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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 141 164
Rank change year-on-year -63 +23 +57
Contract jobs citing RESTful 631 579 490
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.37% 2.06% 1.51%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.42% 8.08% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 422 307
10th Percentile £349 £333 £324
25th Percentile £413 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £489 £505
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% -3.22% -8.18%
75th Percentile £565 £580 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £755
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 7,167 8,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.28% 25.51% 24.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,473 4,836 5,249
10th Percentile £381 £356 £360
25th Percentile £450 £413 £443
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 271 170 171
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £54.68 £41.34 £43.00
Median hourly rate £66.66 £54.35 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.65% -16.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.50
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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -49 341 £500 -3.85% 415
North of England -88 98 £450 -5.26% 112
South East -41 75 £475 +2.70% 52
Midlands -60 48 £447 -4.64% 39
Yorkshire -61 45 £470 -1.05% 36
West Midlands -40 36 £500 - 21
South West -16 32 £425 -15.00% 34
North West -67 31 £475 +6.15% 60
North East -24 22 £450 -10.00% 19
East of England -34 18 £463 -9.31% 35
East Midlands -41 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 (6.34%) Confluence
2 5 (0.79%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.79%) CMS
3 4 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.63%) Camunda
3 4 (0.63%) Ethereum
3 4 (0.63%) Hyperledger
3 4 (0.63%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.63%) 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 (0.63%) Quorum
1 4 (0.63%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.63%) 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
1 261 (41.36%) AWS
2 229 (36.29%) Azure
3 145 (22.98%) GitHub
4 92 (14.58%) GitHub Actions
5 88 (13.95%) GCP
6 87 (13.79%) Serverless
7 78 (12.36%) Azure DevOps
8 62 (9.83%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (7.13%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (7.13%) Amazon S3
10 36 (5.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 36 (5.71%) Amazon ECS
11 28 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
12 24 (3.80%) Entra ID
13 22 (3.49%) Amazon SQS
14 21 (3.33%) GitHub Copilot
15 17 (2.69%) 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 (0.63%) 4G
5 4 (0.63%) MQTT
5 4 (0.63%) Network Security
5 4 (0.63%) 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
1 144 (22.82%) PostgreSQL
2 93 (14.74%) Relational Database
3 75 (11.89%) NoSQL
4 63 (9.98%) MongoDB
5 52 (8.24%) MySQL
5 52 (8.24%) SQL Server
6 31 (4.91%) Redis
7 28 (4.44%) DynamoDB
8 20 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (2.85%) Amazon Aurora
10 13 (2.06%) Geospatial Data
11 12 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.11%) Power BI
13 6 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.95%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.79%) Metadata
14 5 (0.79%) Oracle Database
14 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 198 (31.38%) Git
2 126 (19.97%) Jenkins
3 61 (9.67%) GitLab
3 61 (9.67%) JUnit
4 60 (9.51%) JIRA
5 41 (6.50%) Mockito
6 39 (6.18%) Maven
7 33 (5.23%) Gradle
8 29 (4.60%) Cucumber
9 27 (4.28%) SonarQube
10 21 (3.33%) Cypress.io
10 21 (3.33%) Selenium
11 15 (2.38%) Visual Studio
12 14 (2.22%) Postman
13 13 (2.06%) REST Assured
14 11 (1.74%) MSI
15 10 (1.58%) Bitbucket
15 10 (1.58%) CircleCI
16 9 (1.43%) Storybook
17 8 (1.27%) fastlane
General
1 169 (26.78%) Social Skills
2 120 (19.02%) Finance
3 109 (17.27%) Public Sector
4 105 (16.64%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (8.56%) Banking
6 36 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (3.33%) Retail
8 17 (2.69%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.27%) Local Government
9 8 (1.27%) Marketing
9 8 (1.27%) Publishing
10 6 (0.95%) Financial Institution
10 6 (0.95%) Front Office
10 6 (0.95%) Law
10 6 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.79%) Legal
12 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.48%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 379 (60.06%) Developer
2 131 (20.76%) Senior
3 108 (17.12%) Java Developer
4 89 (14.10%) Senior Developer
5 83 (13.15%) Full-Stack Developer
6 50 (7.92%) Python Developer
