RESTful Contracts with Work from Home Options

RESTful
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for RESTful skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RESTful 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 153 165 121
Rank change year-on-year +12 -44 0
Contract jobs citing RESTful 205 384 946
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.36% 1.53% 2.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.64% 6.05% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 304 685
10th Percentile £375 £369 £400
25th Percentile £431 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £549 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% +4.52% +6.06%
75th Percentile £584 £700 £615
90th Percentile £650 £750 £723
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 16
10th Percentile - £66.05 £48.50
25th Percentile £75.00 £68.38 £51.88
Median hourly rate £80.00 £73.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.84% +22.50% +50.00%
75th Percentile £87.50 £77.38 £64.31
90th Percentile £89.00 £78.95 £72.56
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £75.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% +25.00% +30.43%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

RESTful is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,636 6,344 12,982
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.12% 25.29% 29.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,551 4,723 9,580
10th Percentile £331 £399 £400
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +12.82%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £638
90th Percentile £788 £750 £730
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 80 116
10th Percentile £24.45 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.60 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.65
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +10.56%

RESTful
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing RESTful as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

RESTful trend for jobs with a WFH option

RESTful
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing RESTful.

RESTful daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

RESTful
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing RESTful over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

RESTful daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

RESTful
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing RESTful.

