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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 170 206
Rank change year-on-year -24 +36 -1
Contract jobs citing RESTful 587 397 444
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.37% 1.60% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.18% 7.13% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 281 306
10th Percentile £350 £325 £364
25th Percentile £413 £400 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £514
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.59% -14.33%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -12.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 7
10th Percentile £54.50 £47.75 £47.70
25th Percentile £61.25 £50.00 £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 - £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 8,179 5,565 7,818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.05% 22.49% 20.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,392 3,859 5,456
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £740 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £535
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.74% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 110 257
10th Percentile £30.55 £32.10 £22.75
25th Percentile £51.56 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.05 £74.70
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £51.75
% change year-on-year +15.56% +8.70% -20.38%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 -1 316 £500 - 114
North of England -17 112 £450 +5.88% 181
South East -23 72 £520 +4.52% 168
North West -22 53 £450 +12.50% 80
Yorkshire -27 42 £525 +13.51% 64
Midlands -67 41 £488 +5.41% 87
South West -14 30 £475 -11.63% 68
West Midlands -60 22 £500 - 42
North East -21 17 £450 -10.00% 37
East Midlands -26 17 £445 +10.70% 45
East of England -29 9 £500 -13.04% 109
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 30 (5.11%) Confluence
2 10 (1.70%) Ethereum
2 10 (1.70%) Hyperledger
3 9 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.36%) Appian
5 7 (1.19%) CICS
6 6 (1.02%) CMS
7 5 (0.85%) Camunda
7 5 (0.85%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.51%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.34%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.34%) IIS
10 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.17%) Mule
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (1.36%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.51%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.85%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.68%) Quorum
2 4 (0.68%) Ripple
3 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Maximo
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
1 232 (39.52%) AWS
2 205 (34.92%) Azure
3 100 (17.04%) GitHub
4 96 (16.35%) Serverless
5 73 (12.44%) GitHub Actions
6 71 (12.10%) AWS Lambda
7 61 (10.39%) GCP
8 60 (10.22%) Azure DevOps
9 53 (9.03%) Amazon S3
10 39 (6.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 34 (5.79%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (5.28%) Amazon SQS
13 29 (4.94%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (4.60%) Amazon EKS
15 22 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (3.24%) Route 53
17 18 (3.07%) Entra ID
17 18 (3.07%) Power Automate
18 16 (2.73%) Azure Service Bus
19 15 (2.56%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.21%) HTTP
2 4 (0.68%) DNS
2 4 (0.68%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.68%) MQTT
2 4 (0.68%) Network Security
3 2 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.17%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.17%) 4G
4 1 (0.17%) 5G
4 1 (0.17%) LTE
4 1 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.17%) SSL
4 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (20.95%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (15.33%) NoSQL
3 61 (10.39%) Relational Database
3 61 (10.39%) SQL Server
4 51 (8.69%) MongoDB
5 44 (7.50%) DynamoDB
6 34 (5.79%) Amazon RDS
7 32 (5.45%) MySQL
8 29 (4.94%) Amazon Aurora
9 21 (3.58%) Redis
10 11 (1.87%) Db2
11 9 (1.53%) Pinecone
12 7 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (1.19%) Power BI
13 6 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.02%) Flink
14 5 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.85%) DocumentDB
15 4 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 137 (23.34%) Git
2 102 (17.38%) Jenkins
3 68 (11.58%) GitLab
4 53 (9.03%) JUnit
5 48 (8.18%) JIRA
6 36 (6.13%) Mockito
7 26 (4.43%) SonarQube
8 24 (4.09%) Postman
9 23 (3.92%) Maven
10 21 (3.58%) Gradle
11 18 (3.07%) Cucumber
12 14 (2.39%) Visual Studio
13 12 (2.04%) DbUnit
14 11 (1.87%) Bitbucket Server
14 11 (1.87%) jMock
14 11 (1.87%) REST Assured
15 10 (1.70%) fastlane
16 8 (1.36%) Liquibase
16 8 (1.36%) MLflow
16 8 (1.36%) Xcode
General
1 124 (21.12%) Social Skills
2 122 (20.78%) Finance
3 93 (15.84%) Public Sector
4 67 (11.41%) Banking
5 61 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.21%) Retail
8 10 (1.70%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.36%) Law
9 8 (1.36%) Marketing
10 7 (1.19%) Front Office
11 6 (1.02%) Legal
12 5 (0.85%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.85%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.68%) Police
13 4 (0.68%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.51%) Automotive
14 3 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.51%) Local Government
