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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 182 204
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 -5
Contract jobs citing RESTful 543 380 421
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 1.56% 1.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.84% 6.94% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 260 308
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £738 £719
UK median daily rate £476 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.80% - -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 7
10th Percentile £53.00 £50.50 £47.70
25th Percentile £66.25 £51.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -34.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77.50 £53.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £91.50 £54.50 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -34.38% +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 7,938 5,472 7,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.65% 22.42% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,291 3,787 5,338
10th Percentile £363 £368 £350
25th Percentile £421 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -0.95% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 102 219
10th Percentile £34.25 £30.55 £22.35
25th Percentile £52.38 £51.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.03 £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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -7 299 £500 -4.76% 107
North of England -13 111 £450 - 52
North West -13 64 £447 +10.03% 33
South East -38 52 £515 +13.19% 50
Midlands -55 47 £488 +0.52% 20
Yorkshire -29 38 £500 - 12
West Midlands -54 30 £488 -4.88% 12
South West -26 22 £525 -12.50% 14
East Midlands -29 16 £498 +7.68% 8
North East -14 9 £450 +22.87% 7
East of England -34 7 £500 -13.04% 13
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 (4.42%) Confluence
2 13 (2.39%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (1.47%) Appian
4 8 (1.47%) CMS
5 6 (1.10%) Ethereum
5 6 (1.10%) Hyperledger
6 5 (0.92%) Camunda
6 5 (0.92%) CICS
6 5 (0.92%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.55%) Apache
8 3 (0.55%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.55%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.37%) IIS
9 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.18%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.18%) Mule
Applications
1 8 (1.47%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.92%) Sketch
3 4 (0.74%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 243 (44.75%) AWS
2 182 (33.52%) Azure
3 92 (16.94%) Serverless
4 79 (14.55%) GitHub
5 70 (12.89%) GCP
6 64 (11.79%) AWS Lambda
7 60 (11.05%) Amazon S3
8 51 (9.39%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (8.84%) GitHub Actions
10 36 (6.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 35 (6.45%) Amazon ECS
12 29 (5.34%) Amazon EC2
13 28 (5.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 28 (5.16%) Amazon EKS
14 25 (4.60%) Amazon SQS
15 20 (3.68%) Power Automate
16 17 (3.13%) Azure Functions
16 17 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
17 14 (2.58%) Entra ID
18 13 (2.39%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.58%) HTTP
2 7 (1.29%) HTTPS
3 5 (0.92%) SSL
4 4 (0.74%) 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
1 107 (19.71%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (16.02%) NoSQL
3 59 (10.87%) Relational Database
4 58 (10.68%) SQL Server
5 45 (8.29%) MongoDB
6 39 (7.18%) DynamoDB
7 38 (7.00%) MySQL
8 30 (5.52%) Amazon RDS
9 23 (4.24%) Amazon Aurora
10 19 (3.50%) Redis
11 9 (1.66%) DB2
11 9 (1.66%) DocumentDB
11 9 (1.66%) Pinecone
12 7 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.10%) Flink
14 5 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (0.92%) Big Data
14 5 (0.92%) Power BI
15 4 (0.74%) GIS
16 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 142 (26.15%) Git
2 78 (14.36%) Jenkins
3 64 (11.79%) GitLab
4 50 (9.21%) JUnit
5 39 (7.18%) JIRA
6 32 (5.89%) Mockito
7 23 (4.24%) Maven
8 22 (4.05%) Postman
9 19 (3.50%) SonarQube
10 14 (2.58%) Gradle
11 13 (2.39%) Cucumber
11 13 (2.39%) Visual Studio
12 10 (1.84%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.84%) Selenium
13 9 (1.66%) Bitbucket Server
13 9 (1.66%) DbUnit
13 9 (1.66%) jMock
14 8 (1.47%) MLflow
15 7 (1.29%) REST Assured
16 6 (1.10%) Vite
General
1 139 (25.60%) Social Skills
2 124 (22.84%) Finance
3 97 (17.86%) Public Sector
4 57 (10.50%) Banking
5 53 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.03%) Front Office
7 7 (1.29%) Marketing
8 6 (1.10%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.10%) Legal
8 6 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.10%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.74%) Financial Institution
