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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 162 214
Rank change year-on-year -18 +52 -23
Contract jobs citing RESTful 571 411 426
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.67% 1.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.27% 7.36% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 278 326
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £407 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £619
90th Percentile £650 £738 £715
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £47.50 - £59.85
25th Percentile £53.13 £38.25 £62.63
Median hourly rate £64.63 £39.50 £67.27
Median % change year-on-year +63.62% -41.28% -5.59%
75th Percentile £89.82 £40.75 £71.90
90th Percentile £95.00 - £74.68
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £39.50 £67.27
% change year-on-year +39.24% -41.28% -5.59%

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 7,855 5,582 7,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.94% 22.63% 19.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,279 3,807 5,359
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £793 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 86 182
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.30 £20.87
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.56 £39.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.40 £82.53 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +7 306 £492 -6.29% 101
North of England -29 116 £450 - 78
North West -4 61 £435 -3.33% 39
Midlands -25 60 £500 +8.11% 29
Yorkshire -28 51 £500 - 21
West Midlands -48 41 £488 -1.02% 23
South East -51 41 £515 +25.92% 47
East of England -9 25 £500 +60.00% 18
South West -36 21 £512 -16.49% 25
East Midlands -20 18 £550 +23.87% 6
North East -15 4 £450 +21.62% 18
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 27 (4.73%) Confluence
2 16 (2.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.28%) CMS
4 10 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.40%) Appian
6 7 (1.23%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (1.05%) Ethereum
7 6 (1.05%) Headless CMS
7 6 (1.05%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.88%) Camunda
8 5 (0.88%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.88%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.70%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.53%) Apache
10 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.53%) CICS
11 2 (0.35%) Drupal
11 2 (0.35%) IIS
11 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.18%) Mule
Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.88%) Sketch
3 3 (0.53%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.18%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (0.18%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.18%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 263 (46.06%) AWS
2 204 (35.73%) Azure
3 120 (21.02%) Serverless
4 92 (16.11%) GCP
5 89 (15.59%) GitHub
6 61 (10.68%) AWS Lambda
7 53 (9.28%) Amazon S3
8 47 (8.23%) GitHub Actions
9 44 (7.71%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (5.95%) Amazon ECS
11 33 (5.78%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (4.90%) Azure Functions
13 25 (4.38%) Amazon EKS
13 25 (4.38%) Azure AKS
14 20 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 19 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
16 18 (3.15%) Amazon SQS
16 18 (3.15%) Entra ID
17 16 (2.80%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.98%) HTTP
2 8 (1.40%) HTTPS
3 6 (1.05%) SSL
4 5 (0.88%) DNS
5 3 (0.53%) VPN
6 2 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.18%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.18%) 4G
7 1 (0.18%) 5G
7 1 (0.18%) Internet
7 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.18%) LTE
7 1 (0.18%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.18%) SMS
7 1 (0.18%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (20.84%) PostgreSQL
2 112 (19.61%) NoSQL
3 63 (11.03%) Relational Database
4 51 (8.93%) SQL Server
5 42 (7.36%) MongoDB
5 42 (7.36%) MySQL
6 31 (5.43%) Amazon RDS
7 30 (5.25%) DynamoDB
8 16 (2.80%) Redis
9 12 (2.10%) Amazon Aurora
10 9 (1.58%) DocumentDB
10 9 (1.58%) Pinecone
11 7 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.23%) DB2
12 6 (1.05%) Flink
13 4 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.70%) Big Data
13 4 (0.70%) GIS
13 4 (0.70%) Power BI
13 4 (0.70%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 157 (27.50%) Git
2 82 (14.36%) Jenkins
3 72 (12.61%) GitLab
4 47 (8.23%) JUnit
5 44 (7.71%) JIRA
6 26 (4.55%) Mockito
7 19 (3.33%) Postman
8 18 (3.15%) Maven
9 16 (2.80%) Cypress.io
9 16 (2.80%) Gradle
10 15 (2.63%) SonarQube
11 14 (2.45%) Cucumber
11 14 (2.45%) Selenium
12 13 (2.28%) Liquibase
13 10 (1.75%) Bitbucket
13 10 (1.75%) MLflow
14 9 (1.58%) REST Assured
15 7 (1.23%) Visual Studio
16 6 (1.05%) Android Studio
16 6 (1.05%) Jasmine
General
1 174 (30.47%) Social Skills
2 124 (21.72%) Finance
3 97 (16.99%) Public Sector
4 66 (11.56%) Banking
5 47 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (2.98%) Financial Institution
7 11 (1.93%) Front Office
8 8 (1.40%) Marketing
8 8 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.05%) Legal
9 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.88%) Health Technology
10 5 (0.88%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.70%) Electronics
11 4 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.53%) Advertising
12 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.35%) Billing
