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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 163 184
Rank change year-on-year -37 +21 +41
Contract jobs citing RESTful 608 479 470
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 1.75% 1.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.20% 7.85% 6.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 359 325
10th Percentile £350 £324 £350
25th Percentile £413 £389 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -10.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £650 £677 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £48.13 £47.70
25th Percentile £55.31 £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 £77.38 - £85.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £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 8,446 6,101 7,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.74% 22.24% 21.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,534 4,206 5,156
10th Percentile £363 £350 £361
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% -5.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £804
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 142 233
10th Percentile £29.44 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £50.75 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -8.16%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.92 £79.87 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £51.75
% change year-on-year +18.45% +6.04% -13.75%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -25 326 £500 -0.99% 93
North of England -60 94 £500 +17.65% 54
South East -25 88 £500 +9.89% 46
Midlands -67 43 £488 +5.41% 17
Yorkshire -37 41 £525 +27.27% 21
South West -14 35 £450 -16.28% 19
North West -50 34 £572 +37.83% 28
West Midlands -50 26 £500 - 13
North East -28 19 £450 -10.00% 6
East Midlands -31 16 £435 +8.21% 4
East of England -18 13 £500 -8.26% 22
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 30 (4.93%) Confluence
2 9 (1.48%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.15%) CICS
4 6 (0.99%) CMS
5 5 (0.82%) Ethereum
5 5 (0.82%) Hyperledger
6 4 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.66%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.33%) Appian
8 2 (0.33%) Camunda
8 2 (0.33%) Mule
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.48%) CPLEX
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.82%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.66%) Quorum
2 4 (0.66%) Ripple
3 3 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 233 (38.32%) AWS
2 226 (37.17%) Azure
3 119 (19.57%) GitHub
4 95 (15.63%) Serverless
5 82 (13.49%) GitHub Actions
6 80 (13.16%) Azure DevOps
7 70 (11.51%) AWS Lambda
8 64 (10.53%) GCP
9 49 (8.06%) Amazon S3
10 40 (6.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 39 (6.41%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (5.10%) Amazon EKS
13 28 (4.61%) Amazon SQS
14 26 (4.28%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (3.29%) Entra ID
16 18 (2.96%) Azure AKS
17 17 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
17 17 (2.80%) Azure Key Vault
18 16 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
19 15 (2.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.97%) HTTP
2 7 (1.15%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.66%) MQTT
3 4 (0.66%) Network Security
4 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.16%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.16%) 4G
5 1 (0.16%) 5G
5 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.16%) DNS
5 1 (0.16%) LTE
5 1 (0.16%) NFC
5 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.16%) SNMP
5 1 (0.16%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (21.55%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (13.16%) NoSQL
3 73 (12.01%) Relational Database
4 57 (9.38%) SQL Server
5 51 (8.39%) MongoDB
6 43 (7.07%) DynamoDB
7 34 (5.59%) MySQL
8 28 (4.61%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (4.28%) Amazon Aurora
10 18 (2.96%) Redis
11 11 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (1.81%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.64%) Db2
13 9 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.99%) Flink
14 6 (0.99%) Power BI
15 5 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (0.66%) Metadata
16 4 (0.66%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 162 (26.64%) Git
2 104 (17.11%) Jenkins
3 49 (8.06%) JUnit
4 48 (7.89%) GitLab
5 47 (7.73%) JIRA
6 36 (5.92%) Mockito
7 28 (4.61%) Maven
8 26 (4.28%) Gradle
9 23 (3.78%) SonarQube
10 20 (3.29%) Cucumber
11 19 (3.13%) Postman
12 17 (2.80%) Visual Studio
13 15 (2.47%) Cypress.io
14 12 (1.97%) DbUnit
15 11 (1.81%) Bitbucket Server
15 11 (1.81%) jMock
15 11 (1.81%) REST Assured
16 10 (1.64%) fastlane
17 9 (1.48%) MSI
17 9 (1.48%) Xcode
General
1 128 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 117 (19.24%) Finance
3 104 (17.11%) Public Sector
4 76 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (9.21%) Banking
6 28 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.96%) Retail
8 13 (2.14%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.64%) Marketing
10 8 (1.32%) Law
10 8 (1.32%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.99%) Front Office
11 6 (0.99%) Legal
12 5 (0.82%) Local Government
12 5 (0.82%) Police
13 4 (0.66%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.66%) Publishing
