REST Contract Job Trends in England

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 96 119
Rank change year-on-year +8 +23 -4
Contract jobs citing REST 1,254 665 721
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.88% 2.63% 1.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.11% 11.66% 9.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 480 501
10th Percentile £363 £358 £375
25th Percentile £413 £410 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £521
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.10% -5.21%
75th Percentile £638 £607 £625
90th Percentile £728 £698 £738
UK median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 17
10th Percentile £54.00 £49.25 £27.00
25th Percentile £56.25 - £36.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -28.57% +28.59%
75th Percentile £75.00 £55.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £91.25 £60.59 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -28.57% +27.27%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

REST falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,301 5,704 7,895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.10% 22.57% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,472 3,942 5,497
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 119 263
10th Percentile £30.35 £31.05 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £48.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -10.77%
75th Percentile £74.82 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.16 £81.01 £74.49
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing REST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

REST job vacancy trend in England

REST
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing REST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing REST

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for REST in England

REST
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing REST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing REST

REST
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing REST in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for REST in England

REST
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the England region over the 6 months to 27 June 2026. 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
London +19 686 £548 +0.55% 153
North of England +9 185 £460 +6.05% 47
South East -10 157 £525 +10.53% 76
Yorkshire +26 96 £460 -8.00% 14
Midlands -29 93 £475 +13.10% 30
North West -32 72 £500 +23.46% 28
South West +7 69 £508 -11.74% 23
West Midlands -29 62 £478 +0.66% 21
East of England -15 36 £600 +17.07% 12
East Midlands -12 29 £455 +22.48% 9
North East -23 17 £450 +6.36% 6
REST
UK

