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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 166 225
Rank change year-on-year +28 +59 -78
Contract jobs citing RESTful 636 473 439
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.11% 1.52% 1.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.21% 7.00% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 310 332
10th Percentile £335 £319 £375
25th Percentile £402 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -8.26% -9.02%
75th Percentile £575 £622 £650
90th Percentile £668 £726 £773
UK median daily rate £493 £475 £528
% change year-on-year +3.79% -9.95% -9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 9
10th Percentile £45.88 - £57.50
25th Percentile £53.91 £38.25 £58.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £39.50 £76.53
Median % change year-on-year +39.24% -48.39% +13.38%
75th Percentile £71.63 £40.75 -
90th Percentile £95.00 - £87.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £39.50 £76.53
% change year-on-year +39.24% -48.39% +13.38%

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 6,906 6,756 8,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.86% 21.67% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,664 4,314 6,421
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.97%
75th Percentile £634 £666 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 99 182
10th Percentile £30.68 £26.25 £36.31
25th Percentile £43.00 £41.88 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.35 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.47%

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 15 November 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 +20 320 £514 -2.10% 242
North of England +30 140 £475 - 104
Yorkshire +27 86 £475 -10.97% 25
Midlands -6 69 £475 -3.06% 41
South East +12 56 £450 +9.56% 83
North West -7 48 £440 +10.00% 64
West Midlands -19 39 £500 -16.67% 32
East of England -14 31 £510 +63.20% 18
East Midlands +3 30 £404 -9.12% 9
South West +6 17 £500 +11.11% 35
North East -8 6 £500 +2.56% 15
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 27 (4.25%) Confluence
2 18 (2.83%) CMS
3 7 (1.10%) Headless CMS
3 7 (1.10%) Umbraco
4 6 (0.94%) Apache
4 6 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.94%) nginx
4 6 (0.94%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
5 5 (0.79%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.47%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.47%) Camunda
7 3 (0.47%) Drupal
7 3 (0.47%) Mule
8 2 (0.31%) Appian
8 2 (0.31%) Documentum
8 2 (0.31%) Moodle
Applications
1 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.63%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Cerner Millennium
4 1 (0.16%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.16%) Finacle
4 1 (0.16%) SAP MRS
4 1 (0.16%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 251 (39.47%) AWS
2 208 (32.70%) Azure
3 132 (20.75%) Serverless
4 123 (19.34%) GCP
5 90 (14.15%) GitHub
6 62 (9.75%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (7.39%) AWS Lambda
8 35 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
9 33 (5.19%) Amazon S3
9 33 (5.19%) Azure Functions
10 28 (4.40%) Azure AKS
10 28 (4.40%) PaaS
11 23 (3.62%) Amazon ECS
11 23 (3.62%) Amazon SQS
12 22 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
13 16 (2.52%) SaaS
14 15 (2.36%) Apigee
15 13 (2.04%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.20%) HTTP
2 6 (0.94%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.63%) tcpdump
4 3 (0.47%) Internet
5 2 (0.31%) AMQP
5 2 (0.31%) DMZ
5 2 (0.31%) DSL
5 2 (0.31%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.16%) DNS
6 1 (0.16%) Firewall
6 1 (0.16%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.16%) SSL
6 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (18.08%) PostgreSQL
2 114 (17.92%) NoSQL
3 60 (9.43%) Relational Database
4 44 (6.92%) MySQL
5 41 (6.45%) SQL Server
6 38 (5.97%) MongoDB
7 34 (5.35%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (4.25%) DynamoDB
9 18 (2.83%) Amazon Aurora
10 12 (1.89%) RDBMS
11 11 (1.73%) Redis
12 7 (1.10%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.79%) Big Data
13 5 (0.79%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.79%) Power BI
14 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.63%) DB2
15 3 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
15 3 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 211 (33.18%) Git
2 116 (18.24%) Jenkins
3 65 (10.22%) GitLab
4 57 (8.96%) JIRA
5 49 (7.70%) JUnit
6 29 (4.56%) Maven
7 28 (4.40%) Liquibase
8 26 (4.09%) Cucumber
8 26 (4.09%) Postman
9 25 (3.93%) Cypress.io
9 25 (3.93%) SonarQube
10 23 (3.62%) Gradle
11 22 (3.46%) Selenium
12 17 (2.67%) Bitbucket
13 16 (2.52%) Mockito
14 12 (1.89%) TeamCity
15 11 (1.73%) Android Studio
15 11 (1.73%) Storybook
15 11 (1.73%) webpack
16 10 (1.57%) REST Assured
General
1 234 (36.79%) Social Skills
2 156 (24.53%) Finance
3 88 (13.84%) Banking
4 80 (12.58%) Public Sector
5 53 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (4.87%) Financial Institution
7 11 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (1.26%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.10%) Automotive
10 6 (0.94%) Legal
10 6 (0.94%) Retail
11 5 (0.79%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.79%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.79%) Marketing
12 4 (0.63%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.63%) Police
12 4 (0.63%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 354 (55.66%) Developer
2 130 (20.44%) Senior
3 94 (14.78%) Java Developer
