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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 153 169
Rank change year-on-year -51 +16 +58
Contract jobs citing RESTful 616 510 468
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 1.85% 1.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.28% 8.39% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 380 315
10th Percentile £363 £325 £327
25th Percentile £414 £389 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £650
90th Percentile £650 £675 £764
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £48.88 £47.70
25th Percentile £56.25 £53.75 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% -3.39%
75th Percentile £77.50 £71.56 £85.00
90th Percentile - £95.00 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% -3.39%

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 8,460 6,078 7,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.50% 22.04% 22.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,523 4,158 5,022
10th Percentile £368 £350 £359
25th Percentile £432 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 158 214
10th Percentile £28.44 £31.25 £24.05
25th Percentile £45.31 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.63% -1.83%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £55.63
% change year-on-year +18.45% -1.35% -6.54%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -22 338 £500 -3.85% 183
North of England -93 88 £500 +13.64% 81
South East -47 86 £475 +2.59% 47
Midlands -50 43 £455 +2.98% 28
Yorkshire -54 39 £550 +32.13% 25
South West -21 33 £445 -1.11% 22
North West -73 29 £573 +25.96% 43
West Midlands -47 27 £481 -3.75% 19
North East -24 20 £450 -10.00% 13
East of England -21 16 £463 -15.14% 22
East Midlands -34 15 £435 +8.21% 9
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 28 (4.55%) Confluence
2 6 (0.97%) Apache Spark
2 6 (0.97%) CICS
2 6 (0.97%) CMS
3 4 (0.65%) Camunda
3 4 (0.65%) Ethereum
3 4 (0.65%) Hyperledger
3 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
4 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.32%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.32%) Mule
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (1.30%) 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 (0.65%) Quorum
1 4 (0.65%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.65%) Ripple
2 3 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.32%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.16%) Maximo
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) ResourceLink
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
1 255 (41.40%) AWS
2 230 (37.34%) Azure
3 134 (21.75%) GitHub
4 93 (15.10%) Serverless
5 87 (14.12%) GitHub Actions
6 80 (12.99%) Azure DevOps
7 79 (12.82%) GCP
8 70 (11.36%) AWS Lambda
9 49 (7.95%) Amazon S3
10 42 (6.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 38 (6.17%) Amazon EC2
12 33 (5.36%) Amazon EKS
13 28 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
14 27 (4.38%) Amazon ECS
15 21 (3.41%) GitHub Copilot
16 16 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (2.60%) Entra ID
16 16 (2.60%) Power Platform
17 14 (2.27%) Azure AKS
17 14 (2.27%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.11%) HTTP
2 4 (0.65%) 5G
2 4 (0.65%) DNS
2 4 (0.65%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.65%) MQTT
2 4 (0.65%) Network Security
2 4 (0.65%) SSH
2 4 (0.65%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.49%) 4G
4 1 (0.16%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.16%) LTE
4 1 (0.16%) NFC
4 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.16%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (22.24%) PostgreSQL
2 84 (13.64%) NoSQL
3 81 (13.15%) Relational Database
4 56 (9.09%) MongoDB
4 56 (9.09%) SQL Server
5 43 (6.98%) DynamoDB
6 38 (6.17%) MySQL
7 27 (4.38%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (4.06%) Amazon Aurora
9 24 (3.90%) Redis
10 13 (2.11%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.30%) Db2
13 7 (1.14%) Power BI
14 6 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.97%) Metadata
15 5 (0.81%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 179 (29.06%) Git
2 114 (18.51%) Jenkins
3 55 (8.93%) GitLab
4 50 (8.12%) JUnit
5 45 (7.31%) JIRA
6 36 (5.84%) Mockito
7 28 (4.55%) Maven
8 27 (4.38%) Gradle
9 20 (3.25%) Cypress.io
9 20 (3.25%) SonarQube
10 18 (2.92%) Cucumber
10 18 (2.92%) Postman
11 15 (2.44%) Visual Studio
12 13 (2.11%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.79%) MSI
14 10 (1.62%) DbUnit
14 10 (1.62%) fastlane
14 10 (1.62%) Selenium
15 9 (1.46%) Bitbucket Server
15 9 (1.46%) jMock
General
1 149 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 115 (18.67%) Finance
3 108 (17.53%) Public Sector
4 86 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.79%) Banking
6 34 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.92%) Retail
8 13 (2.11%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.46%) Marketing
10 8 (1.30%) Law
11 7 (1.14%) Local Government
11 7 (1.14%) Publishing
12 6 (0.97%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.97%) Front Office
12 6 (0.97%) Legal
13 5 (0.81%) Police
14 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.65%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.49%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 389 (63.15%) Developer
2 131 (21.27%) Senior
3 119 (19.32%) Java Developer
