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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 145 167
Rank change year-on-year -62 +22 +59
Contract jobs citing RESTful 614 548 485
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.33% 1.97% 1.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.26% 7.76% 5.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 398 307
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £476 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.52% -9.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £569 £586 £650
90th Percentile £650 £675 £763
UK median daily rate £488 £488 £500
% change year-on-year - -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £49.63 £47.70
25th Percentile £55.94 £53.91 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +4.53%
75th Percentile £77.13 £61.78 £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% +4.53%

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 9,806 7,059 8,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.24% 25.38% 24.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,437 4,805 5,494
10th Percentile £380 £354 £363
25th Percentile £443 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -5.73% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £666
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 169 179
10th Percentile £29.44 £31.54 £27.60
25th Percentile £51.88 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -12.00% -1.57%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.45
UK median hourly rate £65.83 £54.70 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.35% -11.20% -1.44%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -36 333 £503 -3.37% 379
North of England -84 94 £450 - 134
South East -45 76 £473 +5.11% 70
Midlands -55 50 £447 -1.12% 42
Yorkshire -50 43 £513 +13.89% 44
West Midlands -34 35 £475 -5.00% 22
South West -15 33 £433 -3.89% 35
North West -74 30 £500 +13.64% 70
North East -31 21 £450 -10.00% 22
East of England -27 17 £425 -22.02% 43
East Midlands -35 14 £445 +10.70% 20
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 38 (6.19%) Confluence
2 5 (0.81%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.81%) CMS
3 4 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.65%) Camunda
3 4 (0.65%) CICS
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 Pulsar
4 3 (0.49%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) Mule
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.98%) 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%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.16%) Maximo
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
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
1 257 (41.86%) AWS
2 221 (35.99%) Azure
3 143 (23.29%) GitHub
4 91 (14.82%) GitHub Actions
5 86 (14.01%) Serverless
6 85 (13.84%) GCP
7 78 (12.70%) Azure DevOps
8 65 (10.59%) AWS Lambda
9 50 (8.14%) Amazon S3
10 41 (6.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 41 (6.68%) Amazon EKS
11 35 (5.70%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (4.89%) Amazon ECS
13 25 (4.07%) Amazon SQS
14 22 (3.58%) GitHub Copilot
15 19 (3.09%) Entra ID
16 16 (2.61%) Azure AKS
17 15 (2.44%) Power Platform
18 13 (2.12%) Azure Key Vault
18 13 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.61%) HTTP
2 6 (0.98%) DNS
2 6 (0.98%) SSH
2 6 (0.98%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.81%) 5G
3 5 (0.81%) HTTPS
4 4 (0.65%) 4G
4 4 (0.65%) MQTT
4 4 (0.65%) Network Security
5 2 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.16%) NFC
6 1 (0.16%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (23.13%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (14.17%) Relational Database
3 79 (12.87%) NoSQL
4 61 (9.93%) MongoDB
5 48 (7.82%) MySQL
5 48 (7.82%) SQL Server
6 35 (5.70%) DynamoDB
7 29 (4.72%) Redis
8 22 (3.58%) Amazon Aurora
9 21 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (2.12%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.14%) Power BI
14 6 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.98%) Metadata
14 6 (0.98%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.65%) Db2
15 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 184 (29.97%) Git
2 125 (20.36%) Jenkins
3 62 (10.10%) GitLab
4 57 (9.28%) JIRA
5 56 (9.12%) JUnit
6 40 (6.51%) Mockito
7 36 (5.86%) Maven
8 30 (4.89%) Gradle
9 28 (4.56%) SonarQube
10 20 (3.26%) Cypress.io
11 19 (3.09%) Cucumber
11 19 (3.09%) Postman
12 14 (2.28%) Selenium
13 12 (1.95%) Visual Studio
14 11 (1.79%) MSI
14 11 (1.79%) REST Assured
15 10 (1.63%) fastlane
16 9 (1.47%) CircleCI
16 9 (1.47%) Storybook
16 9 (1.47%) Xcode
General
1 158 (25.73%) Social Skills
2 115 (18.73%) Finance
3 103 (16.78%) Public Sector
4 98 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (7.17%) Banking
6 38 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.93%) Retail
8 15 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.79%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.30%) Law
10 8 (1.30%) Marketing
10 8 (1.30%) Publishing
11 7 (1.14%) Local Government
12 6 (0.98%) Front Office
12 6 (0.98%) Legal
12 6 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.81%) Police
14 4 (0.65%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 380 (61.89%) Developer
