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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 164 196
Rank change year-on-year -29 +32 +12
Contract jobs citing RESTful 606 438 472
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.38% 1.66% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.25% 7.40% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 312 327
10th Percentile £350 £321 £365
25th Percentile £413 £398 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £650
90th Percentile £650 £699 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 7
10th Percentile £54.75 £48.13 £47.70
25th Percentile £63.75 £51.25 £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 £95.00 £59.38 £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 8,356 5,921 7,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.00% 22.48% 21.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,509 4,079 5,534
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £540
% change year-on-year +2.44% -5.09% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 126 264
10th Percentile £30.25 £30.50 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.44 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.63 £58.15
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% -0.90% -10.54%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.68 £80.51 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -5 322 £500 -0.74% 121
North of England -31 112 £455 +1.11% 54
South East -20 78 £515 +3.26% 48
North West -30 50 £449 +12.13% 31
Yorkshire -29 45 £500 +8.11% 17
Midlands -68 42 £493 +6.54% 16
South West -14 33 £458 -14.88% 19
West Midlands -66 23 £513 +2.50% 12
North East -24 17 £450 -10.00% 6
East Midlands -27 17 £445 +10.70% 4
East of England -31 11 £500 -8.26% 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 32 (5.28%) Confluence
2 10 (1.65%) Ethereum
2 10 (1.65%) Hyperledger
3 9 (1.49%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.16%) CICS
4 7 (1.16%) CMS
5 5 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.83%) Appian
5 5 (0.83%) Camunda
5 5 (0.83%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.66%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.33%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.33%) IIS
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Mule
9 1 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.49%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.50%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.83%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.66%) Quorum
2 4 (0.66%) Ripple
3 3 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Maximo
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 228 (37.62%) AWS
2 211 (34.82%) Azure
3 109 (17.99%) GitHub
4 97 (16.01%) Serverless
5 78 (12.87%) GitHub Actions
6 71 (11.72%) Azure DevOps
7 69 (11.39%) AWS Lambda
8 62 (10.23%) GCP
9 51 (8.42%) Amazon S3
10 36 (5.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 34 (5.61%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (4.62%) Amazon SQS
13 26 (4.29%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (3.14%) Entra ID
16 16 (2.64%) Azure Functions
16 16 (2.64%) Azure Service Bus
16 16 (2.64%) Route 53
17 15 (2.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.15%) HTTP
2 4 (0.66%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.66%) MQTT
2 4 (0.66%) Network Security
3 2 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.17%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.17%) 4G
4 1 (0.17%) 5G
4 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.17%) DNS
4 1 (0.17%) LTE
4 1 (0.17%) NFC
4 1 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.17%) SSL
4 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (20.13%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (14.36%) NoSQL
3 69 (11.39%) Relational Database
4 61 (10.07%) SQL Server
5 54 (8.91%) MongoDB
6 42 (6.93%) DynamoDB
7 31 (5.12%) Amazon RDS
8 30 (4.95%) MySQL
9 26 (4.29%) Amazon Aurora
10 18 (2.97%) Redis
11 11 (1.82%) Db2
12 9 (1.49%) Geospatial Data
13 8 (1.32%) Power BI
14 7 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.99%) Flink
15 6 (0.99%) Pinecone
16 4 (0.66%) RDBMS
17 3 (0.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 154 (25.41%) Git
2 105 (17.33%) Jenkins
3 65 (10.73%) GitLab
4 57 (9.41%) JUnit
5 51 (8.42%) JIRA
6 37 (6.11%) Mockito
7 27 (4.46%) SonarQube
8 24 (3.96%) Maven
9 23 (3.80%) Gradle
10 22 (3.63%) Postman
11 20 (3.30%) Cucumber
12 16 (2.64%) Visual Studio
13 12 (1.98%) DbUnit
14 11 (1.82%) Bitbucket Server
14 11 (1.82%) jMock
14 11 (1.82%) REST Assured
15 10 (1.65%) fastlane
15 10 (1.65%) Selenium
16 9 (1.49%) Xcode
17 8 (1.32%) Cypress.io
General
1 121 (19.97%) Social Skills
2 119 (19.64%) Finance
3 96 (15.84%) Public Sector
4 68 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (10.89%) Banking
6 25 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.31%) Retail
8 11 (1.82%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.65%) Marketing
10 8 (1.32%) Law
11 7 (1.16%) Front Office
11 7 (1.16%) Legal
11 7 (1.16%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.83%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.66%) Local Government
13 4 (0.66%) Police
13 4 (0.66%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.50%) Automotive
