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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 171 223
Rank change year-on-year +28 +52 -93
Contract jobs citing RESTful 545 479 460
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.96% 1.45% 1.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.72% 6.50% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 304 332
10th Percentile £329 £325 £363
25th Percentile £400 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £688
90th Percentile £675 £759 £800
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 6
10th Percentile £49.63 £47.70 £57.50
25th Percentile £53.91 £65.00 £62.26
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £76.53
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +4.53% +17.74%
75th Percentile £61.78 £85.00 £84.05
90th Percentile £95.00 £87.00 £88.28
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £76.53
% change year-on-year -31.25% +4.53% +17.74%

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 6,247 7,369 9,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.48% 22.37% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,237 4,862 6,744
10th Percentile £350 £356 £380
25th Percentile £413 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £810 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 177 164
10th Percentile £31.39 £27.45 £36.84
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +2.04% -3.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.46 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.34% +2.67% -4.00%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing RESTful as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for RESTful 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 September 2025.

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 September 2025.

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 September 2025. 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 +8 273 £520 -5.45% 135
North of England +45 121 £450 +1.41% 71
Yorkshire +25 60 £450 -11.07% 21
South East +44 59 £450 -14.29% 67
Midlands -5 59 £452 -8.68% 34
North West +11 55 £440 +15.18% 40
East Midlands +13 34 £402 -17.88% 16
West Midlands -14 25 £500 -9.09% 18
South West +27 13 £450 -10.00% 18
East of England -6 13 £545 +81.67% 18
North East -2 6 £500 -6.98% 10
RESTful
UK