10 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.55%) Electronics
11 3 (0.55%) Law
11 3 (0.55%) Local Government
11 3 (0.55%) Police
12 2 (0.37%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 350 (64.46%) Developer
2 117 (21.55%) Java Developer
3 90 (16.57%) Senior
4 72 (13.26%) Full-Stack Developer
5 56 (10.31%) Senior Developer
6 45 (8.29%) Python Developer
7 33 (6.08%) Architect
8 32 (5.89%) .NET Developer
8 32 (5.89%) Software Engineer
9 28 (5.16%) React Developer
10 26 (4.79%) Senior Java Developer
11 23 (4.24%) Backend Developer
12 22 (4.05%) C# Developer
12 22 (4.05%) Java Engineer
12 22 (4.05%) Software Developer
13 20 (3.68%) Lead
14 17 (3.13%) AWS Developer
15 12 (2.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 12 (2.21%) Senior Software Engineer
16 11 (2.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (32.23%) Spring
2 169 (31.12%) Spring Boot
3 130 (23.94%) React
4 126 (23.20%) REST
5 93 (17.13%) Kafka
6 91 (16.76%) .NET
7 85 (15.65%) AngularJS
8 74 (13.63%) CSS
8 74 (13.63%) HTML
9 72 (13.26%) Node.js
10 51 (9.39%) OAuth
11 44 (8.10%) Hibernate
12 38 (7.00%) HTML5
12 38 (7.00%) Swagger
12 38 (7.00%) Web Services
13 36 (6.63%) Django
14 35 (6.45%) JSON
15 33 (6.08%) CSS3
15 33 (6.08%) OAuth2
15 33 (6.08%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 82 (15.10%) Cloud Native
2 67 (12.34%) Distributed Systems
2 67 (12.34%) Product Ownership
3 22 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.58%) Data Structures
4 14 (2.58%) Low-Code
4 14 (2.58%) Mobile App
5 13 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.03%) NHS
7 9 (1.66%) Derivative
7 9 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.47%) Hedge funds
9 6 (1.10%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.10%) Private Cloud
10 5 (0.92%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.92%) Credit Risk
10 5 (0.92%) DataPower
10 5 (0.92%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.08%) Linux
2 20 (3.68%) Unix
3 11 (2.03%) 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 (61.88%) CI/CD
2 301 (55.43%) Microservices
3 287 (52.85%) Agile
4 198 (36.46%) DevOps
5 173 (31.86%) Containerisation
6 126 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
7 121 (22.28%) Full-Stack Development
8 119 (21.92%) Test Automation
9 107 (19.71%) Event-Driven
10 90 (16.57%) Software Engineering
11 85 (15.65%) Scrum
12 84 (15.47%) Clean Code
13 81 (14.92%) Code Quality
14 80 (14.73%) API Development
15 78 (14.36%) TDD
16 74 (13.63%) Infrastructure as Code
17 72 (13.26%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 68 (12.52%) API Design
19 60 (11.05%) Unit Testing
20 58 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 244 (44.94%) Java
2 169 (31.12%) SQL
3 140 (25.78%) Python
4 125 (23.02%) JavaScript
5 109 (20.07%) C#
6 99 (18.23%) TypeScript
7 24 (4.42%) Go
8 18 (3.31%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.76%) Kotlin
10 8 (1.47%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.10%) Bicep
12 5 (0.92%) Bash
12 5 (0.92%) X++
13 4 (0.74%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.74%) JCL
13 4 (0.74%) Scala
13 4 (0.74%) Swift
14 3 (0.55%) Ruby
14 3 (0.55%) Rust
15 2 (0.37%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 131 (24.13%) Security Cleared
2 93 (17.13%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.73%) Degree
4 32 (5.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.84%) AWS Certification
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 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.74%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.55%) MBA
12 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.42%) QA
2 44 (8.10%) Accessibility
3 24 (4.42%) WCAG
4 10 (1.84%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.84%) NIST
5 9 (1.66%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.29%) 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%) Disclosure Scotland
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 (37.57%) Docker
2 8 (1.47%) Postfix
3 6 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.55%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 180 (33.15%) Kubernetes
2 73 (13.44%) Terraform
3 28 (5.16%) Grafana
4 27 (4.97%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.84%) 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 (7.18%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.60%) Oracle
3 22 (4.05%) Adobe
4 18 (3.31%) Google
5 12 (2.21%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.84%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.84%) OpenAI
6 10 (1.84%) Splunk
7 9 (1.66%) Jaspersoft
8 8 (1.47%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (1.47%) UiPath
8 8 (1.47%) Veracode
9 7 (1.29%) Databricks
9 7 (1.29%) MuleSoft
9 7 (1.29%) Okta
10 5 (0.92%) Ping Identity
10 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.74%) Apple
11 4 (0.74%) Brio
11 4 (0.74%) Sybase