4 75 (11.79%) Senior Developer
5 58 (9.12%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (7.55%) Software Engineer
7 45 (7.08%) Architect
8 35 (5.50%) Lead
9 30 (4.72%) Python Developer
10 27 (4.25%) Android Developer
10 27 (4.25%) Angular Developer
10 27 (4.25%) Senior Java Developer
11 24 (3.77%) .NET Developer
12 23 (3.62%) React Developer
13 20 (3.14%) AWS Engineer
13 20 (3.14%) Backend Developer
13 20 (3.14%) C# Developer
14 19 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
14 19 (2.99%) Senior Software Engineer
15 18 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (22.17%) React
2 123 (19.34%) Spring
3 118 (18.55%) REST
4 114 (17.92%) Spring Boot
5 108 (16.98%) .NET
6 92 (14.47%) CSS
7 90 (14.15%) HTML
8 87 (13.68%) AngularJS
9 86 (13.52%) Node.js
10 60 (9.43%) JSON
11 59 (9.28%) OAuth
12 55 (8.65%) Web Services
13 49 (7.70%) Kafka
14 47 (7.39%) OAuth2
15 45 (7.08%) .NET Framework
15 45 (7.08%) SOAP
16 41 (6.45%) GraphQL
17 38 (5.97%) Elastic Stack
18 35 (5.50%) Hibernate
19 32 (5.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 111 (17.45%) Cloud Native
2 68 (10.69%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (9.59%) Mobile App
4 37 (5.82%) Product Ownership
5 34 (5.35%) Public Cloud
6 16 (2.52%) Algorithms
7 15 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (2.04%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.89%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.26%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.94%) Derivative
14 6 (0.94%) Market Risk
14 6 (0.94%) N-Tier
15 5 (0.79%) NHS
16 4 (0.63%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 68 (10.69%) Linux
2 39 (6.13%) Android
3 29 (4.56%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.99%) Windows
5 8 (1.26%) Unix
6 4 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.63%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.31%) tvOS
8 1 (0.16%) watchOS
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Embedded Compact
8 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (56.76%) Agile
2 345 (54.25%) CI/CD
3 260 (40.88%) Microservices
4 240 (37.74%) DevOps
5 192 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
6 161 (25.31%) Containerisation
7 119 (18.71%) Full-Stack Development
8 117 (18.40%) Software Engineering
9 106 (16.67%) API Development
10 103 (16.19%) Test Automation
11 94 (14.78%) Scrum
12 93 (14.62%) Design Patterns
13 82 (12.89%) Continuous Integration
14 80 (12.58%) TDD
15 77 (12.11%) Clean Code
16 76 (11.95%) Infrastructure as Code
17 71 (11.16%) API Design
17 71 (11.16%) User Experience
18 70 (11.01%) AI
18 70 (11.01%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 225 (35.38%) Java
2 200 (31.45%) Python
3 164 (25.79%) SQL
4 160 (25.16%) JavaScript
5 97 (15.25%) TypeScript
6 89 (13.99%) C#
7 48 (7.55%) Go
8 42 (6.60%) Kotlin
9 23 (3.62%) Swift
10 16 (2.52%) Ruby
11 15 (2.36%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.73%) Objective-C
13 10 (1.57%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.26%) Bash
15 7 (1.10%) JSX
16 6 (0.94%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.94%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.79%) Bicep
17 5 (0.79%) PHP
17 5 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (14.15%) Security Cleared
2 75 (11.79%) Degree
3 57 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 56 (8.81%) SC Cleared
5 36 (5.66%) Master's Degree
6 20 (3.14%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (2.04%) MCP
9 12 (1.89%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (1.42%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.63%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
15 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.31%) OCP
15 2 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
16 1 (0.16%) PMP
16 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.18%) QA
2 28 (4.40%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.36%) GDPR
4 12 (1.89%) EU AI Act
4 12 (1.89%) NIST
5 9 (1.42%) WCAG
6 6 (0.94%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.79%) PSD2
7 5 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.63%) COBIT
8 4 (0.63%) SLA
9 3 (0.47%) HL7
9 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.31%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 213 (33.49%) Docker
2 9 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Postfix
3 4 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 185 (29.09%) Kubernetes
2 97 (15.25%) Terraform
3 52 (8.18%) Ansible
4 47 (7.39%) Prometheus
5 46 (7.23%) Grafana
6 13 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.79%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.63%) Control-M
9 3 (0.47%) Puppet
10 2 (0.31%) Consul
10 2 (0.31%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.31%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.31%) Salt
11 1 (0.16%) Argo
11 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.16%) Kibana
11 1 (0.16%) Nagios
11 1 (0.16%) Podman
11 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 91 (14.31%) Microsoft
2 66 (10.38%) Google
3 40 (6.29%) Splunk
4 22 (3.46%) Oracle
5 18 (2.83%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.89%) Foundry
7 10 (1.57%) Adobe
7 10 (1.57%) Databricks
7 10 (1.57%) Ping Identity
8 9 (1.42%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.42%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.26%) Apple
9 8 (1.26%) SAP
9 8 (1.26%) Sitecore
9 8 (1.26%) VMware
10 7 (1.10%) ForgeRock
11 6 (0.94%) Gigya
11 6 (0.94%) Workday
12 5 (0.79%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.79%) Virgin Media