14 3 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 390 (64.36%) Developer
2 125 (20.63%) Senior
3 121 (19.97%) Java Developer
4 83 (13.70%) Senior Developer
5 71 (11.72%) Full-Stack Developer
6 53 (8.75%) Python Developer
7 40 (6.60%) .NET Developer
8 39 (6.44%) Software Engineer
9 38 (6.27%) Architect
10 34 (5.61%) Senior Java Developer
11 32 (5.28%) React Developer
12 26 (4.29%) Backend Developer
13 24 (3.96%) C# Developer
13 24 (3.96%) Software Developer
14 21 (3.47%) Java Engineer
15 19 (3.14%) AWS Developer
15 19 (3.14%) Lead
16 16 (2.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 16 (2.64%) Senior Software Engineer
17 15 (2.48%) iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (26.73%) Spring
2 161 (26.57%) REST
3 158 (26.07%) Spring Boot
4 127 (20.96%) React
5 112 (18.48%) .NET
5 112 (18.48%) Kafka
6 77 (12.71%) CSS
7 73 (12.05%) HTML
8 71 (11.72%) AngularJS
9 70 (11.55%) Node.js
10 57 (9.41%) OAuth
11 49 (8.09%) Web Services
12 46 (7.59%) Swagger
13 42 (6.93%) JSON
14 41 (6.77%) .NET Core
14 41 (6.77%) OAuth2
15 40 (6.60%) OpenAPI
16 38 (6.27%) Django
16 38 (6.27%) RabbitMQ
16 38 (6.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 112 (18.48%) Cloud Native
2 95 (15.68%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (14.69%) Product Ownership
4 34 (5.61%) Mobile App
5 27 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (3.63%) Data Structures
6 22 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.48%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (2.15%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.65%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.49%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.32%) Hedge funds
14 7 (1.16%) DataPower
14 7 (1.16%) Mainframe
14 7 (1.16%) NHS
15 6 (0.99%) Derivative
15 6 (0.99%) Equities
15 6 (0.99%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.93%) Linux
2 21 (3.47%) Unix
3 20 (3.30%) Apple iOS
4 19 (3.14%) Android
5 15 (2.48%) Windows
6 7 (1.16%) zOS
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (61.55%) CI/CD
2 324 (53.47%) Agile
3 314 (51.82%) Microservices
4 229 (37.79%) DevOps
5 184 (30.36%) Containerisation
6 141 (23.27%) Test Automation
7 130 (21.45%) Event-Driven
8 127 (20.96%) Scrum
9 121 (19.97%) Full-Stack Development
9 121 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
10 109 (17.99%) Software Engineering
11 92 (15.18%) Code Quality
12 90 (14.85%) API Design
13 87 (14.36%) API Development
14 86 (14.19%) Infrastructure as Code
15 84 (13.86%) Clean Code
15 84 (13.86%) TDD
16 77 (12.71%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 74 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
18 68 (11.22%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 257 (42.41%) Java
2 183 (30.20%) SQL
3 167 (27.56%) Python
4 134 (22.11%) C#
5 131 (21.62%) JavaScript
6 108 (17.82%) TypeScript
7 30 (4.95%) Kotlin
8 26 (4.29%) Go
8 26 (4.29%) Shell Script
9 19 (3.14%) Bicep
10 18 (2.97%) Swift
11 11 (1.82%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.49%) Scala
13 8 (1.32%) PL/SQL
14 7 (1.16%) Objective-C
14 7 (1.16%) Ruby
14 7 (1.16%) Rust
15 6 (0.99%) JCL
16 5 (0.83%) Bash
16 5 (0.83%) X++
Qualifications
1 150 (24.75%) Security Cleared
2 116 (19.14%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.11%) Degree
4 26 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.98%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.65%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.32%) CCSP
9 8 (1.32%) CEH
9 8 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.32%) CISM
9 8 (1.32%) CISSP
9 8 (1.32%) OSCP
10 5 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.50%) MBA
13 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (14.36%) QA
2 63 (10.40%) Accessibility
3 39 (6.44%) WCAG
4 10 (1.65%) NIST
5 9 (1.49%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.49%) NCSC
5 9 (1.49%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.32%) COBIT
7 6 (0.99%) GDPR
8 5 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.33%) HL7
9 2 (0.33%) SLA
9 2 (0.33%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) Basel III
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 219 (36.14%) Docker
2 9 (1.49%) Postfix
3 6 (0.99%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 185 (30.53%) Kubernetes
2 76 (12.54%) Terraform
3 39 (6.44%) Grafana
4 33 (5.45%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.48%) Ansible
6 6 (0.99%) Kibana
7 4 (0.66%) Podman
7 4 (0.66%) Puppet
8 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.33%) Consul
9 2 (0.33%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.17%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 52 (8.58%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.45%) Oracle
3 20 (3.30%) Google
4 18 (2.97%) Dynatrace
5 15 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.15%) Atlassian
6 13 (2.15%) Splunk
7 11 (1.82%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (1.65%) Adobe
8 10 (1.65%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.49%) New Relic
10 8 (1.32%) Sybase
10 8 (1.32%) Veracode
11 7 (1.16%) Apple
11 7 (1.16%) Databricks
11 7 (1.16%) Okta
11 7 (1.16%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.99%) UiPath
13 5 (0.83%) Automation Anywhere
13 5 (0.83%) IBM