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 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 207 | 142 | 159 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -65 | +17 | +60 |
| Contract jobs citing RESTful | 656 | 598 | 488 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 1.40% | 2.10% | 1.54% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 6.50% | 8.19% | 6.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 443 | 428 | 313 |
| 10th Percentile | £340 | £335 | £324 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £402 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.55% | -1.50% | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £560 | £575 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £649 | £675 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £475 | £496 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.28% | -0.75% | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 9 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £50.73 | £49.25 | £41.93 |
| 25th Percentile | £55.00 | £53.55 | £47.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £55.00 | £59.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -7.95% | -21.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.00 | £63.75 | £73.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £95.00 | £80.58 |
| UK median hourly rate | £57.50 | £55.00 | £59.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -7.95% | -21.93% |
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.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 10,098 | 7,300 | 7,826 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 21.61% | 25.68% | 24.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,659 | 4,931 | 5,075 |
| 10th Percentile | £381 | £356 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £447 | £413 | £440 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £537 | £519 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.47% | -5.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £731 | £788 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £513 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.44% | -6.82% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 290 | 167 | 136 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.07 | £31.05 | £27.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £55.00 | £41.25 | £43.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.24 | £54.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.51% | -16.92% | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.00 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £92.00 | £73.20 | £72.63 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £50.72 | £64.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +28.15% | -20.97% | +10.18% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in England
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 23 October 2026.
RESTful Hourly Rate Trend in England
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 23 October 2026.
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 23 October 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 | -45 | 354 | £500 | -3.85% | 317 |
| North of England | -81 | 107 | £450 | -5.26% | 95 |
| South East | -39 | 71 | £465 | -4.62% | 44 |
| Midlands | -59 | 50 | £447 | -5.89% | 40 |
| Yorkshire | -62 | 48 | £475 | - | 31 |
| West Midlands | -44 | 37 | £550 | +10.00% | 26 |
| North West | -62 | 35 | £450 | -0.50% | 42 |
| South West | -24 | 30 | £425 | -15.00% | 30 |
| North East | -20 | 24 | £450 | -10.00% | 24 |
| East of England | -41 | 18 | £463 | -2.63% | 33 |
| East Midlands | -34 | 12 | £414 | +2.86% | 14 |
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RESTful Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REST | 32.0% | 210 |
| 2 | Spring | 25.2% | 165 |
| 3 | Spring Boot | 24.2% | 159 |
| 4 | React | 23.5% | 154 |
| 5 | Kafka | 19.5% | 128 |
| 6 | .NET | 16.8% | 110 |
| 7 | CSS | 16.6% | 109 |
| 8 | HTML | 16.5% | 108 |
| 9 | Terraform | 16.0% | 105 |
| 10 | AngularJS | 12.3% | 81 |
| 11 | Node.js | 12.0% | 79 |
| 12 | OAuth | 10.8% | 71 |
| 12 | Web Services | 10.8% | 71 |
| 14 | JSON | 9.9% | 65 |
| 15 | HTML5 | 9.6% | 63 |
| 16 | OAuth2 | 9.3% | 61 |
| 17 | .NET Core | 9.0% | 59 |
| 18 | CSS3 | 8.7% | 57 |
| 19 | Swagger | 8.1% | 53 |
| 20 | SOAP | 7.5% | 49 |