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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 171 198
Rank change year-on-year -24 +27 -2
Contract jobs citing RESTful 581 400 443
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.36% 1.62% 1.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.11% 7.19% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 283 305
10th Percentile £350 £327 £364
25th Percentile £413 £400 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £514
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.59% -14.33%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 7
10th Percentile £54.25 £47.75 £47.70
25th Percentile £58.75 £50.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £85.00
90th Percentile £82.75 - £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 8,174 5,566 7,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.08% 22.54% 20.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,387 3,859 5,456
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £535
% change year-on-year +1.45% -3.27% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 110 257
10th Percentile £30.45 £32.10 £22.75
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.05 £74.70
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year +13.04% +11.11% -20.38%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -5 315 £500 - 115
North of England -21 110 £450 +7.46% 67
South East -22 72 £520 +4.52% 42
North West -26 52 £450 +12.50% 37
Yorkshire -26 41 £525 +13.51% 22
Midlands -67 41 £488 +5.41% 11
South West -23 27 £458 -12.86% 24
West Midlands -65 22 £500 - 5
North East -22 17 £450 -10.00% 8
East Midlands -28 17 £445 +10.70% 6
East of England -32 9 £500 -13.04% 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 (4.82%) Confluence
2 10 (1.72%) Ethereum
2 10 (1.72%) Hyperledger
3 9 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.38%) Appian
5 7 (1.20%) CICS
6 6 (1.03%) CMS
7 5 (0.86%) Camunda
7 5 (0.86%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.52%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.52%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.34%) IIS
10 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.17%) JBoss
11 1 (0.17%) Mule
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (1.38%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.52%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.86%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.69%) Quorum
2 4 (0.69%) Ripple
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.17%) Maximo
5 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 232 (39.93%) AWS
2 201 (34.60%) Azure
3 98 (16.87%) GitHub
4 96 (16.52%) Serverless
5 71 (12.22%) AWS Lambda
5 71 (12.22%) GitHub Actions
6 61 (10.50%) GCP
7 57 (9.81%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (9.12%) Amazon S3
9 39 (6.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 34 (5.85%) Amazon EC2
11 31 (5.34%) Amazon SQS
12 29 (4.99%) Amazon ECS
13 28 (4.82%) Amazon EKS
14 22 (3.79%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (3.27%) Route 53
16 18 (3.10%) Entra ID
16 18 (3.10%) Power Automate
17 16 (2.75%) Azure Service Bus
18 15 (2.58%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.24%) HTTP
2 4 (0.69%) DNS
2 4 (0.69%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.69%) MQTT
2 4 (0.69%) Network Security
3 2 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.34%) SSL
4 1 (0.17%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.17%) 4G
4 1 (0.17%) 5G
4 1 (0.17%) LTE
4 1 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (21.17%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (15.32%) NoSQL
3 61 (10.50%) SQL Server
4 60 (10.33%) Relational Database
5 52 (8.95%) MongoDB
6 44 (7.57%) DynamoDB
7 34 (5.85%) Amazon RDS
8 31 (5.34%) MySQL
9 29 (4.99%) Amazon Aurora
10 21 (3.61%) Redis
11 11 (1.89%) Db2
12 9 (1.55%) Pinecone
13 7 (1.20%) Power BI
14 6 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.03%) DocumentDB
14 6 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (1.03%) Flink
15 4 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.69%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 134 (23.06%) Git
2 100 (17.21%) Jenkins
3 67 (11.53%) GitLab
4 51 (8.78%) JUnit
5 46 (7.92%) JIRA
6 35 (6.02%) Mockito
7 26 (4.48%) SonarQube
8 24 (4.13%) Postman
9 22 (3.79%) Maven
10 21 (3.61%) Gradle
11 18 (3.10%) Cucumber
12 14 (2.41%) Visual Studio
13 12 (2.07%) DbUnit
14 11 (1.89%) Bitbucket Server
14 11 (1.89%) jMock
14 11 (1.89%) REST Assured
15 10 (1.72%) fastlane
16 8 (1.38%) Liquibase
16 8 (1.38%) MLflow
16 8 (1.38%) Xcode
General
1 122 (21.00%) Social Skills
2 121 (20.83%) Finance
3 92 (15.83%) Public Sector
4 67 (11.53%) Banking
5 61 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.24%) Retail
8 10 (1.72%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.38%) Law
9 8 (1.38%) Marketing
10 7 (1.20%) Front Office
11 6 (1.03%) Legal
12 5 (0.86%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.86%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.69%) Police
13 4 (0.69%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.52%) Automotive
14 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.52%) Local Government
14 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 365 (62.82%) Developer
