RESTful Contracts in the UK excluding London

RESTful
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for RESTful skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RESTful over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 248 159
Rank change year-on-year +61 -89 -20
Contract jobs citing RESTful 227 225 516
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.09% 0.93% 1.67%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.87% 5.10% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 166 369
10th Percentile £363 £388 £363
25th Percentile £400 £421 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £598 £560
90th Percentile £625 £625 £633
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 20
10th Percentile £47.70 - £31.65
25th Percentile £65.00 - £48.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year - +53.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £65.91
90th Percentile £87.00 - £67.80
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £75.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% +25.00% +46.34%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

RESTful is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,304 4,416 6,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.90% 18.29% 20.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,159 3,310 4,417
10th Percentile £325 £353 £360
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £599 £585
90th Percentile £688 £681 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 92 150
10th Percentile £21.25 £22.26 £20.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £63.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.90% +29.08% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £63.51
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.07 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing RESTful as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RESTful in the UK excluding London

RESTful
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RESTful in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for RESTful in the UK excluding London

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 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for RESTful in the UK excluding London

RESTful
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RESTful in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for RESTful in the UK excluding London

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +52 92 £488 -9.30% 63
North West +60 74 £475 +3.26% 27
Scotland +44 41 £400 -28.89% 26
South East +7 35 £450 -10.00% 41
East of England +21 21 £500 +13.64% 16
Midlands +9 19 £500 -4.76% 23
South West +23 16 £525 - 15
Yorkshire +3 13 £513 -12.39% 24
West Midlands +21 11 £607 +34.89% 14
East Midlands +14 8 £462 -14.05% 9
North East +24 5 £500 - 15
Wales +9 3 £438 -14.63% 10
RESTful
UK