4 97 (15.75%) Senior Developer
5 78 (12.66%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (7.79%) Python Developer
7 45 (7.31%) .NET Developer
8 41 (6.66%) Senior Java Developer
9 40 (6.49%) Architect
10 34 (5.52%) Software Engineer
11 28 (4.55%) C# Developer
12 26 (4.22%) React Developer
13 24 (3.90%) Software Developer
14 23 (3.73%) Lead
15 21 (3.41%) AWS Developer
16 20 (3.25%) Java Engineer
17 19 (3.08%) Backend Developer
17 19 (3.08%) C# .NET Developer
18 18 (2.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 18 (2.92%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (29.55%) REST
2 158 (25.65%) Spring
3 151 (24.51%) Spring Boot
4 125 (20.29%) React
5 122 (19.81%) Kafka
6 119 (19.32%) .NET
7 93 (15.10%) CSS
8 88 (14.29%) HTML
9 66 (10.71%) AngularJS
10 62 (10.06%) Node.js
11 59 (9.58%) OAuth
12 51 (8.28%) .NET Core
13 50 (8.12%) OAuth2
14 47 (7.63%) Web Services
15 45 (7.31%) HTML5
16 44 (7.14%) JSON
17 42 (6.82%) CSS3
17 42 (6.82%) RabbitMQ
18 38 (6.17%) .NET Framework
19 37 (6.01%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 149 (24.19%) Cloud Native
2 112 (18.18%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (12.99%) Product Ownership
4 39 (6.33%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (5.84%) Mobile App
6 23 (3.73%) Data Structures
6 23 (3.73%) Onboarding
7 19 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.95%) AI Agents
8 12 (1.95%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.62%) NHS
9 10 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.62%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.46%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.30%) Hedge funds
12 6 (0.97%) DataPower
12 6 (0.97%) Life Science
12 6 (0.97%) Mainframe
12 6 (0.97%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 54 (8.77%) Linux
2 36 (5.84%) Unix
3 22 (3.57%) Apple iOS
4 20 (3.25%) Android
5 17 (2.76%) Windows
6 6 (0.97%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (62.99%) CI/CD
2 340 (55.19%) Agile
3 326 (52.92%) Microservices
4 267 (43.34%) DevOps
5 188 (30.52%) Containerisation
6 185 (30.03%) Test Automation
7 148 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
8 140 (22.73%) Event-Driven
9 137 (22.24%) Full-Stack Development
10 127 (20.62%) Scrum
11 123 (19.97%) Software Engineering
12 113 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 109 (17.69%) Code Quality
13 109 (17.69%) Infrastructure as Code
14 91 (14.77%) API Design
15 89 (14.45%) API Development
16 88 (14.29%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 83 (13.47%) Clean Code
18 82 (13.31%) AI
19 79 (12.82%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 244 (39.61%) Java
2 184 (29.87%) SQL
3 163 (26.46%) Python
4 151 (24.51%) JavaScript
5 139 (22.56%) C#
6 117 (18.99%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.68%) Kotlin
8 31 (5.03%) Shell Script
9 24 (3.90%) Bicep
10 21 (3.41%) Swift
11 14 (2.27%) Go
12 13 (2.11%) Bash
13 12 (1.95%) Ruby
14 11 (1.79%) Scala
15 9 (1.46%) Rust
16 8 (1.30%) Objective-C
16 8 (1.30%) PL/SQL
16 8 (1.30%) T-SQL
16 8 (1.30%) X++
17 6 (0.97%) JCL
Qualifications
1 175 (28.41%) Security Cleared
2 144 (23.38%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.49%) Degree
4 28 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.25%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.92%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.27%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.62%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (1.30%) CCSP
11 8 (1.30%) CEH
11 8 (1.30%) CISM
11 8 (1.30%) CISSP
11 8 (1.30%) OSCP
12 6 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.49%) MBA
14 2 (0.32%) PhD
15 1 (0.16%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (16.56%) QA
2 72 (11.69%) Accessibility
3 45 (7.31%) WCAG
4 13 (2.11%) NCSC
5 9 (1.46%) NIST
6 8 (1.30%) COBIT
6 8 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.97%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.81%) GDPR
8 5 (0.81%) HL7
9 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.32%) SLA
10 1 (0.16%) Basel III
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
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
1 241 (39.12%) Docker
2 8 (1.30%) Postfix
3 6 (0.97%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.65%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 191 (31.01%) Kubernetes
2 90 (14.61%) Terraform
3 46 (7.47%) Grafana
4 38 (6.17%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.95%) Ansible
6 10 (1.62%) Kibana
7 4 (0.65%) Argo
7 4 (0.65%) Podman
7 4 (0.65%) Puppet
8 3 (0.49%) Bosun
8 3 (0.49%) Istio
9 2 (0.32%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.32%) Consul
9 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.32%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.16%) linkerd
Vendors
1 67 (10.88%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.49%) Oracle
3 30 (4.87%) Google
4 20 (3.25%) Dynatrace
5 14 (2.27%) Splunk
6 12 (1.95%) New Relic
7 11 (1.79%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.62%) Atlassian
9 9 (1.46%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (1.14%) Apple
10 7 (1.14%) Databricks
11 6 (0.97%) IBM
11 6 (0.97%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.97%) Sybase
12 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.81%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.65%) Adobe
13 4 (0.65%) Citrix
13 4 (0.65%) NVIDIA
13 4 (0.65%) SAP