2 114 (19.62%) Java Developer
2 114 (19.62%) Senior
3 75 (12.91%) Senior Developer
4 64 (11.02%) Full-Stack Developer
5 50 (8.61%) Python Developer
6 38 (6.54%) Architect
6 38 (6.54%) Software Engineer
7 36 (6.20%) .NET Developer
8 32 (5.51%) Senior Java Developer
9 31 (5.34%) React Developer
10 25 (4.30%) Backend Developer
10 25 (4.30%) C# Developer
11 23 (3.96%) Software Developer
12 19 (3.27%) Java Engineer
12 19 (3.27%) Lead
13 18 (3.10%) AWS Developer
14 15 (2.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 15 (2.58%) Senior Software Engineer
15 14 (2.41%) iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (27.88%) Spring
2 158 (27.19%) Spring Boot
3 151 (25.99%) REST
4 120 (20.65%) React
5 113 (19.45%) Kafka
6 105 (18.07%) .NET
7 68 (11.70%) Node.js
8 67 (11.53%) AngularJS
9 66 (11.36%) CSS
10 64 (11.02%) HTML
11 59 (10.15%) OAuth
12 49 (8.43%) Web Services
13 42 (7.23%) Swagger
14 41 (7.06%) Django
15 40 (6.88%) OAuth2
16 38 (6.54%) FastAPI
16 38 (6.54%) OpenAPI
17 37 (6.37%) JSON
18 36 (6.20%) RabbitMQ
19 35 (6.02%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 98 (16.87%) Cloud Native
2 92 (15.83%) Distributed Systems
3 86 (14.80%) Product Ownership
4 30 (5.16%) Mobile App
5 22 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (3.44%) Data Structures
7 18 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (2.24%) Low-Code
9 12 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.89%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.55%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.55%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.38%) Derivative
12 8 (1.38%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.20%) DataPower
13 7 (1.20%) Mainframe
14 6 (1.03%) Equities
14 6 (1.03%) NHS
14 6 (1.03%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.23%) Linux
2 21 (3.61%) Unix
3 19 (3.27%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.24%) Android
5 9 (1.55%) Windows
6 7 (1.20%) zOS
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (60.59%) CI/CD
2 305 (52.50%) Microservices
3 300 (51.64%) Agile
4 210 (36.14%) DevOps
5 171 (29.43%) Containerisation
6 131 (22.55%) Test Automation
7 124 (21.34%) Event-Driven
8 116 (19.97%) Scrum
9 112 (19.28%) Full-Stack Development
9 112 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
10 106 (18.24%) Software Engineering
11 88 (15.15%) API Development
12 84 (14.46%) Clean Code
13 82 (14.11%) Code Quality
14 79 (13.60%) TDD
15 77 (13.25%) API Design
15 77 (13.25%) Infrastructure as Code
16 76 (13.08%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 67 (11.53%) Continuous Improvement
17 67 (11.53%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 246 (42.34%) Java
2 183 (31.50%) SQL
3 159 (27.37%) Python
4 126 (21.69%) C#
5 121 (20.83%) JavaScript
6 102 (17.56%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.30%) Go
7 25 (4.30%) Shell Script
8 22 (3.79%) Kotlin
9 17 (2.93%) Swift
10 13 (2.24%) Bicep
11 11 (1.89%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.55%) Scala
13 8 (1.38%) Rust
14 7 (1.20%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.03%) JCL
15 6 (1.03%) Objective-C
15 6 (1.03%) Ruby
16 5 (0.86%) Solidity
16 5 (0.86%) X++
Qualifications
1 138 (23.75%) Security Cleared
2 102 (17.56%) SC Cleared
3 34 (5.85%) Degree
4 24 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.75%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (1.38%) CCSP
8 8 (1.38%) CEH
8 8 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.38%) CISM
8 8 (1.38%) CISSP
8 8 (1.38%) OSCP
9 5 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.52%) MBA
12 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (14.11%) QA
2 54 (9.29%) Accessibility
3 34 (5.85%) WCAG
4 13 (2.24%) NIST
5 12 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.89%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.38%) COBIT
7 8 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.03%) GDPR
9 4 (0.69%) NCSC
10 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.34%) HL7
10 2 (0.34%) SLA
10 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.17%) Basel III
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 210 (36.14%) Docker
2 9 (1.55%) Postfix
3 5 (0.86%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.69%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 175 (30.12%) Kubernetes
2 69 (11.88%) Terraform
3 39 (6.71%) Grafana
4 33 (5.68%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.41%) Ansible
6 6 (1.03%) Kibana
7 4 (0.69%) Podman
7 4 (0.69%) Puppet
8 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.34%) Consul
9 2 (0.34%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.17%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 40 (6.88%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.16%) Oracle
3 17 (2.93%) Google
4 16 (2.75%) Dynatrace
5 13 (2.24%) Atlassian
6 12 (2.07%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.89%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (1.72%) Splunk
9 9 (1.55%) Adobe
9 9 (1.55%) Apple
10 8 (1.38%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (1.38%) Sybase
10 8 (1.38%) UiPath
10 8 (1.38%) Veracode
11 7 (1.20%) Databricks
11 7 (1.20%) New Relic
11 7 (1.20%) Okta
12 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.69%) NVIDIA