confluence
3 8 (3.77%) CMS
3 8 (3.77%) IBM HTTP Server
3 8 (3.77%) WebSphere
3 8 (3.77%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (3.77%) WebSphere Portal
4 5 (2.36%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.89%) IIS
5 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.89%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.42%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.94%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.94%) nginx
7 2 (0.94%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.94%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.47%) govService
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.47%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.47%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (34.43%) AWS
2 60 (28.30%) GCP
3 43 (20.28%) Azure
4 21 (9.91%) GitHub
5 12 (5.66%) Serverless
6 9 (4.25%) Apigee
6 9 (4.25%) Kong
7 7 (3.30%) Amazon Cognito
7 7 (3.30%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (3.30%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.30%) npm
7 7 (3.30%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.36%) SaaS
10 4 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.89%) Boomi
10 4 (1.89%) Google App Engine
10 4 (1.89%) PaaS
11 3 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 64 (30.19%) TCP/IP
2 46 (21.70%) DNS
3 31 (14.62%) Firewall
4 27 (12.74%) SSL
5 18 (8.49%) VPN
6 16 (7.55%) FTP
7 15 (7.08%) DHCP
8 12 (5.66%) IPsec
8 12 (5.66%) SMTP
9 11 (5.19%) HTTPS
9 11 (5.19%) Network Security
10 10 (4.72%) BGP
10 10 (4.72%) OSPF
10 10 (4.72%) SNMP
10 10 (4.72%) SSH
11 8 (3.77%) Internet
12 6 (2.83%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (2.83%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (2.83%) Wireshark
13 5 (2.36%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (14.15%) Apache Cassandra
2 15 (7.08%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.66%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (5.66%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.30%) Triplestore
5 5 (2.36%) BigQuery
5 5 (2.36%) MySQL
5 5 (2.36%) SQLite
6 4 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.89%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.42%) MariaDB
7 3 (1.42%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.42%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.94%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.94%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (0.94%) Oracle Database 12c
8 2 (0.94%) Power BI
8 2 (0.94%) Power Query
9 1 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.47%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (12.74%) Jenkins
2 26 (12.26%) Git
3 23 (10.85%) JIRA
4 18 (8.49%) GitLab
5 9 (4.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (4.25%) CircleCI
5 9 (4.25%) Travis CI
6 6 (2.83%) IBM UrbanCode
6 6 (2.83%) JMeter
6 6 (2.83%) Selenium
6 6 (2.83%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (2.36%) Checkstyle
7 5 (2.36%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.36%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.89%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.89%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.89%) Gatling
8 4 (1.89%) Postman
9 3 (1.42%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (1.42%) Cypress.io
General
1 36 (16.98%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.26%) Finance
3 23 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.49%) Telecoms
5 16 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.60%) Banking
7 11 (5.19%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.83%) Electronics
8 6 (2.83%) Legal
8 6 (2.83%) Marketing
9 4 (1.89%) German Language
10 2 (0.94%) Advertising
10 2 (0.94%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.47%) Automotive
11 1 (0.47%) Local Government
11 1 (0.47%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.47%) Publishing
11 1 (0.47%) Retail
11 1 (0.47%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 72 (33.96%) Developer
2 47 (22.17%) Scala Developer
3 19 (8.96%) DevOps Engineer
4 18 (8.49%) Senior
5 17 (8.02%) Software Engineer
6 15 (7.08%) Network Engineer
7 13 (6.13%) Linux Engineer
8 11 (5.19%) Linux Server Engineer
8 11 (5.19%) Server Engineer
9 9 (4.25%) Support Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Middleware Engineer
11 7 (3.30%) Architect
11 7 (3.30%) Consultant
11 7 (3.30%) Security Engineer
12 6 (2.83%) Analyst
12 6 (2.83%) Automation Engineer
12 6 (2.83%) DevOps Automation Engineer
