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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 515 278
Rank change year-on-year -74 -237 +51
Permanent jobs citing HTTP 327 553 2,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.55% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.42% 3.51% 10.96%
Number of salaries quoted 210 318 662
10th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £69,447 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.80% +11.12% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,938 £97,500 £104,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £61,180 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.19% +11.24% -8.33%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,519 15,777 20,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 15.57% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,018 11,667
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for HTTP in the UK

HTTP
Top 17 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 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -46 291 £55,000 -20.80% 74
UK excluding London -51 237 £52,500 -14.19% 46
Work from Home -62 116 £55,000 -20.80% 39
London -38 83 £65,000 -18.75% 36
South West +9 82 £53,750 -18.87% 9
South East -31 53 £42,500 -33.59% 11
Midlands -9 31 £55,000 -15.38% 8
North of England +13 28 £65,000 +13.04% 5
West Midlands +22 27 £61,250 +19.51% 5
Northern Ireland +37 18 £35,000 - 8
North West +1 18 £70,000 +40.00% 2
East of England +22 12 £34,500 -45.67% 1
Scotland -86 8 £50,000 -28.57% 4
Yorkshire +60 7 £55,000 -10.10% 3
Wales 0 7 £40,000 -
East Midlands -25 4 £39,750 -38.85% 3
North East -2 3 £65,000 -7.14% 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 19 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.45%) IIS
4 7 (2.14%) nginx
5 6 (1.83%) Apache
6 4 (1.22%) Confluence
6 4 (1.22%) Drupal
7 3 (0.92%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.92%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.92%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.92%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.61%) Moodle
9 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.31%) CMS
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.31%) SAS
9 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.75%) Trello
3 8 (2.45%) InfoPath
3 8 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (4.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.92%) Maximo
2 3 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 146 (44.65%) AWS
2 114 (34.86%) Azure
3 44 (13.46%) SaaS
4 35 (10.70%) OpenShift
5 32 (9.79%) AWS CloudFormation
6 25 (7.65%) Serverless
7 23 (7.03%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (5.81%) Azure App Service
9 19 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (5.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 17 (5.20%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (5.20%) Matillion
11 11 (3.36%) GCP
12 10 (3.06%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (2.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (2.75%) Azure Functions
13 9 (2.75%) PaaS
14 8 (2.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 148 (45.26%) DNS
2 132 (40.37%) TCP/IP
3 83 (25.38%) DHCP
4 51 (15.60%) Internet
5 42 (12.84%) SMTP
6 26 (7.95%) FTP
6 26 (7.95%) SSL
7 25 (7.65%) MQTT
8 20 (6.12%) Firewall
9 18 (5.50%) VPN
10 15 (4.59%) SNMP
11 13 (3.98%) HTTPS
11 13 (3.98%) LAN
11 13 (3.98%) SSH
12 11 (3.36%) WAN
13 8 (2.45%) BGP
13 8 (2.45%) Telnet
14 7 (2.14%) DWDM
14 7 (2.14%) EIGRP
14 7 (2.14%) IGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.84%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.65%) MySQL
3 20 (6.12%) NoSQL
4 16 (4.89%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.67%) DynamoDB
6 11 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (3.06%) GIS
7 10 (3.06%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.14%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (2.14%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.83%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.92%) DB2
12 2 (0.61%) Power BI
12 2 (0.61%) Redis
13 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
13 1 (0.31%) Sisense
13 1 (0.31%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 28 (8.56%) Git
2 17 (5.20%) JIRA
3 14 (4.28%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.75%) GitLab
5 5 (1.53%) Postman
6 4 (1.22%) Subversion
6 4 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.92%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.92%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.61%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.61%) Hudson
8 2 (0.61%) Moq
8 2 (0.61%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.61%) MSTest
8 2 (0.61%) Protractor
8 2 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.61%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.61%) webpack
General
1 118 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 73 (22.32%) Finance
3 40 (12.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.26%) Manufacturing
5 27 (8.26%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.42%) Telecoms
7 20 (6.12%) Marketing
8 19 (5.81%) Electronics
9 14 (4.28%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.75%) Retail
11 8 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.53%) Banking
13 4 (1.22%) Advertising
14 3 (0.92%) Automotive
14 3 (0.92%) Games
14 3 (0.92%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.61%) Legal
16 1 (0.31%) Law
16 1 (0.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 91 (27.83%) Senior
2 74 (22.63%) Developer
3 58 (17.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 39 (11.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 33 (10.09%) Architect
