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 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 166 212
Rank change year-on-year -14 +46 -32
Contract jobs citing RESTful 564 433 434
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.56% 1.72% 1.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.26% 7.59% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 283 331
10th Percentile £350 £358 £375
25th Percentile £403 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% -3.29% -13.83%
75th Percentile £550 £628 £616
90th Percentile £675 £738 £719
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile £48.50 - £65.41
25th Percentile £53.75 £38.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £39.50 £76.53
Median % change year-on-year +39.24% -48.39% +7.41%
75th Percentile £84.63 £40.75 -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £39.50 £76.53
% change year-on-year +39.24% -48.39% +7.41%

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 7,767 5,703 7,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.49% 22.64% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,226 3,788 5,434
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £427 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £544
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.15% -5.43%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £669
90th Percentile £738 £788 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% - -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 85 205
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.26 £20.99
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.06 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +31.36% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £78.55 £81.80 £75.92
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 8 March 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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -3 308 £488 -7.14% 98
North of England -17 115 £450 -2.70% 77
Midlands -39 60 £500 +3.09% 37
North West -14 59 £435 -3.33% 33
Yorkshire -27 53 £500 -6.19% 24
West Midlands -42 42 £494 -1.25% 25
South East -50 34 £525 +28.36% 47
East of England -15 25 £500 +60.00% 15
South West -20 21 £512 -15.63% 23
East Midlands -16 17 £550 +21.35% 12
North East -11 3 £450 +21.62% 21
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 (4.96%) Confluence
2 16 (2.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.30%) CMS
4 11 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.42%) Appian
6 7 (1.24%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (1.06%) Ethereum
7 6 (1.06%) Headless CMS
7 6 (1.06%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.89%) Camunda
8 5 (0.89%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.71%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.53%) Apache
10 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.53%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.53%) CICS
11 2 (0.35%) Drupal
11 2 (0.35%) IIS
11 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.18%) Mule
Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.89%) Sketch
3 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.18%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (0.18%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
2 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 256 (45.39%) AWS
2 197 (34.93%) Azure
3 120 (21.28%) Serverless
4 99 (17.55%) GCP
5 89 (15.78%) GitHub
6 58 (10.28%) AWS Lambda
7 52 (9.22%) Amazon S3
8 45 (7.98%) GitHub Actions
9 41 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (6.03%) Amazon ECS
11 30 (5.32%) AWS CloudFormation
12 29 (5.14%) Azure Functions
13 28 (4.96%) Azure AKS
14 25 (4.43%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (3.37%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (3.37%) Azure Service Bus
16 17 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 17 (3.01%) Entra ID
16 17 (3.01%) GitHub Copilot
17 16 (2.84%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.84%) HTTP
2 9 (1.60%) HTTPS
3 6 (1.06%) SSL
4 5 (0.89%) DNS
5 3 (0.53%) VPN
6 2 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.18%) Internet
7 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.18%) SMS
7 1 (0.18%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (19.86%) PostgreSQL
2 109 (19.33%) NoSQL
3 62 (10.99%) Relational Database
4 45 (7.98%) SQL Server
5 39 (6.91%) MySQL
6 37 (6.56%) MongoDB
7 31 (5.50%) Amazon RDS
8 28 (4.96%) DynamoDB
9 17 (3.01%) Redis
10 11 (1.95%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.60%) DocumentDB
11 9 (1.60%) Pinecone
12 8 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.24%) DB2
14 6 (1.06%) Flink
15 5 (0.89%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.71%) Big Data
16 4 (0.71%) Power BI
17 3 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 154 (27.30%) Git
2 79 (14.01%) Jenkins
3 74 (13.12%) GitLab
4 46 (8.16%) JUnit
5 45 (7.98%) JIRA
6 24 (4.26%) Mockito
7 20 (3.55%) Postman
8 18 (3.19%) Maven
9 17 (3.01%) Cypress.io
10 15 (2.66%) Gradle
10 15 (2.66%) Liquibase
10 15 (2.66%) SonarQube
11 14 (2.48%) Cucumber
11 14 (2.48%) Selenium
12 10 (1.77%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.77%) MLflow
13 8 (1.42%) REST Assured
14 6 (1.06%) Android Studio
14 6 (1.06%) Jasmine
14 6 (1.06%) Vite
General
1 183 (32.45%) Social Skills
2 128 (22.70%) Finance
3 87 (15.43%) Public Sector
4 67 (11.88%) Banking
5 51 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.55%) Financial Institution
7 11 (1.95%) Front Office
8 10 (1.77%) Marketing
9 8 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.06%) Legal
10 6 (1.06%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.89%) Health Technology
11 5 (0.89%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.53%) Advertising
