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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 162 189
Rank change year-on-year -32 +27 +24
Contract jobs citing RESTful 627 462 486
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.39% 1.70% 1.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.36% 7.63% 6.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 334 335
10th Percentile £350 £325 £361
25th Percentile £413 £395 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £650
90th Percentile £650 £687 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £48.13 £47.70
25th Percentile £56.25 £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 £93.25 £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 8,520 6,057 7,670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.93% 22.25% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,604 4,167 5,354
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £430 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £743 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £539
% change year-on-year +3.45% -5.84% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 135 251
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -8.66%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.35%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -12 330 £500 -2.72% 56
North of England -42 110 £463 +3.93% 38
South East -21 83 £508 +12.15% 38
North West -41 49 £463 +12.80% 21
Midlands -67 46 £488 +5.41% 12
Yorkshire -25 44 £500 +12.36% 13
South West -18 35 £445 -17.21% 14
West Midlands -59 27 £500 - 8
North East -22 17 £450 -10.00% 4
East Midlands -28 17 £445 +10.70% 4
East of England -18 14 £500 -8.26% 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 33 (5.26%) Confluence
2 10 (1.59%) Ethereum
2 10 (1.59%) Hyperledger
3 9 (1.44%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.28%) CMS
5 7 (1.12%) CICS
6 5 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.80%) Camunda
6 5 (0.80%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.64%) Appian
7 4 (0.64%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.48%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.32%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.32%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.32%) IIS
9 2 (0.32%) Mule
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.44%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.80%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.64%) Quorum
2 4 (0.64%) Ripple
3 3 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.32%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.16%) Maximo
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.16%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 236 (37.64%) AWS
2 225 (35.89%) Azure
3 117 (18.66%) GitHub
4 95 (15.15%) Serverless
5 82 (13.08%) GitHub Actions
6 75 (11.96%) Azure DevOps
7 69 (11.00%) AWS Lambda
8 67 (10.69%) GCP
9 50 (7.97%) Amazon S3
10 39 (6.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 38 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (4.47%) Amazon SQS
13 25 (3.99%) Amazon ECS
13 25 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
14 18 (2.87%) Entra ID
15 15 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (2.39%) Power Platform
15 15 (2.39%) Route 53
16 14 (2.23%) Azure Functions
16 14 (2.23%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.71%) HTTP
2 6 (0.96%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.64%) MQTT
3 4 (0.64%) Network Security
4 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.16%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.16%) 4G
5 1 (0.16%) 5G
5 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.16%) DNS
5 1 (0.16%) LTE
5 1 (0.16%) NFC
5 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.16%) SNMP
5 1 (0.16%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (20.26%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (13.08%) NoSQL
3 74 (11.80%) Relational Database
4 61 (9.73%) SQL Server
5 55 (8.77%) MongoDB
6 40 (6.38%) DynamoDB
7 35 (5.58%) MySQL
8 28 (4.47%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (4.15%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (2.71%) Redis
11 10 (1.59%) Db2
11 10 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
12 9 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (1.12%) Power BI
14 6 (0.96%) Flink
15 5 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.80%) Pinecone
16 4 (0.64%) Metadata
16 4 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 166 (26.48%) Git
2 104 (16.59%) Jenkins
3 61 (9.73%) GitLab
4 56 (8.93%) JIRA
4 56 (8.93%) JUnit
5 38 (6.06%) Mockito
6 29 (4.63%) Maven
7 28 (4.47%) Gradle
7 28 (4.47%) SonarQube
8 23 (3.67%) Postman
9 20 (3.19%) Cucumber
10 17 (2.71%) Visual Studio
11 13 (2.07%) Cypress.io
12 12 (1.91%) DbUnit
12 12 (1.91%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.75%) Bitbucket Server
13 11 (1.75%) jMock
14 10 (1.59%) fastlane
14 10 (1.59%) Selenium
15 9 (1.44%) Xcode
General
1 133 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 121 (19.30%) Finance
3 105 (16.75%) Public Sector
4 77 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (9.89%) Banking
6 27 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.39%) Retail
8 12 (1.91%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.59%) Marketing
10 8 (1.28%) Law
11 7 (1.12%) Front Office
11 7 (1.12%) Legal
11 7 (1.12%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.96%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.80%) Local Government
13 5 (0.80%) Police
