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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 165 208
Rank change year-on-year +7 +43 -39
Contract jobs citing RESTful 588 435 427
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.79% 1.64% 1.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.11% 7.37% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 268 325
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £406 £405 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £555 £625 £619
90th Percentile £675 £713 £706
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.63% -14.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 8
10th Percentile £50.24 - £57.50
25th Percentile £54.64 £38.25 £57.88
Median hourly rate £82.13 £39.50 £76.53
Median % change year-on-year +107.92% -48.39% +9.33%
75th Percentile £95.00 £40.75 -
90th Percentile - - £80.57
UK median hourly rate £82.13 £39.50 £76.53
% change year-on-year +107.92% -48.39% +9.33%

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 7,246 5,900 7,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.09% 22.30% 20.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,850 3,753 5,622
10th Percentile £356 £363 £356
25th Percentile £415 £430 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £629 £663 £662
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 77 183
10th Percentile £34.60 £26.25 £26.80
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.40 £75.80 £77.31
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -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 28 January 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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +21 309 £496 -8.74% 86
North of England -3 140 £450 -5.26% 87
North West -2 70 £433 -3.78% 47
Yorkshire -5 69 £500 -6.28% 31
Midlands -30 53 £500 +5.26% 33
West Midlands -23 42 £481 -0.77% 15
South East -22 39 £500 +22.25% 91
East of England -3 27 £513 +64.08% 36
South West -22 17 £512 -2.57% 42
East Midlands -26 10 £600 +35.14% 18
North East -18 1 £475 +28.38% 10
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 34 (5.78%) Confluence
2 19 (3.23%) CMS
3 13 (2.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (1.19%) Headless CMS
4 7 (1.19%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.02%) Appian
5 6 (1.02%) nginx
6 5 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.85%) Camunda
6 5 (0.85%) Ethereum
6 5 (0.85%) Hyperledger
6 5 (0.85%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.85%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.68%) Apache
8 3 (0.51%) Drupal
8 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.34%) Documentum
9 2 (0.34%) Mule
9 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.19%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.85%) Sketch
3 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.17%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (0.17%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.17%) Finacle
2 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 257 (43.71%) AWS
2 196 (33.33%) Azure
3 131 (22.28%) Serverless
4 123 (20.92%) GCP
5 95 (16.16%) GitHub
6 51 (8.67%) AWS Lambda
7 45 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (6.97%) Amazon S3
8 41 (6.97%) GitHub Actions
9 36 (6.12%) Amazon ECS
10 31 (5.27%) Azure Functions
11 29 (4.93%) Azure AKS
12 28 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
13 23 (3.91%) PaaS
14 19 (3.23%) Amazon SQS
15 17 (2.89%) GitHub Copilot
16 16 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
16 16 (2.72%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.38%) HTTP
2 6 (1.02%) HTTPS
2 6 (1.02%) SSL
3 5 (0.85%) DNS
4 3 (0.51%) tcpdump
4 3 (0.51%) VPN
5 2 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.17%) Firewall
6 1 (0.17%) Internet
6 1 (0.17%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.17%) SMS
6 1 (0.17%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (20.41%) NoSQL
2 112 (19.05%) PostgreSQL
3 66 (11.22%) Relational Database
4 45 (7.65%) MySQL
5 40 (6.80%) SQL Server
6 37 (6.29%) MongoDB
7 25 (4.25%) Amazon RDS
7 25 (4.25%) DynamoDB
8 21 (3.57%) Redis
9 12 (2.04%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (1.87%) RDBMS
11 9 (1.53%) DocumentDB
12 7 (1.19%) Big Data
12 7 (1.19%) BigQuery
13 6 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.02%) Pinecone
14 4 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.68%) Power BI
15 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 157 (26.70%) Git
2 98 (16.67%) Jenkins
3 79 (13.44%) GitLab
4 54 (9.18%) JIRA
5 41 (6.97%) JUnit
6 30 (5.10%) Postman
7 23 (3.91%) Gradle
7 23 (3.91%) Liquibase
8 19 (3.23%) Mockito
8 19 (3.23%) Selenium
9 17 (2.89%) Cypress.io
10 16 (2.72%) Cucumber
10 16 (2.72%) Maven
11 15 (2.55%) SonarQube
12 13 (2.21%) Bitbucket
13 11 (1.87%) MLflow
14 10 (1.70%) REST Assured
15 9 (1.53%) Android Studio
15 9 (1.53%) Storybook
16 6 (1.02%) JMeter
General
1 222 (37.76%) Social Skills
2 136 (23.13%) Finance
3 94 (15.99%) Public Sector
4 74 (12.59%) Banking
5 47 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.25%) Financial Institution
7 10 (1.70%) Front Office
8 8 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (1.36%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.19%) Marketing
10 6 (1.02%) Legal
11 5 (0.85%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.85%) Health Technology
11 5 (0.85%) Retail
12 4 (0.68%) Automotive
