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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 171 207
Rank change year-on-year -21 +36 -10
Contract jobs citing RESTful 564 386 408
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.36% 1.62% 1.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.07% 7.26% 5.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 269 287
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £412 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year - -2.72% -14.33%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £619
90th Percentile £660 £736 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 7
10th Percentile £53.50 £51.00 £47.70
25th Percentile £68.13 £52.50 £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 £88.00 - £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 7,978 5,315 7,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.22% 22.33% 20.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,268 3,680 5,354
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £421 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -0.90%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £792
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 95 235
10th Percentile £30.77 £28.13 £22.60
25th Percentile £51.25 £40.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.38 £66.50
90th Percentile £78.88 £81.01 £75.00
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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -6 310 £500 -4.76% 92
North of England -20 109 £461 +15.31% 58
South East -33 61 £515 +7.24% 41
North West -16 56 £450 +12.50% 35
Midlands -62 45 £488 +4.00% 12
Yorkshire -28 41 £525 +13.51% 16
West Midlands -61 27 £488 -2.50% 6
South West -25 24 £525 -12.50% 17
East Midlands -31 16 £447 +4.20% 6
North East -14 12 £450 +21.62% 7
East of England -38 9 £500 -6.98% 11
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 (4.61%) Confluence
2 9 (1.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (1.60%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.42%) Appian
4 7 (1.24%) CICS
5 6 (1.06%) CMS
5 6 (1.06%) Ethereum
5 6 (1.06%) Hyperledger
6 5 (0.89%) Camunda
6 5 (0.89%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.53%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.35%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) Mule
8 2 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.35%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (1.42%) 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 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.35%) 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
1 233 (41.31%) AWS
2 188 (33.33%) Azure
3 92 (16.31%) Serverless
4 87 (15.43%) GitHub
5 67 (11.88%) AWS Lambda
6 60 (10.64%) GCP
7 59 (10.46%) GitHub Actions
8 57 (10.11%) Amazon S3
9 54 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (6.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 34 (6.03%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (5.32%) Amazon SQS
13 29 (5.14%) Amazon ECS
14 28 (4.96%) Amazon EKS
15 24 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
16 20 (3.55%) Power Automate
17 18 (3.19%) Route 53
18 16 (2.84%) Azure AKS
18 16 (2.84%) Azure Functions
18 16 (2.84%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.30%) HTTP
2 5 (0.89%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.71%) DNS
3 4 (0.71%) SSL
4 2 (0.35%) MQTT
4 2 (0.35%) Network Security
4 2 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.35%) 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%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.18%) SMS
5 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (19.68%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (15.78%) NoSQL
3 61 (10.82%) SQL Server
4 58 (10.28%) Relational Database
5 48 (8.51%) MongoDB
6 47 (8.33%) DynamoDB
7 34 (6.03%) Amazon RDS
8 30 (5.32%) MySQL
9 29 (5.14%) Amazon Aurora
10 20 (3.55%) Redis
11 11 (1.95%) DB2
12 9 (1.60%) Pinecone
13 8 (1.42%) DocumentDB
14 6 (1.06%) Flink
14 6 (1.06%) Power BI
15 5 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.71%) Big Data
16 4 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (0.71%) GIS
17 3 (0.53%) Presto
Development Applications
1 133 (23.58%) Git
2 93 (16.49%) Jenkins
3 63 (11.17%) GitLab
4 50 (8.87%) JUnit
5 40 (7.09%) JIRA
6 34 (6.03%) Mockito
7 24 (4.26%) Postman
7 24 (4.26%) SonarQube
8 22 (3.90%) Maven
9 19 (3.37%) Cucumber
10 16 (2.84%) Gradle
11 14 (2.48%) Visual Studio
12 12 (2.13%) DbUnit
13 11 (1.95%) Bitbucket Server
13 11 (1.95%) jMock
13 11 (1.95%) REST Assured
14 9 (1.60%) Selenium
15 8 (1.42%) Liquibase
15 8 (1.42%) MLflow
16 7 (1.24%) Cypress.io
General
1 128 (22.70%) Social Skills
2 123 (21.81%) Finance
3 90 (15.96%) Public Sector
4 60 (10.64%) Banking
5 59 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.13%) Front Office
7 11 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.60%) Investment Banking
8 9 (1.60%) Retail
9 5 (0.89%) Law
9 5 (0.89%) Legal
9 5 (0.89%) Marketing
9 5 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (0.89%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.71%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.53%) Automotive
11 3 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.53%) Local Government
11 3 (0.53%) Police
11 3 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 352 (62.41%) Developer
2 114 (20.21%) Java Developer
3 103 (18.26%) Senior