13 4 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 387 (63.65%) Developer
2 134 (22.04%) Senior
3 126 (20.72%) Java Developer
4 94 (15.46%) Senior Developer
5 74 (12.17%) Full-Stack Developer
6 43 (7.07%) .NET Developer
6 43 (7.07%) Python Developer
7 41 (6.74%) Software Engineer
8 39 (6.41%) Architect
8 39 (6.41%) Senior Java Developer
9 30 (4.93%) React Developer
10 26 (4.28%) C# Developer
11 24 (3.95%) Backend Developer
11 24 (3.95%) Software Developer
12 20 (3.29%) Java Engineer
12 20 (3.29%) Lead
13 18 (2.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 17 (2.80%) AWS Developer
14 17 (2.80%) C# .NET Developer
15 16 (2.63%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (29.93%) REST
2 160 (26.32%) Spring
3 156 (25.66%) Spring Boot
4 121 (19.90%) React
5 117 (19.24%) .NET
6 114 (18.75%) Kafka
7 85 (13.98%) CSS
8 78 (12.83%) HTML
9 65 (10.69%) AngularJS
10 63 (10.36%) Node.js
11 58 (9.54%) OAuth
12 49 (8.06%) Web Services
13 45 (7.40%) JSON
14 44 (7.24%) OAuth2
15 43 (7.07%) .NET Core
15 43 (7.07%) HTML5
16 40 (6.58%) CSS3
16 40 (6.58%) RabbitMQ
16 40 (6.58%) SOAP
17 39 (6.41%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 125 (20.56%) Cloud Native
2 111 (18.26%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (13.49%) Product Ownership
4 35 (5.76%) Mobile App
5 30 (4.93%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (4.11%) Data Structures
7 21 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (3.13%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.14%) Algorithms
9 13 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.64%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.48%) NHS
12 9 (1.48%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.32%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.32%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.32%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.15%) DataPower
14 7 (1.15%) Mainframe
15 6 (0.99%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.24%) Linux
2 26 (4.28%) Unix
3 21 (3.45%) Android
3 21 (3.45%) Apple iOS
4 17 (2.80%) Windows
5 7 (1.15%) zOS
6 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (62.34%) CI/CD
2 329 (54.11%) Agile
3 326 (53.62%) Microservices
4 250 (41.12%) DevOps
5 189 (31.09%) Containerisation
6 160 (26.32%) Test Automation
7 132 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
8 129 (21.22%) Full-Stack Development
9 127 (20.89%) Event-Driven
10 125 (20.56%) Scrum
11 119 (19.57%) Software Engineering
12 102 (16.78%) Code Quality
13 100 (16.45%) Infrastructure as Code
14 92 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 89 (14.64%) API Design
16 82 (13.49%) Clean Code
17 79 (12.99%) API Development
18 78 (12.83%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 75 (12.34%) TDD
20 73 (12.01%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 256 (42.11%) Java
2 180 (29.61%) SQL
3 161 (26.48%) Python
4 141 (23.19%) JavaScript
5 137 (22.53%) C#
6 112 (18.42%) TypeScript
7 36 (5.92%) Kotlin
8 26 (4.28%) Shell Script
9 24 (3.95%) Bicep
10 19 (3.13%) Swift
11 17 (2.80%) Go
12 10 (1.64%) Ruby
12 10 (1.64%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.48%) Scala
14 8 (1.32%) Objective-C
14 8 (1.32%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.32%) Rust
14 8 (1.32%) X++
15 6 (0.99%) Bash
15 6 (0.99%) JCL
Qualifications
1 161 (26.48%) Security Cleared
2 135 (22.20%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.43%) Degree
4 21 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.96%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.47%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.64%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (1.32%) CCSP
11 8 (1.32%) CEH
11 8 (1.32%) CISM
11 8 (1.32%) CISSP
11 8 (1.32%) OSCP
12 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.49%) MBA
14 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (14.31%) QA
2 70 (11.51%) Accessibility
3 45 (7.40%) WCAG
4 11 (1.81%) NCSC
5 9 (1.48%) NIST
6 8 (1.32%) COBIT
6 8 (1.32%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.15%) GDPR
8 3 (0.49%) HL7
8 3 (0.49%) SLA
9 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.16%) Basel III
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 237 (38.98%) Docker
2 9 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.48%) Postfix
3 4 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 186 (30.59%) Kubernetes
2 86 (14.14%) Terraform
3 42 (6.91%) Grafana
4 37 (6.09%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.47%) Ansible
6 7 (1.15%) Kibana
7 4 (0.66%) Podman
7 4 (0.66%) Puppet
8 3 (0.49%) Argo
8 3 (0.49%) Bosun
9 2 (0.33%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.33%) Consul
9 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.33%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 65 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.76%) Oracle
3 25 (4.11%) Google
4 19 (3.13%) Dynatrace
5 13 (2.14%) Atlassian
5 13 (2.14%) Splunk
6 12 (1.97%) New Relic
7 11 (1.81%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (1.64%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.48%) Databricks
10 7 (1.15%) Adobe
10 7 (1.15%) Apple
10 7 (1.15%) Sybase
11 6 (0.99%) IBM
11 6 (0.99%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.82%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.82%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.66%) NVIDIA
13 4 (0.66%) Okta
13 4 (0.66%) Tenable