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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 159 216
Rank change year-on-year -31 +57 -14
Contract jobs citing RESTful 561 415 406
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.43% 1.70% 1.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.00% 7.57% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 284 312
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £402 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £573 £628 £620
90th Percentile £667 £738 £711
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile £53.00 - £38.58
25th Percentile £66.25 £38.25 £41.31
Median hourly rate £70.00 £39.50 £46.75
Median % change year-on-year +77.22% -15.51% -35.52%
75th Percentile £74.26 £40.75 £51.31
90th Percentile £91.50 - £53.53
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £39.50 £46.75
% change year-on-year +77.22% -15.51% -35.52%

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 8,020 5,479 7,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.50% 22.50% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,365 3,800 5,372
10th Percentile £358 £367 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -3.51%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 89 162
10th Percentile £34.00 £27.42 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £35.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £62.96
90th Percentile £78.85 £83.17 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -1 307 £492 -6.29% 100
North of England -29 111 £450 - 80
North West -9 65 £439 +6.42% 40
Midlands -39 53 £488 +5.41% 23
South East -49 47 £515 +25.38% 42
Yorkshire -37 37 £500 - 21
West Midlands -47 34 £481 -8.33% 18
South West -29 19 £525 -14.29% 25
East Midlands -22 18 £498 +17.73% 5
East of England -28 17 £525 +16.67% 17
North East -12 9 £450 +21.62% 19
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 28 (4.99%) Confluence
2 14 (2.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 10 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.60%) CMS
5 8 (1.43%) Appian
6 6 (1.07%) Ethereum
6 6 (1.07%) Hyperledger
7 5 (0.89%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.89%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.71%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.71%) CICS
8 4 (0.71%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.53%) Apache
9 3 (0.53%) Camunda
9 3 (0.53%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.36%) Drupal
10 2 (0.36%) IIS
10 2 (0.36%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.18%) JBoss
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (1.43%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.89%) Sketch
3 3 (0.53%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.18%) Cerner Millennium
3 1 (0.18%) Maximo
3 1 (0.18%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.18%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 251 (44.74%) AWS
2 196 (34.94%) Azure
3 103 (18.36%) Serverless
4 89 (15.86%) GitHub
5 80 (14.26%) GCP
6 64 (11.41%) AWS Lambda
7 56 (9.98%) Amazon S3
8 49 (8.73%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (8.73%) GitHub Actions
9 34 (6.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 32 (5.70%) Amazon ECS
11 26 (4.63%) Amazon EKS
12 25 (4.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 24 (4.28%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (3.92%) Amazon SQS
14 22 (3.92%) Azure Functions
15 19 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
16 18 (3.21%) Azure AKS
17 16 (2.85%) Power Automate
18 14 (2.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.21%) HTTP
2 8 (1.43%) HTTPS
3 6 (1.07%) SSL
4 5 (0.89%) DNS
5 3 (0.53%) VPN
6 2 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.18%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.18%) 4G
7 1 (0.18%) 5G
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
1 110 (19.61%) PostgreSQL
2 96 (17.11%) NoSQL
3 65 (11.59%) Relational Database
4 54 (9.63%) SQL Server
5 45 (8.02%) MySQL
6 43 (7.66%) MongoDB
7 37 (6.60%) DynamoDB
8 31 (5.53%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (3.39%) Redis
10 17 (3.03%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.60%) DocumentDB
11 9 (1.60%) Pinecone
12 8 (1.43%) DB2
13 7 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.07%) Flink
15 5 (0.89%) Apache Cassandra
16 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.71%) GIS
16 4 (0.71%) Power BI
17 3 (0.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 158 (28.16%) Git
2 74 (13.19%) Jenkins
3 60 (10.70%) GitLab
4 49 (8.73%) JUnit
5 46 (8.20%) JIRA
6 29 (5.17%) Mockito
7 25 (4.46%) Postman
8 21 (3.74%) Maven
9 17 (3.03%) SonarQube
10 14 (2.50%) Gradle
11 13 (2.32%) Cucumber
11 13 (2.32%) Cypress.io
12 12 (2.14%) Selenium
13 10 (1.78%) Bitbucket
14 8 (1.43%) MLflow
14 8 (1.43%) REST Assured
15 7 (1.25%) Bitbucket Server
15 7 (1.25%) DbUnit
15 7 (1.25%) jMock
15 7 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 158 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 117 (20.86%) Finance
3 94 (16.76%) Public Sector
4 57 (10.16%) Banking
5 52 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (1.96%) Front Office
7 8 (1.43%) Marketing
8 7 (1.25%) Legal
8 7 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.25%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.07%) Investment Banking
10 5 (0.89%) Financial Institution
10 5 (0.89%) Health Technology
10 5 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.71%) Electronics
12 3 (0.53%) Advertising
12 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.36%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.36%) Law
