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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 166 201
Rank change year-on-year -23 +35 -4
Contract jobs citing RESTful 546 388 424
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.37% 1.58% 1.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.88% 7.05% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 267 313
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £405 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £653 £738 £719
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 6
10th Percentile £56.13 - £45.88
25th Percentile £69.06 - £60.00
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 - £87.50
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 7,933 5,504 7,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.90% 22.38% 20.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,304 3,816 5,356
10th Percentile £358 £368 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% -3.05% -2.65%
75th Percentile £625 £668 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 98 198
10th Percentile £33.75 £29.90 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.56 £39.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £82.36 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +5 299 £500 -4.76% 110
North of England -28 108 £450 +2.86% 50
North West -13 64 £439 +9.75% 34
South East -44 56 £515 +14.44% 74
Midlands -39 50 £488 +5.41% 23
Yorkshire -44 35 £500 - 8
West Midlands -49 31 £488 -4.88% 14
South West -38 22 £525 -6.67% 25
East Midlands -23 18 £498 +7.68% 9
North East -13 9 £450 +22.87% 8
East of England -43 7 £500 -6.98% 29
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 24 (4.40%) Confluence
2 14 (2.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.38%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.83%) CMS
5 8 (1.47%) Appian
6 6 (1.10%) Ethereum
6 6 (1.10%) Hyperledger
7 5 (0.92%) Camunda
7 5 (0.92%) CICS
7 5 (0.92%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.92%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.73%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.55%) Apache
9 3 (0.55%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.55%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.37%) IIS
10 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.18%) JBoss
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (1.47%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.92%) Sketch
3 4 (0.73%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.37%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.18%) Maximo
3 1 (0.18%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.18%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 247 (45.24%) AWS
2 179 (32.78%) Azure
3 97 (17.77%) Serverless
4 83 (15.20%) GitHub
5 73 (13.37%) GCP
6 68 (12.45%) AWS Lambda
7 63 (11.54%) Amazon S3
8 48 (8.79%) GitHub Actions
9 47 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (6.41%) Amazon ECS
10 35 (6.41%) AWS CloudFormation
11 28 (5.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 28 (5.13%) Amazon EC2
11 28 (5.13%) Amazon EKS
12 24 (4.40%) Amazon SQS
13 19 (3.48%) Power Automate
14 17 (3.11%) Azure Functions
14 17 (3.11%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (2.56%) Entra ID
16 13 (2.38%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.93%) HTTP
2 8 (1.47%) HTTPS
3 5 (0.92%) SSL
4 4 (0.73%) DNS
5 2 (0.37%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.37%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.18%) 4G
6 1 (0.18%) 5G
6 1 (0.18%) LTE
6 1 (0.18%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.18%) SMS
6 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (20.15%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (16.12%) NoSQL
3 61 (11.17%) Relational Database
4 55 (10.07%) SQL Server
5 45 (8.24%) MongoDB
6 41 (7.51%) MySQL
7 40 (7.33%) DynamoDB
8 35 (6.41%) Amazon RDS
9 22 (4.03%) Amazon Aurora
10 19 (3.48%) Redis
11 9 (1.65%) DB2
11 9 (1.65%) DocumentDB
11 9 (1.65%) Pinecone
12 7 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.10%) Flink
14 5 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (0.92%) Big Data
15 4 (0.73%) GIS
16 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
16 3 (0.55%) Presto
Development Applications
1 148 (27.11%) Git
2 79 (14.47%) Jenkins
3 61 (11.17%) GitLab
4 50 (9.16%) JUnit
5 39 (7.14%) JIRA
6 30 (5.49%) Mockito
7 23 (4.21%) Maven
7 23 (4.21%) Postman
8 19 (3.48%) SonarQube
9 14 (2.56%) Gradle
10 13 (2.38%) Cucumber
11 12 (2.20%) Visual Studio
12 11 (2.01%) Cypress.io
12 11 (2.01%) Selenium
13 10 (1.83%) Bitbucket
14 9 (1.65%) Bitbucket Server
14 9 (1.65%) DbUnit
14 9 (1.65%) jMock
15 8 (1.47%) MLflow
16 7 (1.28%) REST Assured
General
1 143 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 121 (22.16%) Finance
3 96 (17.58%) Public Sector
4 56 (10.26%) Banking
5 55 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.01%) Front Office
7 8 (1.47%) Marketing
8 7 (1.28%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.10%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.10%) Legal
9 6 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.92%) Financial Institution
10 5 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.73%) Electronics
11 4 (0.73%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.55%) Local Government
12 3 (0.55%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.37%) Billing