RESTful hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

RESTful
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (2.44%) Confluence
1 5 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.46%) Apache
3 3 (1.46%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.46%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.98%) CMS
4 2 (0.98%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.98%) WordPress
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.49%) Drupal
5 1 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.44%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.95%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.49%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 83 (40.49%) AWS
2 46 (22.44%) Azure
3 22 (10.73%) GCP
4 18 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (7.80%) Serverless
6 8 (3.90%) npm
7 7 (3.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (3.41%) Amazon S3
7 7 (3.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (3.41%) GitHub
8 5 (2.44%) AWS Step Functions
8 5 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.44%) PaaS
9 4 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.95%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.95%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.95%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.95%) SaaS
10 3 (1.46%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.71%) HTTP
2 3 (1.46%) BGP
2 3 (1.46%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (1.46%) Firewall
2 3 (1.46%) IOS XR
2 3 (1.46%) SSL
2 3 (1.46%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.49%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.71%) SQL Server
2 23 (11.22%) MongoDB
2 23 (11.22%) NoSQL
3 21 (10.24%) Relational Database
4 16 (7.80%) MySQL
5 11 (5.37%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (3.90%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (3.41%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.95%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.95%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.95%) Power BI
8 4 (1.95%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.46%) Redis
10 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.98%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.98%) Tableau
11 1 (0.49%) Couchbase
11 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (15.61%) Git
2 17 (8.29%) Jenkins
3 15 (7.32%) JIRA
4 9 (4.39%) Android Studio
5 8 (3.90%) GitLab
5 8 (3.90%) Mockito
6 7 (3.41%) Selenium
7 5 (2.44%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.44%) Xcode
7 5 (2.44%) XCUITest
8 4 (1.95%) CircleCI
8 4 (1.95%) webpack
9 3 (1.46%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.46%) Babel
9 3 (1.46%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.46%) HP UFT
9 3 (1.46%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (1.46%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.98%) Postman
10 2 (0.98%) WebDriver
General
1 59 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (11.71%) Finance
4 20 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.83%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.85%) Banking
7 4 (1.95%) Electronics
7 4 (1.95%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.95%) Marketing
8 2 (0.98%) Front Office
9 1 (0.49%) Advertising
9 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.49%) Publishing
9 1 (0.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (47.80%) Developer
2 28 (13.66%) Software Engineer
3 24 (11.71%) Senior
4 18 (8.78%) Architect
5 12 (5.85%) Scala Developer
6 11 (5.37%) Python Developer
6 11 (5.37%) Senior Developer
6 11 (5.37%) Software Developer
7 10 (4.88%) Java Developer
7 10 (4.88%) Lead
7 10 (4.88%) Python Engineer
8 9 (4.39%) .NET Developer
8 9 (4.39%) Android Developer
8 9 (4.39%) AWS Developer
8 9 (4.39%) Full Stack Developer
8 9 (4.39%) Site Engineer
8 9 (4.39%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 8 (3.90%) Consultant
9 8 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.41%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (18.54%) Node.js
2 31 (15.12%) CSS
3 30 (14.63%) HTML
4 29 (14.15%) Web Services
5 26 (12.68%) .NET
6 25 (12.20%) React
7 23 (11.22%) Kafka
8 22 (10.73%) AngularJS
9 20 (9.76%) SOAP
10 19 (9.27%) Spring
11 18 (8.78%) Spring Boot
12 17 (8.29%) JSON
13 16 (7.80%) OAuth
13 16 (7.80%) XML
14 15 (7.32%) REST
15 14 (6.83%) FastAPI
16 13 (6.34%) Akka
16 13 (6.34%) jQuery
17 12 (5.85%) OpenID
18 10 (4.88%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.24%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (9.76%) Mobile App
3 14 (6.83%) Data Structures
4 10 (4.88%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.44%) IVR
6 4 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.46%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.46%) Verilog
7 3 (1.46%) VHDL
8 2 (0.98%) Contactless
8 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.98%) Digital Wallet
8 2 (0.98%) Mobile Banking
8 2 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.49%) Derivative
9 1 (0.49%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.27%) Linux
2 13 (6.34%) Android
3 7 (3.41%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.44%) Windows
5 3 (1.46%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.46%) Unix
6 2 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (36.59%) Agile
2 53 (25.85%) CI/CD
3 49 (23.90%) Microservices
4 44 (21.46%) DevOps
5 41 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (19.51%) Software Engineering
7 32 (15.61%) Unit Testing
8 28 (13.66%) User Experience
9 25 (12.20%) API Development
10 24 (11.71%) Scrum
11 22 (10.73%) Clean Code
11 22 (10.73%) Full Stack Development
12 21 (10.24%) Test Automation
12 21 (10.24%) UX Design
13 19 (9.27%) SDLC
14 18 (8.78%) End-to-End Testing
15 16 (7.80%) Computer Science
15 16 (7.80%) Front End Development
16 15 (7.32%) API Integration
16 15 (7.32%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 61 (29.76%) Java
2 56 (27.32%) JavaScript
3 52 (25.37%) Python
4 44 (21.46%) SQL
5 24 (11.71%) C#
6 21 (10.24%) TypeScript
7 20 (9.76%) Scala
8 15 (7.32%) Kotlin
9 12 (5.85%) C++
10 11 (5.37%) Shell Script
11 9 (4.39%) Go
12 7 (3.41%) C
12 7 (3.41%) PHP
13 6 (2.93%) Ruby
14 5 (2.44%) Swift
15 4 (1.95%) Bash
15 4 (1.95%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (1.95%) PowerShell
16 3 (1.46%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.49%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 36 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.15%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.78%) Degree
4 10 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.95%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.34%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.41%) QA
3 2 (0.98%) GDPR
3 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.98%) PSD2
3 2 (0.98%) WCAG
4 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.49%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (12.20%) Docker
2 9 (4.39%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 3 (1.46%) vCloud
3 3 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.46%) VirtualBox
3 3 (1.46%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (14.63%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.34%) Prometheus
3 12 (5.85%) Terraform
4 10 (4.88%) Grafana
5 9 (4.39%) Ansible
5 9 (4.39%) Consul
6 3 (1.46%) Autotask
6 3 (1.46%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.46%) Puppet
6 3 (1.46%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (8.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.32%) Oracle
3 13 (6.34%) OpenAI
4 10 (4.88%) Google
5 9 (4.39%) SaltStack
6 6 (2.93%) TOWER Software
7 5 (2.44%) Genesys
7 5 (2.44%) IBM
7 5 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.44%) SAP
8 3 (1.46%) Arista
8 3 (1.46%) BMC
8 3 (1.46%) Cisco
8 3 (1.46%) Micro Focus
8 3 (1.46%) Remedy
8 3 (1.46%) VMware
9 2 (0.98%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.98%) ForgeRock
9 2 (0.98%) PayPal
9 2 (0.98%) Xamarin