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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 142 167
Rank change year-on-year -63 +25 +58
Contract jobs citing RESTful 629 562 486
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 2.01% 1.51%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.36% 7.85% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 410 305
10th Percentile £349 £331 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £483 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -5.85% -6.82%
75th Percentile £569 £580 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £758
UK median daily rate £478 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.95% -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 5
10th Percentile £53.88 £49.63 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £53.91 £75.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -31.25% +4.53%
75th Percentile £77.38 £61.78 £85.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £95.00 £88.00
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £55.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% -31.25% +4.53%

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 9,886 7,159 8,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.24% 25.62% 24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,508 4,850 5,253
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £447 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -0.68%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 171 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.61 £35.50
25th Percentile £53.43 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £76.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £62.50
% change year-on-year +19.60% -13.04% +4.17%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -33 346 £500 -3.85% 374
North of England -89 94 £450 - 147
South East -43 72 £475 +2.59% 80
Midlands -59 49 £447 -3.35% 46
Yorkshire -56 45 £488 +8.33% 51
West Midlands -26 36 £478 -4.45% 25
South West -18 34 £440 -12.00% 46
North West -69 30 £500 +11.11% 81
North East -24 19 £450 -10.00% 18
East of England -25 19 £463 +8.82% 43
East Midlands -38 12 £425 +5.72% 21
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 39 (6.20%) Confluence
2 6 (0.95%) CMS
3 5 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.64%) Camunda
4 4 (0.64%) Ethereum
4 4 (0.64%) Hyperledger
4 4 (0.64%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.64%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.48%) Apache Pulsar
5 3 (0.48%) CICS
5 3 (0.48%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.32%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.32%) Apache
6 2 (0.32%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.32%) Mule
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (0.95%) CPLEX
2 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Quorum
1 4 (0.64%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.64%) Ripple
2 3 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.16%) Maximo
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.16%) SDL Web 8
4 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 258 (41.02%) AWS
2 231 (36.72%) Azure
3 144 (22.89%) GitHub
4 91 (14.47%) GCP
5 88 (13.99%) GitHub Actions
6 86 (13.67%) Serverless
7 79 (12.56%) Azure DevOps
8 62 (9.86%) AWS Lambda
9 48 (7.63%) Amazon S3
10 45 (7.15%) Amazon EKS
11 39 (6.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 34 (5.41%) Amazon ECS
13 32 (5.09%) Amazon EC2
14 24 (3.82%) Amazon SQS
15 23 (3.66%) GitHub Copilot
16 22 (3.50%) Entra ID
17 17 (2.70%) Azure AKS
18 15 (2.38%) Azure Functions
18 15 (2.38%) Power Platform
19 14 (2.23%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.54%) HTTP
2 7 (1.11%) SSH
3 6 (0.95%) DNS
3 6 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.79%) 5G
4 5 (0.79%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.64%) 4G
5 4 (0.64%) MQTT
5 4 (0.64%) Network Security
5 4 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.16%) Broadband
6 1 (0.16%) NFC
6 1 (0.16%) SNMP
6 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (22.73%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (13.99%) Relational Database
3 77 (12.24%) NoSQL
4 64 (10.17%) MongoDB
5 51 (8.11%) MySQL
6 50 (7.95%) SQL Server
7 31 (4.93%) DynamoDB
8 30 (4.77%) Redis
9 20 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
10 19 (3.02%) Amazon Aurora
11 13 (2.07%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (1.11%) Power BI
15 6 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.95%) Metadata
15 6 (0.95%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 4 (0.64%) Data Lake
17 4 (0.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 190 (30.21%) Git
2 126 (20.03%) Jenkins
3 60 (9.54%) GitLab
3 60 (9.54%) JUnit
4 59 (9.38%) JIRA
5 41 (6.52%) Mockito
6 37 (5.88%) Maven
7 29 (4.61%) Gradle
8 27 (4.29%) SonarQube
9 24 (3.82%) Cucumber
10 20 (3.18%) Cypress.io
11 17 (2.70%) Selenium
12 14 (2.23%) Postman
12 14 (2.23%) Visual Studio
13 13 (2.07%) REST Assured
14 11 (1.75%) Bitbucket
14 11 (1.75%) MSI
15 10 (1.59%) CircleCI
16 9 (1.43%) Storybook
17 8 (1.27%) fastlane
General
1 165 (26.23%) Social Skills
2 121 (19.24%) Finance
3 106 (16.85%) Public Sector
4 103 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (8.59%) Banking
6 36 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (3.34%) Retail