14 4 (0.64%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.48%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.48%) Automotive
15 3 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 402 (64.11%) Developer
2 133 (21.21%) Senior
3 128 (20.41%) Java Developer
4 90 (14.35%) Senior Developer
5 75 (11.96%) Full-Stack Developer
6 46 (7.34%) Python Developer
7 43 (6.86%) .NET Developer
8 40 (6.38%) Architect
9 39 (6.22%) Software Engineer
10 37 (5.90%) Senior Java Developer
11 35 (5.58%) React Developer
12 26 (4.15%) C# Developer
13 25 (3.99%) Backend Developer
13 25 (3.99%) Software Developer
14 19 (3.03%) AWS Developer
14 19 (3.03%) Lead
15 18 (2.87%) Java Engineer
16 17 (2.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 16 (2.55%) C# .NET Developer
17 16 (2.55%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (28.23%) REST
2 163 (26.00%) Spring
3 158 (25.20%) Spring Boot
4 128 (20.41%) React
5 119 (18.98%) .NET
6 113 (18.02%) Kafka
7 88 (14.04%) CSS
8 82 (13.08%) HTML
9 71 (11.32%) AngularJS
10 64 (10.21%) Node.js
11 59 (9.41%) OAuth
12 51 (8.13%) Web Services
13 48 (7.66%) Swagger
14 46 (7.34%) JSON
15 44 (7.02%) OAuth2
16 43 (6.86%) .NET Core
16 43 (6.86%) HTML5
17 41 (6.54%) OpenAPI
18 40 (6.38%) SOAP
19 39 (6.22%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 116 (18.50%) Cloud Native
2 100 (15.95%) Distributed Systems
3 91 (14.51%) Product Ownership
4 37 (5.90%) Mobile App
5 30 (4.78%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (3.83%) Data Structures
7 22 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (2.71%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.07%) Algorithms
9 13 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.44%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.44%) NHS
11 9 (1.44%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.28%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.28%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.12%) DataPower
13 7 (1.12%) Mainframe
13 7 (1.12%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.96%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.54%) Linux
2 25 (3.99%) Unix
3 21 (3.35%) Android
3 21 (3.35%) Apple iOS
4 17 (2.71%) Windows
5 7 (1.12%) zOS
6 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (61.72%) CI/CD
2 339 (54.07%) Agile
3 325 (51.83%) Microservices
4 241 (38.44%) DevOps
5 181 (28.87%) Containerisation
6 159 (25.36%) Test Automation
7 135 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
7 135 (21.53%) Scrum
8 128 (20.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 126 (20.10%) Event-Driven
10 114 (18.18%) Software Engineering
11 104 (16.59%) Code Quality
12 96 (15.31%) API Design
13 91 (14.51%) Infrastructure as Code
14 90 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
15 86 (13.72%) API Development
16 85 (13.56%) Clean Code
16 85 (13.56%) TDD
17 76 (12.12%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 71 (11.32%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 270 (43.06%) Java
2 184 (29.35%) SQL
3 161 (25.68%) Python
4 144 (22.97%) JavaScript
5 139 (22.17%) C#
6 116 (18.50%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.58%) Kotlin
8 26 (4.15%) Shell Script
9 25 (3.99%) Go
10 20 (3.19%) Bicep
11 19 (3.03%) Swift
12 11 (1.75%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.59%) Ruby
14 9 (1.44%) Scala
15 8 (1.28%) Objective-C
15 8 (1.28%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.28%) Rust
16 7 (1.12%) X++
17 6 (0.96%) Bash
17 6 (0.96%) JCL
Qualifications
1 165 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 134 (21.37%) SC Cleared
3 37 (5.90%) Degree
4 26 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.87%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.23%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.07%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (1.28%) CCSP
10 8 (1.28%) CEH
10 8 (1.28%) CISM
10 8 (1.28%) CISSP
10 8 (1.28%) OSCP
11 6 (0.96%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.48%) MBA
14 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (13.72%) QA
2 67 (10.69%) Accessibility
3 43 (6.86%) WCAG
4 10 (1.59%) NCSC
5 9 (1.44%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.44%) NIST
6 8 (1.28%) COBIT
6 8 (1.28%) GDPR
6 8 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.48%) HL7
7 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.48%) SLA
8 1 (0.16%) Basel III
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.16%) GRC
8 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 227 (36.20%) Docker
2 9 (1.44%) Postfix
3 6 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.64%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 185 (29.51%) Kubernetes
2 77 (12.28%) Terraform
3 42 (6.70%) Grafana
4 37 (5.90%) Prometheus
5 16 (2.55%) Ansible
6 7 (1.12%) Kibana
7 4 (0.64%) Podman
7 4 (0.64%) Puppet
8 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.32%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.32%) Consul
9 2 (0.32%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.16%) Argo
10 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 58 (9.25%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.22%) Oracle
3 22 (3.51%) Google
4 18 (2.87%) Dynatrace
5 14 (2.23%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.07%) Atlassian
6 13 (2.07%) Splunk
7 11 (1.75%) Jaspersoft
7 11 (1.75%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.44%) New Relic
9 8 (1.28%) Adobe
9 8 (1.28%) Databricks
9 8 (1.28%) Veracode
10 7 (1.12%) Apple
10 7 (1.12%) Sybase
11 6 (0.96%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.80%) IBM
12 5 (0.80%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.80%) Okta
12 5 (0.80%) UiPath