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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 443 416
Rank change year-on-year +78 -27 -73
Contract jobs citing HTTP 217 261 537
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.46% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.01% 3.66% 5.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 187 347
10th Percentile £310 £384 £400
25th Percentile £406 £495 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £640
90th Percentile £650 £775 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £461
% change year-on-year -7.50% +8.40% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 6
10th Percentile £25.73 £50.52 £39.79
25th Percentile £41.16 £67.13 £41.87
Median hourly rate £45.88 £75.00 £46.79
Median % change year-on-year -38.83% +60.29% -10.88%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £55.27
90th Percentile - £79.00 £66.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +2.33%

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 5,406 7,129 9,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.45% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,227 4,606 6,336
10th Percentile £205 £235 £233
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £690 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 416 460 376
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -30.84% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.09 £50.83
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.55 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.22 £21.50
% change year-on-year +151.88% -15.28% -5.49%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +88 181 £525 -9.48% 117
London +77 115 £525 -15.32% 70
Work from Home +69 72 £463 -19.57% 60
UK excluding London +59 71 £463 -7.50% 73
North of England +23 24 £463 -7.50% 9
South East +27 12 £565 +39.08% 36
Yorkshire +15 12 £624 +18.76% 6
South West +14 12 £533 -11.17% 7
North West +12 11 £463 -7.50% 3
East of England +12 8 £350 -22.22% 4
Scotland +42 7 £440 -16.19% 1
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 8
Wales +18 1 - - 1
West Midlands +16 1 - - 5
Midlands +11 1 - - 7
North East - 1 £450 - 2

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 18 (8.29%) Apache
2 17 (7.83%) Confluence
3 8 (3.69%) IBM HTTP Server
3 8 (3.69%) WebSphere
3 8 (3.69%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (3.69%) WebSphere Portal
4 7 (3.23%) CMS
4 7 (3.23%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (2.30%) IIS
6 5 (2.30%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.84%) MQSeries
8 3 (1.38%) Headless CMS
8 3 (1.38%) nginx
8 3 (1.38%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.92%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.92%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.46%) Drupal
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.46%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.92%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 72 (33.18%) AWS
2 58 (26.73%) GCP
3 49 (22.58%) Azure
4 26 (11.98%) GitHub
5 12 (5.53%) Serverless
6 9 (4.15%) Apigee
6 9 (4.15%) Kong
7 8 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.23%) Amazon Cognito
8 7 (3.23%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.23%) npm
8 7 (3.23%) OpenShift
9 5 (2.30%) PaaS
9 5 (2.30%) SaaS
10 4 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.84%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 68 (31.34%) TCP/IP
2 48 (22.12%) DNS
3 36 (16.59%) Firewall
4 30 (13.82%) SSL
5 24 (11.06%) VPN
6 17 (7.83%) FTP
7 13 (5.99%) DHCP
7 13 (5.99%) HTTPS
7 13 (5.99%) IPsec
7 13 (5.99%) Network Security
7 13 (5.99%) SSH
8 12 (5.53%) Internet
8 12 (5.53%) SMTP
9 10 (4.61%) SNMP
10 8 (3.69%) BGP
10 8 (3.69%) OSPF
10 8 (3.69%) Wireshark
11 6 (2.76%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (2.76%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (2.30%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.90%) Apache Cassandra
2 16 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (5.99%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (5.53%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.23%) Triplestore
6 6 (2.76%) MySQL
7 5 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.30%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.30%) SQLite
8 4 (1.84%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.38%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.38%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.38%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database 11g
10 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database 12c
10 2 (0.92%) Power BI
10 2 (0.92%) Power Query
11 1 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.46%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 28 (12.90%) Jenkins
2 27 (12.44%) Git
3 26 (11.98%) JIRA
4 18 (8.29%) GitLab
5 9 (4.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (4.15%) CircleCI
5 9 (4.15%) Postman
5 9 (4.15%) Travis CI
6 6 (2.76%) IBM UrbanCode
6 6 (2.76%) JMeter
6 6 (2.76%) Selenium
6 6 (2.76%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (2.30%) Checkstyle
7 5 (2.30%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.30%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.84%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.84%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.84%) Gatling
9 3 (1.38%) Burp Suite
9 3 (1.38%) Cypress.io
General
1 39 (17.97%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.82%) Finance
3 23 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.14%) Telecoms
5 21 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.91%) Banking
7 12 (5.53%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.15%) Electronics
8 9 (4.15%) Marketing
9 6 (2.76%) Legal
10 2 (0.92%) Advertising
10 2 (0.92%) German Language
