RESTful Contract Job Trends in Surrey

RESTful
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring RESTful skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 35 44
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +19
Contract jobs citing RESTful 7 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 1.48% 2.38% 1.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.51% 14.89% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - £380
25th Percentile £406 - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.31%
75th Percentile £419 - £607
90th Percentile - - £733
South East median daily rate £515 £409 £450
% change year-on-year +25.92% -9.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £67.75 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.00 - £38.50
% change year-on-year - - -45.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 127 47 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 26.91% 15.99% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 21 58
10th Percentile £204 £350 £250
25th Percentile £411 £413 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% -12.62%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £575
90th Percentile £678 £663 £658
South East median daily rate £514 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +0.24% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 1
10th Percentile £43.25 - -
25th Percentile £60.00 £37.80 £31.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £40.59 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.14% +24.89% -40.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.39 £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -12.00% +1.46% -5.23%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RESTful relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

RESTful job vacancy trend in Surrey

RESTful
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing RESTful.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing RESTful

RESTful
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RESTful within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 31 March 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
Guildford - 5 - - 3
Staines -9 2 £413 -
RESTful
South East

RESTful
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) Firebase
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (14.29%) Google Play
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Postman
2 2 (28.57%) fastlane
2 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
3 1 (14.29%) Android Studio
3 1 (14.29%) Crashlytics
3 1 (14.29%) Gradle
3 1 (14.29%) Xcode
General
1 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Software Test Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Android Developer
3 1 (14.29%) iOS Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Android Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior iOS Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (14.29%) Android SDK
2 1 (14.29%) Core Data
2 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
2 1 (14.29%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (14.29%) Retrofit
2 1 (14.29%) SwiftUI
2 1 (14.29%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Acceptance Criteria
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Code Quality
3 4 (57.14%) Configuration Management
3 4 (57.14%) Exploratory Testing
3 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 4 (57.14%) Sprint Planning
3 4 (57.14%) Test Management
3 4 (57.14%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) API Development
4 2 (28.57%) API Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Kotlin
1 1 (14.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
1 2 (28.57%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Dynatrace
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) Google