12 4 (0.68%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.68%) Multimedia
12 4 (0.68%) Wearables
13 3 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 327 (55.61%) Developer
2 106 (18.03%) Senior
3 83 (14.12%) Java Developer
4 71 (12.07%) Full-Stack Developer
5 53 (9.01%) Senior Developer
6 49 (8.33%) Software Engineer
7 42 (7.14%) Python Developer
8 37 (6.29%) Architect
9 32 (5.44%) Lead
10 29 (4.93%) Senior Java Developer
11 28 (4.76%) React Developer
12 24 (4.08%) Senior Software Engineer
13 23 (3.91%) C# Developer
14 22 (3.74%) .NET Developer
15 20 (3.40%) Backend Developer
15 20 (3.40%) Java Engineer
16 19 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
17 17 (2.89%) Android Developer
18 16 (2.72%) AWS Engineer
19 15 (2.55%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (27.38%) React
2 142 (24.15%) Spring
3 138 (23.47%) Spring Boot
4 114 (19.39%) REST
5 99 (16.84%) .NET
6 90 (15.31%) HTML
7 88 (14.97%) AngularJS
8 87 (14.80%) Node.js
9 85 (14.46%) CSS
10 64 (10.88%) Kafka
11 60 (10.20%) OAuth
12 48 (8.16%) JSON
13 46 (7.82%) OAuth2
14 39 (6.63%) HTML5
15 37 (6.29%) Swagger
16 33 (5.61%) .NET Framework
16 33 (5.61%) CSS3
16 33 (5.61%) Elastic Stack
16 33 (5.61%) Hibernate
16 33 (5.61%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 110 (18.71%) Cloud Native
2 55 (9.35%) Distributed Systems
3 52 (8.84%) Product Ownership
4 36 (6.12%) Mobile App
5 30 (5.10%) Public Cloud
6 18 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.72%) Algorithms
9 14 (2.38%) Onboarding
10 12 (2.04%) Derivative
10 12 (2.04%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.87%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.87%) NHS
12 8 (1.36%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
14 6 (1.02%) N-Tier
14 6 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (0.85%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 60 (10.20%) Linux
2 20 (3.40%) Android
2 20 (3.40%) Windows
3 16 (2.72%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.19%) Unix
5 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (61.39%) CI/CD
2 335 (56.97%) Agile
3 278 (47.28%) Microservices
4 208 (35.37%) DevOps
5 184 (31.29%) Problem-Solving
6 181 (30.78%) Containerisation
7 133 (22.62%) Full-Stack Development
8 118 (20.07%) Test Automation
9 111 (18.88%) Software Engineering
10 110 (18.71%) API Development
11 92 (15.65%) Event-Driven
12 87 (14.80%) Clean Code
13 82 (13.95%) Design Patterns
13 82 (13.95%) Scrum
14 80 (13.61%) API Design
15 76 (12.93%) User Experience
16 74 (12.59%) TDD
17 73 (12.41%) Computer Science
17 73 (12.41%) Infrastructure as Code
18 71 (12.07%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 225 (38.27%) Java
2 196 (33.33%) Python
3 160 (27.21%) SQL
4 144 (24.49%) JavaScript
5 101 (17.18%) TypeScript
6 91 (15.48%) C#
7 47 (7.99%) Go
8 23 (3.91%) Kotlin
9 15 (2.55%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.55%) Swift
10 10 (1.70%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.53%) Ruby
12 8 (1.36%) Bash
13 7 (1.19%) JSX
13 7 (1.19%) Objective-C
14 6 (1.02%) Bicep
14 6 (1.02%) PHP
15 5 (0.85%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.85%) C++
16 4 (0.68%) C
Qualifications
1 97 (16.50%) Security Cleared
2 78 (13.27%) Degree
3 65 (11.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 54 (9.18%) SC Cleared
5 36 (6.12%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.38%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.21%) MCP
9 8 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.51%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.34%) OCP
13 2 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.17%) PMP
14 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.16%) QA
2 39 (6.63%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.72%) NIST
4 15 (2.55%) WCAG
5 12 (2.04%) EU AI Act
5 12 (2.04%) GDPR
6 8 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.19%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.19%) HL7
8 5 (0.85%) PSD2
8 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.68%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.34%) SLA
11 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.17%) MiFID
11 1 (0.17%) NCSC
11 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 228 (38.78%) Docker
2 6 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.51%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 216 (36.73%) Kubernetes
2 96 (16.33%) Terraform
3 44 (7.48%) Prometheus
4 43 (7.31%) Ansible
5 41 (6.97%) Grafana
6 11 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.34%) CloudHub
7 2 (0.34%) Consul
7 2 (0.34%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.34%) Rundeck
7 2 (0.34%) Salt
8 1 (0.17%) Argo
8 1 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.17%) Nagios
8 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.17%) Puppet
8 1 (0.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 70 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.84%) Google
3 37 (6.29%) Splunk
4 27 (4.59%) Adobe
5 25 (4.25%) Oracle
6 21 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.21%) MuleSoft
8 12 (2.04%) Foundry
9 11 (1.87%) Ping Identity
10 10 (1.70%) Sitecore
11 9 (1.53%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.36%) Apple
13 6 (1.02%) Automation Anywhere
13 6 (1.02%) ForgeRock
13 6 (1.02%) Gigya
13 6 (1.02%) SAP
13 6 (1.02%) UiPath
13 6 (1.02%) Veracode
14 4 (0.68%) Brio
14 4 (0.68%) Pega