7 49 (7.77%) Software Engineer
8 39 (6.18%) .NET Developer
9 36 (5.71%) Senior Java Developer
10 32 (5.07%) Architect
10 32 (5.07%) Lead
11 26 (4.12%) React Developer
12 25 (3.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 25 (3.96%) Java Engineer
13 24 (3.80%) C# Developer
14 23 (3.65%) Software Developer
15 20 (3.17%) C# .NET Developer
16 18 (2.85%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 18 (2.85%) Technical Leader
17 16 (2.54%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (32.33%) REST
2 154 (24.41%) Spring
3 149 (23.61%) Spring Boot
4 141 (22.35%) React
5 122 (19.33%) Kafka
6 109 (17.27%) .NET
7 108 (17.12%) CSS
7 108 (17.12%) HTML
8 100 (15.85%) Terraform
9 74 (11.73%) AngularJS
10 70 (11.09%) OAuth
11 69 (10.94%) Node.js
12 65 (10.30%) Web Services
13 60 (9.51%) HTML5
13 60 (9.51%) OAuth2
14 56 (8.87%) JSON
15 55 (8.72%) .NET Core
16 54 (8.56%) CSS3
17 50 (7.92%) Swagger
18 48 (7.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 179 (28.37%) Cloud Native
2 108 (17.12%) Distributed Systems
3 86 (13.63%) Product Ownership
4 47 (7.45%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (6.02%) Mobile App
6 27 (4.28%) Onboarding
7 24 (3.80%) AI Agents
8 23 (3.65%) Data Structures
9 19 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.90%) NHS
11 11 (1.74%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.74%) 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%) Greenfield Project
16 5 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
16 5 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
16 5 (0.79%) Life Science
16 5 (0.79%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 54 (8.56%) Linux
2 35 (5.55%) Unix
3 22 (3.49%) Apple iOS
4 21 (3.33%) Android
5 17 (2.69%) Windows
6 3 (0.48%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.48%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (67.04%) CI/CD
2 369 (58.48%) Agile
3 320 (50.71%) Microservices
4 272 (43.11%) DevOps
5 233 (36.93%) Test Automation
6 182 (28.84%) Containerisation
7 159 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
7 159 (25.20%) Software Engineering
8 153 (24.25%) Event-Driven
9 150 (23.77%) Full-Stack Development
10 149 (23.61%) Scrum
11 142 (22.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 127 (20.13%) Code Quality
13 111 (17.59%) Infrastructure as Code
14 105 (16.64%) API Development
15 100 (15.85%) AI
16 95 (15.06%) API Design
16 95 (15.06%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 95 (15.06%) Observability
17 90 (14.26%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 248 (39.30%) Java
2 173 (27.42%) JavaScript
3 168 (26.62%) Python
4 162 (25.67%) SQL
5 142 (22.50%) TypeScript
6 125 (19.81%) C#
7 35 (5.55%) Kotlin
8 32 (5.07%) Shell Script
9 28 (4.44%) Bicep
10 21 (3.33%) Bash
10 21 (3.33%) Swift
11 19 (3.01%) Go
12 15 (2.38%) Scala
13 14 (2.22%) Ruby
14 11 (1.74%) Rust
15 9 (1.43%) Objective-C
15 9 (1.43%) PL/SQL
16 8 (1.27%) T-SQL
16 8 (1.27%) X++
17 7 (1.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 164 (25.99%) Security Cleared
2 140 (22.19%) SC Cleared
3 51 (8.08%) Degree
4 39 (6.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.12%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (3.01%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.06%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.74%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.63%) CCSP
11 4 (0.63%) CEH
11 4 (0.63%) CISM
11 4 (0.63%) CISSP
11 4 (0.63%) OSCP
11 4 (0.63%) PhD
12 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (20.13%) QA
2 71 (11.25%) Accessibility
3 39 (6.18%) WCAG
4 13 (2.06%) 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 (0.63%) COBIT
7 4 (0.63%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.63%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.48%) GDPR
9 2 (0.32%) Basel III
10 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.16%) SLA
10 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 241 (38.19%) Docker
2 8 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.48%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 195 (30.90%) Kubernetes
2 54 (8.56%) Grafana
3 42 (6.66%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.74%) Ansible
4 11 (1.74%) Kibana
5 5 (0.79%) Argo
6 4 (0.63%) Bosun
6 4 (0.63%) Podman
6 4 (0.63%) 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 81 (12.84%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.34%) Google
3 36 (5.71%) Oracle
4 23 (3.65%) Splunk
5 21 (3.33%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.90%) New Relic
6 12 (1.90%) 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 (0.63%) Citrix
11 4 (0.63%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (0.63%) NVIDIA