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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 133 165
Rank change year-on-year -73 +32 +53
Contract jobs citing RESTful 629 582 489
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.36% 2.07% 1.51%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.40% 8.14% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 424 308
10th Percentile £349 £333 £324
25th Percentile £413 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £488 £509
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -4.13% -7.55%
75th Percentile £569 £576 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £754
UK median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 5
10th Percentile £53.88 £49.63 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £53.91 £75.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -31.25% +4.53%
75th Percentile £77.38 £61.78 £85.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £95.00 £88.00
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £55.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% -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 9,834 7,150 8,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.26% 25.49% 24.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,464 4,822 5,230
10th Percentile £381 £356 £360
25th Percentile £448 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 172 171
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £54.84 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £66.83 £54.35 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.96% -16.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £51.97 £65.00
% change year-on-year +25.07% -20.05% +8.33%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 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 -41 345 £500 -3.85% 420
North of England -95 98 £450 -5.26% 107
South East -54 69 £473 +2.27% 52
Midlands -60 48 £447 -5.89% 36
Yorkshire -58 45 £470 -1.05% 35
West Midlands -42 36 £500 - 18
South West -15 32 £425 -12.82% 34
North West -67 31 £475 +6.15% 57
North East -26 22 £450 -10.00% 18
East of England -40 18 £463 -9.31% 33
East Midlands -36 11 £425 +5.33% 18
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 40 (6.36%) Confluence
2 5 (0.79%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.79%) CMS
3 4 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.64%) Camunda
3 4 (0.64%) Ethereum
3 4 (0.64%) Hyperledger
3 4 (0.64%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.64%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.48%) Apache Pulsar
4 3 (0.48%) CICS
4 3 (0.48%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.32%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.32%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.32%) Mule
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.95%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Quorum
1 4 (0.64%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.64%) Ripple
2 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.16%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 263 (41.81%) AWS
2 230 (36.57%) Azure
3 146 (23.21%) GitHub
4 93 (14.79%) GitHub Actions
5 90 (14.31%) GCP
6 87 (13.83%) Serverless
7 77 (12.24%) Azure DevOps
8 62 (9.86%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (7.15%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (7.15%) Amazon S3
10 36 (5.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 36 (5.72%) Amazon ECS
11 28 (4.45%) Amazon EC2
12 24 (3.82%) Entra ID
13 22 (3.50%) Amazon SQS
14 21 (3.34%) GitHub Copilot
15 17 (2.70%) Azure AKS
16 16 (2.54%) Azure Functions
16 16 (2.54%) Power Platform
17 15 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.38%) HTTP
2 7 (1.11%) SSH
3 6 (0.95%) DNS
3 6 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.79%) 5G
4 5 (0.79%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.64%) 4G
5 4 (0.64%) MQTT
5 4 (0.64%) Network Security
5 4 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.16%) Broadband
6 1 (0.16%) NFC
6 1 (0.16%) SNMP
6 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (23.21%) PostgreSQL
2 95 (15.10%) Relational Database
3 76 (12.08%) NoSQL
4 64 (10.17%) MongoDB
5 54 (8.59%) MySQL
6 51 (8.11%) SQL Server
7 31 (4.93%) Redis
8 28 (4.45%) DynamoDB
9 20 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (2.86%) Amazon Aurora
11 13 (2.07%) Geospatial Data
12 12 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.11%) Power BI
14 6 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.95%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.79%) Metadata
15 5 (0.79%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.64%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 195 (31.00%) Git
2 127 (20.19%) Jenkins
3 62 (9.86%) JUnit
4 61 (9.70%) GitLab
5 60 (9.54%) JIRA
6 42 (6.68%) Mockito
7 40 (6.36%) Maven
8 35 (5.56%) Gradle
9 30 (4.77%) Cucumber
10 28 (4.45%) SonarQube
11 21 (3.34%) Cypress.io
11 21 (3.34%) Selenium
12 15 (2.38%) Visual Studio
13 14 (2.23%) Postman
14 13 (2.07%) REST Assured
15 11 (1.75%) CircleCI
15 11 (1.75%) MSI
16 10 (1.59%) Bitbucket
17 9 (1.43%) Storybook
18 8 (1.27%) fastlane
General
1 169 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 121 (19.24%) Finance
3 108 (17.17%) Public Sector
4 105 (16.69%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (8.59%) Banking
6 36 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (3.50%) Retail
8 17 (2.70%) Investment Banking
9 16 (2.54%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.27%) Local Government
10 8 (1.27%) Marketing
10 8 (1.27%) Publishing
11 6 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.95%) Front Office
11 6 (0.95%) Law