RESTful
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (4.77%) Confluence
2 9 (1.65%) CMS
3 8 (1.47%) Apache
4 5 (0.92%) Anypoint
4 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.92%) Moodle
4 5 (0.92%) Mule
4 5 (0.92%) nginx
4 5 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.92%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.37%) Appian
7 2 (0.37%) CICS
7 2 (0.37%) Documentum
7 2 (0.37%) JBoss
7 2 (0.37%) Mule ESB
7 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
1 5 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.73%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.18%) Finacle
4 1 (0.18%) SAP MRS
4 1 (0.18%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 189 (34.68%) AWS
2 158 (28.99%) Azure
3 93 (17.06%) Serverless
4 90 (16.51%) GCP
5 62 (11.38%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (11.01%) GitHub
7 36 (6.61%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (4.59%) Amazon SQS
9 23 (4.22%) Amazon S3
10 22 (4.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 21 (3.85%) Azure Functions
12 20 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
14 17 (3.12%) Apigee
15 16 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
16 15 (2.75%) Azure Service Bus
16 15 (2.75%) PaaS
17 13 (2.39%) Azure Logic Apps
17 13 (2.39%) Route 53
17 13 (2.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.20%) HTTP
2 8 (1.47%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.73%) tcpdump
4 3 (0.55%) SSL
5 2 (0.37%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.37%) 4G
5 2 (0.37%) 5G
5 2 (0.37%) AMQP
5 2 (0.37%) DMZ
5 2 (0.37%) DSL
5 2 (0.37%) Firewall
5 2 (0.37%) Internet
5 2 (0.37%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.37%) Wireless
6 1 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (15.96%) NoSQL
2 85 (15.60%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (9.17%) Relational Database
4 44 (8.07%) MongoDB
5 41 (7.52%) SQL Server
6 35 (6.42%) MySQL
7 30 (5.50%) DynamoDB
8 26 (4.77%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (3.67%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (2.02%) Redis
11 10 (1.83%) RDBMS
12 9 (1.65%) Oracle Database
13 6 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.10%) Big Data
13 6 (1.10%) BigQuery
13 6 (1.10%) DB2
14 4 (0.73%) Power BI
15 3 (0.55%) Airbyte
15 3 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
15 3 (0.55%) Flink
Development Applications
1 187 (34.31%) Git
2 105 (19.27%) Jenkins
3 60 (11.01%) JIRA
4 58 (10.64%) GitLab
5 38 (6.97%) JUnit
6 32 (5.87%) Maven
7 27 (4.95%) Cucumber
7 27 (4.95%) SonarQube
8 26 (4.77%) Postman
9 23 (4.22%) Cypress.io
10 19 (3.49%) Selenium
11 17 (3.12%) Liquibase
12 16 (2.94%) Gradle
13 13 (2.39%) CircleCI
14 12 (2.20%) Bitbucket
14 12 (2.20%) TeamCity
15 11 (2.02%) Mockito
15 11 (2.02%) webpack
16 10 (1.83%) REST Assured
16 10 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 185 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 125 (22.94%) Finance
3 71 (13.03%) Banking
4 57 (10.46%) Public Sector
5 45 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.12%) Financial Institution
7 9 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.28%) Automotive
9 6 (1.10%) Retail
9 6 (1.10%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.92%) Digital Healthcare
10 5 (0.92%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.73%) Front Office
11 4 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.73%) Police
12 3 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.55%) Legal
12 3 (0.55%) Marketing
12 3 (0.55%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.55%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 317 (58.17%) Developer
2 113 (20.73%) Senior
3 81 (14.86%) Java Developer
4 73 (13.39%) Senior Developer
5 46 (8.44%) Full-Stack Developer
6 44 (8.07%) Architect
7 36 (6.61%) Software Engineer
8 33 (6.06%) Angular Developer
9 28 (5.14%) Lead
10 25 (4.59%) Android Developer
10 25 (4.59%) Python Developer
10 25 (4.59%) Senior Java Developer
11 18 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (2.94%) .NET Developer
13 15 (2.75%) Backend Developer
13 15 (2.75%) C# Developer
13 15 (2.75%) React Developer
13 15 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
13 15 (2.75%) Technical Architect
13 15 (2.75%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (19.63%) React
2 106 (19.45%) Spring
3 100 (18.35%) Spring Boot
4 94 (17.25%) REST
5 82 (15.05%) HTML
6 79 (14.50%) CSS
7 77 (14.13%) .NET
8 75 (13.76%) AngularJS
8 75 (13.76%) Web Services
9 72 (13.21%) Node.js
10 57 (10.46%) JSON
11 50 (9.17%) OAuth
12 48 (8.81%) GraphQL
12 48 (8.81%) Kafka
12 48 (8.81%) SOAP
13 31 (5.69%) OAuth2
13 31 (5.69%) XML
14 29 (5.32%) HTML5
15 28 (5.14%) .NET Framework
15 28 (5.14%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.70%) Cloud Native
2 55 (10.09%) Distributed Systems
3 52 (9.54%) Mobile App
4 30 (5.50%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 15 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.47%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.10%) N-Tier
12 5 (0.92%) e-Learning
12 5 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.73%) Data Fabric
13 4 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.73%) Hedge funds
13 4 (0.73%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.55%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.17%) Linux
2 37 (6.79%) Android
3 22 (4.04%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.02%) Windows
5 8 (1.47%) Unix
6 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) tvOS
7 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.37%) zOS
8 1 (0.18%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (54.50%) Agile
2 284 (52.11%) CI/CD
3 211 (38.72%) Microservices
4 199 (36.51%) DevOps
5 167 (30.64%) Problem-Solving
6 132 (24.22%) Containerisation
7 98 (17.98%) Full-Stack Development
8 92 (16.88%) API Development
9 87 (15.96%) Software Engineering
10 85 (15.60%) Scrum
11 82 (15.05%) Test Automation
12 77 (14.13%) TDD
13 71 (13.03%) Design Patterns
14 68 (12.48%) Mentoring
15 67 (12.29%) Clean Code
16 61 (11.19%) Front End Development
16 61 (11.19%) Infrastructure as Code
16 61 (11.19%) User Experience
17 58 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
17 58 (10.64%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 207 (37.98%) Java
2 150 (27.52%) Python
3 144 (26.42%) JavaScript
4 125 (22.94%) SQL
5 83 (15.23%) TypeScript
6 71 (13.03%) C#
7 36 (6.61%) Go
7 36 (6.61%) Kotlin
8 16 (2.94%) Swift
9 14 (2.57%) Ruby
10 12 (2.20%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.83%) Bash
11 10 (1.83%) Objective-C
11 10 (1.83%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.28%) PowerShell
13 6 (1.10%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.92%) C++
14 5 (0.92%) VBA
15 4 (0.73%) Korn
15 4 (0.73%) PHP
Qualifications
1 69 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 54 (9.91%) Degree
3 42 (7.71%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.85%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.12%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.83%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.47%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.73%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.18%) ISEB
14 1 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.18%) OCP
14 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.26%) QA
2 22 (4.04%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.65%) GDPR
4 8 (1.47%) WCAG
5 6 (1.10%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.73%) COBIT
7 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.37%) DICOM
7 2 (0.37%) HL7
7 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 169 (31.01%) Docker
2 6 (1.10%) Postfix
3 5 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 135 (24.77%) Kubernetes
2 75 (13.76%) Terraform
3 36 (6.61%) Grafana
4 34 (6.24%) Ansible
4 34 (6.24%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.92%) Kibana
5 5 (0.92%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.73%) Control-M
6 4 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.37%) CA Endevor
7 2 (0.37%) CloudHub
7 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.37%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.37%) Puppet
7 2 (0.37%) Rundeck
7 2 (0.37%) Salt
8 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.18%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.18%) Podman
Vendors
1 60 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.36%) Google
3 24 (4.40%) Oracle
4 23 (4.22%) Splunk
5 15 (2.75%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.02%) Atlassian
7 10 (1.83%) Databricks
7 10 (1.83%) MuleSoft
7 10 (1.83%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.47%) VMware
9 6 (1.10%) Gigya
9 6 (1.10%) Jaspersoft
9 6 (1.10%) Workday
10 5 (0.92%) Apple
10 5 (0.92%) EMC
10 5 (0.92%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.73%) IBM
11 4 (0.73%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.73%) Pega
11 4 (0.73%) SAP