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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 150 174
Rank change year-on-year -60 +24 +50
Contract jobs citing RESTful 612 512 470
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 1.86% 1.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.26% 7.49% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 378 313
10th Percentile £362 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £760
UK median daily rate £499 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +3.91% -4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £49.25 £47.70
25th Percentile £56.25 £53.55 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% -3.39%
75th Percentile £77.38 £63.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £95.00 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% -3.39%

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 9,769 6,838 8,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.38% 24.82% 24.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,433 4,701 5,588
10th Percentile £375 £355 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 164 190
10th Percentile £29.26 £31.25 £26.84
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.27 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £54.79 £61.80
Median % change year-on-year +22.29% -11.35% -4.92%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £77.59 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.37% -12.34% -2.22%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 -22 336 £500 -4.31% 180
North of England -75 93 £475 +7.95% 63
South East -46 80 £475 +4.05% 31
Midlands -74 43 £447 +1.22% 27
Yorkshire -44 42 £525 +26.13% 17
South West -21 32 £450 - 35
North West -59 30 £570 +26.04% 35
West Midlands -43 24 £488 -2.50% 17
North East -24 21 £450 -10.00% 12
East Midlands -34 18 £435 +8.21% 9
East of England -16 16 £463 -15.14% 15
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 (4.58%) Confluence
2 5 (0.82%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.82%) CICS
2 5 (0.82%) CMS
3 4 (0.65%) Camunda
3 4 (0.65%) Ethereum
3 4 (0.65%) Hyperledger
3 4 (0.65%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.33%) Mule
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (1.31%) CPLEX
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Quorum
1 4 (0.65%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.65%) Ripple
2 3 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.16%) Maximo
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.16%) SDL Web 8
4 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 250 (40.85%) AWS
2 229 (37.42%) Azure
3 134 (21.90%) GitHub
4 90 (14.71%) Serverless
5 88 (14.38%) GitHub Actions
6 80 (13.07%) GCP
7 79 (12.91%) Azure DevOps
8 67 (10.95%) AWS Lambda
9 44 (7.19%) Amazon S3
10 37 (6.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 33 (5.39%) Amazon EC2
11 33 (5.39%) Amazon EKS
12 24 (3.92%) Amazon ECS
12 24 (3.92%) Amazon SQS
13 21 (3.43%) GitHub Copilot
14 16 (2.61%) Power Platform
15 15 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (2.45%) Azure AKS
15 15 (2.45%) Entra ID
16 14 (2.29%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.29%) HTTP
2 5 (0.82%) 5G
2 5 (0.82%) DNS
2 5 (0.82%) SSH
2 5 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.65%) 4G
3 4 (0.65%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.65%) MQTT
3 4 (0.65%) Network Security
4 1 (0.16%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.16%) LTE
4 1 (0.16%) NFC
4 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.16%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (21.90%) PostgreSQL
2 83 (13.56%) NoSQL
3 82 (13.40%) Relational Database
4 59 (9.64%) MongoDB
5 54 (8.82%) SQL Server
6 41 (6.70%) MySQL
7 39 (6.37%) DynamoDB
8 25 (4.08%) Redis
9 22 (3.59%) Amazon Aurora
9 22 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (2.12%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.14%) Power BI
14 6 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.98%) Metadata
14 6 (0.98%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.82%) Db2
15 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 174 (28.43%) Git
2 112 (18.30%) Jenkins
3 58 (9.48%) GitLab
4 46 (7.52%) JIRA
4 46 (7.52%) JUnit
5 34 (5.56%) Mockito
6 29 (4.74%) Gradle
7 25 (4.08%) Maven
8 21 (3.43%) Cypress.io
9 18 (2.94%) Postman
9 18 (2.94%) SonarQube
10 17 (2.78%) Cucumber
11 15 (2.45%) Visual Studio
12 12 (1.96%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.80%) MSI
13 11 (1.80%) Selenium
14 10 (1.63%) fastlane
15 9 (1.47%) CircleCI
15 9 (1.47%) Xcode
16 8 (1.31%) Storybook
General
1 151 (24.67%) Social Skills
2 116 (18.95%) Finance
3 107 (17.48%) Public Sector
4 84 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (7.52%) Banking
6 35 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.94%) Retail
8 15 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.96%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.31%) Law
10 8 (1.31%) Marketing
10 8 (1.31%) Publishing
11 7 (1.14%) Local Government
12 6 (0.98%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.98%) Front Office
12 6 (0.98%) Legal
13 5 (0.82%) Police