11 6 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.79%) Legal
13 4 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.48%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 375 (59.62%) Developer
2 129 (20.51%) Senior
3 109 (17.33%) Java Developer
4 87 (13.83%) Senior Developer
5 82 (13.04%) Full-Stack Developer
6 49 (7.79%) Software Engineer
7 47 (7.47%) Python Developer
8 38 (6.04%) .NET Developer
9 37 (5.88%) Senior Java Developer
10 32 (5.09%) Architect
10 32 (5.09%) Lead
11 26 (4.13%) Java Engineer
11 26 (4.13%) React Developer
12 25 (3.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 23 (3.66%) C# Developer
13 23 (3.66%) Software Developer
14 19 (3.02%) C# .NET Developer
15 18 (2.86%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (2.86%) Technical Leader
16 16 (2.54%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (32.27%) REST
2 155 (24.64%) Spring
3 150 (23.85%) Spring Boot
4 140 (22.26%) React
5 123 (19.55%) Kafka
6 107 (17.01%) CSS
6 107 (17.01%) HTML
7 104 (16.53%) .NET
8 100 (15.90%) Terraform
9 73 (11.61%) AngularJS
10 70 (11.13%) OAuth
11 69 (10.97%) Node.js
12 66 (10.49%) Web Services
13 60 (9.54%) HTML5
13 60 (9.54%) OAuth2
14 56 (8.90%) JSON
15 55 (8.74%) .NET Core
16 54 (8.59%) CSS3
17 51 (8.11%) Swagger
18 49 (7.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 181 (28.78%) Cloud Native
2 107 (17.01%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (13.83%) Product Ownership
4 48 (7.63%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (6.36%) Mobile App
6 27 (4.29%) Onboarding
7 24 (3.82%) AI Agents
8 23 (3.66%) Data Structures
9 21 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.91%) NHS
11 11 (1.75%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.43%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (0.95%) Distributed Architecture
15 6 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
16 5 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
16 5 (0.79%) Life Science
16 5 (0.79%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 55 (8.74%) Linux
2 36 (5.72%) Unix
3 23 (3.66%) Apple iOS
4 21 (3.34%) Android
5 17 (2.70%) Windows
6 3 (0.48%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.48%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (66.93%) CI/CD
2 371 (58.98%) Agile
3 317 (50.40%) Microservices
4 272 (43.24%) DevOps
5 236 (37.52%) Test Automation
6 184 (29.25%) Containerisation
7 161 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
8 158 (25.12%) Software Engineering
9 154 (24.48%) Event-Driven
10 150 (23.85%) Full-Stack Development
11 149 (23.69%) Scrum
12 143 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 128 (20.35%) Code Quality
14 111 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
15 105 (16.69%) API Development
16 99 (15.74%) AI
17 98 (15.58%) API Design
18 96 (15.26%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 96 (15.26%) Observability
19 93 (14.79%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 250 (39.75%) Java
2 171 (27.19%) JavaScript
3 164 (26.07%) Python
4 163 (25.91%) SQL
5 141 (22.42%) TypeScript
6 120 (19.08%) C#
7 36 (5.72%) Kotlin
8 32 (5.09%) Shell Script
9 28 (4.45%) Bicep
10 22 (3.50%) Swift
11 21 (3.34%) Bash
12 16 (2.54%) Scala
13 15 (2.38%) Go
14 14 (2.23%) Ruby
15 11 (1.75%) Rust
16 10 (1.59%) Objective-C
17 9 (1.43%) PL/SQL
18 8 (1.27%) T-SQL
18 8 (1.27%) X++
19 7 (1.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 161 (25.60%) Security Cleared
2 137 (21.78%) SC Cleared
3 53 (8.43%) Degree
4 41 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.97%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (3.02%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.07%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.75%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.64%) CCSP
11 4 (0.64%) CEH
11 4 (0.64%) CISM
11 4 (0.64%) CISSP
11 4 (0.64%) OSCP
11 4 (0.64%) PhD
12 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (20.51%) QA
2 71 (11.29%) Accessibility
3 39 (6.20%) WCAG
4 13 (2.07%) NCSC
5 9 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.43%) HL7
6 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.79%) NIST
7 4 (0.64%) COBIT
7 4 (0.64%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.64%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.48%) GDPR
9 2 (0.32%) Basel III
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.16%) SLA
10 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 243 (38.63%) Docker
2 8 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.64%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.48%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 197 (31.32%) Kubernetes
2 54 (8.59%) Grafana
3 42 (6.68%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.75%) Ansible
4 11 (1.75%) Kibana
5 5 (0.79%) Argo
6 4 (0.64%) Bosun
6 4 (0.64%) Podman
6 4 (0.64%) Puppet
7 3 (0.48%) Istio
8 2 (0.32%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.32%) Consul
8 2 (0.32%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.16%) linkerd
9 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.52%) Google
3 36 (5.72%) Oracle
4 23 (3.66%) Splunk
5 21 (3.34%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.91%) New Relic
6 12 (1.91%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.27%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.27%) Okta
8 7 (1.11%) Databricks
8 7 (1.11%) IBM
8 7 (1.11%) SAP
8 7 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.95%) Apple
9 6 (0.95%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.79%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.79%) Ping Identity
11 4 (0.64%) Citrix
11 4 (0.64%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (0.64%) NVIDIA