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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 159 178
Rank change year-on-year -35 +19 +52
Contract jobs citing RESTful 599 485 468
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 1.76% 1.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.14% 7.94% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 364 324
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -11.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £650 £675 £759
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 7
10th Percentile £55.00 £48.13 £47.70
25th Percentile £55.31 £51.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77.38 - £85.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £59.38 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +6.67%

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 8,394 6,108 7,364
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.72% 22.21% 21.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,501 4,214 5,117
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
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 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £810
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 142 232
10th Percentile £29.35 £31.25 £24.02
25th Percentile £50.56 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.03 £79.87 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -24 322 £500 - 104
North of England -69 92 £500 +16.96% 52
South East -21 88 £488 +7.73% 46
Midlands -76 41 £498 +7.68% 17
Yorkshire -48 40 £538 +30.30% 20
South West -18 34 £450 -16.28% 19
North West -54 33 £572 +35.38% 27
West Midlands -56 26 £500 - 13
North East -33 19 £450 -10.00% 6
East Midlands -32 14 £472 +17.29% 4
East of England -16 13 £500 -8.26% 22
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 (4.67%) Confluence
2 8 (1.34%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.17%) CICS
4 6 (1.00%) CMS
5 4 (0.67%) Ethereum
5 4 (0.67%) Hyperledger
5 4 (0.67%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.50%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.33%) Appian
7 2 (0.33%) Camunda
7 2 (0.33%) Mule
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (1.50%) CPLEX
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Quorum
1 4 (0.67%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.67%) Ripple
2 3 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Maximo
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.17%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 232 (38.73%) AWS
2 222 (37.06%) Azure
3 119 (19.87%) GitHub
4 93 (15.53%) Serverless
5 83 (13.86%) GitHub Actions
6 80 (13.36%) Azure DevOps
7 70 (11.69%) AWS Lambda
8 63 (10.52%) GCP
9 49 (8.18%) Amazon S3
10 41 (6.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 40 (6.68%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (5.18%) Amazon EKS
13 28 (4.67%) Amazon SQS
14 26 (4.34%) Amazon ECS
15 19 (3.17%) Entra ID
16 18 (3.01%) Azure AKS
17 17 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
18 16 (2.67%) Azure Key Vault
18 16 (2.67%) Power Platform
19 15 (2.50%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.84%) HTTP
2 7 (1.17%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.67%) MQTT
3 4 (0.67%) Network Security
4 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.17%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.17%) 4G
5 1 (0.17%) 5G
5 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.17%) DNS
5 1 (0.17%) LTE
5 1 (0.17%) NFC
5 1 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.17%) SNMP
5 1 (0.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (22.20%) PostgreSQL
2 77 (12.85%) NoSQL
3 73 (12.19%) Relational Database
4 57 (9.52%) SQL Server
5 49 (8.18%) MongoDB
6 43 (7.18%) DynamoDB
7 34 (5.68%) MySQL
8 28 (4.67%) Amazon RDS
9 27 (4.51%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (2.84%) Redis
11 11 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (1.84%) Geospatial Data
12 10 (1.67%) Db2
13 9 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (1.17%) Power BI
15 5 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.83%) Flink
16 4 (0.67%) Metadata
16 4 (0.67%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 161 (26.88%) Git
2 104 (17.36%) Jenkins
3 48 (8.01%) JUnit
4 46 (7.68%) GitLab
5 44 (7.35%) JIRA
6 36 (6.01%) Mockito
7 28 (4.67%) Maven
8 26 (4.34%) Gradle
9 21 (3.51%) SonarQube
10 20 (3.34%) Cucumber
11 19 (3.17%) Postman
12 16 (2.67%) Visual Studio
13 15 (2.50%) Cypress.io
14 12 (2.00%) DbUnit
14 12 (2.00%) REST Assured
15 11 (1.84%) Bitbucket Server
15 11 (1.84%) jMock
16 10 (1.67%) fastlane
17 9 (1.50%) MSI
17 9 (1.50%) Xcode
General
1 121 (20.20%) Social Skills
2 114 (19.03%) Finance
3 102 (17.03%) Public Sector
4 76 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (8.68%) Banking
6 28 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.01%) Retail
8 13 (2.17%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.34%) Law
9 8 (1.34%) Marketing
9 8 (1.34%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.00%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.00%) Front Office
11 5 (0.83%) Legal
11 5 (0.83%) Local Government
11 5 (0.83%) Police
12 4 (0.67%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.67%) Publishing
12 4 (0.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 381 (63.61%) Developer
2 131 (21.87%) Senior
3 124 (20.70%) Java Developer
4 93 (15.53%) Senior Developer
5 74 (12.35%) Full-Stack Developer
6 44 (7.35%) .NET Developer
7 43 (7.18%) Python Developer
8 40 (6.68%) Software Engineer
9 38 (6.34%) Senior Java Developer
10 37 (6.18%) Architect
11 30 (5.01%) React Developer
12 27 (4.51%) C# Developer
13 24 (4.01%) Software Developer
14 22 (3.67%) Backend Developer
15 20 (3.34%) Java Engineer
15 20 (3.34%) Lead
16 18 (3.01%) C# .NET Developer
16 18 (3.01%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 17 (2.84%) AWS Developer
17 17 (2.84%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (29.88%) REST
2 157 (26.21%) Spring
3 153 (25.54%) Spring Boot
4 121 (20.20%) React
5 116 (19.37%) .NET
6 112 (18.70%) Kafka
7 84 (14.02%) CSS
8 78 (13.02%) HTML
9 64 (10.68%) AngularJS
10 63 (10.52%) Node.js
11 57 (9.52%) OAuth
12 47 (7.85%) Web Services
13 44 (7.35%) OAuth2
14 43 (7.18%) .NET Core
14 43 (7.18%) HTML5
14 43 (7.18%) JSON
15 40 (6.68%) CSS3
16 39 (6.51%) RabbitMQ
16 39 (6.51%) SOAP
16 39 (6.51%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 126 (21.04%) Cloud Native
2 111 (18.53%) Distributed Systems
3 78 (13.02%) Product Ownership
4 35 (5.84%) Mobile App
5 29 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (4.17%) Data Structures
7 21 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (3.17%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.17%) Algorithms
9 13 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.67%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.50%) NHS
12 9 (1.50%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.34%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.34%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.34%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.17%) DataPower
14 7 (1.17%) Mainframe
15 6 (1.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.18%) Linux
2 26 (4.34%) Unix
3 21 (3.51%) Android
3 21 (3.51%) Apple iOS
4 16 (2.67%) Windows
5 7 (1.17%) zOS
6 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (62.10%) CI/CD
2 326 (54.42%) Agile
3 320 (53.42%) Microservices
4 246 (41.07%) DevOps
5 184 (30.72%) Containerisation
6 163 (27.21%) Test Automation
7 131 (21.87%) Problem-Solving
8 129 (21.54%) Full-Stack Development
9 126 (21.04%) Event-Driven
10 125 (20.87%) Scrum
11 116 (19.37%) Software Engineering
12 101 (16.86%) Code Quality
13 99 (16.53%) Infrastructure as Code
14 93 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
15 87 (14.52%) API Design
16 83 (13.86%) Clean Code
17 77 (12.85%) API Development
17 77 (12.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 72 (12.02%) TDD
19 71 (11.85%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 250 (41.74%) Java
2 178 (29.72%) SQL
3 160 (26.71%) Python
4 142 (23.71%) JavaScript
5 135 (22.54%) C#
6 112 (18.70%) TypeScript
7 36 (6.01%) Kotlin
8 26 (4.34%) Shell Script
9 24 (4.01%) Bicep
10 19 (3.17%) Swift
11 15 (2.50%) Go
12 10 (1.67%) Ruby
12 10 (1.67%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.50%) Scala
14 8 (1.34%) Objective-C
14 8 (1.34%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.34%) Rust
14 8 (1.34%) X++
15 6 (1.00%) JCL
16 5 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 160 (26.71%) Security Cleared
2 136 (22.70%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.34%) Degree
4 20 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.01%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.50%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.67%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.34%) CCSP
9 8 (1.34%) CEH
9 8 (1.34%) CISM
9 8 (1.34%) CISSP
9 8 (1.34%) OSCP
10 5 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.50%) MBA
12 2 (0.33%) PhD
13 1 (0.17%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (14.52%) QA
2 70 (11.69%) Accessibility
3 45 (7.51%) WCAG
4 11 (1.84%) NCSC
5 9 (1.50%) NIST
6 8 (1.34%) COBIT
6 8 (1.34%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.83%) GDPR
8 3 (0.50%) HL7
9 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.33%) SLA
10 1 (0.17%) Basel III
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 232 (38.73%) Docker
2 9 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.50%) Postfix
3 4 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 182 (30.38%) Kubernetes
2 83 (13.86%) Terraform
3 40 (6.68%) Grafana
4 34 (5.68%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.34%) Ansible
6 7 (1.17%) Kibana
7 4 (0.67%) Podman
7 4 (0.67%) Puppet
8 3 (0.50%) Argo
8 3 (0.50%) Bosun
9 2 (0.33%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.33%) Consul
9 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.33%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.17%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 64 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.84%) Oracle
3 25 (4.17%) Google
4 19 (3.17%) Dynatrace
5 13 (2.17%) Atlassian
6 12 (2.00%) New Relic
6 12 (2.00%) Splunk
7 11 (1.84%) Jaspersoft
8 9 (1.50%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.34%) Databricks
10 7 (1.17%) Apple
10 7 (1.17%) Sybase
11 6 (1.00%) IBM
11 6 (1.00%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.83%) Adobe
12 5 (0.83%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.67%) NVIDIA
13 4 (0.67%) Okta
13 4 (0.67%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.67%) Tenable