14 3 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 368 (62.69%) Developer
2 118 (20.10%) Senior
3 116 (19.76%) Java Developer
4 78 (13.29%) Senior Developer
5 63 (10.73%) Full-Stack Developer
6 50 (8.52%) Python Developer
7 39 (6.64%) Architect
7 39 (6.64%) Software Engineer
8 36 (6.13%) .NET Developer
9 33 (5.62%) Senior Java Developer
10 32 (5.45%) React Developer
11 25 (4.26%) Backend Developer
11 25 (4.26%) C# Developer
12 23 (3.92%) Software Developer
13 20 (3.41%) Java Engineer
13 20 (3.41%) Lead
14 18 (3.07%) AWS Developer
15 16 (2.73%) Senior Software Engineer
16 15 (2.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 14 (2.39%) iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (28.11%) Spring
2 161 (27.43%) Spring Boot
3 153 (26.06%) REST
4 121 (20.61%) React
5 115 (19.59%) Kafka
6 107 (18.23%) .NET
7 69 (11.75%) CSS
8 67 (11.41%) AngularJS
8 67 (11.41%) Node.js
9 66 (11.24%) HTML
10 59 (10.05%) OAuth
11 49 (8.35%) Web Services
12 43 (7.33%) Swagger
13 41 (6.98%) Django
14 40 (6.81%) OAuth2
15 39 (6.64%) OpenAPI
16 38 (6.47%) FastAPI
16 38 (6.47%) RabbitMQ
17 37 (6.30%) .NET Core
17 37 (6.30%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 103 (17.55%) Cloud Native
2 95 (16.18%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (14.82%) Product Ownership
4 29 (4.94%) Mobile App
5 23 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (3.41%) Data Structures
6 20 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.21%) Low-Code
8 12 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.87%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.87%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.53%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.36%) Derivative
11 8 (1.36%) Hedge funds
12 7 (1.19%) DataPower
12 7 (1.19%) Mainframe
13 6 (1.02%) Equities
13 6 (1.02%) NHS
13 6 (1.02%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.16%) Linux
2 21 (3.58%) Unix
3 19 (3.24%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.04%) Android
5 11 (1.87%) Windows
6 7 (1.19%) zOS
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (60.65%) CI/CD
2 309 (52.64%) Microservices
3 304 (51.79%) Agile
4 214 (36.46%) DevOps
5 173 (29.47%) Containerisation
6 135 (23.00%) Test Automation
7 128 (21.81%) Event-Driven
8 116 (19.76%) Scrum
9 113 (19.25%) Full-Stack Development
9 113 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (18.40%) Software Engineering
11 89 (15.16%) API Development
12 84 (14.31%) Clean Code
12 84 (14.31%) Code Quality
13 81 (13.80%) API Design
13 81 (13.80%) Infrastructure as Code
14 80 (13.63%) TDD
15 78 (13.29%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 70 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
17 67 (11.41%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 250 (42.59%) Java
2 185 (31.52%) SQL
3 161 (27.43%) Python
4 128 (21.81%) C#
5 122 (20.78%) JavaScript
6 104 (17.72%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.26%) Go
7 25 (4.26%) Shell Script
8 22 (3.75%) Kotlin
9 17 (2.90%) Swift
10 16 (2.73%) Bicep
11 11 (1.87%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.53%) Scala
13 8 (1.36%) Rust
14 7 (1.19%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.02%) JCL
15 6 (1.02%) Objective-C
15 6 (1.02%) Ruby
16 5 (0.85%) Solidity
16 5 (0.85%) X++
Qualifications
1 139 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 104 (17.72%) SC Cleared
3 34 (5.79%) Degree
4 24 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.73%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.70%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (1.36%) CCSP
8 8 (1.36%) CEH
8 8 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.36%) CISM
8 8 (1.36%) CISSP
8 8 (1.36%) OSCP
9 5 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.51%) MBA
12 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (14.31%) QA
2 57 (9.71%) Accessibility
3 37 (6.30%) WCAG
4 13 (2.21%) NIST
5 12 (2.04%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.87%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.36%) COBIT
7 8 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.19%) NCSC
9 6 (1.02%) GDPR
10 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.34%) HL7
10 2 (0.34%) SLA
10 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.17%) Basel III
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 214 (36.46%) Docker
2 9 (1.53%) Postfix
3 5 (0.85%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.68%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 179 (30.49%) Kubernetes
2 73 (12.44%) Terraform
3 40 (6.81%) Grafana
4 34 (5.79%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.39%) Ansible
6 6 (1.02%) Kibana
7 4 (0.68%) Podman
7 4 (0.68%) Puppet
8 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.34%) Consul
9 2 (0.34%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.17%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 43 (7.33%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.11%) Oracle
3 17 (2.90%) Dynatrace
3 17 (2.90%) Google
4 13 (2.21%) Atlassian
5 12 (2.04%) OpenAI
5 12 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.87%) Jaspersoft
6 11 (1.87%) Splunk
7 9 (1.53%) Adobe
7 9 (1.53%) Apple
8 8 (1.36%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (1.36%) Sybase
8 8 (1.36%) UiPath
8 8 (1.36%) Veracode
9 7 (1.19%) Databricks
9 7 (1.19%) New Relic
9 7 (1.19%) Okta
10 6 (1.02%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.68%) NVIDIA