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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 591 515 279
Rank change year-on-year -76 -236 +44
Permanent jobs citing HTTP 329 568 2,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.55% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.41% 3.56% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 212 324 667
10th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,500 £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 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £86,688 £97,125 £101,750
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 13,628 15,972 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.82% 15.39% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 8,150 11,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -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 £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -

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 3 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 3 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 -61 292 £55,000 -20.80% 72
UK excluding London -34 238 £52,500 -14.19% 43
Work from Home -47 116 £55,000 -20.80% 33
South West +9 84 £53,750 -10.42% 6
London -26 84 £65,000 -17.46% 34
South East -22 53 £42,500 -37.04% 13
Midlands +14 30 £55,000 -15.38% 7
West Midlands +28 27 £61,250 +22.50% 5
North of England +6 27 £65,000 +13.04% 7
Northern Ireland +38 17 £35,000 - 6
North West -8 17 £70,000 +40.00% 3
East of England +17 12 £34,500 -52.08%
Scotland -84 9 £50,000 -28.57% 4
Yorkshire +47 7 £55,000 -10.10% 4
Wales +2 6 £40,000 -
North East -2 3 £65,000 -7.14% 1
East Midlands -16 3 £34,500 -46.92% 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 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.43%) IIS
4 7 (2.13%) nginx
5 6 (1.82%) Apache
6 4 (1.22%) Drupal
7 3 (0.91%) Confluence
7 3 (0.91%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.91%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.91%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.91%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.61%) Moodle
9 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.30%) CMS
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.30%) SAS
9 1 (0.30%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (2.74%) Trello
2 7 (2.13%) InfoPath
2 7 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (4.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.91%) Maximo
2 3 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 147 (44.68%) AWS
2 115 (34.95%) Azure
3 46 (13.98%) SaaS
4 37 (11.25%) OpenShift
5 32 (9.73%) AWS CloudFormation
6 25 (7.60%) Serverless
7 23 (6.99%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (5.78%) Azure App Service
10 18 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (5.17%) Matillion
12 11 (3.34%) GCP
13 10 (3.04%) Entra ID
14 9 (2.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 9 (2.74%) Azure Functions
14 9 (2.74%) PaaS
15 8 (2.43%) Power Platform
16 7 (2.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 151 (45.90%) DNS
2 134 (40.73%) TCP/IP
3 85 (25.84%) DHCP
4 52 (15.81%) Internet
5 43 (13.07%) SMTP
6 26 (7.90%) FTP
6 26 (7.90%) SSL
7 25 (7.60%) MQTT
8 21 (6.38%) Firewall
9 19 (5.78%) VPN
10 15 (4.56%) SNMP
11 14 (4.26%) LAN
12 13 (3.95%) HTTPS
12 13 (3.95%) SSH
13 12 (3.65%) WAN
14 8 (2.43%) BGP
14 8 (2.43%) Telnet
15 7 (2.13%) EIGRP
15 7 (2.13%) IGRP
15 7 (2.13%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.77%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.60%) MySQL
3 19 (5.78%) NoSQL
4 16 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.65%) DynamoDB
6 10 (3.04%) GIS
6 10 (3.04%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (2.13%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (2.13%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.82%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.91%) DB2
12 2 (0.61%) Power BI
12 2 (0.61%) Redis
13 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.30%) Sisense
13 1 (0.30%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 28 (8.51%) Git
2 16 (4.86%) JIRA
3 14 (4.26%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.74%) GitLab
5 4 (1.22%) Subversion
5 4 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.91%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.91%) Postman
6 3 (0.91%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.61%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.61%) Hudson
7 2 (0.61%) Moq
7 2 (0.61%) MSBuild
7 2 (0.61%) MSTest
7 2 (0.61%) Protractor
7 2 (0.61%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.61%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.61%) webpack
General
1 115 (34.95%) Social Skills
2 74 (22.49%) Finance
3 40 (12.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (8.51%) Manufacturing
5 28 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.38%) Telecoms
7 20 (6.08%) Marketing
8 19 (5.78%) Electronics
9 13 (3.95%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.74%) Retail
11 8 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.52%) Banking
13 4 (1.22%) Advertising
13 4 (1.22%) Games
14 3 (0.91%) Automotive
14 3 (0.91%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.61%) Legal
16 1 (0.30%) Law
16 1 (0.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 92 (27.96%) Senior
2 77 (23.40%) Developer
3 60 (18.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (12.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 33 (10.03%) Architect
6 30 (9.12%) Software Engineer
7 27 (8.21%) DevOps Engineer
8 24 (7.29%) Lead
