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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 173 211
Rank change year-on-year -22 +38 -19
Contract jobs citing RESTful 560 385 405
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 1.62% 1.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.01% 7.23% 5.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 271 286
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £412 £411 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £516
Median % change year-on-year - -3.01% -14.08%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £619
90th Percentile £650 £735 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 7
10th Percentile £53.50 £50.50 £47.70
25th Percentile £68.13 £51.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -34.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77.50 £53.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £54.50 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -34.38% +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 7,994 5,328 7,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.25% 22.36% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,285 3,689 5,337
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.26%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £792 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 94 234
10th Percentile £30.66 £27.97 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.70 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.25 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -5 310 £500 -4.76% 106
North of England -24 111 £455 +13.75% 61
North West -16 58 £450 +12.50% 32
South East -43 57 £520 +8.28% 44
Midlands -71 45 £488 +4.00% 13
Yorkshire -34 40 £513 +10.81% 22
West Midlands -63 27 £488 -2.50% 7
South West -28 23 £525 -12.50% 18
East Midlands -32 16 £447 +4.20% 6
North East -17 13 £450 +21.62% 7
East of England -33 9 £500 -6.98% 16
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 26 (4.64%) Confluence
2 10 (1.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 9 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.43%) Appian
5 6 (1.07%) CMS
5 6 (1.07%) Ethereum
5 6 (1.07%) Hyperledger
6 5 (0.89%) Camunda
6 5 (0.89%) CICS
6 5 (0.89%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.54%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.36%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.36%) IIS
8 2 (0.36%) Mule
8 2 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.18%) Mendix
9 1 (0.18%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 8 (1.43%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.89%) CPLEX
2 5 (0.89%) Sketch
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.18%) Maximo
3 1 (0.18%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.18%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 232 (41.43%) AWS
2 186 (33.21%) Azure
3 91 (16.25%) Serverless
4 88 (15.71%) GitHub
5 66 (11.79%) AWS Lambda
6 60 (10.71%) Amazon S3
7 59 (10.54%) GCP
7 59 (10.54%) GitHub Actions
8 55 (9.82%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (6.07%) Amazon EC2
10 33 (5.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 30 (5.36%) Amazon ECS
11 30 (5.36%) Amazon EKS
11 30 (5.36%) Amazon SQS
12 25 (4.46%) AWS CloudFormation
13 20 (3.57%) Power Automate
14 18 (3.21%) Route 53
15 16 (2.86%) Azure AKS
15 16 (2.86%) Azure Functions
15 16 (2.86%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.32%) HTTP
2 5 (0.89%) HTTPS
2 5 (0.89%) SSL
3 4 (0.71%) DNS
4 2 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.36%) VPN
5 1 (0.18%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.18%) 4G
5 1 (0.18%) 5G
5 1 (0.18%) LTE
5 1 (0.18%) MQTT
5 1 (0.18%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.18%) SMS
5 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (20.18%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (16.25%) NoSQL
3 59 (10.54%) SQL Server
4 58 (10.36%) Relational Database
5 49 (8.75%) MongoDB
6 46 (8.21%) DynamoDB
7 34 (6.07%) Amazon RDS
8 30 (5.36%) MySQL
9 29 (5.18%) Amazon Aurora
10 20 (3.57%) Redis
11 9 (1.61%) DB2
11 9 (1.61%) DocumentDB
11 9 (1.61%) Pinecone
12 6 (1.07%) Flink
12 6 (1.07%) Power BI
13 5 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.71%) Big Data
14 4 (0.71%) GIS
15 3 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 133 (23.75%) Git
2 93 (16.61%) Jenkins
3 61 (10.89%) GitLab
4 50 (8.93%) JUnit
5 40 (7.14%) JIRA
6 34 (6.07%) Mockito
7 23 (4.11%) Postman
7 23 (4.11%) SonarQube
8 22 (3.93%) Maven
9 19 (3.39%) Cucumber
10 16 (2.86%) Gradle
11 14 (2.50%) Visual Studio
12 12 (2.14%) DbUnit
13 11 (1.96%) Bitbucket Server
13 11 (1.96%) jMock
14 10 (1.79%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.79%) Selenium
15 8 (1.43%) Liquibase
15 8 (1.43%) MLflow
16 7 (1.25%) JMeter
General
1 126 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 123 (21.96%) Finance
3 92 (16.43%) Public Sector
4 60 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (10.36%) Banking
6 12 (2.14%) Front Office
7 11 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.61%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.43%) Retail
10 5 (0.89%) Law
10 5 (0.89%) Legal
10 5 (0.89%) Marketing
10 5 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.71%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.71%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.54%) Local Government
12 3 (0.54%) Police
12 3 (0.54%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 349 (62.32%) Developer