8 17 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.54%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.27%) Marketing
10 8 (1.27%) Publishing
11 7 (1.11%) Local Government
12 6 (0.95%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.95%) Front Office
12 6 (0.95%) Law
12 6 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.79%) Legal
14 4 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.48%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 383 (60.89%) Developer
2 127 (20.19%) Senior
3 109 (17.33%) Java Developer
4 87 (13.83%) Senior Developer
5 79 (12.56%) Full-Stack Developer
6 50 (7.95%) Python Developer
7 46 (7.31%) Software Engineer
8 38 (6.04%) .NET Developer
9 36 (5.72%) Senior Java Developer
10 33 (5.25%) Architect
11 31 (4.93%) Lead
12 27 (4.29%) React Developer
13 25 (3.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 25 (3.97%) Software Developer
14 24 (3.82%) C# Developer
14 24 (3.82%) Java Engineer
15 20 (3.18%) C# .NET Developer
16 18 (2.86%) Backend Developer
16 18 (2.86%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 17 (2.70%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (31.16%) REST
2 157 (24.96%) Spring
3 151 (24.01%) Spring Boot
4 132 (20.99%) React
5 123 (19.55%) Kafka
6 108 (17.17%) .NET
7 105 (16.69%) CSS
7 105 (16.69%) HTML
8 101 (16.06%) Terraform
9 69 (10.97%) AngularJS
9 69 (10.97%) OAuth
10 67 (10.65%) Web Services
11 66 (10.49%) Node.js
12 60 (9.54%) OAuth2
13 58 (9.22%) HTML5
14 56 (8.90%) JSON
15 53 (8.43%) .NET Core
16 52 (8.27%) CSS3
17 50 (7.95%) Swagger
18 47 (7.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 178 (28.30%) Cloud Native
2 112 (17.81%) Distributed Systems
3 86 (13.67%) Product Ownership
4 48 (7.63%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (6.04%) Mobile App
6 28 (4.45%) Onboarding
7 24 (3.82%) AI Agents
8 21 (3.34%) Data Structures
9 18 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.75%) NHS
11 10 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.59%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
14 5 (0.79%) Life Science
14 5 (0.79%) Low-Code
15 4 (0.64%) Blockchain
15 4 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.06%) Linux
2 37 (5.88%) Unix
3 22 (3.50%) Apple iOS
4 21 (3.34%) Android
5 17 (2.70%) Windows
6 3 (0.48%) zOS
7 2 (0.32%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (66.14%) CI/CD
2 359 (57.07%) Agile
3 320 (50.87%) Microservices
4 275 (43.72%) DevOps
5 216 (34.34%) Test Automation
6 184 (29.25%) Containerisation
7 155 (24.64%) Event-Driven
8 152 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
8 152 (24.17%) Software Engineering
9 148 (23.53%) Scrum
10 145 (23.05%) Full-Stack Development
11 136 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 131 (20.83%) Code Quality
13 112 (17.81%) Infrastructure as Code
14 107 (17.01%) API Development
15 98 (15.58%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 97 (15.42%) API Design
17 96 (15.26%) AI
18 92 (14.63%) Observability
19 88 (13.99%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 253 (40.22%) Java
2 169 (26.87%) Python
3 168 (26.71%) JavaScript
4 162 (25.76%) SQL
5 134 (21.30%) TypeScript
6 126 (20.03%) C#
7 35 (5.56%) Kotlin
8 33 (5.25%) Shell Script
9 28 (4.45%) Bicep
10 22 (3.50%) Bash
11 21 (3.34%) Swift
12 19 (3.02%) Go
13 14 (2.23%) Ruby
13 14 (2.23%) Scala
14 10 (1.59%) Rust
15 9 (1.43%) Objective-C
16 8 (1.27%) PL/SQL
16 8 (1.27%) X++
17 7 (1.11%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 158 (25.12%) Security Cleared
2 134 (21.30%) SC Cleared
3 49 (7.79%) Degree
4 37 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.82%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.70%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.64%) CCSP
10 4 (0.64%) CEH
10 4 (0.64%) CISM
10 4 (0.64%) CISSP
10 4 (0.64%) OSCP
10 4 (0.64%) PhD
11 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (19.71%) QA
2 70 (11.13%) Accessibility
3 41 (6.52%) WCAG
4 13 (2.07%) NCSC
5 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.27%) HL7
6 6 (0.95%) NIST
7 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.64%) COBIT
8 4 (0.64%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.64%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.48%) GDPR
10 2 (0.32%) Basel III
11 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 245 (38.95%) Docker
2 7 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.64%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 4 (0.64%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 197 (31.32%) Kubernetes
2 58 (9.22%) Grafana
3 46 (7.31%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.91%) Kibana
5 11 (1.75%) Ansible
6 5 (0.79%) Argo
7 4 (0.64%) Bosun
7 4 (0.64%) Podman
7 4 (0.64%) Puppet
8 3 (0.48%) Istio
9 2 (0.32%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.32%) Consul
9 2 (0.32%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.16%) linkerd
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 78 (12.40%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.04%) Google
3 35 (5.56%) Oracle
4 23 (3.66%) Splunk
5 21 (3.34%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.91%) New Relic
6 12 (1.91%) OpenAI
7 9 (1.43%) Okta
8 7 (1.11%) Databricks
8 7 (1.11%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.95%) Apple
9 6 (0.95%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.95%) IBM
10 5 (0.79%) Jaspersoft
10 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.79%) SAP
11 4 (0.64%) NVIDIA
11 4 (0.64%) Ping Identity
11 4 (0.64%) Sybase