RESTful Contract Job Trends in England

RESTful
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring RESTful skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 170 187
Rank change year-on-year -27 +17 +20
Contract jobs citing RESTful 628 455 485
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.39% 1.68% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.33% 7.54% 6.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 326 336
10th Percentile £350 £320 £363
25th Percentile £413 £390 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £650
90th Percentile £650 £688 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 7
10th Percentile £54.75 £48.13 £47.70
25th Percentile £63.75 £51.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £85.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £59.38 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +6.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

RESTful 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 8,564 6,037 7,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.02% 22.27% 21.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,648 4,147 5,498
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £428 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £777 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 139 263
10th Percentile £30.30 £31.15 £23.84
25th Percentile £51.25 £48.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.20 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £55.63
% change year-on-year +16.07% +0.67% -14.42%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

RESTful job vacancy trend in England

RESTful
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RESTful

RESTful
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RESTful in England over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for RESTful in England

RESTful
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing RESTful

RESTful
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing RESTful in England over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for RESTful in England

RESTful
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 RESTful within the England region over the 6 months to 11 July 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 -10 335 £500 -2.72% 78
North of England -37 112 £455 +4.60% 52
South East -27 80 £515 +11.23% 51
North West -40 50 £449 +12.13% 29
Yorkshire -32 45 £500 +12.36% 19
Midlands -70 44 £493 +7.41% 15
South West -14 35 £445 -17.21% 11
West Midlands -66 25 £513 +2.50% 10
North East -21 17 £450 -10.00% 4
East Midlands -33 17 £445 +10.70% 5
East of England -25 13 £500 -8.26% 15
RESTful
UK