2 125 (20.36%) Senior
3 118 (19.22%) Java Developer
4 87 (14.17%) Senior Developer
5 77 (12.54%) Full-Stack Developer
6 46 (7.49%) Python Developer
7 41 (6.68%) Software Engineer
8 36 (5.86%) Senior Java Developer
9 35 (5.70%) .NET Developer
10 34 (5.54%) Architect
11 30 (4.89%) Lead
12 26 (4.23%) React Developer
12 26 (4.23%) Software Developer
13 23 (3.75%) Java Engineer
14 22 (3.58%) C# Developer
15 20 (3.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 18 (2.93%) Backend Developer
16 18 (2.93%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 18 (2.93%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 17 (2.77%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (30.94%) REST
2 159 (25.90%) Spring
3 154 (25.08%) Spring Boot
4 123 (20.03%) React
5 121 (19.71%) Kafka
6 104 (16.94%) .NET
7 97 (15.80%) CSS
8 96 (15.64%) HTML
9 95 (15.47%) Terraform
10 66 (10.75%) AngularJS
11 63 (10.26%) OAuth
12 62 (10.10%) Web Services
13 60 (9.77%) Node.js
14 55 (8.96%) OAuth2
15 48 (7.82%) HTML5
15 48 (7.82%) JSON
16 47 (7.65%) .NET Core
17 44 (7.17%) CSS3
18 43 (7.00%) SOAP
19 42 (6.84%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 164 (26.71%) Cloud Native
2 114 (18.57%) Distributed Systems
3 93 (15.15%) Product Ownership
4 43 (7.00%) Enterprise Software
5 37 (6.03%) Mobile App
6 26 (4.23%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.42%) Data Structures
8 18 (2.93%) AI Agents
8 18 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.79%) NHS
11 10 (1.63%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.47%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.98%) Hedge funds
14 6 (0.98%) Life Science
15 5 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
15 5 (0.81%) Low-Code
15 5 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.47%) Linux
2 35 (5.70%) Unix
3 22 (3.58%) Apple iOS
4 20 (3.26%) Android
5 15 (2.44%) Windows
6 4 (0.65%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (65.80%) CI/CD
2 353 (57.49%) Agile
3 316 (51.47%) Microservices
4 269 (43.81%) DevOps
5 211 (34.36%) Test Automation
6 182 (29.64%) Containerisation
7 150 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
8 149 (24.27%) Event-Driven
8 149 (24.27%) Scrum
9 141 (22.96%) Software Engineering
10 136 (22.15%) Full-Stack Development
11 131 (21.34%) Code Quality
12 124 (20.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 113 (18.40%) Infrastructure as Code
14 106 (17.26%) API Development
15 94 (15.31%) API Design
15 94 (15.31%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 92 (14.98%) AI
17 89 (14.50%) Observability
18 84 (13.68%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 253 (41.21%) Java
2 166 (27.04%) SQL
3 163 (26.55%) Python
4 156 (25.41%) JavaScript
5 123 (20.03%) C#
6 122 (19.87%) TypeScript
7 36 (5.86%) Kotlin
8 30 (4.89%) Shell Script
9 27 (4.40%) Bicep
10 21 (3.42%) Swift
11 16 (2.61%) Bash
12 14 (2.28%) Ruby
12 14 (2.28%) Scala
13 13 (2.12%) Go
14 10 (1.63%) Rust
15 9 (1.47%) Objective-C
16 8 (1.30%) PL/SQL
16 8 (1.30%) X++
17 5 (0.81%) PowerShell
18 4 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 163 (26.55%) Security Cleared
2 137 (22.31%) SC Cleared
3 44 (7.17%) Degree
4 34 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.75%) DV Cleared
6 21 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (3.09%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.12%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.47%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.81%) CCSP
11 5 (0.81%) CEH
11 5 (0.81%) CISM
11 5 (0.81%) CISSP
11 5 (0.81%) OSCP
12 3 (0.49%) MBA
12 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (18.40%) QA
2 65 (10.59%) Accessibility
3 42 (6.84%) WCAG
4 13 (2.12%) NCSC
5 8 (1.30%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.30%) HL7
6 6 (0.98%) NIST
7 5 (0.81%) COBIT
7 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.49%) GDPR
8 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.33%) Basel III
9 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.33%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.16%) SLA
10 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 245 (39.90%) Docker
2 6 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.81%) Postfix
4 4 (0.65%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 192 (31.27%) Kubernetes
2 56 (9.12%) Grafana
3 46 (7.49%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.95%) Ansible
5 10 (1.63%) Kibana
6 5 (0.81%) Argo
7 4 (0.65%) Bosun
7 4 (0.65%) Podman
7 4 (0.65%) Puppet
8 3 (0.49%) Istio
9 2 (0.33%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.33%) Consul
9 2 (0.33%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.16%) linkerd
10 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.35%) Oracle
3 34 (5.54%) Google
4 22 (3.58%) Dynatrace
5 19 (3.09%) Splunk
6 12 (1.95%) New Relic
7 11 (1.79%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.30%) Databricks
9 7 (1.14%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.14%) Okta
10 6 (0.98%) Apple
10 6 (0.98%) IBM
10 6 (0.98%) Jaspersoft
10 6 (0.98%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.81%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.65%) Citrix
12 4 (0.65%) NVIDIA
12 4 (0.65%) SAP
12 4 (0.65%) Sybase