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 51 (4.07%) Confluence
2 29 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.52%) Apache
4 14 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.04%) Camunda
5 13 (1.04%) IIS
6 12 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.88%) Appian
7 11 (0.88%) OpenStack
8 10 (0.80%) Ethereum
8 10 (0.80%) Hyperledger
9 8 (0.64%) CMS
9 8 (0.64%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.64%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.56%) Anypoint
10 7 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.48%) Mule
11 6 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
12 5 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
2 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.080%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.080%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.080%) InDesign
4 1 (0.080%) Maya
4 1 (0.080%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.080%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
5 8 (0.64%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.64%) Shopify
6 7 (0.56%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.48%) Remedy AR System
8 5 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.40%) R3 Corda
9 4 (0.32%) Maximo
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
9 4 (0.32%) Quorum
9 4 (0.32%) Ripple
10 3 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
10 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 447 (35.65%) Azure
2 384 (30.62%) AWS
3 150 (11.96%) GitHub
4 141 (11.24%) GCP
5 136 (10.85%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.53%) Serverless
7 101 (8.05%) GitHub Actions
8 77 (6.14%) Power Platform
9 71 (5.66%) Entra ID
10 64 (5.10%) Amazon S3
11 49 (3.91%) Amazon SQS
12 47 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
13 43 (3.43%) SaaS
14 37 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
15 36 (2.87%) Amazon EC2
15 36 (2.87%) Azure Functions
15 36 (2.87%) OCI
16 32 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 29 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
17 29 (2.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.63%) HTTP
2 19 (1.52%) SNMP
3 13 (1.04%) BGP
3 13 (1.04%) WAN
4 11 (0.88%) HTTPS
4 11 (0.88%) MPLS
5 10 (0.80%) DNS
6 8 (0.64%) Firewall
6 8 (0.64%) FTP
6 8 (0.64%) LAN
6 8 (0.64%) Network Security
6 8 (0.64%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.40%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.32%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (0.32%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.32%) OSPF
8 4 (0.32%) SMS
8 4 (0.32%) VLAN
9 3 (0.24%) DHCP
9 3 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (11.96%) PostgreSQL
2 122 (9.73%) SQL Server
3 116 (9.25%) Relational Database
4 66 (5.26%) NoSQL
5 53 (4.23%) Power BI
6 38 (3.03%) MongoDB
7 37 (2.95%) Amazon RDS
8 32 (2.55%) Redis
9 31 (2.47%) DynamoDB
10 25 (1.99%) MySQL
11 24 (1.91%) Amazon Aurora
12 23 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
13 21 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
13 21 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
14 20 (1.59%) Metadata
15 19 (1.52%) Data Lake
16 18 (1.44%) Big Data
17 14 (1.12%) Oracle Database
18 13 (1.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
19 12 (0.96%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 215 (17.15%) Git
2 141 (11.24%) Jenkins
3 114 (9.09%) JIRA
4 91 (7.26%) GitLab
5 71 (5.66%) JUnit
6 57 (4.55%) Postman
7 41 (3.27%) Selenium
8 38 (3.03%) Cucumber
9 36 (2.87%) Maven
10 34 (2.71%) Mockito
11 33 (2.63%) REST Assured
12 30 (2.39%) Cypress.io
13 24 (1.91%) Gradle
14 22 (1.75%) JMeter
14 22 (1.75%) SonarQube
15 14 (1.12%) CircleCI
15 14 (1.12%) Gatling
16 13 (1.04%) DbUnit
16 13 (1.04%) jMock
17 11 (0.88%) Eclipse
General
1 288 (22.97%) Social Skills
2 253 (20.18%) Finance
3 142 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (10.45%) Public Sector
5 94 (7.50%) Banking
6 48 (3.83%) Retail
7 31 (2.47%) Telecoms
8 24 (1.91%) Marketing
9 19 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (1.36%) Publishing
11 15 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.12%) Investment Banking
13 13 (1.04%) Law
14 12 (0.96%) Billing
14 12 (0.96%) Front Office
15 11 (0.88%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.88%) Legal
16 9 (0.72%) Military
17 8 (0.64%) Automotive
17 8 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 465 (37.08%) Developer
2 230 (18.34%) Architect
3 169 (13.48%) Senior
4 95 (7.58%) Java Developer
5 75 (5.98%) Senior Developer
6 71 (5.66%) Software Engineer
7 70 (5.58%) Lead
8 67 (5.34%) Full-Stack Developer
9 65 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
10 61 (4.86%) Consultant
11 43 (3.43%) Python Developer
12 38 (3.03%) ServiceNow Architect
13 34 (2.71%) Technical Architect
14 33 (2.63%) .NET Developer
15 32 (2.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 29 (2.31%) Java Engineer
17 28 (2.23%) Test Engineer
18 27 (2.15%) Backend Developer
19 26 (2.07%) Data Engineer
20 25 (1.99%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (26.48%) SOAP
2 173 (13.80%) Spring
3 163 (13.00%) React
4 160 (12.76%) .NET
5 159 (12.68%) Spring Boot
6 155 (12.36%) RESTful
7 151 (12.04%) JSON
8 135 (10.77%) Web Services
9 126 (10.05%) Kafka
10 119 (9.49%) Node.js
11 115 (9.17%) AngularJS