RESTful
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 33 (5.25%) Confluence
2 10 (1.59%) Ethereum
2 10 (1.59%) Hyperledger
3 9 (1.43%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.11%) CICS
4 7 (1.11%) CMS
5 5 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.80%) Camunda
5 5 (0.80%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.64%) Appian
6 4 (0.64%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.48%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.32%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.32%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) Mule
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.43%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.48%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.80%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.64%) Quorum
2 4 (0.64%) Ripple
3 3 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.16%) Maximo
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.16%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 240 (38.22%) AWS
2 223 (35.51%) Azure
3 112 (17.83%) GitHub
4 97 (15.45%) Serverless
5 79 (12.58%) GitHub Actions
6 75 (11.94%) Azure DevOps
7 70 (11.15%) AWS Lambda
8 68 (10.83%) GCP
9 52 (8.28%) Amazon S3
10 37 (5.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 36 (5.73%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (4.46%) Amazon SQS
13 27 (4.30%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (3.82%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (3.03%) Entra ID
16 18 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (2.55%) Azure Service Bus
18 15 (2.39%) Azure Functions
18 15 (2.39%) Route 53
19 14 (2.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.71%) HTTP
2 4 (0.64%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.64%) MQTT
2 4 (0.64%) Network Security
3 2 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.16%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.16%) 4G
4 1 (0.16%) 5G
4 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.16%) DNS
4 1 (0.16%) LTE
4 1 (0.16%) NFC
4 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.16%) SNMP
4 1 (0.16%) SSH
4 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (21.02%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (13.85%) NoSQL
3 77 (12.26%) Relational Database
4 62 (9.87%) SQL Server
5 54 (8.60%) MongoDB
6 41 (6.53%) DynamoDB
7 34 (5.41%) MySQL
8 30 (4.78%) Amazon RDS
9 25 (3.98%) Amazon Aurora
10 18 (2.87%) Redis
11 11 (1.75%) Db2
12 10 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
13 9 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (1.27%) Power BI
15 7 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.96%) Flink
17 5 (0.80%) Pinecone
18 4 (0.64%) RDBMS
19 3 (0.48%) GIS
Development Applications
1 164 (26.11%) Git
2 108 (17.20%) Jenkins
3 66 (10.51%) GitLab
4 58 (9.24%) JUnit
5 52 (8.28%) JIRA
6 38 (6.05%) Mockito
7 28 (4.46%) Maven
7 28 (4.46%) SonarQube
8 27 (4.30%) Gradle
9 22 (3.50%) Postman
10 20 (3.18%) Cucumber
11 15 (2.39%) Visual Studio
12 12 (1.91%) Cypress.io
12 12 (1.91%) DbUnit
12 12 (1.91%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.75%) Bitbucket Server
13 11 (1.75%) jMock
14 10 (1.59%) fastlane
14 10 (1.59%) Selenium
15 9 (1.43%) Xcode
General
1 129 (20.54%) Social Skills
2 121 (19.27%) Finance
3 101 (16.08%) Public Sector
4 75 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (10.67%) Banking
6 27 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.39%) Retail
8 12 (1.91%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.59%) Marketing
10 8 (1.27%) Law
11 7 (1.11%) Front Office
11 7 (1.11%) Legal
11 7 (1.11%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.96%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.64%) Local Government
13 4 (0.64%) Police
13 4 (0.64%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.48%) Automotive
14 3 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 405 (64.49%) Developer
2 130 (20.70%) Senior
3 126 (20.06%) Java Developer
4 86 (13.69%) Senior Developer
5 77 (12.26%) Full-Stack Developer
6 53 (8.44%) Python Developer
7 43 (6.85%) .NET Developer
8 40 (6.37%) Software Engineer
9 39 (6.21%) Architect
10 35 (5.57%) Senior Java Developer
11 33 (5.25%) React Developer
12 26 (4.14%) Backend Developer
13 25 (3.98%) C# Developer
14 24 (3.82%) Software Developer
15 21 (3.34%) Java Engineer
16 20 (3.18%) AWS Developer
16 20 (3.18%) Lead
17 17 (2.71%) Senior Software Engineer
18 16 (2.55%) C# .NET Developer
18 16 (2.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (26.75%) REST
2 167 (26.59%) Spring
3 163 (25.96%) Spring Boot
4 134 (21.34%) React
5 117 (18.63%) .NET
6 116 (18.47%) Kafka
7 86 (13.69%) CSS
8 82 (13.06%) HTML
9 74 (11.78%) AngularJS
10 72 (11.46%) Node.js
11 58 (9.24%) OAuth
12 49 (7.80%) Web Services
13 46 (7.32%) Swagger
14 44 (7.01%) JSON
15 43 (6.85%) .NET Core
15 43 (6.85%) HTML5
15 43 (6.85%) OAuth2
16 40 (6.37%) OpenAPI
17 39 (6.21%) SOAP
18 38 (6.05%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 120 (19.11%) Cloud Native
2 97 (15.45%) Distributed Systems
3 92 (14.65%) Product Ownership
4 34 (5.41%) Mobile App
5 28 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.66%) Data Structures
7 21 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (2.55%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (2.07%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.43%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.27%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.27%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.11%) DataPower
14 7 (1.11%) Mainframe
14 7 (1.11%) NHS
14 7 (1.11%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.96%) Blockchain
15 6 (0.96%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.85%) Linux
2 23 (3.66%) Unix
3 20 (3.18%) Apple iOS
4 19 (3.03%) Android
5 17 (2.71%) Windows
6 7 (1.11%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (62.26%) CI/CD
2 336 (53.50%) Agile
3 327 (52.07%) Microservices
4 243 (38.69%) DevOps
5 194 (30.89%) Containerisation
6 152 (24.20%) Test Automation
7 134 (21.34%) Problem-Solving
8 133 (21.18%) Event-Driven
8 133 (21.18%) Scrum
9 129 (20.54%) Full-Stack Development
10 113 (17.99%) Software Engineering
11 100 (15.92%) Code Quality
12 97 (15.45%) API Design
13 91 (14.49%) Infrastructure as Code
14 90 (14.33%) API Development
15 87 (13.85%) Clean Code
16 86 (13.69%) TDD
17 84 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
18 79 (12.58%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 71 (11.31%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 271 (43.15%) Java
2 187 (29.78%) SQL
3 172 (27.39%) Python
4 144 (22.93%) JavaScript
5 136 (21.66%) C#
6 114 (18.15%) TypeScript
7 33 (5.25%) Kotlin
8 27 (4.30%) Go
9 26 (4.14%) Shell Script
10 20 (3.18%) Bicep
11 18 (2.87%) Swift
12 11 (1.75%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.43%) Ruby
13 9 (1.43%) Scala
14 8 (1.27%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.27%) Rust
15 7 (1.11%) Objective-C
16 6 (0.96%) JCL
17 5 (0.80%) Bash
17 5 (0.80%) X++
Qualifications
1 159 (25.32%) Security Cleared
2 124 (19.75%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.05%) Degree
4 28 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.71%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.91%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (1.27%) CCSP
10 8 (1.27%) CEH
10 8 (1.27%) CISM
10 8 (1.27%) CISSP
10 8 (1.27%) OSCP
11 5 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.64%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.48%) MBA
14 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (14.01%) QA
2 67 (10.67%) Accessibility
3 41 (6.53%) WCAG
4 10 (1.59%) NCSC
5 9 (1.43%) NIST
6 8 (1.27%) COBIT
6 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.96%) GDPR
8 4 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.48%) SLA
10 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.32%) HL7
10 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.16%) Basel III
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.16%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 232 (36.94%) Docker
2 9 (1.43%) Postfix
3 6 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.64%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 194 (30.89%) Kubernetes
2 79 (12.58%) Terraform
3 41 (6.53%) Grafana
4 35 (5.57%) Prometheus
5 16 (2.55%) Ansible
6 6 (0.96%) Kibana
7 4 (0.64%) Podman
7 4 (0.64%) Puppet
8 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.32%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.32%) Consul
9 2 (0.32%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 56 (8.92%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.05%) Oracle
3 22 (3.50%) Google
4 18 (2.87%) Dynatrace
5 14 (2.23%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.07%) Atlassian
6 13 (2.07%) Splunk
7 11 (1.75%) Jaspersoft
8 9 (1.43%) Adobe
8 9 (1.43%) New Relic
8 9 (1.43%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.27%) Sybase
9 8 (1.27%) Veracode
10 7 (1.11%) Apple
10 7 (1.11%) Databricks
10 7 (1.11%) Okta
10 7 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.80%) IBM
11 5 (0.80%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.80%) UiPath