RESTCONF Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

RESTCONF
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring RESTCONF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 317 398
Rank change year-on-year -78 +81 +100
Contract jobs citing RESTCONF 3 31 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.22% 0.041%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.090% 1.21% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £633 -
UK median daily rate - £633 £725
% change year-on-year - -12.76% +41.46%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,315 2,555 3,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.24% 18.00% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,187 1,588 2,317
10th Percentile £347 £345 £325
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £678
UK median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 54 133
10th Percentile £40.00 £22.00 £38.04
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.36 £46.18
Median hourly rate £63.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.74 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +16.82% -17.69%

RESTCONF
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RESTCONF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

RESTCONF job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

RESTCONF
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RESTCONF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RESTCONF

RESTCONF
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RESTCONF within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
South East -38 2 - -
East of England - 1 - -
RESTCONF
UK

RESTCONF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) SNMP
1 2 (66.67%) TACACS
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IP Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 3 (100.00%) YANG
2 2 (66.67%) OpenConfig
3 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Trading
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) JNCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) F5
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft