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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 157 183
Rank change year-on-year -50 +26 +43
Contract jobs citing RESTful 610 502 461
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 1.82% 1.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.22% 8.26% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 374 316
10th Percentile £360 £325 £339
25th Percentile £413 £391 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -9.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £586 £650
90th Percentile £650 £675 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £48.88 £47.70
25th Percentile £56.25 £53.75 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% -3.39%
75th Percentile £77.50 £71.56 £85.00
90th Percentile - £95.00 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% -3.39%

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 8,443 6,076 7,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.52% 21.99% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,521 4,157 5,030
10th Percentile £364 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 157 227
10th Percentile £28.72 £31.25 £24.67
25th Percentile £46.39 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -3.93% -6.53%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.44 £55.00
% change year-on-year +19.40% -1.02% -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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -20 330 £500 -3.85% 331
North of England -72 91 £500 +11.11% 95
South East -34 88 £475 - 63
Yorkshire -43 41 £525 +27.27% 30
Midlands -60 41 £481 +8.98% 31
South West -24 34 £450 - 36
North West -63 30 £575 +22.60% 52
West Midlands -45 27 £481 -3.75% 22
North East -29 20 £450 -10.00% 13
East of England -14 15 £425 -22.02% 24
East Midlands -40 13 £472 +17.29% 9
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 (4.59%) Confluence
2 6 (0.98%) Apache Spark
2 6 (0.98%) CICS
2 6 (0.98%) CMS
3 4 (0.66%) Ethereum
3 4 (0.66%) Hyperledger
3 4 (0.66%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
4 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.33%) Camunda
5 2 (0.33%) Mule
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (1.31%) 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 (0.66%) Quorum
1 4 (0.66%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.66%) Ripple
2 3 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.16%) Maximo
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) ResourceLink
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
1 243 (39.84%) AWS
2 224 (36.72%) Azure
3 131 (21.48%) GitHub
4 93 (15.25%) Serverless
5 85 (13.93%) GitHub Actions
6 79 (12.95%) Azure DevOps
7 76 (12.46%) GCP
8 69 (11.31%) AWS Lambda
9 48 (7.87%) Amazon S3
10 43 (7.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 40 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
12 32 (5.25%) Amazon EKS
13 30 (4.92%) Amazon SQS
14 27 (4.43%) Amazon ECS
15 21 (3.44%) GitHub Copilot
16 16 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (2.62%) Entra ID
16 16 (2.62%) Power Platform
17 14 (2.30%) Azure Functions
17 14 (2.30%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.13%) HTTP
2 5 (0.82%) HTTPS
2 5 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.66%) 5G
3 4 (0.66%) DNS
3 4 (0.66%) MQTT
3 4 (0.66%) Network Security
3 4 (0.66%) SSH
4 3 (0.49%) 4G
5 1 (0.16%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.16%) LTE
5 1 (0.16%) NFC
5 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.16%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (22.62%) PostgreSQL
2 78 (12.79%) NoSQL
3 76 (12.46%) Relational Database
4 55 (9.02%) SQL Server
5 52 (8.52%) MongoDB
6 43 (7.05%) DynamoDB
7 38 (6.23%) MySQL
8 27 (4.43%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (4.26%) Amazon Aurora
10 21 (3.44%) Redis
11 13 (2.13%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (1.31%) Db2
14 7 (1.15%) Power BI
15 5 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.82%) Metadata
15 5 (0.82%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 3 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 178 (29.18%) Git
2 111 (18.20%) Jenkins
3 52 (8.52%) GitLab
4 49 (8.03%) JUnit
5 44 (7.21%) JIRA
6 36 (5.90%) Mockito
7 29 (4.75%) Maven
8 27 (4.43%) Gradle
9 21 (3.44%) SonarQube
10 19 (3.11%) Cucumber
10 19 (3.11%) Cypress.io
10 19 (3.11%) Postman
11 15 (2.46%) Visual Studio
12 13 (2.13%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.80%) DbUnit
13 11 (1.80%) MSI
14 10 (1.64%) Bitbucket Server
14 10 (1.64%) fastlane
14 10 (1.64%) jMock
14 10 (1.64%) Selenium
General
1 137 (22.46%) Social Skills
2 113 (18.52%) Finance
3 105 (17.21%) Public Sector
4 85 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (8.03%) Banking
6 32 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.95%) Retail
8 13 (2.13%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.13%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.48%) Marketing
10 8 (1.31%) Law
11 6 (0.98%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.98%) Front Office
11 6 (0.98%) Legal
11 6 (0.98%) Local Government
12 5 (0.82%) Police
13 4 (0.66%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.66%) Publishing
13 4 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 386 (63.28%) Developer
