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 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 163 210
Rank change year-on-year -20 +47 -12
Contract jobs citing RESTful 562 404 404
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.43% 1.66% 1.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.06% 7.36% 5.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 273 302
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £402 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £738 £711
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 5
10th Percentile £53.00 - £44.05
25th Percentile £66.25 £38.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £39.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.22% -50.63% +10.34%
75th Percentile £74.26 £40.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £91.50 - £88.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £39.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +77.22% -50.63% +10.34%

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 7,961 5,490 7,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.31% 22.51% 19.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,322 3,805 5,301
10th Percentile £358 £367 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 89 171
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.42 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £36.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.90 £83.17 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 0 306 £492 -6.29% 80
North of England -27 110 £450 - 56
North West -16 65 £439 +8.06% 29
South East -34 54 £515 +16.06% 45
Midlands -41 51 £488 +5.41% 25
Yorkshire -36 36 £500 - 13
West Midlands -50 32 £481 -8.33% 18
South West -29 21 £525 -14.29% 21
East Midlands -20 18 £498 +12.16% 7
East of England -25 14 £525 +16.67% 14
North East -15 9 £450 +21.62% 14
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 27 (4.80%) Confluence
2 14 (2.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.31%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.78%) CMS
5 8 (1.42%) Appian
6 6 (1.07%) Ethereum
6 6 (1.07%) Hyperledger
7 5 (0.89%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.89%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.71%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.71%) Camunda
8 4 (0.71%) CICS
8 4 (0.71%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.71%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.53%) Apache
10 2 (0.36%) IIS
10 2 (0.36%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.18%) JBoss
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.89%) Sketch
3 4 (0.71%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.18%) Cerner Millennium
3 1 (0.18%) Maximo
3 1 (0.18%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.18%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 252 (44.84%) AWS
2 192 (34.16%) Azure
3 99 (17.62%) Serverless
4 88 (15.66%) GitHub
5 78 (13.88%) GCP
6 66 (11.74%) AWS Lambda
7 59 (10.50%) Amazon S3
8 50 (8.90%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (8.90%) GitHub Actions
9 34 (6.05%) Amazon ECS
9 34 (6.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (4.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 26 (4.63%) Amazon EKS
11 25 (4.45%) Amazon EC2
12 23 (4.09%) Amazon SQS
13 20 (3.56%) Azure Functions
14 19 (3.38%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (2.85%) Azure AKS
15 16 (2.85%) Power Automate
16 14 (2.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.20%) HTTP
2 8 (1.42%) HTTPS
3 6 (1.07%) SSL
4 4 (0.71%) DNS
5 2 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.36%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.18%) 4G
6 1 (0.18%) 5G
6 1 (0.18%) LTE
6 1 (0.18%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.18%) SMS
6 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (20.11%) PostgreSQL
2 99 (17.62%) NoSQL
3 65 (11.57%) Relational Database
4 55 (9.79%) SQL Server
5 46 (8.19%) MongoDB
6 44 (7.83%) MySQL
7 38 (6.76%) DynamoDB
8 34 (6.05%) Amazon RDS
9 21 (3.74%) Amazon Aurora
10 19 (3.38%) Redis
11 9 (1.60%) DocumentDB
11 9 (1.60%) Pinecone
12 8 (1.42%) DB2
13 7 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.07%) Flink
15 5 (0.89%) Apache Cassandra
15 5 (0.89%) Big Data
16 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.71%) GIS
16 4 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 161 (28.65%) Git
2 79 (14.06%) Jenkins
3 60 (10.68%) GitLab
4 49 (8.72%) JUnit
5 43 (7.65%) JIRA
6 29 (5.16%) Mockito
7 24 (4.27%) Postman
8 22 (3.91%) Maven
9 18 (3.20%) SonarQube
10 14 (2.49%) Gradle
11 13 (2.31%) Cypress.io
12 12 (2.14%) Cucumber
12 12 (2.14%) Selenium
13 10 (1.78%) Bitbucket
14 9 (1.60%) Visual Studio
15 8 (1.42%) Bitbucket Server
15 8 (1.42%) DbUnit
15 8 (1.42%) jMock
15 8 (1.42%) MLflow
15 8 (1.42%) REST Assured
General
1 152 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 116 (20.64%) Finance
3 95 (16.90%) Public Sector
4 57 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (9.79%) Banking
6 11 (1.96%) Front Office
7 8 (1.42%) Marketing
7 8 (1.42%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.25%) Legal
9 6 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.07%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (0.89%) Financial Institution
10 5 (0.89%) Health Technology
10 5 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.71%) Electronics
12 3 (0.53%) Advertising
12 3 (0.53%) Local Government