13 2 (0.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 349 (63.92%) Developer
2 122 (22.34%) Java Developer
3 86 (15.75%) Senior
4 73 (13.37%) Full-Stack Developer
5 51 (9.34%) Senior Developer
6 44 (8.06%) Python Developer
7 36 (6.59%) Software Engineer
8 32 (5.86%) Architect
9 29 (5.31%) .NET Developer
9 29 (5.31%) React Developer
10 26 (4.76%) Senior Java Developer
11 23 (4.21%) Backend Developer
11 23 (4.21%) C# Developer
12 21 (3.85%) Java Engineer
12 21 (3.85%) Software Developer
13 20 (3.66%) Lead
14 16 (2.93%) AWS Developer
15 14 (2.56%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 13 (2.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 13 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (33.33%) Spring
2 174 (31.87%) Spring Boot
3 138 (25.27%) React
4 125 (22.89%) REST
5 92 (16.85%) AngularJS
6 89 (16.30%) Kafka
7 88 (16.12%) .NET
8 82 (15.02%) CSS
9 79 (14.47%) HTML
10 76 (13.92%) Node.js
11 49 (8.97%) Hibernate
11 49 (8.97%) OAuth
12 39 (7.14%) HTML5
13 38 (6.96%) JSON
13 38 (6.96%) Swagger
14 37 (6.78%) Web Services
15 36 (6.59%) Django
16 34 (6.23%) CSS3
17 33 (6.04%) OpenAPI
18 32 (5.86%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 77 (14.10%) Cloud Native
2 68 (12.45%) Product Ownership
3 63 (11.54%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (2.93%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.56%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.56%) Low-Code
7 12 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.01%) Derivative
8 11 (2.01%) NHS
9 10 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.28%) Hedge funds
12 6 (1.10%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.10%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.92%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.92%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (0.92%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.86%) Linux
2 18 (3.30%) Unix
3 11 (2.01%) Windows
4 5 (0.92%) Android
4 5 (0.92%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.92%) zOS
5 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (61.54%) CI/CD
2 297 (54.40%) Microservices
3 292 (53.48%) Agile
4 193 (35.35%) DevOps
5 170 (31.14%) Containerisation
6 127 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
7 123 (22.53%) Full-Stack Development
8 115 (21.06%) Test Automation
9 100 (18.32%) Event-Driven
10 92 (16.85%) Software Engineering
11 86 (15.75%) Scrum
12 84 (15.38%) Clean Code
13 82 (15.02%) Code Quality
14 81 (14.84%) API Development
14 81 (14.84%) TDD
15 71 (13.00%) Infrastructure as Code
16 67 (12.27%) API Design
17 65 (11.90%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 61 (11.17%) User Experience
19 59 (10.81%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 249 (45.60%) Java
2 177 (32.42%) SQL
3 137 (25.09%) Python
4 129 (23.63%) JavaScript
5 104 (19.05%) C#
6 100 (18.32%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.58%) Go
8 16 (2.93%) Shell Script
9 14 (2.56%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.28%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.92%) Bash
11 5 (0.92%) Bicep
12 4 (0.73%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.73%) JCL
12 4 (0.73%) Swift
12 4 (0.73%) X++
13 3 (0.55%) JSX
13 3 (0.55%) Ruby
13 3 (0.55%) Rust
13 3 (0.55%) Scala
Qualifications
1 133 (24.36%) Security Cleared
2 94 (17.22%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.06%) Degree
4 34 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.83%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (0.92%) CCSP
9 5 (0.92%) CEH
9 5 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.92%) CISM
9 5 (0.92%) CISSP
9 5 (0.92%) OSCP
10 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.73%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.55%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.55%) MBA
12 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.36%) QA
2 45 (8.24%) Accessibility
3 25 (4.58%) WCAG
4 10 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.83%) NIST
5 9 (1.65%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.28%) HL7
8 6 (1.10%) GDPR
9 5 (0.92%) COBIT
10 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.37%) SLA
10 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) EMIR
11 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
11 1 (0.18%) NCSC
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 204 (37.36%) Docker
2 8 (1.47%) Postfix
3 6 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.55%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 178 (32.60%) Kubernetes
2 70 (12.82%) Terraform
3 29 (5.31%) Grafana
4 28 (5.13%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.83%) Ansible
6 6 (1.10%) Kibana
7 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.18%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 39 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.76%) Oracle
3 24 (4.40%) Adobe
4 18 (3.30%) Google
5 12 (2.20%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.20%) Splunk
6 10 (1.83%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.83%) OpenAI
7 9 (1.65%) Jaspersoft
8 8 (1.47%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (1.47%) UiPath
8 8 (1.47%) Veracode
9 7 (1.28%) Databricks
9 7 (1.28%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.10%) Okta
11 5 (0.92%) Ping Identity
11 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.92%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.73%) Brio
12 4 (0.73%) ION Trading