2 133 (21.80%) Senior
3 120 (19.67%) Java Developer
4 98 (16.07%) Senior Developer
5 75 (12.30%) Full-Stack Developer
6 46 (7.54%) Python Developer
7 44 (7.21%) .NET Developer
8 41 (6.72%) Architect
9 40 (6.56%) Senior Java Developer
10 36 (5.90%) Software Engineer
11 27 (4.43%) C# Developer
12 25 (4.10%) React Developer
13 24 (3.93%) Software Developer
14 22 (3.61%) Lead
15 21 (3.44%) AWS Developer
16 20 (3.28%) Backend Developer
16 20 (3.28%) Java Engineer
17 18 (2.95%) C# .NET Developer
17 18 (2.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 18 (2.95%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (30.16%) REST
2 156 (25.57%) Spring
3 149 (24.43%) Spring Boot
4 122 (20.00%) React
5 118 (19.34%) .NET
5 118 (19.34%) Kafka
6 91 (14.92%) CSS
7 86 (14.10%) HTML
8 66 (10.82%) AngularJS
9 63 (10.33%) Node.js
10 56 (9.18%) OAuth
11 48 (7.87%) .NET Core
11 48 (7.87%) OAuth2
11 48 (7.87%) Web Services
12 43 (7.05%) HTML5
12 43 (7.05%) JSON
13 41 (6.72%) RabbitMQ
14 40 (6.56%) CSS3
15 37 (6.07%) .NET Framework
15 37 (6.07%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 139 (22.79%) Cloud Native
2 112 (18.36%) Distributed Systems
3 77 (12.62%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.90%) Enterprise Software
5 35 (5.74%) Mobile App
6 23 (3.77%) Data Structures
6 23 (3.77%) Onboarding
7 19 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.97%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.80%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.48%) NHS
11 9 (1.48%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.31%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.31%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.98%) DataPower
13 6 (0.98%) Life Science
13 6 (0.98%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.98%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.69%) Linux
2 34 (5.57%) Unix
3 21 (3.44%) Apple iOS
4 20 (3.28%) Android
5 17 (2.79%) Windows
6 6 (0.98%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (62.13%) CI/CD
2 335 (54.92%) Agile
3 322 (52.79%) Microservices
4 258 (42.30%) DevOps
5 185 (30.33%) Containerisation
6 183 (30.00%) Test Automation
7 142 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
8 134 (21.97%) Event-Driven
9 133 (21.80%) Full-Stack Development
10 126 (20.66%) Scrum
11 121 (19.84%) Software Engineering
12 108 (17.70%) Code Quality
12 108 (17.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 108 (17.70%) Infrastructure as Code
13 89 (14.59%) API Design
14 84 (13.77%) Clean Code
15 82 (13.44%) API Development
15 82 (13.44%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 78 (12.79%) AI
17 74 (12.13%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 245 (40.16%) Java
2 184 (30.16%) SQL
3 161 (26.39%) Python
4 150 (24.59%) JavaScript
5 138 (22.62%) C#
6 117 (19.18%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.74%) Kotlin
8 30 (4.92%) Shell Script
9 24 (3.93%) Bicep
10 20 (3.28%) Swift
11 14 (2.30%) Go
12 12 (1.97%) Ruby
13 11 (1.80%) Bash
13 11 (1.80%) Scala
14 9 (1.48%) Rust
14 9 (1.48%) T-SQL
15 8 (1.31%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.31%) X++
16 7 (1.15%) Objective-C
17 6 (0.98%) JCL
Qualifications
1 169 (27.70%) Security Cleared
2 142 (23.28%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.23%) Degree
4 26 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.95%) AWS Certification
5 18 (2.95%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.97%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (1.31%) CCSP
10 8 (1.31%) CEH
10 8 (1.31%) CISM
10 8 (1.31%) CISSP
10 8 (1.31%) OSCP
11 6 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.49%) MBA
13 2 (0.33%) PhD
14 1 (0.16%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (15.90%) QA
2 71 (11.64%) Accessibility
3 45 (7.38%) WCAG
4 13 (2.13%) NCSC
5 9 (1.48%) NIST
6 8 (1.31%) COBIT
6 8 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.98%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.82%) GDPR
9 4 (0.66%) HL7
10 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.33%) SLA
11 1 (0.16%) Basel III
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 237 (38.85%) Docker
2 8 (1.31%) Postfix
3 7 (1.15%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 187 (30.66%) Kubernetes
2 90 (14.75%) Terraform
3 45 (7.38%) Grafana
4 37 (6.07%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.13%) Ansible
6 10 (1.64%) Kibana
7 4 (0.66%) Argo
7 4 (0.66%) Podman
7 4 (0.66%) Puppet
8 3 (0.49%) Bosun
8 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.33%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.33%) Consul
9 2 (0.33%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.16%) Istio
10 1 (0.16%) linkerd
Vendors
1 65 (10.66%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.39%) Oracle
3 30 (4.92%) Google
4 20 (3.28%) Dynatrace
5 12 (1.97%) New Relic
5 12 (1.97%) Splunk
6 11 (1.80%) Atlassian
7 10 (1.64%) Jaspersoft
7 10 (1.64%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.15%) Apple
8 7 (1.15%) Databricks
9 6 (0.98%) IBM
9 6 (0.98%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.98%) Sybase
10 5 (0.82%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.82%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.66%) Adobe
11 4 (0.66%) Citrix
11 4 (0.66%) NVIDIA
11 4 (0.66%) SAP