12 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 357 (63.52%) Developer
2 120 (21.35%) Java Developer
3 90 (16.01%) Senior
4 73 (12.99%) Full-Stack Developer
5 51 (9.07%) Senior Developer
6 47 (8.36%) Python Developer
7 35 (6.23%) Software Engineer
8 32 (5.69%) React Developer
9 31 (5.52%) .NET Developer
9 31 (5.52%) Architect
10 26 (4.63%) Backend Developer
10 26 (4.63%) Senior Java Developer
11 24 (4.27%) C# Developer
11 24 (4.27%) Lead
12 21 (3.74%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.38%) Java Engineer
14 15 (2.67%) AWS Developer
14 15 (2.67%) Senior Software Engineer
15 14 (2.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 13 (2.31%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (32.56%) Spring
2 173 (30.78%) Spring Boot
3 145 (25.80%) React
4 125 (22.24%) REST
5 96 (17.08%) AngularJS
6 92 (16.37%) .NET
7 87 (15.48%) Kafka
8 84 (14.95%) CSS
9 81 (14.41%) Node.js
10 80 (14.23%) HTML
11 52 (9.25%) OAuth
12 49 (8.72%) Hibernate
13 39 (6.94%) HTML5
13 39 (6.94%) JSON
14 37 (6.58%) Swagger
15 36 (6.41%) Django
15 36 (6.41%) Web Services
16 34 (6.05%) CSS3
16 34 (6.05%) JWT
16 34 (6.05%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 77 (13.70%) Cloud Native
2 69 (12.28%) Product Ownership
3 60 (10.68%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (2.85%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.67%) Data Structures
7 13 (2.31%) Low-Code
8 12 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.14%) NHS
9 11 (1.96%) Derivative
10 10 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.42%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.42%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.07%) Hedge funds
13 5 (0.89%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.89%) Equities
13 5 (0.89%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.89%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.87%) Linux
2 15 (2.67%) Unix
3 12 (2.14%) Windows
4 6 (1.07%) Android
4 6 (1.07%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.71%) zOS
6 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (62.63%) CI/CD
2 303 (53.91%) Agile
2 303 (53.91%) Microservices
3 200 (35.59%) DevOps
4 174 (30.96%) Containerisation
5 140 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
6 128 (22.78%) Full-Stack Development
7 122 (21.71%) Test Automation
8 103 (18.33%) Event-Driven
9 94 (16.73%) API Development
9 94 (16.73%) Software Engineering
10 88 (15.66%) Clean Code
10 88 (15.66%) Code Quality
11 87 (15.48%) Scrum
12 83 (14.77%) TDD
13 69 (12.28%) API Design
13 69 (12.28%) Infrastructure as Code
14 68 (12.10%) User Experience
15 65 (11.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 56 (9.96%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 249 (44.31%) Java
2 186 (33.10%) SQL
3 148 (26.33%) Python
4 135 (24.02%) JavaScript
5 106 (18.86%) TypeScript
6 103 (18.33%) C#
7 26 (4.63%) Go
8 14 (2.49%) Kotlin
8 14 (2.49%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.25%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.07%) Bash
11 5 (0.89%) Swift
12 4 (0.71%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.71%) Bicep
12 4 (0.71%) Ruby
13 3 (0.53%) JCL
13 3 (0.53%) JSX
13 3 (0.53%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.53%) Rust
13 3 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 127 (22.60%) Security Cleared
2 88 (15.66%) SC Cleared
3 44 (7.83%) Degree
4 35 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.67%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.78%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.71%) CCSP
9 4 (0.71%) CEH
9 4 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.71%) CISM
9 4 (0.71%) CISSP
9 4 (0.71%) OSCP
10 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.53%) MBA
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (11.57%) QA
2 50 (8.90%) Accessibility
3 26 (4.63%) WCAG
4 11 (1.96%) NIST
5 10 (1.78%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.42%) HL7
6 8 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.07%) GDPR
8 4 (0.71%) COBIT
9 2 (0.36%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.36%) SLA
9 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) EMIR
10 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.18%) NCSC
10 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 212 (37.72%) Docker
2 7 (1.25%) Postfix
3 6 (1.07%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.53%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 190 (33.81%) Kubernetes
2 69 (12.28%) Terraform
3 30 (5.34%) Grafana
4 29 (5.16%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.14%) Ansible
6 5 (0.89%) Kibana
7 4 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.36%) Consul
9 1 (0.18%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.18%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 45 (8.01%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.16%) Adobe
3 26 (4.63%) Oracle
4 23 (4.09%) Google
5 15 (2.67%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.31%) Splunk
7 10 (1.78%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.60%) Atlassian
9 8 (1.42%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (1.42%) Jaspersoft
9 8 (1.42%) UiPath
9 8 (1.42%) Veracode
10 7 (1.25%) Databricks
10 7 (1.25%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.89%) Apple
11 5 (0.89%) Okta
11 5 (0.89%) Ping Identity
11 5 (0.89%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.71%) SAP
12 4 (0.71%) Sybase