Job Titles
1 351 (62.57%) Developer
2 117 (20.86%) Java Developer
3 92 (16.40%) Senior
4 71 (12.66%) Full-Stack Developer
5 51 (9.09%) Senior Developer
6 42 (7.49%) Python Developer
7 36 (6.42%) Software Engineer
8 33 (5.88%) Architect
9 32 (5.70%) React Developer
10 30 (5.35%) .NET Developer
11 27 (4.81%) Backend Developer
11 27 (4.81%) Senior Java Developer
12 25 (4.46%) C# Developer
13 24 (4.28%) Lead
14 21 (3.74%) Software Developer
15 20 (3.57%) Java Engineer
16 16 (2.85%) Senior Software Engineer
17 15 (2.67%) AWS Developer
18 14 (2.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 12 (2.14%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (32.26%) Spring
2 171 (30.48%) Spring Boot
3 146 (26.02%) React
4 124 (22.10%) REST
5 95 (16.93%) AngularJS
6 92 (16.40%) .NET
7 85 (15.15%) Kafka
8 83 (14.80%) Node.js
9 80 (14.26%) CSS
10 76 (13.55%) HTML
11 54 (9.63%) OAuth
12 49 (8.73%) Hibernate
13 39 (6.95%) HTML5
13 39 (6.95%) JSON
14 36 (6.42%) OAuth2
14 36 (6.42%) Swagger
14 36 (6.42%) Web Services
15 35 (6.24%) Django
16 34 (6.06%) CSS3
16 34 (6.06%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 78 (13.90%) Cloud Native
2 66 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 54 (9.63%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.03%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.50%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.14%) Derivative
7 12 (2.14%) NHS
8 11 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.96%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.43%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.43%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.07%) Hedge funds
12 5 (0.89%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.89%) Equities
12 5 (0.89%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.89%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.88%) Linux
2 13 (2.32%) Unix
2 13 (2.32%) Windows
3 7 (1.25%) Android
3 7 (1.25%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.71%) zOS
5 2 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (61.32%) CI/CD
2 302 (53.83%) Microservices
3 301 (53.65%) Agile
4 199 (35.47%) DevOps
5 175 (31.19%) Containerisation
6 148 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
7 124 (22.10%) Full-Stack Development
8 122 (21.75%) Test Automation
9 103 (18.36%) Event-Driven
10 94 (16.76%) API Development
11 91 (16.22%) Software Engineering
12 89 (15.86%) Code Quality
13 87 (15.51%) Clean Code
14 86 (15.33%) Scrum
15 82 (14.62%) TDD
16 72 (12.83%) API Design
17 69 (12.30%) User Experience
18 65 (11.59%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 65 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
19 57 (10.16%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 248 (44.21%) Java
2 184 (32.80%) SQL
3 143 (25.49%) Python
4 131 (23.35%) JavaScript
5 105 (18.72%) TypeScript
6 100 (17.83%) C#
7 22 (3.92%) Go
8 16 (2.85%) Shell Script
9 15 (2.67%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.25%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.07%) Bash
11 6 (1.07%) Ruby
11 6 (1.07%) Swift
12 4 (0.71%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.71%) Bicep
13 3 (0.53%) Groovy
13 3 (0.53%) JCL
13 3 (0.53%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.53%) PHP
13 3 (0.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 124 (22.10%) Security Cleared
2 85 (15.15%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.20%) Degree
4 36 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.67%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.96%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (0.89%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.71%) CCSP
9 4 (0.71%) CEH
9 4 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.71%) CISM
9 4 (0.71%) CISSP
9 4 (0.71%) OSCP
10 3 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.53%) MBA
10 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.41%) QA
2 51 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 26 (4.63%) WCAG
4 12 (2.14%) NIST
5 10 (1.78%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.43%) HL7
6 8 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.43%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.25%) GDPR
8 4 (0.71%) COBIT
9 3 (0.53%) EU AI Act
9 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.36%) SLA
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
11 1 (0.18%) NCSC
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 211 (37.61%) Docker
2 8 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.07%) Postfix
4 3 (0.53%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 191 (34.05%) Kubernetes
2 69 (12.30%) Terraform
3 29 (5.17%) Prometheus
4 26 (4.63%) Grafana
5 14 (2.50%) Ansible
6 6 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.36%) Consul
7 2 (0.36%) Kibana
8 1 (0.18%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.18%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.18%) Nagios
8 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.18%) Puppet
8 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 47 (8.38%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.17%) Adobe
3 26 (4.63%) Oracle
4 24 (4.28%) Google
5 15 (2.67%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.78%) OpenAI
6 10 (1.78%) Splunk
7 8 (1.43%) Atlassian
7 8 (1.43%) Automation Anywhere
7 8 (1.43%) UiPath
7 8 (1.43%) Veracode
8 7 (1.25%) Databricks
8 7 (1.25%) Jaspersoft
8 7 (1.25%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.07%) Ping Identity
9 6 (1.07%) Sitecore
10 5 (0.89%) Apple
10 5 (0.89%) Okta
11 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.71%) Sybase