6 30 (9.17%) Software Engineer
7 27 (8.26%) DevOps Engineer
8 24 (7.34%) Lead
9 15 (4.59%) Analyst
9 15 (4.59%) Cloud Architect
10 13 (3.98%) JavaScript Developer
10 13 (3.98%) Senior Architect
11 12 (3.67%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.36%) ERP Developer
12 11 (3.36%) Full Stack Developer
12 11 (3.36%) Graduate
12 11 (3.36%) Graduate Developer
13 10 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (3.06%) Junior
13 10 (3.06%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (29.05%) HTML
2 64 (19.57%) REST
3 55 (16.82%) CSS
4 47 (14.37%) React
5 46 (14.07%) RESTful
6 39 (11.93%) JSON
7 35 (10.70%) Node.js
8 32 (9.79%) Web Services
9 31 (9.48%) .NET
9 31 (9.48%) OpenID
10 30 (9.17%) SAML
11 28 (8.56%) XML
12 23 (7.03%) AngularJS
12 23 (7.03%) Laravel
13 17 (5.20%) JWT
14 11 (3.36%) HTML5
15 10 (3.06%) Django
15 10 (3.06%) Kafka
15 10 (3.06%) RabbitMQ
15 10 (3.06%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.31%) Cloud Native
2 35 (10.70%) Cyberattack
3 22 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (6.42%) Data Centre
5 19 (5.81%) IoT
6 16 (4.89%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.98%) Management Information System
8 12 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.45%) CUDA
9 8 (2.45%) EFT
9 8 (2.45%) GNSS
9 8 (2.45%) Tandem
10 7 (2.14%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.14%) Arduino
10 7 (2.14%) Clustering
10 7 (2.14%) Raspberry Pi
11 6 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.53%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (33.94%) Linux
2 101 (30.89%) Windows
3 42 (12.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (7.34%) Unix
5 18 (5.50%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.53%) CentOS
7 3 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.61%) Android
8 2 (0.61%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.31%) Solaris
9 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (32.11%) DevOps
2 82 (25.08%) Agile
3 71 (21.71%) Software Engineering
4 69 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (20.18%) Computer Science
5 66 (20.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 55 (16.82%) Microservices
7 50 (15.29%) Software Architecture
8 47 (14.37%) CI/CD
9 43 (13.15%) Infrastructure as Code
10 42 (12.84%) Roadmaps
11 38 (11.62%) Actionable Insight
11 38 (11.62%) SDLC
12 37 (11.31%) Full Stack Development
13 36 (11.01%) Technical Leadership
13 36 (11.01%) Technology Roadmap
14 32 (9.79%) Cloud Security
14 32 (9.79%) Line Management
14 32 (9.79%) Test Automation
15 30 (9.17%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 115 (35.17%) Python
2 85 (25.99%) SQL
3 74 (22.63%) JavaScript
4 68 (20.80%) Java
5 66 (20.18%) PowerShell
6 46 (14.07%) Bash
7 38 (11.62%) PHP
8 25 (7.65%) TypeScript
9 23 (7.03%) C#
10 21 (6.42%) T-SQL
11 13 (3.98%) C
12 12 (3.67%) C++
13 9 (2.75%) Apex Code
14 7 (2.14%) Ruby
15 6 (1.83%) Perl
16 5 (1.53%) VB
17 4 (1.22%) ActionScript
17 4 (1.22%) ActionScript 2.0
17 4 (1.22%) Shell Script
17 4 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 71 (21.71%) Security Cleared
2 62 (18.96%) Degree
3 60 (18.35%) DV Cleared
4 34 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (9.48%) AWS Certification
6 29 (8.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 21 (6.42%) SC Cleared
8 14 (4.28%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.14%) CCNA
9 7 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.14%) PhD
10 6 (1.83%) CREST Certified
11 4 (1.22%) GIAC
12 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.61%) CASP
13 2 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.61%) Linux+ Certification
13 2 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.89%) QA
2 12 (3.67%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.75%) GDPR
4 7 (2.14%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.92%) NIST
7 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.61%) WCAG
8 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 59 (18.04%) Docker
2 40 (12.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (11.31%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.03%) Firmware
5 20 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (3.98%) Active Directory
7 11 (3.36%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (2.75%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.92%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.61%) NFS
10 2 (0.61%) Varnish
10 2 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 64 (19.57%) Terraform
2 61 (18.65%) Kubernetes
3 53 (16.21%) Puppet
4 43 (13.15%) Ansible
5 10 (3.06%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.45%) SCCM
6 8 (2.45%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.83%) Grafana
8 5 (1.53%) Packer
8 5 (1.53%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.92%) Consul
10 2 (0.61%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.61%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.31%) Cacti
11 1 (0.31%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.31%) HP SiteScope
11 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.31%) Perfmon
11 1 (0.31%) Pingdom
11 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 70 (21.41%) Microsoft
2 58 (17.74%) VMware
3 40 (12.23%) Red Hat
4 23 (7.03%) Google
5 19 (5.81%) SAP
6 14 (4.28%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.06%) Cisco
7 10 (3.06%) Oracle
8 9 (2.75%) Citrix
8 9 (2.75%) Juniper
9 8 (2.45%) Globalscape
10 7 (2.14%) Arista
10 7 (2.14%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.14%) NVIDIA
10 7 (2.14%) Tufin
11 5 (1.53%) F5
11 5 (1.53%) IBM
12 4 (1.22%) Apple
13 3 (0.92%) Software AG
13 3 (0.92%) Splunk