RESTful Contracts in England

RESTful
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring RESTful skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RESTful over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 188 205
Rank change year-on-year +14 +17 -75
Contract jobs citing RESTful 420 476 589
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.63% 1.28% 1.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.24% 5.99% 5.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 332 424
10th Percentile £320 £366 £363
25th Percentile £400 £435 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £707
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile £48.13 £47.70 £62.70
25th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £66.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +6.67% +18.58%
75th Percentile - £85.00 -
90th Percentile £59.38 £87.00 £79.62
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -31.25% +6.67% +19.28%

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 5,799 7,942 10,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.44% 21.28% 22.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,003 5,534 7,924
10th Percentile £356 £350 £385
25th Percentile £413 £434 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £800 £798
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 263 138
10th Percentile £30.55 £23.80 £30.53
25th Percentile £49.06 £43.00 £50.31
Median hourly rate £58.88 £58.30 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -10.31% +22.64%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.71 £74.49 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing RESTful as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for RESTful in England

RESTful
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RESTful in England.

Daily rate trend for RESTful in England

RESTful
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RESTful in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RESTful in England

RESTful
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RESTful in England.

Hourly rate trend for RESTful in England

RESTful
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing RESTful in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 2025. 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 -1 228 £508 -8.81% 983
North of England +3 61 £450 - 430
Midlands +27 54 £463 -8.19% 180
South East +61 42 £499 +10.83% 343
North West +4 37 £400 -11.11% 254
East Midlands +17 28 £402 -6.51% 79
West Midlands +17 26 £500 -17.63% 101
Yorkshire +1 18 £463 -1.86% 158
South West +37 15 £538 +2.38% 167
East of England +14 13 £545 +9.00% 158
North East -3 6 £500 -4.76% 19
RESTful
UK