12 113 (9.01%) OAuth
13 109 (8.69%) HTML
14 104 (8.29%) CSS
15 96 (7.66%) XML
16 84 (6.70%) Middleware
17 83 (6.62%) GraphQL
18 52 (4.15%) OAuth2
19 47 (3.75%) Swagger
20 44 (3.51%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 171 (13.64%) Cloud Native
2 116 (9.25%) Product Ownership
3 97 (7.74%) Distributed Systems
4 60 (4.78%) CMDB
5 57 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 41 (3.27%) Onboarding
7 38 (3.03%) Mobile App
8 37 (2.95%) Management Information System
9 35 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
10 29 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (2.23%) Low-Code
12 27 (2.15%) Security Posture
12 27 (2.15%) Virtual Team
13 26 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
14 22 (1.75%) AI Agents
14 22 (1.75%) Data Structures
15 20 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (1.04%) Equities
16 13 (1.04%) Public Cloud
17 12 (0.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 80 (6.38%) Windows
2 76 (6.06%) Linux
3 22 (1.75%) Unix
4 17 (1.36%) Android
4 17 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.28%) AIX
6 10 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.64%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.64%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.56%) zOS
9 3 (0.24%) VMS
10 1 (0.080%) CentOS
10 1 (0.080%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.080%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 521 (41.55%) CI/CD
2 471 (37.56%) Agile
3 431 (34.37%) DevOps
4 315 (25.12%) Microservices
5 252 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
6 208 (16.59%) Test Automation
7 179 (14.27%) Scrum
8 177 (14.11%) Event-Driven
9 176 (14.04%) Integration Patterns
10 175 (13.96%) Containerisation
11 167 (13.32%) AI
12 165 (13.16%) Software Engineering
13 163 (13.00%) Data Modelling
14 134 (10.69%) Full-Stack Development
15 130 (10.37%) Observability
16 128 (10.21%) ITSM
17 126 (10.05%) Workflow
18 125 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
19 119 (9.49%) Roadmaps
20 118 (9.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 371 (29.59%) Java
2 345 (27.51%) Python
3 341 (27.19%) SQL
4 261 (20.81%) JavaScript
5 170 (13.56%) TypeScript
6 162 (12.92%) C#
7 117 (9.33%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.63%) Kotlin
9 31 (2.47%) Apex Code
10 29 (2.31%) Bash
11 23 (1.83%) Bicep
11 23 (1.83%) Go
12 21 (1.67%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.52%) Search Processing Language
14 17 (1.36%) Groovy
15 16 (1.28%) SOQL
16 15 (1.20%) T-SQL
17 11 (0.88%) SOSL
18 10 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 10 (0.80%) Rust
Qualifications
1 293 (23.37%) Security Cleared
2 217 (17.30%) SC Cleared
3 89 (7.10%) Degree
4 59 (4.70%) DV Cleared
5 47 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (1.67%) AWS Certification
8 20 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 15 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.20%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.88%) CISSP
11 9 (0.72%) CCIE
11 9 (0.72%) CISM
12 8 (0.64%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.64%) PMP
13 7 (0.56%) JNCIE
13 7 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.40%) MBA
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (9.17%) QA
2 55 (4.39%) Accessibility
3 45 (3.59%) Data Quality
4 41 (3.27%) GDPR
5 28 (2.23%) WCAG
6 21 (1.67%) PCI DSS
7 20 (1.59%) GRC
8 16 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.96%) NIST
11 11 (0.88%) HIPAA
12 10 (0.80%) SLA
13 9 (0.72%) NCSC
14 8 (0.64%) ISO 20022
15 7 (0.56%) SEPA
16 6 (0.48%) PSD2
17 5 (0.40%) HL7
18 4 (0.32%) IFRS
18 4 (0.32%) ISO 8583
18 4 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 224 (17.86%) Docker
2 62 (4.94%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.88%) Postfix
4 10 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.40%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.32%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 3 (0.24%) vSphere
9 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.16%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.080%) Firmware
10 1 (0.080%) IAG
10 1 (0.080%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.080%) RACF
10 1 (0.080%) Snort
10 1 (0.080%) UAG
10 1 (0.080%) Varnish
10 1 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 220 (17.54%) Kubernetes
2 112 (8.93%) Terraform
3 72 (5.74%) Ansible
4 62 (4.94%) Grafana
5 30 (2.39%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.36%) Nagios
7 17 (1.36%) ZABBIX
8 16 (1.28%) Netcool
9 15 (1.20%) Tivoli
10 13 (1.04%) OpenView
10 13 (1.04%) Tivoli Monitoring
11 5 (0.40%) Istio
11 5 (0.40%) Puppet
12 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.24%) Kibana
12 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.24%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.24%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.16%) Control-M
Vendors
1 178 (14.19%) ServiceNow
2 173 (13.80%) Microsoft
3 146 (11.64%) Oracle
4 73 (5.82%) Salesforce
5 50 (3.99%) Google
6 46 (3.67%) Splunk
7 40 (3.19%) SAP
8 36 (2.87%) BMC
9 34 (2.71%) IBM
10 33 (2.63%) MuleSoft
11 24 (1.91%) CyberArk
11 24 (1.91%) Workday
12 23 (1.83%) Databricks
12 23 (1.83%) OpenAI
13 20 (1.59%) Atlassian
14 18 (1.44%) HP
14 18 (1.44%) SolarWinds
15 17 (1.36%) Dynatrace
15 17 (1.36%) Jaspersoft
15 17 (1.36%) Remedy