14 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.65%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.49%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 381 (62.25%) Developer
2 125 (20.42%) Senior
3 113 (18.46%) Java Developer
4 91 (14.87%) Senior Developer
5 79 (12.91%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (7.84%) Python Developer
7 45 (7.35%) .NET Developer
8 39 (6.37%) Architect
9 37 (6.05%) Senior Java Developer
9 37 (6.05%) Software Engineer
10 26 (4.25%) C# Developer
10 26 (4.25%) React Developer
11 25 (4.08%) Software Developer
12 22 (3.59%) Java Engineer
12 22 (3.59%) Lead
13 19 (3.10%) AWS Developer
13 19 (3.10%) C# .NET Developer
13 19 (3.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 18 (2.94%) Backend Developer
14 18 (2.94%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (29.74%) REST
2 155 (25.33%) Spring
3 148 (24.18%) Spring Boot
4 124 (20.26%) React
5 118 (19.28%) Kafka
6 111 (18.14%) .NET
7 94 (15.36%) CSS
8 89 (14.54%) HTML
9 87 (14.22%) Terraform
10 62 (10.13%) AngularJS
11 60 (9.80%) Node.js
11 60 (9.80%) OAuth
12 51 (8.33%) .NET Core
12 51 (8.33%) OAuth2
13 47 (7.68%) Web Services
14 46 (7.52%) JSON
15 44 (7.19%) HTML5
16 41 (6.70%) CSS3
16 41 (6.70%) RabbitMQ
17 38 (6.21%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 150 (24.51%) Cloud Native
2 106 (17.32%) Distributed Systems
3 84 (13.73%) Product Ownership
4 42 (6.86%) Enterprise Software
5 37 (6.05%) Mobile App
6 23 (3.76%) Onboarding
7 22 (3.59%) Data Structures
8 19 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.96%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.96%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.63%) NHS
10 10 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.63%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.47%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.14%) Hedge funds
13 6 (0.98%) Life Science
13 6 (0.98%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.82%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.66%) Linux
2 36 (5.88%) Unix
3 23 (3.76%) Apple iOS
4 20 (3.27%) Android
5 17 (2.78%) Windows
6 5 (0.82%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (63.24%) CI/CD
2 344 (56.21%) Agile
3 316 (51.63%) Microservices
4 263 (42.97%) DevOps
5 185 (30.23%) Test Automation
6 181 (29.58%) Containerisation
7 148 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
8 139 (22.71%) Event-Driven
9 137 (22.39%) Full-Stack Development
10 130 (21.24%) Scrum
11 128 (20.92%) Software Engineering
12 114 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 109 (17.81%) Code Quality
14 105 (17.16%) Infrastructure as Code
15 93 (15.20%) API Development
16 91 (14.87%) API Design
17 86 (14.05%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 84 (13.73%) Clean Code
19 82 (13.40%) AI
20 78 (12.75%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 240 (39.22%) Java
2 180 (29.41%) SQL
3 159 (25.98%) Python
4 151 (24.67%) JavaScript
5 131 (21.41%) C#
6 116 (18.95%) TypeScript
7 36 (5.88%) Kotlin
8 32 (5.23%) Shell Script
9 24 (3.92%) Bicep
10 22 (3.59%) Swift
11 15 (2.45%) Bash
12 12 (1.96%) Ruby
12 12 (1.96%) Scala
13 9 (1.47%) Go
13 9 (1.47%) Objective-C
14 8 (1.31%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.31%) Rust
14 8 (1.31%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.31%) X++
15 5 (0.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 166 (27.12%) Security Cleared
2 135 (22.06%) SC Cleared
3 39 (6.37%) Degree
4 27 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.61%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.12%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.63%) 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%) PhD
14 1 (0.16%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (17.16%) QA
2 73 (11.93%) Accessibility
3 45 (7.35%) WCAG
4 13 (2.12%) NCSC
5 9 (1.47%) NIST
6 8 (1.31%) COBIT
6 8 (1.31%) HL7
6 8 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.82%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.49%) GDPR
9 2 (0.33%) Basel III
9 2 (0.33%) SLA
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 237 (38.73%) Docker
2 6 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.82%) Postfix
4 4 (0.65%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 188 (30.72%) Kubernetes
2 44 (7.19%) Grafana
3 36 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.96%) Ansible
5 10 (1.63%) Kibana
6 5 (0.82%) Argo
7 4 (0.65%) Podman
7 4 (0.65%) Puppet
8 3 (0.49%) Bosun
8 3 (0.49%) Istio
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%) linkerd
Vendors
1 68 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.70%) Oracle
3 29 (4.74%) Google
4 20 (3.27%) Dynatrace
5 15 (2.45%) Splunk
6 12 (1.96%) New Relic
7 11 (1.80%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.14%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.14%) Databricks
9 6 (0.98%) Apple
9 6 (0.98%) IBM
9 6 (0.98%) Jaspersoft
9 6 (0.98%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.82%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.65%) Citrix
11 4 (0.65%) NVIDIA
11 4 (0.65%) Okta
11 4 (0.65%) SAP
11 4 (0.65%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.65%) Sybase