4 64 (11.35%) Senior Developer
5 62 (10.99%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (8.51%) Python Developer
7 39 (6.91%) Software Engineer
8 35 (6.21%) Architect
9 34 (6.03%) .NET Developer
10 30 (5.32%) Senior Java Developer
11 29 (5.14%) React Developer
12 26 (4.61%) C# Developer
13 22 (3.90%) Backend Developer
14 21 (3.72%) Java Engineer
14 21 (3.72%) Software Developer
15 20 (3.55%) Lead
16 19 (3.37%) AWS Developer
17 15 (2.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 15 (2.66%) Senior Software Engineer
18 12 (2.13%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (29.26%) Spring
2 160 (28.37%) Spring Boot
3 132 (23.40%) REST
4 126 (22.34%) React
5 106 (18.79%) Kafka
6 102 (18.09%) .NET
7 79 (14.01%) AngularJS
8 70 (12.41%) CSS
9 69 (12.23%) HTML
10 66 (11.70%) Node.js
11 59 (10.46%) OAuth
12 49 (8.69%) Web Services
13 40 (7.09%) JSON
13 40 (7.09%) OAuth2
14 39 (6.91%) Swagger
15 38 (6.74%) Django
15 38 (6.74%) Hibernate
16 37 (6.56%) FastAPI
16 37 (6.56%) HTML5
17 35 (6.21%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 84 (14.89%) Cloud Native
2 82 (14.54%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (12.59%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.72%) Mobile App
5 16 (2.84%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (2.48%) Low-Code
8 12 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.60%) Hedge funds
11 8 (1.42%) Derivative
11 8 (1.42%) NHS
11 8 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.42%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.24%) DataPower
12 7 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.24%) Mainframe
13 6 (1.06%) Equities
13 6 (1.06%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.09%) Linux
2 21 (3.72%) Unix
3 11 (1.95%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.42%) Android
5 7 (1.24%) Windows
5 7 (1.24%) zOS
6 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (59.22%) CI/CD
2 303 (53.72%) Microservices
3 289 (51.24%) Agile
4 199 (35.28%) DevOps
5 168 (29.79%) Containerisation
6 126 (22.34%) Test Automation
7 119 (21.10%) Event-Driven
8 118 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
9 112 (19.86%) Full-Stack Development
10 102 (18.09%) Scrum
11 99 (17.55%) Software Engineering
12 82 (14.54%) Clean Code
13 79 (14.01%) TDD
14 78 (13.83%) API Development
14 78 (13.83%) Code Quality
15 76 (13.48%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 73 (12.94%) API Design
17 69 (12.23%) Infrastructure as Code
18 60 (10.64%) Observability
19 59 (10.46%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 242 (42.91%) Java
2 178 (31.56%) SQL
3 140 (24.82%) Python
4 123 (21.81%) JavaScript
5 121 (21.45%) C#
6 96 (17.02%) TypeScript
7 24 (4.26%) Go
8 22 (3.90%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.66%) Kotlin
10 10 (1.77%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.60%) Bicep
11 9 (1.60%) Swift
12 8 (1.42%) Scala
13 6 (1.06%) JCL
13 6 (1.06%) X++
14 5 (0.89%) Rust
15 4 (0.71%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.71%) Bash
15 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.71%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 133 (23.58%) Security Cleared
2 97 (17.20%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.74%) Degree
4 26 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.30%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.60%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (1.24%) CCSP
9 7 (1.24%) CEH
9 7 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.24%) CISM
9 7 (1.24%) CISSP
9 7 (1.24%) OSCP
10 4 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.71%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.53%) MBA
12 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (12.94%) QA
2 48 (8.51%) Accessibility
3 29 (5.14%) WCAG
4 12 (2.13%) NIST
5 11 (1.95%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.95%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.24%) COBIT
8 6 (1.06%) GDPR
9 3 (0.53%) HL7
10 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.35%) SLA
10 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) Basel III
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
1 208 (36.88%) Docker
2 9 (1.60%) Postfix
3 5 (0.89%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.35%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 169 (29.96%) Kubernetes
2 65 (11.52%) Terraform
3 37 (6.56%) Grafana
4 32 (5.67%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.95%) Ansible
6 6 (1.06%) Kibana
7 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.35%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.35%) Consul
8 2 (0.35%) Podman
8 2 (0.35%) Puppet
8 2 (0.35%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.18%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 37 (6.56%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.79%) Oracle
3 20 (3.55%) Adobe
4 14 (2.48%) Google
5 13 (2.30%) Atlassian
5 13 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.95%) Jaspersoft
6 11 (1.95%) Splunk
7 10 (1.77%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.77%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.60%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.42%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (1.42%) UiPath
9 8 (1.42%) Veracode
10 7 (1.24%) Databricks
10 7 (1.24%) Okta
10 7 (1.24%) Sybase
11 6 (1.06%) Apple
11 6 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.89%) New Relic