RESTful Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

RESTful
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring RESTful skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 157 224
Rank change year-on-year +18 +67 -25
Contract jobs citing RESTful 340 223 193
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.87% 1.48% 0.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.15% 8.26% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 148 146
10th Percentile £345 £306 £361
25th Percentile £400 £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £539 £568
90th Percentile £600 £651 £625
UK median daily rate £485 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -2.61% -5.14% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £59.76 - £65.11
25th Percentile £69.08 - -
Median hourly rate £82.13 - £76.53
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £39.50 £76.53
% change year-on-year +58.23% -48.39% +13.38%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,350 2,701 3,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.47% 17.96% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,205 1,689 2,393
10th Percentile £333 £340 £325
25th Percentile £404 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £686 £678
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 72 138
10th Percentile £31.25 £22.00 £35.66
25th Percentile £45.94 £43.64 £46.18
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +24.53% -19.70%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +14.68% -16.15%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

RESTful job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

RESTful
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

RESTful
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RESTful in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RESTful in the UK excluding London

RESTful
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RESTful.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RESTful

RESTful
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing RESTful in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for RESTful in the UK excluding London

RESTful
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 RESTful within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
North of England +14 143 £450 -8.16% 92
Yorkshire +12 86 £475 -11.34% 29
Midlands -9 62 £475 -5.00% 44
North West -5 56 £445 -6.32% 46
South East -14 51 £463 +12.60% 69
Scotland +30 47 £500 +12.36% 18
West Midlands -24 40 £475 -13.64% 23
East of England -5 28 £545 +81.67% 37
East Midlands -10 22 £420 -14.29% 20
South West -4 15 £512 +2.30% 40
Wales +1 5 £475 -13.64% 13
Northern Ireland -9 1 £425 +41.67% 2
North East -11 1 £475 +28.38% 17
RESTful
UK