12 3 (0.53%) Electronics
12 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.35%) Billing
13 2 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 335 (59.40%) Developer
2 100 (17.73%) Senior
3 97 (17.20%) Java Developer
4 70 (12.41%) Full-Stack Developer
5 49 (8.69%) Software Engineer
6 45 (7.98%) Senior Developer
7 42 (7.45%) Python Developer
8 33 (5.85%) React Developer
9 29 (5.14%) Backend Developer
10 26 (4.61%) Architect
10 26 (4.61%) Lead
11 25 (4.43%) .NET Developer
12 24 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
13 23 (4.08%) C# Developer
13 23 (4.08%) Senior Java Developer
14 20 (3.55%) Java Engineer
15 19 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
16 18 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
17 16 (2.84%) GCP Engineer
18 14 (2.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (28.01%) Spring
2 152 (26.95%) React
3 147 (26.06%) Spring Boot
4 127 (22.52%) REST
5 98 (17.38%) .NET
6 87 (15.43%) AngularJS
7 85 (15.07%) CSS
8 84 (14.89%) Node.js
9 80 (14.18%) HTML
10 75 (13.30%) Kafka
11 58 (10.28%) OAuth
12 47 (8.33%) Hibernate
13 41 (7.27%) JSON
14 39 (6.91%) HTML5
14 39 (6.91%) OAuth2
15 36 (6.38%) Django
16 35 (6.21%) Web Services
17 33 (5.85%) CSS3
18 32 (5.67%) Jest
18 32 (5.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 83 (14.72%) Cloud Native
2 54 (9.57%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (9.40%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.79%) Mobile App
5 22 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (3.72%) Public Cloud
7 16 (2.84%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.13%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.13%) Derivative
8 12 (2.13%) NHS
8 12 (2.13%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.95%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.06%) Distributed Architecture
14 5 (0.89%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.89%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.33%) Linux
2 15 (2.66%) Android
2 15 (2.66%) Windows
3 11 (1.95%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.24%) Unix
5 3 (0.53%) zOS
6 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (60.82%) CI/CD
2 297 (52.66%) Agile
3 281 (49.82%) Microservices
4 195 (34.57%) DevOps
5 174 (30.85%) Containerisation
6 160 (28.37%) Problem-Solving
7 123 (21.81%) Full-Stack Development
8 120 (21.28%) Test Automation
9 108 (19.15%) Software Engineering
10 94 (16.67%) API Development
11 88 (15.60%) Event-Driven
12 87 (15.43%) Clean Code
13 80 (14.18%) Scrum
13 80 (14.18%) TDD
14 77 (13.65%) Code Quality
15 73 (12.94%) User Experience
16 72 (12.77%) Design Patterns
17 69 (12.23%) API Design
18 68 (12.06%) Infrastructure as Code
19 64 (11.35%) AI
Programming Languages
1 223 (39.54%) Java
2 177 (31.38%) SQL
3 174 (30.85%) Python
4 142 (25.18%) JavaScript
5 110 (19.50%) TypeScript
6 87 (15.43%) C#
7 40 (7.09%) Go
8 19 (3.37%) Kotlin
9 13 (2.30%) Shell Script
10 10 (1.77%) Swift
11 8 (1.42%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.24%) Bicep
12 7 (1.24%) JSX
13 6 (1.06%) Ruby
14 5 (0.89%) Bash
14 5 (0.89%) PHP
14 5 (0.89%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.71%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.71%) Groovy
15 4 (0.71%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 105 (18.62%) Security Cleared
2 69 (12.23%) SC Cleared
3 64 (11.35%) Degree
4 53 (9.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (5.50%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 11 (1.95%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.06%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.71%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.35%) OCP
13 2 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.18%) CISSP
14 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.18%) PMP
14 1 (0.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.57%) QA
2 41 (7.27%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.19%) WCAG
4 17 (3.01%) NIST
5 15 (2.66%) GDPR
6 12 (2.13%) EU AI Act
7 10 (1.77%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (1.24%) HL7
10 5 (0.89%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.89%) PSD2
10 5 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.71%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.71%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.53%) SLA
13 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.18%) COBIT
14 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.18%) MiFID
14 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 212 (37.59%) Docker
2 9 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.71%) Postfix
4 3 (0.53%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 202 (35.82%) Kubernetes
2 82 (14.54%) Terraform
3 42 (7.45%) Prometheus
4 38 (6.74%) Grafana
5 30 (5.32%) Ansible
6 13 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.35%) Consul
8 1 (0.18%) Argo
8 1 (0.18%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.18%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.18%) Kibana
8 1 (0.18%) Nagios
8 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.18%) Puppet
8 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (11.70%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.74%) Google
3 31 (5.50%) Adobe
4 28 (4.96%) Splunk
5 20 (3.55%) Oracle
6 16 (2.84%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.13%) Foundry
8 11 (1.95%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.95%) Ping Identity
9 9 (1.60%) Databricks
10 8 (1.42%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (1.42%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.42%) Sitecore
10 8 (1.42%) UiPath
10 8 (1.42%) Veracode
11 7 (1.24%) ForgeRock
12 6 (1.06%) Apple
12 6 (1.06%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.89%) Jaspersoft
13 5 (0.89%) SAP