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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 165 199
Rank change year-on-year -30 +34 +6
Contract jobs citing RESTful 579 408 436
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.36% 1.67% 1.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.08% 7.39% 5.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 289 299
10th Percentile £350 £331 £371
25th Percentile £413 £400 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.40% -15.42%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £631
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 4 7
10th Percentile £54.25 £51.50 £47.70
25th Percentile £58.75 £53.75 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +10.34%
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% +10.34%

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 8,182 5,520 7,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.21% 22.56% 20.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,392 3,835 5,486
10th Percentile £363 £360 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £653 £675
90th Percentile £744 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 109 248
10th Percentile £30.98 £31.90 £22.68
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%
75th Percentile £73.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.08 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year +8.33% +21.21% -23.85%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -11 318 £500 -1.91% 80
North of England -29 110 £455 +13.75% 64
South East -25 69 £520 +4.52% 41
North West -29 52 £450 +12.50% 36
Yorkshire -23 42 £513 +10.81% 20
Midlands -77 39 £493 +6.54% 12
South West -19 27 £458 -12.86% 26
West Midlands -67 21 £500 - 5
North East -18 16 £450 -7.69% 8
East Midlands -33 16 £446 +10.95% 7
East of England -27 9 £500 -6.98% 17
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 (4.84%) Confluence
2 10 (1.73%) Ethereum
2 10 (1.73%) Hyperledger
3 9 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.38%) Appian
5 7 (1.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (1.21%) CICS
6 6 (1.04%) CMS
7 5 (0.86%) Camunda
7 5 (0.86%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.52%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.52%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.35%) IIS
9 2 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.17%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) Mule
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (1.21%) 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 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.35%) Aladdin
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
1 227 (39.21%) AWS
2 198 (34.20%) Azure
3 95 (16.41%) GitHub
4 93 (16.06%) Serverless
5 69 (11.92%) AWS Lambda
6 68 (11.74%) GitHub Actions
7 58 (10.02%) GCP
8 57 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
9 52 (8.98%) Amazon S3
10 38 (6.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 33 (5.70%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (5.35%) Amazon SQS
13 28 (4.84%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (4.66%) Amazon EKS
15 23 (3.97%) AWS CloudFormation
16 20 (3.45%) Power Automate
17 19 (3.28%) Route 53
18 17 (2.94%) Entra ID
19 16 (2.76%) Azure Service Bus
20 15 (2.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.25%) HTTP
2 4 (0.69%) DNS
2 4 (0.69%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.52%) MQTT
3 3 (0.52%) Network Security
4 2 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.35%) SSL
5 1 (0.17%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.17%) 4G
5 1 (0.17%) 5G
5 1 (0.17%) LTE
5 1 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (20.73%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (15.37%) NoSQL
3 63 (10.88%) SQL Server
4 60 (10.36%) Relational Database
5 51 (8.81%) MongoDB
6 44 (7.60%) DynamoDB
7 34 (5.87%) Amazon RDS
8 31 (5.35%) MySQL
9 29 (5.01%) Amazon Aurora
10 19 (3.28%) Redis
11 11 (1.90%) Db2
12 9 (1.55%) Pinecone
13 7 (1.21%) Power BI
14 6 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.04%) DocumentDB
14 6 (1.04%) Flink
15 5 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.69%) GIS
Development Applications
1 132 (22.80%) Git
2 96 (16.58%) Jenkins
3 63 (10.88%) GitLab
4 52 (8.98%) JUnit
5 47 (8.12%) JIRA
6 35 (6.04%) Mockito
7 27 (4.66%) Postman
8 25 (4.32%) SonarQube
9 22 (3.80%) Maven
10 21 (3.63%) Cucumber
10 21 (3.63%) Gradle
11 14 (2.42%) Visual Studio
12 12 (2.07%) DbUnit
12 12 (2.07%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.90%) Bitbucket Server
13 11 (1.90%) jMock
14 9 (1.55%) fastlane
14 9 (1.55%) Selenium
15 8 (1.38%) Liquibase
15 8 (1.38%) MLflow
General
1 120 (20.73%) Social Skills
2 119 (20.55%) Finance
3 91 (15.72%) Public Sector
4 63 (10.88%) Banking
5 59 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.07%) Retail
8 9 (1.55%) Front Office
8 9 (1.55%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.38%) Marketing
10 7 (1.21%) Legal
11 6 (1.04%) Law
12 5 (0.86%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.69%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.69%) Police
14 3 (0.52%) Automotive
14 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.52%) Local Government
14 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 361 (62.35%) Developer
2 112 (19.34%) Java Developer
2 112 (19.34%) Senior
