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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 144 170
Rank change year-on-year -65 +26 +52
Contract jobs citing RESTful 632 563 488
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.36% 2.01% 1.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.39% 7.90% 6.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 408 305
10th Percentile £349 £330 £324
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £505
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -3.47% -8.18%
75th Percentile £565 £581 £638
90th Percentile £646 £675 £750
UK median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% -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 9,888 7,127 7,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.24% 25.50% 24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,506 4,804 5,199
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £448 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £789
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 172 174
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £36.08
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.51 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £54.85 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.15% -15.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £70.00 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.93
% change year-on-year +20.37% -14.19% +4.88%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -43 343 £500 -3.85% 418
North of England -79 99 £450 - 134
South East -47 73 £475 +2.70% 79
Midlands -54 48 £446 -3.57% 41
Yorkshire -53 47 £473 +5.00% 47
West Midlands -38 34 £468 -6.40% 25
South West -27 32 £425 -15.00% 35
North West -57 30 £488 +10.17% 69
North East -23 22 £450 -10.00% 21
East of England -28 18 £463 -15.14% 48
East Midlands -37 13 £425 +5.72% 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 40 (6.33%) Confluence
2 6 (0.95%) CMS
3 5 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.63%) Camunda
4 4 (0.63%) Ethereum
4 4 (0.63%) Hyperledger
4 4 (0.63%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.63%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.47%) Apache Pulsar
5 3 (0.47%) CICS
5 3 (0.47%) 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%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.95%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Quorum
1 4 (0.63%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.63%) Ripple
2 3 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
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
1 260 (41.14%) AWS
2 229 (36.23%) Azure
3 145 (22.94%) GitHub
4 91 (14.40%) GCP
4 91 (14.40%) GitHub Actions
5 87 (13.77%) Serverless
6 79 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (9.81%) AWS Lambda
8 46 (7.28%) Amazon EKS
8 46 (7.28%) Amazon S3
9 36 (5.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 35 (5.54%) Amazon ECS
11 30 (4.75%) Amazon EC2
12 23 (3.64%) Entra ID
13 22 (3.48%) Amazon SQS
14 21 (3.32%) GitHub Copilot
15 18 (2.85%) Azure AKS
16 16 (2.53%) Azure Functions
16 16 (2.53%) Azure Key Vault
17 15 (2.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.53%) 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 (0.63%) 4G
5 4 (0.63%) MQTT
5 4 (0.63%) Network Security
5 4 (0.63%) 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
1 145 (22.94%) PostgreSQL
2 93 (14.72%) Relational Database
3 74 (11.71%) NoSQL
4 63 (9.97%) MongoDB
5 52 (8.23%) MySQL
5 52 (8.23%) SQL Server
6 30 (4.75%) Redis
7 27 (4.27%) DynamoDB
8 20 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (3.01%) Amazon Aurora
10 13 (2.06%) Geospatial Data
11 12 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.11%) Power BI
13 6 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.95%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.79%) Metadata
14 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.63%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 197 (31.17%) Git
2 126 (19.94%) Jenkins
3 61 (9.65%) GitLab
4 60 (9.49%) JIRA
4 60 (9.49%) JUnit
5 40 (6.33%) Mockito
6 38 (6.01%) Maven
7 31 (4.91%) Gradle
8 28 (4.43%) Cucumber
9 27 (4.27%) SonarQube
10 20 (3.16%) Cypress.io
10 20 (3.16%) Selenium
11 14 (2.22%) Visual Studio
12 13 (2.06%) Postman
12 13 (2.06%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.74%) Bitbucket
13 11 (1.74%) MSI
14 10 (1.58%) CircleCI
15 9 (1.42%) Storybook
16 8 (1.27%) Gatling
General
1 167 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 119 (18.83%) Finance
3 108 (17.09%) Public Sector
4 104 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (8.39%) Banking
6 36 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (3.32%) Retail
8 17 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.53%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.27%) Local Government
10 8 (1.27%) Marketing
10 8 (1.27%) Publishing
11 6 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.95%) Front Office
11 6 (0.95%) Law
11 6 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.79%) Legal