RESTful
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (3.10%) Confluence
2 12 (2.86%) Apache
3 7 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.43%) Anypoint
4 6 (1.43%) JBoss
4 6 (1.43%) Mule
5 5 (1.19%) Moodle
6 4 (0.95%) CMS
7 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.71%) Mule ESB
7 3 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
7 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.71%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.71%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.48%) Appian
8 2 (0.48%) CICS
8 2 (0.48%) nginx
8 2 (0.48%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.24%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Adobe XD
1 3 (0.71%) Sketch
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.71%) SAP Hybris
2 3 (0.71%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 149 (35.48%) AWS
2 112 (26.67%) Azure
3 48 (11.43%) Serverless
4 46 (10.95%) GitHub
5 42 (10.00%) GCP
6 32 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (7.38%) Amazon S3
8 26 (6.19%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (5.48%) Amazon EC2
10 21 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 17 (4.05%) Route 53
12 16 (3.81%) Amazon SQS
13 14 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (3.10%) Azure Functions
15 12 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (2.62%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (2.62%) npm
17 10 (2.38%) Apigee
17 10 (2.38%) AWS KMS
17 10 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.52%) HTTP
2 9 (2.14%) HTTPS
3 5 (1.19%) SSL
4 3 (0.71%) Wireless
5 2 (0.48%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.48%) 4G
5 2 (0.48%) 5G
5 2 (0.48%) AMQP
5 2 (0.48%) DMZ
5 2 (0.48%) DSL
5 2 (0.48%) Firewall
5 2 (0.48%) Internet
5 2 (0.48%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) Network Security
6 1 (0.24%) RTSP
6 1 (0.24%) SAN
6 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (17.14%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (13.81%) NoSQL
3 54 (12.86%) MongoDB
4 35 (8.33%) SQL Server
5 33 (7.86%) MySQL
6 32 (7.62%) Relational Database
7 28 (6.67%) DynamoDB
8 21 (5.00%) Amazon Aurora
9 19 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (3.81%) Redis
11 8 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.67%) DB2
12 7 (1.67%) DocumentDB
13 6 (1.43%) Big Data
13 6 (1.43%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.95%) Hadoop
15 3 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.71%) Flink
15 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 151 (35.95%) Git
2 75 (17.86%) Jenkins
3 45 (10.71%) JIRA
4 39 (9.29%) GitLab
5 33 (7.86%) JUnit
5 33 (7.86%) Maven
6 21 (5.00%) Cypress.io
6 21 (5.00%) SonarQube
7 18 (4.29%) Postman
8 17 (4.05%) Cucumber
9 16 (3.81%) Mockito
9 16 (3.81%) webpack
10 10 (2.38%) Gradle
10 10 (2.38%) IntelliJ
10 10 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
11 9 (2.14%) Jasmine
11 9 (2.14%) Mocha
12 8 (1.90%) DbUnit
12 8 (1.90%) jMock
12 8 (1.90%) TeamCity
General
1 125 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 86 (20.48%) Finance
3 49 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.52%) Banking
5 29 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.67%) Retail Banking
8 6 (1.43%) Retail
8 6 (1.43%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.19%) Financial Institution
10 4 (0.95%) Police
11 3 (0.71%) Advertising
11 3 (0.71%) Front Office
11 3 (0.71%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.48%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.48%) Automotive
12 2 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.48%) Marketing
13 1 (0.24%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 278 (66.19%) Developer
2 87 (20.71%) Senior
3 67 (15.95%) Java Developer
4 60 (14.29%) Senior Developer
5 48 (11.43%) Full-Stack Developer
6 34 (8.10%) Angular Developer
7 30 (7.14%) Architect
8 23 (5.48%) Software Engineer
9 19 (4.52%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 17 (4.05%) React Developer
11 16 (3.81%) Python Developer
12 15 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.33%) .NET Developer
13 14 (3.33%) Backend Developer
13 14 (3.33%) Lead
14 13 (3.10%) Android Developer
14 13 (3.10%) Node.js Developer
15 12 (2.86%) Senior Java Developer
16 11 (2.62%) C# Developer
16 11 (2.62%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (23.10%) Spring
1 97 (23.10%) Web Services
2 92 (21.90%) React
3 87 (20.71%) CSS
4 85 (20.24%) HTML
5 82 (19.52%) AngularJS
5 82 (19.52%) Spring Boot
6 70 (16.67%) REST
7 58 (13.81%) Node.js
8 55 (13.10%) .NET
9 45 (10.71%) SOAP
10 43 (10.24%) Kafka
11 40 (9.52%) GraphQL
12 36 (8.57%) JSON
13 33 (7.86%) OAuth
14 31 (7.38%) HTML5
15 29 (6.90%) CSS3
16 27 (6.43%) XML
17 26 (6.19%) Hibernate
17 26 (6.19%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.62%) Distributed Systems
2 31 (7.38%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.76%) Mobile App
4 15 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.86%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.67%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.67%) Derivative
10 6 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.19%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.19%) e-Learning
11 5 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.19%) VLE
12 4 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.95%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.71%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.71%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.05%) Linux
2 20 (4.76%) Android
3 16 (3.81%) Unix
4 5 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.71%) Windows
6 2 (0.48%) zOS
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (49.76%) Agile
2 187 (44.52%) CI/CD
3 143 (34.05%) Microservices
4 130 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
5 107 (25.48%) DevOps
6 78 (18.57%) Full-Stack Development
7 76 (18.10%) Containerisation
8 73 (17.38%) Test Automation
9 71 (16.90%) Scrum
10 69 (16.43%) Front End Development
10 69 (16.43%) TDD
11 64 (15.24%) API Development
12 59 (14.05%) Software Engineering
13 50 (11.90%) User Experience
14 49 (11.67%) Clean Code
14 49 (11.67%) Mentoring
15 45 (10.71%) Design Patterns
16 44 (10.48%) SDLC
17 40 (9.52%) Event-Driven
18 39 (9.29%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 159 (37.86%) Java
2 148 (35.24%) JavaScript
3 115 (27.38%) SQL
4 85 (20.24%) TypeScript
5 82 (19.52%) Python
6 52 (12.38%) C#
7 18 (4.29%) Kotlin
8 15 (3.57%) Go
8 15 (3.57%) Shell Script
9 11 (2.62%) Bash
10 9 (2.14%) PHP
10 9 (2.14%) PL/SQL
10 9 (2.14%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.90%) Ruby
12 6 (1.43%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.19%) DataWeave
13 5 (1.19%) Scala
14 4 (0.95%) Perl
15 3 (0.71%) C++
15 3 (0.71%) Korn
Qualifications
1 56 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 41 (9.76%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.05%) Degree
4 8 (1.90%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.19%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.48%) IBM Certification
8 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.48%) OCP
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.48%) Sun Certification
9 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.24%) ISEB
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.43%) QA
2 14 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.95%) GDPR
3 4 (0.95%) WCAG
4 3 (0.71%) COBIT
5 2 (0.48%) DICOM
5 2 (0.48%) HL7
6 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
System Software
1 105 (25.00%) Docker
2 8 (1.90%) Postfix
3 6 (1.43%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 75 (17.86%) Kubernetes
2 33 (7.86%) Terraform
3 23 (5.48%) Grafana
4 22 (5.24%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.33%) Ansible
6 5 (1.19%) Kibana
6 5 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.71%) CloudHub
7 3 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.48%) vRealize
9 1 (0.24%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.24%) Control-M
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.24%) Podman
9 1 (0.24%) Puppet
9 1 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 33 (7.86%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.67%) Oracle
3 21 (5.00%) Google
4 16 (3.81%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.62%) Atlassian
6 10 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.90%) IBM
7 8 (1.90%) Jaspersoft
7 8 (1.90%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.43%) Adobe
8 6 (1.43%) Workday
9 5 (1.19%) Databricks
9 5 (1.19%) Splunk
9 5 (1.19%) Sybase
9 5 (1.19%) TIBCO
9 5 (1.19%) VMware
10 4 (0.95%) EMC
10 4 (0.95%) SAP
11 3 (0.71%) Cisco
11 3 (0.71%) Virgin Media