RESTful
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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (4.41%) CMS
2 12 (3.53%) Confluence
3 9 (2.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 9 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.65%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.06%) Apache
5 6 (1.76%) Headless CMS
5 6 (1.76%) Umbraco
6 5 (1.47%) nginx
6 5 (1.47%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.88%) Drupal
8 2 (0.59%) Documentum
9 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.29%) Camunda
9 1 (0.29%) Mule
9 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.76%) Adobe XD
1 6 (1.76%) Sketch
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.29%) Finacle
3 1 (0.29%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.29%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 153 (45.00%) AWS
2 111 (32.65%) Azure
3 100 (29.41%) Serverless
4 86 (25.29%) GCP
5 54 (15.88%) GitHub
6 34 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (8.24%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (5.88%) Amazon ECS
9 19 (5.59%) Azure AKS
10 18 (5.29%) PaaS
11 17 (5.00%) Amazon S3
12 16 (4.71%) Azure Functions
12 16 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (4.41%) Apigee
13 15 (4.41%) GitHub Copilot
14 13 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (3.82%) Amazon SQS
15 11 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (3.24%) Datadog
16 10 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.24%) HTTP
2 4 (1.18%) DNS
2 4 (1.18%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.18%) SSL
2 4 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.88%) DHCP
4 2 (0.59%) VPN
5 1 (0.29%) AMQP
5 1 (0.29%) DSL
5 1 (0.29%) Firewall
5 1 (0.29%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (23.82%) NoSQL
2 61 (17.94%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (8.53%) MySQL
4 28 (8.24%) Relational Database
5 22 (6.47%) DynamoDB
6 18 (5.29%) MongoDB
7 17 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (4.12%) Redis
9 12 (3.53%) Big Data
10 9 (2.65%) RDBMS
10 9 (2.65%) SQL Server
11 8 (2.35%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (2.06%) BigQuery
12 7 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (1.47%) Hadoop
13 5 (1.47%) Power BI
14 2 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (0.59%) Cloud Spanner
14 2 (0.59%) MariaDB
15 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 116 (34.12%) Git
2 95 (27.94%) Jenkins
3 65 (19.12%) GitLab
4 30 (8.82%) Liquibase
5 28 (8.24%) JUnit
6 26 (7.65%) JIRA
7 15 (4.41%) Cucumber
7 15 (4.41%) Gradle
8 14 (4.12%) Maven
9 13 (3.82%) Postman
10 11 (3.24%) webpack
11 10 (2.94%) Selenium
11 10 (2.94%) SonarQube
12 9 (2.65%) Cypress.io
13 8 (2.35%) Bitbucket
13 8 (2.35%) Storybook
14 7 (2.06%) CircleCI
15 5 (1.47%) MLflow
15 5 (1.47%) REST Assured
15 5 (1.47%) SonarLint
General
1 122 (35.88%) Social Skills
2 84 (24.71%) Finance
3 59 (17.35%) Public Sector
4 48 (14.12%) Banking
5 28 (8.24%) Financial Institution
6 23 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.06%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.47%) Retail
10 4 (1.18%) Automotive
10 4 (1.18%) Digital Healthcare
10 4 (1.18%) Marketing
11 3 (0.88%) Electronics
11 3 (0.88%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.88%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.88%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.59%) Billing
Job Titles
1 159 (46.76%) Developer
2 63 (18.53%) Senior
3 47 (13.82%) Java Developer
4 45 (13.24%) Software Engineer
5 33 (9.71%) Full-Stack Developer
6 29 (8.53%) Senior Developer
7 26 (7.65%) Architect
8 21 (6.18%) Senior Software Engineer
9 19 (5.59%) Android Developer
10 18 (5.29%) Cloud Engineer
11 17 (5.00%) Lead
12 15 (4.41%) GCP Engineer
13 14 (4.12%) AWS Engineer
13 14 (4.12%) Data Engineer
13 14 (4.12%) DevOps Engineer
13 14 (4.12%) Python Engineer
13 14 (4.12%) Technical Architect
14 13 (3.82%) .NET Developer
15 11 (3.24%) Java Architect
15 11 (3.24%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (23.24%) React
2 77 (22.65%) Spring Boot
3 76 (22.35%) REST
4 73 (21.47%) Spring
5 58 (17.06%) AngularJS
6 57 (16.76%) .NET
7 56 (16.47%) HTML
8 48 (14.12%) CSS
9 41 (12.06%) Node.js
10 39 (11.47%) Elastic Stack
11 33 (9.71%) OAuth
12 30 (8.82%) JSON
13 29 (8.53%) HTML5
14 28 (8.24%) CSS3
14 28 (8.24%) OAuth2
15 25 (7.35%) Kafka
16 21 (6.18%) GraphQL
16 21 (6.18%) SOAP
17 20 (5.88%) FastAPI
18 19 (5.59%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 72 (21.18%) Cloud Native
2 44 (12.94%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (10.59%) Mobile App
3 36 (10.59%) Public Cloud
4 28 (8.24%) Product Ownership
5 14 (4.12%) Algorithms
6 12 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.76%) N-Tier
10 4 (1.18%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.88%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.88%) NHS
12 2 (0.59%) Distributed Computing
12 2 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.59%) TM Forum
12 2 (0.59%) Verilog
12 2 (0.59%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 60 (17.65%) Linux
2 20 (5.88%) Android
3 13 (3.82%) Windows
4 12 (3.53%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.76%) Unix
6 3 (0.88%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (62.65%) Agile
2 204 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 173 (50.88%) Microservices
4 147 (43.24%) DevOps
5 115 (33.82%) Containerisation
6 89 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
7 77 (22.65%) Software Engineering
8 66 (19.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 59 (17.35%) Infrastructure as Code
10 58 (17.06%) AI
11 55 (16.18%) Computer Science
11 55 (16.18%) Test Automation
12 52 (15.29%) Clean Code
12 52 (15.29%) User Experience
13 51 (15.00%) Continuous Integration
14 49 (14.41%) API Development
15 47 (13.82%) Design Patterns
15 47 (13.82%) TDD
16 44 (12.94%) API Design
17 42 (12.35%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 138 (40.59%) Python
2 127 (37.35%) Java
3 72 (21.18%) JavaScript
4 65 (19.12%) SQL
5 49 (14.41%) C#
6 43 (12.65%) TypeScript
7 42 (12.35%) Go
8 21 (6.18%) Kotlin
9 12 (3.53%) Swift
10 11 (3.24%) Bash
10 11 (3.24%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.76%) Objective-C
11 6 (1.76%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.18%) C++
12 4 (1.18%) Perl
12 4 (1.18%) Ruby
13 3 (0.88%) C
13 3 (0.88%) PHP
14 2 (0.59%) Groovy
14 2 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 62 (18.24%) Degree
2 55 (16.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 49 (14.41%) Security Cleared
4 38 (11.18%) Master's Degree
5 24 (7.06%) AWS Certification
6 21 (6.18%) SC Cleared
7 14 (4.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (2.94%) MCP
9 9 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.76%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (1.18%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (1.18%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.59%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.41%) QA
2 23 (6.76%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.94%) EU AI Act
3 10 (2.94%) NIST
4 7 (2.06%) WCAG
5 5 (1.47%) GDPR
6 4 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.88%) HL7
7 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.88%) PSD2
7 3 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 125 (36.76%) Docker
2 4 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.88%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 119 (35.00%) Kubernetes
2 77 (22.65%) Terraform
3 53 (15.59%) Ansible
4 51 (15.00%) Prometheus
5 47 (13.82%) Grafana
6 6 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.88%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.59%) Consul
8 2 (0.59%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.59%) Puppet
8 2 (0.59%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.59%) Salt
9 1 (0.29%) Argo
9 1 (0.29%) Kibana
9 1 (0.29%) Nagios
9 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 47 (13.82%) Splunk
2 41 (12.06%) Microsoft
3 35 (10.29%) Google
4 16 (4.71%) Adobe
5 13 (3.82%) Oracle
6 11 (3.24%) MuleSoft
7 10 (2.94%) Foundry
8 8 (2.35%) SAP
9 7 (2.06%) Databricks
10 6 (1.76%) Gigya
10 6 (1.76%) Ping Identity
10 6 (1.76%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.47%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.18%) ForgeRock
12 4 (1.18%) Pega
12 4 (1.18%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.18%) Virgin Media
13 3 (0.88%) F5
13 3 (0.88%) Infoblox
13 3 (0.88%) Workday