13 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.47%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.47%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 386 (61.08%) Developer
2 128 (20.25%) Senior
3 109 (17.25%) Java Developer
4 87 (13.77%) Senior Developer
5 82 (12.97%) Full-Stack Developer
6 51 (8.07%) Python Developer
7 47 (7.44%) Software Engineer
8 39 (6.17%) .NET Developer
9 35 (5.54%) Senior Java Developer
10 33 (5.22%) Lead
11 30 (4.75%) Architect
12 27 (4.27%) React Developer
13 25 (3.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 24 (3.80%) C# Developer
14 24 (3.80%) Java Engineer
14 24 (3.80%) Software Developer
15 20 (3.16%) C# .NET Developer
16 18 (2.85%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 18 (2.85%) Technical Leader
17 17 (2.69%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (31.65%) REST
2 157 (24.84%) Spring
3 151 (23.89%) Spring Boot
4 139 (21.99%) React
5 122 (19.30%) Kafka
6 109 (17.25%) .NET
7 108 (17.09%) CSS
7 108 (17.09%) HTML
8 102 (16.14%) Terraform
9 74 (11.71%) AngularJS
10 72 (11.39%) Node.js
11 68 (10.76%) OAuth
12 65 (10.28%) Web Services
13 59 (9.34%) HTML5
14 58 (9.18%) OAuth2
15 55 (8.70%) JSON
16 54 (8.54%) .NET Core
17 53 (8.39%) CSS3
18 48 (7.59%) Swagger
19 45 (7.12%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 177 (28.01%) Cloud Native
2 109 (17.25%) Distributed Systems
3 84 (13.29%) Product Ownership
4 48 (7.59%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (6.01%) Mobile App
6 28 (4.43%) Onboarding
7 24 (3.80%) AI Agents
8 21 (3.32%) Data Structures
9 18 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.90%) NHS
11 11 (1.74%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.42%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
16 5 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
16 5 (0.79%) Life Science
16 5 (0.79%) Low-Code
16 5 (0.79%) Reference Data
17 4 (0.63%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.02%) Linux
2 38 (6.01%) Unix
3 22 (3.48%) Apple iOS
4 21 (3.32%) Android
5 17 (2.69%) Windows
6 3 (0.47%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (66.93%) CI/CD
2 371 (58.70%) Agile
3 323 (51.11%) Microservices
4 273 (43.20%) DevOps
5 226 (35.76%) Test Automation
6 180 (28.48%) Containerisation
7 156 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
8 153 (24.21%) Event-Driven
8 153 (24.21%) Software Engineering
9 151 (23.89%) Scrum
10 150 (23.73%) Full-Stack Development
11 141 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 130 (20.57%) Code Quality
13 112 (17.72%) Infrastructure as Code
14 104 (16.46%) API Development
15 99 (15.66%) AI
16 96 (15.19%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 93 (14.72%) Observability
18 92 (14.56%) API Design
19 91 (14.40%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 250 (39.56%) Java
2 172 (27.22%) JavaScript
3 170 (26.90%) Python
4 162 (25.63%) SQL
5 142 (22.47%) TypeScript
6 127 (20.09%) C#
7 35 (5.54%) Kotlin
8 33 (5.22%) Shell Script
9 29 (4.59%) Bicep
10 22 (3.48%) Bash
11 21 (3.32%) Swift
12 19 (3.01%) Go
13 14 (2.22%) Ruby
13 14 (2.22%) Scala
14 11 (1.74%) Rust
15 9 (1.42%) Objective-C
16 8 (1.27%) PL/SQL
16 8 (1.27%) T-SQL
16 8 (1.27%) X++
17 7 (1.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 161 (25.47%) Security Cleared
2 136 (21.52%) SC Cleared
3 50 (7.91%) Degree
4 38 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.11%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (3.01%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.06%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.74%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.63%) CCSP
11 4 (0.63%) CEH
11 4 (0.63%) CISM
11 4 (0.63%) CISSP
11 4 (0.63%) OSCP
11 4 (0.63%) PhD
12 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (19.78%) QA
2 73 (11.55%) Accessibility
3 40 (6.33%) WCAG
4 13 (2.06%) NCSC
5 9 (1.42%) HL7
6 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.79%) NIST
8 4 (0.63%) COBIT
8 4 (0.63%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.63%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.47%) 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%) SLA
11 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 242 (38.29%) Docker
2 8 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.47%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 195 (30.85%) Kubernetes
2 55 (8.70%) Grafana
3 43 (6.80%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.90%) Kibana
5 11 (1.74%) Ansible
6 5 (0.79%) Argo
7 4 (0.63%) Bosun
7 4 (0.63%) Podman
7 4 (0.63%) Puppet
8 3 (0.47%) 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 79 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.33%) Google
3 34 (5.38%) Oracle
4 23 (3.64%) Splunk
5 21 (3.32%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.90%) New Relic
6 12 (1.90%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.27%) 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%) IBM
10 5 (0.79%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.79%) SAP
11 4 (0.63%) Adobe
11 4 (0.63%) Citrix
11 4 (0.63%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (0.63%) Sybase