10 2 (0.92%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.46%) Automotive
11 1 (0.46%) Local Government
11 1 (0.46%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Publishing
11 1 (0.46%) Retail
11 1 (0.46%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 68 (31.34%) Developer
2 42 (19.35%) Scala Developer
3 24 (11.06%) DevOps Engineer
4 19 (8.76%) Senior
5 17 (7.83%) Software Engineer
6 15 (6.91%) Linux Engineer
7 14 (6.45%) Network Engineer
8 12 (5.53%) Support Engineer
9 11 (5.07%) Linux Server Engineer
9 11 (5.07%) Server Engineer
10 8 (3.69%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (3.69%) DevOps Automation Engineer
10 8 (3.69%) Middleware Engineer
11 7 (3.23%) Architect
11 7 (3.23%) Consultant
12 6 (2.76%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (2.76%) Security Engineer
12 6 (2.76%) Senior Middleware Engineer
13 5 (2.30%) Analyst
13 5 (2.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (27.65%) RESTful
2 49 (22.58%) Kafka
3 44 (20.28%) Akka
4 38 (17.51%) REST
5 32 (14.75%) CSS
6 29 (13.36%) JSON
7 25 (11.52%) HTML
8 24 (11.06%) XML
9 18 (8.29%) LDAP
10 16 (7.37%) Elastic Stack
11 15 (6.91%) AngularJS
12 14 (6.45%) SOAP
13 13 (5.99%) .NET
13 13 (5.99%) YAML
14 12 (5.53%) Web Services
15 10 (4.61%) GraphQL
16 9 (4.15%) Middleware
17 8 (3.69%) J2EE
17 8 (3.69%) OAuth
17 8 (3.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.76%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 10 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (4.15%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (4.15%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.30%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.30%) Clustering
6 5 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.30%) IVR
7 4 (1.84%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.38%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.38%) PKI
9 2 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.92%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 48 (22.12%) Linux
2 21 (9.68%) Unix
2 21 (9.68%) Windows
3 5 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.84%) Mac OS X
5 3 (1.38%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.92%) Android
6 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.92%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.46%) Solaris
7 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (35.94%) Agile
2 74 (34.10%) DevOps
3 53 (24.42%) Microservices
4 47 (21.66%) CI/CD
5 40 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (17.51%) TDD
7 37 (17.05%) Clean Code
8 33 (15.21%) Pair Programming
9 30 (13.82%) GitOps
10 27 (12.44%) Machine Learning
10 27 (12.44%) Personalization
11 26 (11.98%) Continuous Integration
12 25 (11.52%) Software Engineering
13 20 (9.22%) Containerisation
13 20 (9.22%) Infrastructure as Code
14 17 (7.83%) Coaching
14 17 (7.83%) ITIL
14 17 (7.83%) Test Automation
14 17 (7.83%) Workflow
15 16 (7.37%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.12%) Scala
2 44 (20.28%) JavaScript
3 37 (17.05%) Python
4 27 (12.44%) PowerShell
5 19 (8.76%) Java
6 15 (6.91%) SQL
7 14 (6.45%) TypeScript
8 13 (5.99%) Bash
9 12 (5.53%) C#
10 7 (3.23%) SPARQL
11 6 (2.76%) PHP
12 5 (2.30%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.84%) Go
13 4 (1.84%) Groovy
14 3 (1.38%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.92%) ABAP
15 2 (0.92%) C
15 2 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.92%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.92%) Swift
Qualifications
1 40 (18.43%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.91%) DV Cleared
4 12 (5.53%) Degree
5 11 (5.07%) CCNP
5 11 (5.07%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.30%) CCDP
7 3 (1.38%) CCIE
7 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.92%) CEH
8 2 (0.92%) CISSP
8 2 (0.92%) GCIA
8 2 (0.92%) GCIH
8 2 (0.92%) GIAC
8 2 (0.92%) HND
8 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.92%) MCSD
8 2 (0.92%) MCSE
8 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.46%) GSNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.45%) QA
2 5 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.38%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.92%) HL7
4 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.46%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.46%) NCSC
5 1 (0.46%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (15.21%) Docker
2 11 (5.07%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.30%) NFS
4 4 (1.84%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.84%) Samba
4 4 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.92%) XenApp
6 1 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (27.19%) Kubernetes
2 20 (9.22%) Progress Chef
2 20 (9.22%) Puppet
2 20 (9.22%) Terraform
3 16 (7.37%) Ansible
3 16 (7.37%) Kibana
4 13 (5.99%) logstash
5 10 (4.61%) Grafana
5 10 (4.61%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.15%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (2.30%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.84%) QRadar
9 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.38%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.92%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.92%) Oracle Flashback
10 2 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.46%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 31 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.68%) Splunk
2 21 (9.68%) Typelevel
3 16 (7.37%) SAP
4 12 (5.53%) Google
5 11 (5.07%) Cisco
5 11 (5.07%) Palo Alto
6 10 (4.61%) IBM
6 10 (4.61%) Oracle
7 9 (4.15%) Red Hat
8 8 (3.69%) Zscaler
9 6 (2.76%) F5
10 5 (2.30%) Arista
10 5 (2.30%) Aruba
10 5 (2.30%) Avaya
10 5 (2.30%) Symantec
10 5 (2.30%) Verint
11 4 (1.84%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.84%) Nokia
11 4 (1.84%) VMware