RESTCONF Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

RESTCONF
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring RESTCONF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 112 121
Rank change year-on-year -39 +9 +19
Contract jobs citing RESTCONF 4 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.13% 0.061% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.92% 0.29% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £365 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile £635 - -
South East median daily rate £550 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

RESTCONF 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 437 348 411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.16% 21.21% 18.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 217 285
10th Percentile £363 £323 £363
25th Percentile £450 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.47% -15.82% +3.00%
75th Percentile £619 £550 £638
90th Percentile £719 £630 £670
South East median daily rate £530 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +11.58% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 3 9
10th Percentile £29.07 - £50.87
25th Percentile £53.87 £13.25 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £13.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +425.93% -78.08% +23.20%
75th Percentile £81.15 £23.03 -
90th Percentile £86.21 £28.60 £64.25
South East median hourly rate £68.11 £50.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +36.22% -18.83% +2.67%

RESTCONF
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RESTCONF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

RESTCONF job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

RESTCONF
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing RESTCONF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing RESTCONF

RESTCONF
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RESTCONF in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for RESTCONF in the Thames Valley

RESTCONF
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RESTCONF within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Berkshire -22 4 £550 - 1
RESTCONF
South East

RESTCONF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (50.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) BIG-IP
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (50.00%) EIGRP
3 2 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (50.00%) Junos
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) MPLS
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) OSPF
3 2 (50.00%) SNMP
3 2 (50.00%) SSL
3 2 (50.00%) TACACS
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) VLAN
3 2 (50.00%) VXLAN
3 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) IP Network Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) Network Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Security Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) NETCONF
2 2 (50.00%) gRPC
2 2 (50.00%) OpenConfig
2 2 (50.00%) REST
2 2 (50.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (50.00%) Private Cloud
2 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Runbook
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCIE
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) JNCIE
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
2 2 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) F5
1 4 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft