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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 148 178
Rank change year-on-year -58 +30 +38
Contract jobs citing RESTful 613 511 465
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 1.85% 1.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.25% 8.41% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 380 315
10th Percentile £363 £325 £327
25th Percentile £418 £389 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £577 £588 £650
90th Percentile £650 £675 £764
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 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 8,457 6,078 7,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.49% 22.01% 22.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,528 4,153 5,023
10th Percentile £366 £350 £359
25th Percentile £431 £411 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -6.55% -
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 244 158 216
10th Percentile £28.58 £31.25 £24.09
25th Percentile £45.94 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.15% -2.33%
75th Percentile £73.11 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.03 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.45% -0.23% -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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -24 334 £500 -3.85% 194
North of England -92 89 £500 +13.64% 84
South East -46 87 £475 +2.59% 50
Midlands -64 41 £463 +4.73% 29
Yorkshire -53 39 £550 +32.13% 26
South West -18 34 £450 - 23
North West -67 30 £575 +26.51% 43
West Midlands -39 26 £481 -3.75% 20
North East -25 20 £450 -10.00% 15
East of England -17 16 £463 -15.14% 22
East Midlands -38 14 £445 +10.70% 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 (4.57%) Confluence
2 6 (0.98%) Apache Spark
2 6 (0.98%) CICS
2 6 (0.98%) CMS
3 4 (0.65%) Ethereum
3 4 (0.65%) Hyperledger
3 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
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%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.33%) Camunda
5 2 (0.33%) Mule
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
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 (0.65%) Quorum
1 4 (0.65%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.65%) 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
1 249 (40.62%) AWS
2 227 (37.03%) Azure
3 134 (21.86%) GitHub
4 92 (15.01%) Serverless
5 88 (14.36%) GitHub Actions
6 79 (12.89%) Azure DevOps
7 78 (12.72%) GCP
8 69 (11.26%) AWS Lambda
9 48 (7.83%) Amazon S3
10 42 (6.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 38 (6.20%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (5.06%) Amazon EKS
13 28 (4.57%) Amazon SQS
14 27 (4.40%) Amazon ECS
15 21 (3.43%) GitHub Copilot
16 16 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (2.61%) Entra ID
16 16 (2.61%) Power Platform
17 14 (2.28%) Azure AKS
17 14 (2.28%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.12%) HTTP
2 5 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.65%) 5G
3 4 (0.65%) DNS
3 4 (0.65%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.65%) MQTT
3 4 (0.65%) Network Security
3 4 (0.65%) 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 (22.51%) PostgreSQL
2 81 (13.21%) Relational Database
3 80 (13.05%) NoSQL
4 55 (8.97%) SQL Server
5 53 (8.65%) MongoDB
6 42 (6.85%) DynamoDB
7 38 (6.20%) MySQL
8 25 (4.08%) Amazon Aurora
8 25 (4.08%) Amazon RDS
9 22 (3.59%) Redis
10 13 (2.12%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.31%) Db2
13 7 (1.14%) Power BI
14 5 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.82%) Metadata
14 5 (0.82%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 177 (28.87%) Git
2 112 (18.27%) Jenkins
3 54 (8.81%) GitLab
4 50 (8.16%) JUnit
5 44 (7.18%) JIRA
6 36 (5.87%) Mockito
7 28 (4.57%) Maven
8 27 (4.40%) Gradle
9 20 (3.26%) SonarQube
10 19 (3.10%) Cypress.io
11 18 (2.94%) Cucumber
11 18 (2.94%) Postman
12 15 (2.45%) Visual Studio
13 13 (2.12%) REST Assured
14 11 (1.79%) MSI
15 10 (1.63%) DbUnit
15 10 (1.63%) fastlane
15 10 (1.63%) Selenium
16 9 (1.47%) Bitbucket Server
16 9 (1.47%) jMock
General
1 144 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 114 (18.60%) Finance
3 107 (17.46%) Public Sector
4 83 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.83%) Banking
6 34 (5.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.94%) Retail
8 13 (2.12%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.12%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.47%) 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
11 6 (0.98%) Publishing
12 5 (0.82%) Police
13 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.65%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.49%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 386 (62.97%) Developer
2 131 (21.37%) Senior
3 119 (19.41%) Java Developer
4 97 (15.82%) Senior Developer
5 76 (12.40%) Full-Stack Developer
6 47 (7.67%) Python Developer
7 45 (7.34%) .NET Developer
8 41 (6.69%) Architect
8 41 (6.69%) Senior Java Developer
9 36 (5.87%) Software Engineer
10 28 (4.57%) C# Developer
11 26 (4.24%) React Developer
12 24 (3.92%) Lead
12 24 (3.92%) Software Developer
13 21 (3.43%) AWS Developer
13 21 (3.43%) Java Engineer
14 19 (3.10%) Backend Developer
14 19 (3.10%) C# .NET Developer
15 18 (2.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 18 (2.94%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (29.85%) REST
2 157 (25.61%) Spring
3 150 (24.47%) Spring Boot
4 124 (20.23%) React
5 120 (19.58%) Kafka
6 118 (19.25%) .NET
7 92 (15.01%) CSS
8 87 (14.19%) HTML
9 65 (10.60%) AngularJS
10 62 (10.11%) Node.js
11 58 (9.46%) OAuth
12 50 (8.16%) OAuth2
13 49 (7.99%) .NET Core
14 47 (7.67%) Web Services
15 44 (7.18%) HTML5
16 43 (7.01%) JSON
17 42 (6.85%) RabbitMQ
18 41 (6.69%) CSS3
19 37 (6.04%) .NET Framework
19 37 (6.04%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 144 (23.49%) Cloud Native
2 110 (17.94%) Distributed Systems
3 78 (12.72%) Product Ownership
4 37 (6.04%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (5.87%) Mobile App
6 23 (3.75%) Data Structures
6 23 (3.75%) Onboarding
7 19 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.96%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.79%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.63%) NHS
10 10 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.47%) 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%) Mainframe
13 6 (0.98%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.65%) Linux
2 35 (5.71%) Unix
3 22 (3.59%) Apple iOS
4 20 (3.26%) Android
5 17 (2.77%) Windows
6 6 (0.98%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (62.48%) CI/CD
2 336 (54.81%) Agile
3 323 (52.69%) Microservices
4 263 (42.90%) DevOps
5 186 (30.34%) Containerisation
5 186 (30.34%) Test Automation
6 146 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
7 137 (22.35%) Event-Driven
8 134 (21.86%) Full-Stack Development
9 124 (20.23%) Scrum
10 121 (19.74%) Software Engineering
11 111 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 109 (17.78%) Infrastructure as Code
13 108 (17.62%) Code Quality
14 90 (14.68%) API Design
15 87 (14.19%) API Development
16 85 (13.87%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 84 (13.70%) Clean Code
18 79 (12.89%) AI
19 77 (12.56%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 244 (39.80%) Java
2 183 (29.85%) SQL
3 162 (26.43%) Python
4 150 (24.47%) JavaScript
5 138 (22.51%) C#
6 116 (18.92%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.71%) Kotlin
8 30 (4.89%) Shell Script
9 24 (3.92%) Bicep
10 21 (3.43%) Swift
11 14 (2.28%) Go
12 12 (1.96%) Bash
12 12 (1.96%) Ruby
13 11 (1.79%) Scala
14 9 (1.47%) Rust
15 8 (1.31%) Objective-C
15 8 (1.31%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.31%) T-SQL
15 8 (1.31%) X++
16 6 (0.98%) JCL
Qualifications
1 172 (28.06%) Security Cleared
2 145 (23.65%) SC Cleared
3 39 (6.36%) Degree
4 27 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.94%) AWS Certification
5 18 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.12%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.63%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.47%) 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
1 101 (16.48%) QA
2 72 (11.75%) Accessibility
3 45 (7.34%) WCAG
4 13 (2.12%) NCSC
5 9 (1.47%) NIST
6 8 (1.31%) COBIT
6 8 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.98%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.82%) GDPR
8 5 (0.82%) HL7
9 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.33%) SLA
10 1 (0.16%) Basel III
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 238 (38.83%) Docker
2 8 (1.31%) Postfix
3 6 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.65%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 189 (30.83%) Kubernetes
2 90 (14.68%) Terraform
3 45 (7.34%) Grafana
4 38 (6.20%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.96%) Ansible
6 10 (1.63%) Kibana
7 4 (0.65%) Argo
7 4 (0.65%) Podman
7 4 (0.65%) Puppet
8 3 (0.49%) 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 (0.16%) Istio
10 1 (0.16%) linkerd
Vendors
1 65 (10.60%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.53%) Oracle
3 30 (4.89%) Google
4 20 (3.26%) Dynatrace
5 13 (2.12%) Splunk
6 12 (1.96%) New Relic
7 10 (1.63%) Atlassian
7 10 (1.63%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.47%) Jaspersoft
9 7 (1.14%) Apple
9 7 (1.14%) Databricks
10 6 (0.98%) IBM
10 6 (0.98%) MuleSoft
10 6 (0.98%) Sybase
11 5 (0.82%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.82%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.65%) Adobe
12 4 (0.65%) Citrix
12 4 (0.65%) NVIDIA
12 4 (0.65%) SAP