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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 161 185
Rank change year-on-year -39 +24 +41
Contract jobs citing RESTful 611 476 471
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.36% 1.74% 1.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.21% 7.83% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 352 323
10th Percentile £350 £325 £351
25th Percentile £420 £392 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £650 £684 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £48.13 £47.70
25th Percentile £55.31 £51.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77.38 - £85.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £59.38 £87.00
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 8,480 6,079 7,492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.86% 22.22% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,555 4,191 5,215
10th Percentile £363 £354 £357
25th Percentile £430 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £801
UK median daily rate £525 £507 £545
% change year-on-year +3.50% -6.93% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 138 240
10th Percentile £29.54 £31.25 £23.98
25th Percentile £50.88 £43.50 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.12% -1.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.30 £74.45
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -25 329 £500 -1.48% 94
North of England -46 97 £500 +14.94% 40
South East -24 87 £500 +9.89% 50
Midlands -69 43 £481 +4.05% 15
Yorkshire -37 42 £525 +24.26% 19
North West -44 37 £572 +37.83% 18
South West -20 35 £440 -18.14% 22
West Midlands -61 25 £500 - 11
North East -23 18 £450 -10.00% 3
East Midlands -29 17 £445 +10.70% 4
East of England -18 12 £500 -8.26% 14
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 30 (4.91%) Confluence
2 9 (1.47%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.15%) CICS
4 6 (0.98%) CMS
5 5 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.82%) Ethereum
5 5 (0.82%) Hyperledger
6 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.49%) Appian
7 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.33%) Camunda
8 2 (0.33%) Mule
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.47%) CPLEX
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.82%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.65%) Quorum
2 4 (0.65%) Ripple
3 3 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.16%) Maximo
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.16%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 232 (37.97%) AWS
2 223 (36.50%) Azure
3 120 (19.64%) GitHub
4 97 (15.88%) Serverless
5 82 (13.42%) GitHub Actions
6 78 (12.77%) Azure DevOps
7 71 (11.62%) AWS Lambda
8 63 (10.31%) GCP
9 50 (8.18%) Amazon S3
10 41 (6.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 39 (6.38%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (5.07%) Amazon EKS
13 29 (4.75%) Amazon SQS
14 27 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (3.27%) Entra ID
16 17 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (2.78%) Azure AKS
16 17 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
17 16 (2.62%) Azure Monitor
17 16 (2.62%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.96%) HTTP
2 7 (1.15%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.65%) MQTT
3 4 (0.65%) Network Security
4 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.16%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.16%) 4G
5 1 (0.16%) 5G
5 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.16%) DNS
5 1 (0.16%) LTE
5 1 (0.16%) NFC
5 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.16%) SNMP
5 1 (0.16%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (21.28%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (13.09%) NoSQL
3 73 (11.95%) Relational Database
4 59 (9.66%) SQL Server
5 50 (8.18%) MongoDB
6 43 (7.04%) DynamoDB
7 34 (5.56%) MySQL
8 28 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (4.26%) Amazon Aurora
10 19 (3.11%) Redis
11 11 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (1.80%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.64%) Db2
13 9 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (1.15%) Power BI
15 6 (0.98%) Flink
16 5 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
17 4 (0.65%) Metadata
17 4 (0.65%) RDBMS
17 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 163 (26.68%) Git
2 105 (17.18%) Jenkins
3 49 (8.02%) GitLab
3 49 (8.02%) JUnit
4 47 (7.69%) JIRA
5 36 (5.89%) Mockito
6 28 (4.58%) Maven
7 27 (4.42%) Gradle
8 22 (3.60%) SonarQube
9 20 (3.27%) Cucumber
10 19 (3.11%) Postman
11 17 (2.78%) Visual Studio
12 14 (2.29%) Cypress.io
13 12 (1.96%) DbUnit
14 11 (1.80%) Bitbucket Server
14 11 (1.80%) jMock
14 11 (1.80%) REST Assured
15 10 (1.64%) fastlane
16 9 (1.47%) MSI
16 9 (1.47%) Xcode
General
1 128 (20.95%) Social Skills
2 119 (19.48%) Finance
3 100 (16.37%) Public Sector
4 73 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (9.17%) Banking
6 27 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.95%) Retail
8 13 (2.13%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.64%) Marketing
10 8 (1.31%) Law
10 8 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.98%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.98%) Front Office
11 6 (0.98%) Legal
12 5 (0.82%) Local Government
12 5 (0.82%) Police
13 4 (0.65%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.65%) Publishing