14 1 (0.18%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 348 (60.95%) Developer
2 102 (17.86%) Java Developer
3 101 (17.69%) Senior
4 72 (12.61%) Full-Stack Developer
5 51 (8.93%) Senior Developer
6 47 (8.23%) Software Engineer
7 43 (7.53%) Python Developer
8 33 (5.78%) React Developer
9 31 (5.43%) .NET Developer
10 27 (4.73%) Architect
11 26 (4.55%) Backend Developer
11 26 (4.55%) C# Developer
12 24 (4.20%) Senior Java Developer
13 23 (4.03%) Lead
14 21 (3.68%) Senior Software Engineer
15 20 (3.50%) Java Engineer
16 17 (2.98%) AWS Engineer
16 17 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
16 17 (2.98%) Software Developer
17 15 (2.63%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (29.25%) Spring
2 157 (27.50%) Spring Boot
3 155 (27.15%) React
4 130 (22.77%) REST
5 100 (17.51%) .NET
6 93 (16.29%) AngularJS
7 86 (15.06%) CSS
8 84 (14.71%) Node.js
9 80 (14.01%) Kafka
10 79 (13.84%) HTML
11 57 (9.98%) OAuth
12 46 (8.06%) Hibernate
13 39 (6.83%) HTML5
14 38 (6.65%) JSON
14 38 (6.65%) OAuth2
15 37 (6.48%) Django
16 34 (5.95%) CSS3
16 34 (5.95%) Swagger
17 32 (5.60%) .NET Framework
17 32 (5.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 84 (14.71%) Cloud Native
2 56 (9.81%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (9.28%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.55%) Mobile App
5 21 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (3.33%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.28%) Algorithms
7 13 (2.28%) Data Structures
7 13 (2.28%) NHS
8 12 (2.10%) Derivative
8 12 (2.10%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.93%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (0.88%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.88%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 45 (7.88%) Linux
2 15 (2.63%) Windows
3 13 (2.28%) Android
4 10 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.40%) Unix
6 3 (0.53%) zOS
7 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (61.12%) CI/CD
2 299 (52.36%) Agile
3 291 (50.96%) Microservices
4 200 (35.03%) DevOps
5 180 (31.52%) Containerisation
6 153 (26.80%) Problem-Solving
7 124 (21.72%) Full-Stack Development
8 121 (21.19%) Test Automation
9 103 (18.04%) Software Engineering
10 96 (16.81%) API Development
11 95 (16.64%) Event-Driven
12 91 (15.94%) Clean Code
13 85 (14.89%) TDD
14 81 (14.19%) Scrum
15 78 (13.66%) User Experience
16 77 (13.49%) Code Quality
17 70 (12.26%) Infrastructure as Code
18 67 (11.73%) API Design
19 64 (11.21%) Design Patterns
20 62 (10.86%) AI
Programming Languages
1 229 (40.11%) Java
2 183 (32.05%) SQL
3 167 (29.25%) Python
4 139 (24.34%) JavaScript
5 108 (18.91%) TypeScript
6 97 (16.99%) C#
7 36 (6.30%) Go
8 19 (3.33%) Kotlin
9 14 (2.45%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.58%) Swift
11 8 (1.40%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.23%) JSX
12 7 (1.23%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.05%) Ruby
14 5 (0.88%) Bash
15 4 (0.70%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.70%) Bicep
15 4 (0.70%) Groovy
15 4 (0.70%) PHP
16 3 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 116 (20.32%) Security Cleared
2 75 (13.13%) SC Cleared
3 59 (10.33%) Degree
4 48 (8.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.58%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (1.23%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.70%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.53%) CCSP
11 3 (0.53%) CEH
11 3 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.53%) CISM
11 3 (0.53%) CISSP
11 3 (0.53%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (10.16%) QA
2 46 (8.06%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.68%) WCAG
4 15 (2.63%) NIST
5 13 (2.28%) GDPR
6 10 (1.75%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.40%) EU AI Act
7 8 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.23%) HL7
8 7 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.88%) PSD2
9 5 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.70%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.70%) SLA
10 4 (0.70%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.53%) COBIT
12 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.18%) MiFID
12 1 (0.18%) NCSC
12 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 216 (37.83%) Docker
2 9 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.70%) Postfix
4 3 (0.53%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 203 (35.55%) Kubernetes
2 80 (14.01%) Terraform
3 41 (7.18%) Prometheus
4 37 (6.48%) Grafana
5 27 (4.73%) Ansible
6 12 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.35%) Consul
8 1 (0.18%) Argo
8 1 (0.18%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.18%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.18%) Kibana
8 1 (0.18%) Nagios
8 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.18%) Puppet
8 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 58 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.95%) Google
3 31 (5.43%) Adobe
4 25 (4.38%) Splunk
5 22 (3.85%) Oracle
6 15 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.93%) Ping Identity
8 10 (1.75%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.40%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (1.40%) Foundry
9 8 (1.40%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.40%) Sitecore
9 8 (1.40%) UiPath
9 8 (1.40%) Veracode
10 7 (1.23%) Apple
10 7 (1.23%) Databricks
10 7 (1.23%) ForgeRock
11 6 (1.05%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.88%) Jaspersoft
13 4 (0.70%) ServiceNow