3 72 (12.44%) Senior Developer
4 62 (10.71%) Full-Stack Developer
5 49 (8.46%) Python Developer
6 40 (6.91%) Software Engineer
7 38 (6.56%) Architect
8 35 (6.04%) .NET Developer
9 31 (5.35%) React Developer
10 30 (5.18%) Senior Java Developer
11 24 (4.15%) Backend Developer
11 24 (4.15%) C# Developer
12 23 (3.97%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.28%) Java Engineer
14 18 (3.11%) AWS Developer
15 17 (2.94%) Lead
16 16 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
17 15 (2.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 13 (2.25%) iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (27.63%) Spring
2 156 (26.94%) Spring Boot
3 150 (25.91%) REST
4 123 (21.24%) React
5 109 (18.83%) Kafka
6 106 (18.31%) .NET
7 69 (11.92%) AngularJS
8 67 (11.57%) CSS
9 66 (11.40%) HTML
10 65 (11.23%) Node.js
11 58 (10.02%) OAuth
12 48 (8.29%) Web Services
13 41 (7.08%) Swagger
14 40 (6.91%) Django
15 39 (6.74%) OAuth2
16 38 (6.56%) JSON
17 37 (6.39%) FastAPI
17 37 (6.39%) OpenAPI
18 36 (6.22%) .NET Core
19 34 (5.87%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 95 (16.41%) Cloud Native
2 89 (15.37%) Distributed Systems
3 83 (14.34%) Product Ownership
4 29 (5.01%) Mobile App
5 23 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.76%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (2.25%) Low-Code
9 12 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.55%) Derivative
10 9 (1.55%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.55%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.38%) Hedge funds
12 7 (1.21%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.21%) DataPower
12 7 (1.21%) Equities
12 7 (1.21%) Mainframe
13 6 (1.04%) Blockchain
13 6 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 41 (7.08%) Linux
2 22 (3.80%) Unix
3 18 (3.11%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.25%) Android
5 10 (1.73%) Windows
6 7 (1.21%) zOS
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (59.76%) CI/CD
2 302 (52.16%) Microservices
3 298 (51.47%) Agile
4 204 (35.23%) DevOps
5 170 (29.36%) Containerisation
6 132 (22.80%) Test Automation
7 122 (21.07%) Event-Driven
8 113 (19.52%) Scrum
9 111 (19.17%) Full-Stack Development
10 108 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (18.65%) Software Engineering
11 85 (14.68%) API Development
12 84 (14.51%) Clean Code
13 82 (14.16%) Code Quality
14 78 (13.47%) TDD
15 77 (13.30%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 75 (12.95%) API Design
16 75 (12.95%) Infrastructure as Code
17 65 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
18 64 (11.05%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 243 (41.97%) Java
2 184 (31.78%) SQL
3 153 (26.42%) Python
4 127 (21.93%) C#
5 123 (21.24%) JavaScript
6 101 (17.44%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.32%) Shell Script
8 24 (4.15%) Go
9 21 (3.63%) Kotlin
10 16 (2.76%) Swift
11 13 (2.25%) Bicep
12 11 (1.90%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.55%) Scala
14 7 (1.21%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.04%) JCL
15 6 (1.04%) Objective-C
15 6 (1.04%) Rust
15 6 (1.04%) X++
16 5 (0.86%) Ruby
16 5 (0.86%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 135 (23.32%) Security Cleared
2 99 (17.10%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.70%) Degree
4 24 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.59%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.73%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.55%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.38%) CCSP
9 8 (1.38%) CEH
9 8 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.38%) CISM
9 8 (1.38%) CISSP
9 8 (1.38%) OSCP
10 4 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.52%) MBA
12 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (14.68%) QA
2 52 (8.98%) Accessibility
3 32 (5.53%) WCAG
4 13 (2.25%) NIST
5 12 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.90%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.38%) COBIT
7 8 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.04%) GDPR
9 4 (0.69%) NCSC
10 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.35%) HL7
10 2 (0.35%) SLA
10 2 (0.35%) 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%) MiFID
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 204 (35.23%) Docker
2 9 (1.55%) Postfix
3 5 (0.86%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 171 (29.53%) Kubernetes
2 68 (11.74%) Terraform
3 38 (6.56%) Grafana
4 32 (5.53%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.25%) Ansible
6 6 (1.04%) Kibana
7 3 (0.52%) Podman
7 3 (0.52%) Puppet
7 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.35%) Consul
8 2 (0.35%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.17%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 41 (7.08%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.18%) Oracle
3 17 (2.94%) Google
4 15 (2.59%) Dynatrace
5 13 (2.25%) Adobe
5 13 (2.25%) Atlassian
6 12 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.90%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (1.73%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.73%) Splunk
9 8 (1.38%) Apple
9 8 (1.38%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (1.38%) Sybase
9 8 (1.38%) UiPath
9 8 (1.38%) Veracode
10 7 (1.21%) Databricks
10 7 (1.21%) New Relic
10 7 (1.21%) Okta
11 6 (1.04%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.69%) IBM