12 6 (2.83%) Senior Middleware Engineer
13 4 (1.89%) Integration Developer
13 4 (1.89%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (30.66%) RESTful
2 56 (26.42%) Kafka
3 49 (23.11%) Akka
4 36 (16.98%) REST
5 29 (13.68%) CSS
6 27 (12.74%) JSON
7 25 (11.79%) HTML
8 22 (10.38%) XML
9 16 (7.55%) LDAP
10 15 (7.08%) AngularJS
10 15 (7.08%) Elastic Stack
11 13 (6.13%) YAML
12 12 (5.66%) Web Services
13 11 (5.19%) .NET
13 11 (5.19%) SOAP
14 10 (4.72%) GraphQL
15 8 (3.77%) J2EE
15 8 (3.77%) Middleware
15 8 (3.77%) Node.js
15 8 (3.77%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.96%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 10 (4.72%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (4.25%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.36%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.36%) Clustering
7 5 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.89%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.89%) IVR
8 4 (1.89%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.42%) PKI
9 3 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (19.81%) Linux
2 21 (9.91%) Windows
3 18 (8.49%) Unix
4 4 (1.89%) Mac OS X
4 4 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.94%) Android
6 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.47%) Solaris
7 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (37.74%) Agile
2 73 (34.43%) DevOps
3 58 (27.36%) Microservices
4 46 (21.70%) CI/CD
5 42 (19.81%) TDD
6 39 (18.40%) Clean Code
6 39 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (16.98%) Pair Programming
8 34 (16.04%) GitOps
9 29 (13.68%) Machine Learning
9 29 (13.68%) Personalization
10 26 (12.26%) Continuous Integration
11 23 (10.85%) Software Engineering
12 20 (9.43%) Infrastructure as Code
13 19 (8.96%) Containerisation
14 18 (8.49%) Coaching
14 18 (8.49%) Use Case
15 17 (8.02%) ITIL
15 17 (8.02%) Task Automation
16 16 (7.55%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 53 (25.00%) Scala
2 40 (18.87%) JavaScript
3 33 (15.57%) Python
4 25 (11.79%) PowerShell
5 18 (8.49%) Java
6 15 (7.08%) SQL
7 14 (6.60%) TypeScript
8 10 (4.72%) C#
9 9 (4.25%) Bash
10 7 (3.30%) SPARQL
11 6 (2.83%) PHP
12 5 (2.36%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.89%) ABAP
13 4 (1.89%) Go
13 4 (1.89%) Groovy
14 3 (1.42%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.94%) C
15 2 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.94%) Perl
15 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (19.34%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.91%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.08%) DV Cleared
4 12 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (5.19%) CCNP
5 11 (5.19%) Degree
6 5 (2.36%) CCDP
7 3 (1.42%) CCIE
7 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.42%) GCIA
7 3 (1.42%) GCIH
7 3 (1.42%) GIAC
8 2 (0.94%) CCNA
8 2 (0.94%) CEH
8 2 (0.94%) CISSP
8 2 (0.94%) HND
8 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.94%) SANS
9 1 (0.47%) CCSP
9 1 (0.47%) CHFI
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.08%) QA
2 5 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.94%) HL7
3 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (14.62%) Docker
2 9 (4.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.89%) NFS
4 3 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.94%) Samba
5 2 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.94%) XenApp
6 1 (0.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 64 (30.19%) Kubernetes
2 20 (9.43%) Progress Chef
2 20 (9.43%) Puppet
3 19 (8.96%) Terraform
4 15 (7.08%) Kibana
5 12 (5.66%) Ansible
5 12 (5.66%) logstash
6 10 (4.72%) Grafana
6 10 (4.72%) Prometheus
7 9 (4.25%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (2.36%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.42%) PingFederate
9 3 (1.42%) QRadar
10 2 (0.94%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.94%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.94%) Oracle Flashback
10 2 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 25 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.38%) Typelevel
3 21 (9.91%) Splunk
4 14 (6.60%) SAP
5 12 (5.66%) Cisco
5 12 (5.66%) Google
5 12 (5.66%) IBM
5 12 (5.66%) Palo Alto
6 10 (4.72%) Oracle
7 8 (3.77%) Zscaler
8 6 (2.83%) F5
8 6 (2.83%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.83%) Symantec
9 5 (2.36%) Arista
9 5 (2.36%) Aruba
9 5 (2.36%) Nokia
10 4 (1.89%) Avaya
10 4 (1.89%) Darktrace
10 4 (1.89%) Ericsson
10 4 (1.89%) IronPort