9 16 (4.86%) Analyst
10 15 (4.56%) Cloud Architect
11 13 (3.95%) JavaScript Developer
11 13 (3.95%) Senior Architect
12 12 (3.65%) ERP Developer
12 12 (3.65%) Full Stack Developer
12 12 (3.65%) Graduate
12 12 (3.65%) Graduate Developer
12 12 (3.65%) Support Engineer
13 10 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (3.04%) Junior
13 10 (3.04%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (29.18%) HTML
2 64 (19.45%) REST
3 57 (17.33%) CSS
4 49 (14.89%) React
5 43 (13.07%) RESTful
6 37 (11.25%) JSON
7 35 (10.64%) Node.js
8 31 (9.42%) .NET
8 31 (9.42%) OpenID
9 30 (9.12%) SAML
10 29 (8.81%) Web Services
10 29 (8.81%) XML
11 23 (6.99%) Laravel
12 22 (6.69%) AngularJS
13 17 (5.17%) JWT
14 11 (3.34%) Django
14 11 (3.34%) HTML5
15 10 (3.04%) Sass
16 9 (2.74%) Kafka
16 9 (2.74%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.25%) Cloud Native
2 35 (10.64%) Cyberattack
3 23 (6.99%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (5.78%) Data Centre
5 18 (5.47%) IoT
6 17 (5.17%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.95%) Management Information System
8 10 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.43%) Arduino
9 8 (2.43%) CUDA
9 8 (2.43%) EFT
9 8 (2.43%) GNSS
9 8 (2.43%) Raspberry Pi
9 8 (2.43%) Tandem
10 7 (2.13%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.13%) Clustering
10 7 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 113 (34.35%) Linux
2 102 (31.00%) Windows
3 43 (13.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (7.29%) Unix
5 18 (5.47%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.82%) CentOS
7 3 (0.91%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.61%) Android
8 2 (0.61%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.30%) Solaris
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (32.22%) DevOps
2 81 (24.62%) Agile
3 69 (20.97%) Software Engineering
4 68 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (20.06%) Computer Science
5 66 (20.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 53 (16.11%) Microservices
7 52 (15.81%) Software Architecture
8 48 (14.59%) CI/CD
9 43 (13.07%) Infrastructure as Code
10 42 (12.77%) Actionable Insight
10 42 (12.77%) Roadmaps
11 39 (11.85%) SDLC
12 38 (11.55%) Full Stack Development
13 36 (10.94%) Technical Leadership
13 36 (10.94%) Technology Roadmap
14 32 (9.73%) Cloud Security
14 32 (9.73%) Test Automation
15 31 (9.42%) User Experience
16 30 (9.12%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 119 (36.17%) Python
2 84 (25.53%) SQL
3 76 (23.10%) JavaScript
4 71 (21.58%) Java
5 67 (20.36%) PowerShell
6 48 (14.59%) Bash
7 39 (11.85%) PHP
8 26 (7.90%) TypeScript
9 23 (6.99%) C#
10 21 (6.38%) T-SQL
11 13 (3.95%) C
12 12 (3.65%) C++
13 9 (2.74%) Apex Code
14 7 (2.13%) Perl
14 7 (2.13%) Ruby
15 5 (1.52%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.52%) VB
16 4 (1.22%) ActionScript
16 4 (1.22%) ActionScript 2.0
16 4 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 75 (22.80%) Security Cleared
2 62 (18.84%) Degree
2 62 (18.84%) DV Cleared
3 35 (10.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (9.42%) AWS Certification
5 29 (8.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 23 (6.99%) SC Cleared
7 13 (3.95%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.13%) CCNA
8 7 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.82%) CREST Certified
9 6 (1.82%) PhD
10 4 (1.22%) GIAC
11 3 (0.91%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.61%) CASP
12 2 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.61%) Linux+ Certification
12 2 (0.61%) MCSE
12 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.95%) QA
2 12 (3.65%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.74%) GDPR
4 7 (2.13%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.91%) NIST
7 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.61%) NCSC
7 2 (0.61%) WCAG
8 1 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 62 (18.84%) Docker
2 42 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (11.85%) Hyper-V
4 24 (7.29%) Firmware
5 20 (6.08%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (3.95%) Active Directory
7 11 (3.34%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (2.74%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.91%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.61%) NFS
10 2 (0.61%) Varnish
10 2 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 64 (19.45%) Terraform
2 61 (18.54%) Kubernetes
3 53 (16.11%) Puppet
4 45 (13.68%) Ansible
5 10 (3.04%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.43%) SCCM
6 8 (2.43%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.82%) Grafana
8 5 (1.52%) Packer
8 5 (1.52%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.91%) Consul
9 3 (0.91%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.61%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.61%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.30%) Cacti
11 1 (0.30%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.30%) HP SiteScope
11 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.30%) Perfmon
11 1 (0.30%) Pingdom
Vendors
1 69 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 60 (18.24%) VMware
3 43 (13.07%) Red Hat
4 22 (6.69%) Google
5 19 (5.78%) SAP
6 14 (4.26%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.34%) Cisco
8 10 (3.04%) Juniper
8 10 (3.04%) Oracle
9 9 (2.74%) Citrix
10 8 (2.43%) Globalscape
10 8 (2.43%) NVIDIA
11 7 (2.13%) Arista
11 7 (2.13%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.13%) Tufin
12 6 (1.82%) F5
12 6 (1.82%) IBM
13 4 (1.22%) Apple
13 4 (1.22%) Splunk
14 3 (0.91%) CheckPoint