13 4 (0.65%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.49%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 389 (63.67%) Developer
2 132 (21.60%) Senior
3 125 (20.46%) Java Developer
4 92 (15.06%) Senior Developer
5 72 (11.78%) Full-Stack Developer
6 44 (7.20%) Python Developer
7 43 (7.04%) .NET Developer
8 40 (6.55%) Architect
8 40 (6.55%) Software Engineer
9 38 (6.22%) Senior Java Developer
10 30 (4.91%) React Developer
11 27 (4.42%) C# Developer
12 25 (4.09%) Software Developer
13 24 (3.93%) Backend Developer
14 20 (3.27%) Java Engineer
15 19 (3.11%) Lead
16 18 (2.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 17 (2.78%) AWS Developer
17 17 (2.78%) C# .NET Developer
18 16 (2.62%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (29.79%) REST
2 161 (26.35%) Spring
3 156 (25.53%) Spring Boot
4 118 (19.31%) React
5 117 (19.15%) .NET
6 113 (18.49%) Kafka
7 84 (13.75%) CSS
8 77 (12.60%) HTML
9 63 (10.31%) AngularJS
10 62 (10.15%) Node.js
11 59 (9.66%) OAuth
12 50 (8.18%) Web Services
13 45 (7.36%) JSON
14 44 (7.20%) .NET Core
15 43 (7.04%) HTML5
15 43 (7.04%) OAuth2
16 40 (6.55%) CSS3
16 40 (6.55%) Swagger
17 39 (6.38%) RabbitMQ
17 39 (6.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (19.97%) Cloud Native
2 111 (18.17%) Distributed Systems
3 83 (13.58%) Product Ownership
4 35 (5.73%) Mobile App
5 29 (4.75%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (4.09%) Data Structures
7 22 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.95%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.13%) Algorithms
9 13 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.47%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.47%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.47%) NHS
11 9 (1.47%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.31%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.31%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.15%) DataPower
13 7 (1.15%) Mainframe
14 6 (0.98%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 45 (7.36%) Linux
2 26 (4.26%) Unix
3 21 (3.44%) Android
3 21 (3.44%) Apple iOS
4 18 (2.95%) Windows
5 7 (1.15%) zOS
6 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (62.03%) CI/CD
2 327 (53.52%) Agile
3 324 (53.03%) Microservices
4 247 (40.43%) DevOps
5 188 (30.77%) Containerisation
6 161 (26.35%) Test Automation
7 130 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
8 126 (20.62%) Event-Driven
8 126 (20.62%) Full-Stack Development
9 123 (20.13%) Scrum
10 118 (19.31%) Software Engineering
11 100 (16.37%) Code Quality
12 99 (16.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 90 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
14 87 (14.24%) API Design
15 85 (13.91%) Clean Code
16 79 (12.93%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 78 (12.77%) API Development
18 75 (12.27%) Performance Optimisation
19 74 (12.11%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 257 (42.06%) Java
2 183 (29.95%) SQL
3 162 (26.51%) Python
4 139 (22.75%) JavaScript
5 138 (22.59%) C#
6 108 (17.68%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.73%) Kotlin
8 26 (4.26%) Shell Script
9 24 (3.93%) Bicep
10 19 (3.11%) Go
10 19 (3.11%) Swift
11 10 (1.64%) Ruby
11 10 (1.64%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.47%) Scala
13 8 (1.31%) Objective-C
13 8 (1.31%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.31%) Rust
13 8 (1.31%) X++
14 7 (1.15%) Bash
15 6 (0.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 162 (26.51%) Security Cleared
2 135 (22.09%) SC Cleared
3 34 (5.56%) Degree
4 22 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (3.11%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.45%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.96%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.47%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (1.31%) CCSP
10 8 (1.31%) CEH
10 8 (1.31%) CISM
10 8 (1.31%) CISSP
10 8 (1.31%) OSCP
11 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.49%) MBA
13 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (13.91%) QA
2 69 (11.29%) Accessibility
3 45 (7.36%) WCAG
4 11 (1.80%) NCSC
5 9 (1.47%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.47%) NIST
6 8 (1.31%) COBIT
6 8 (1.31%) GDPR
6 8 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.49%) HL7
7 3 (0.49%) SLA
8 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.16%) Basel III
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 235 (38.46%) Docker
2 9 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.47%) Postfix
3 4 (0.65%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 185 (30.28%) Kubernetes
2 86 (14.08%) Terraform
3 41 (6.71%) Grafana
4 36 (5.89%) Prometheus
5 16 (2.62%) Ansible
6 7 (1.15%) Kibana
7 4 (0.65%) Podman
7 4 (0.65%) Puppet
8 3 (0.49%) Bosun
9 2 (0.33%) Argo
9 2 (0.33%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.33%) Consul
9 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.33%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 63 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.89%) Oracle
3 23 (3.76%) Google
4 19 (3.11%) Dynatrace
5 13 (2.13%) Atlassian
5 13 (2.13%) Splunk
6 12 (1.96%) New Relic
7 11 (1.80%) Jaspersoft
7 11 (1.80%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.31%) Adobe
8 8 (1.31%) Databricks
9 7 (1.15%) Apple
9 7 (1.15%) Sybase
10 6 (0.98%) MuleSoft
10 6 (0.98%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.82%) IBM
11 5 (0.82%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.65%) NVIDIA
12 4 (0.65%) Okta
12 4 (0.65%) UiPath