2 113 (20.18%) Java Developer
3 101 (18.04%) Senior
4 66 (11.79%) Full-Stack Developer
5 62 (11.07%) Senior Developer
6 47 (8.39%) Python Developer
7 39 (6.96%) Software Engineer
8 34 (6.07%) Architect
9 33 (5.89%) .NET Developer
10 30 (5.36%) Senior Java Developer
11 28 (5.00%) React Developer
12 25 (4.46%) C# Developer
13 22 (3.93%) Backend Developer
13 22 (3.93%) Java Engineer
14 21 (3.75%) Lead
14 21 (3.75%) Software Developer
15 19 (3.39%) AWS Developer
16 16 (2.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 15 (2.68%) Senior Software Engineer
18 11 (1.96%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (30.54%) Spring
2 166 (29.64%) Spring Boot
3 132 (23.57%) REST
4 126 (22.50%) React
5 104 (18.57%) Kafka
6 99 (17.68%) .NET
7 81 (14.46%) AngularJS
8 72 (12.86%) HTML
9 71 (12.68%) CSS
10 68 (12.14%) Node.js
11 59 (10.54%) OAuth
12 47 (8.39%) Web Services
13 41 (7.32%) Swagger
14 40 (7.14%) OAuth2
15 38 (6.79%) Django
15 38 (6.79%) Hibernate
15 38 (6.79%) HTML5
16 37 (6.61%) OpenAPI
17 36 (6.43%) FastAPI
17 36 (6.43%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 83 (14.82%) Cloud Native
2 82 (14.64%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (12.68%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (3.57%) Mobile App
6 16 (2.86%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.50%) Low-Code
8 13 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.61%) Hedge funds
11 9 (1.61%) NHS
11 9 (1.61%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.43%) Derivative
12 8 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.43%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.07%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.07%) Equities
14 5 (0.89%) Fixed Income
14 5 (0.89%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.96%) Linux
2 21 (3.75%) Unix
3 10 (1.79%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.43%) Android
5 7 (1.25%) Windows
6 5 (0.89%) zOS
7 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 305 (54.46%) Microservices
3 288 (51.43%) Agile
4 203 (36.25%) DevOps
5 171 (30.54%) Containerisation
6 128 (22.86%) Test Automation
7 120 (21.43%) Event-Driven
8 118 (21.07%) Full-Stack Development
9 115 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
10 101 (18.04%) Scrum
11 97 (17.32%) Software Engineering
12 84 (15.00%) Clean Code
12 84 (15.00%) TDD
13 76 (13.57%) API Development
13 76 (13.57%) Code Quality
14 75 (13.39%) API Design
14 75 (13.39%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 69 (12.32%) Infrastructure as Code
16 61 (10.89%) Observability
17 59 (10.54%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 245 (43.75%) Java
2 174 (31.07%) SQL
3 137 (24.46%) Python
4 124 (22.14%) JavaScript
5 119 (21.25%) C#
6 100 (17.86%) TypeScript
7 24 (4.29%) Go
8 19 (3.39%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.68%) Kotlin
10 10 (1.79%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.61%) Bicep
12 8 (1.43%) Swift
13 7 (1.25%) Scala
14 6 (1.07%) X++
15 4 (0.71%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.71%) Bash
15 4 (0.71%) JCL
15 4 (0.71%) Ruby
15 4 (0.71%) Rust
16 3 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (24.11%) Security Cleared
2 98 (17.50%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.79%) Degree
4 27 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.32%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.61%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (1.25%) CCSP
8 7 (1.25%) CEH
8 7 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.25%) CISM
8 7 (1.25%) CISSP
8 7 (1.25%) OSCP
9 4 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.71%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.54%) MBA
11 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (13.21%) QA
2 48 (8.57%) Accessibility
3 29 (5.18%) WCAG
4 12 (2.14%) NIST
5 11 (1.96%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.96%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.25%) COBIT
8 6 (1.07%) GDPR
9 4 (0.71%) HL7
10 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.36%) SLA
10 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.18%) EMIR
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 209 (37.32%) Docker
2 9 (1.61%) Postfix
3 5 (0.89%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.54%) ISA Server
5 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 171 (30.54%) Kubernetes
2 64 (11.43%) Terraform
3 35 (6.25%) Grafana
4 30 (5.36%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.79%) Ansible
6 6 (1.07%) Kibana
7 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.36%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.36%) Consul
8 2 (0.36%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.18%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.18%) Podman
9 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 36 (6.43%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.64%) Oracle
3 21 (3.75%) Adobe
4 13 (2.32%) Atlassian
4 13 (2.32%) Google
5 12 (2.14%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.14%) Splunk
6 11 (1.96%) Jaspersoft
7 10 (1.79%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.79%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.61%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.43%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (1.43%) UiPath
9 8 (1.43%) Veracode
10 7 (1.25%) Databricks
10 7 (1.25%) Okta
10 7 (1.25%) Sybase
11 6 (1.07%) Apple
11 6 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.89%) New Relic