RESTful
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.52%) Confluence
2 7 (3.08%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.20%) Apache
4 4 (1.76%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.88%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.88%) CMS
5 2 (0.88%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.44%) Jadu
6 1 (0.44%) JBoss
6 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 109 (48.02%) AWS
2 38 (16.74%) Azure
3 19 (8.37%) GCP
4 14 (6.17%) Serverless
5 13 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.52%) npm
7 7 (3.08%) GitHub
8 6 (2.64%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (2.64%) Azure AKS
9 5 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (2.20%) Azure App Service
9 5 (2.20%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.76%) Apigee
10 4 (1.76%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.32%) BrowserStack
11 3 (1.32%) Yarn
12 2 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.88%) Google App Engine
12 2 (0.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.85%) HTTP
2 6 (2.64%) Kerberos
3 5 (2.20%) SSL
4 4 (1.76%) Firewall
4 4 (1.76%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.32%) BGP
5 3 (1.32%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (1.32%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.88%) DNS
6 2 (0.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.57%) MongoDB
1 24 (10.57%) NoSQL
2 18 (7.93%) Relational Database
3 16 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (6.61%) MySQL
5 13 (5.73%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.64%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (1.76%) Redis
8 3 (1.32%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.32%) Couchbase
8 3 (1.32%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.44%) Jackrabbit
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.44%) Power BI
10 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 39 (17.18%) Git
2 34 (14.98%) Jenkins
3 20 (8.81%) GitLab
4 17 (7.49%) Android Studio
5 14 (6.17%) Mockito
6 13 (5.73%) JIRA
6 13 (5.73%) JUnit
7 12 (5.29%) Bitbucket
8 9 (3.96%) Cucumber
9 8 (3.52%) Selenium
9 8 (3.52%) webpack
10 6 (2.64%) Xcode
11 5 (2.20%) XCUITest
12 4 (1.76%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.76%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.76%) Maven
13 3 (1.32%) Jasmine
13 3 (1.32%) JMeter
13 3 (1.32%) Mocha
13 3 (1.32%) WebDriver
General
1 36 (15.86%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.69%) Finance
3 20 (8.81%) Public Sector
4 11 (4.85%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.41%) Banking
6 4 (1.76%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.32%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.88%) Automotive
8 2 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.44%) Publishing
9 1 (0.44%) Retail
9 1 (0.44%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 132 (58.15%) Developer
2 37 (16.30%) Software Engineer
3 31 (13.66%) Java Developer
4 30 (13.22%) Senior
5 19 (8.37%) Senior Developer
6 18 (7.93%) Android Developer
7 13 (5.73%) Architect
8 11 (4.85%) Backend Developer
8 11 (4.85%) Full Stack Developer
8 11 (4.85%) Senior Java Developer
9 10 (4.41%) .NET Developer
10 8 (3.52%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (3.08%) iOS Developer
11 7 (3.08%) Java Engineer
11 7 (3.08%) Node.js Developer
12 6 (2.64%) Angular Developer
12 6 (2.64%) Consultant
12 6 (2.64%) Full Stack Engineer
12 6 (2.64%) Test Engineer
13 5 (2.20%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (22.91%) Node.js
2 41 (18.06%) Spring
3 39 (17.18%) Web Services
4 38 (16.74%) Spring Boot
5 29 (12.78%) AngularJS
6 27 (11.89%) .NET
7 26 (11.45%) React
8 24 (10.57%) OpenID
9 21 (9.25%) OAuth
10 20 (8.81%) Kafka
10 20 (8.81%) XML
11 17 (7.49%) JSON
11 17 (7.49%) SOAP
12 16 (7.05%) REST
13 15 (6.61%) CSS
13 15 (6.61%) HTML
14 12 (5.29%) OAuth2
15 10 (4.41%) .NET Core
16 9 (3.96%) Elastic Stack
17 8 (3.52%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.69%) Mobile App
2 15 (6.61%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (6.17%) Product Ownership
4 13 (5.73%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (5.29%) Data Structures
5 12 (5.29%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.96%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.08%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.64%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.20%) Verilog
9 5 (2.20%) VHDL
10 4 (1.76%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.76%) IVR
11 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.32%) IoT
11 3 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.88%) Mobile Banking
12 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.45%) Android
2 14 (6.17%) Linux
3 12 (5.29%) Apple iOS
4 11 (4.85%) Windows
5 6 (2.64%) VMS
6 4 (1.76%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (1.76%) Unix
7 3 (1.32%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (40.09%) Agile
2 74 (32.60%) Microservices
3 54 (23.79%) Software Engineering
4 53 (23.35%) CI/CD
5 33 (14.54%) DevOps
6 30 (13.22%) Continuous Integration
7 29 (12.78%) Design Patterns
8 28 (12.33%) Test Automation
9 25 (11.01%) Scrum
10 23 (10.13%) TDD
11 22 (9.69%) SDLC
12 19 (8.37%) End-to-End Testing
12 19 (8.37%) Full Stack Development
13 18 (7.93%) Android Development
13 18 (7.93%) User Experience
14 16 (7.05%) Containerisation
14 16 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (7.05%) Unit Testing
15 15 (6.61%) BDD
15 15 (6.61%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 107 (47.14%) Java
2 59 (25.99%) SQL
3 52 (22.91%) JavaScript
4 33 (14.54%) C#
5 31 (13.66%) TypeScript
6 30 (13.22%) Python
7 28 (12.33%) Kotlin
8 17 (7.49%) C
9 15 (6.61%) Scala
10 10 (4.41%) C++
10 10 (4.41%) Go
11 7 (3.08%) PHP
11 7 (3.08%) Swift
12 6 (2.64%) PL/SQL
13 5 (2.20%) Bicep
14 4 (1.76%) Bash
14 4 (1.76%) T-SQL
15 3 (1.32%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.44%) Dart
16 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 31 (13.66%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.37%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.17%) Degree
4 7 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.05%) QA
2 7 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.88%) WCAG
4 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (17.18%) Docker
2 9 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.76%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 30 (13.22%) Kubernetes
2 22 (9.69%) Terraform
3 12 (5.29%) Ansible
4 6 (2.64%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.20%) Grafana
5 5 (2.20%) Zipkin
6 1 (0.44%) Anchore
6 1 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.44%) Istio
6 1 (0.44%) Kibana
6 1 (0.44%) Nagios
6 1 (0.44%) Packer
Vendors
1 16 (7.05%) Oracle
2 10 (4.41%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.96%) Google
4 6 (2.64%) Cadence
5 5 (2.20%) Genesys
6 3 (1.32%) Cisco
6 3 (1.32%) TOWER Software
7 2 (0.88%) SAP
8 1 (0.44%) Adobe
8 1 (0.44%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.44%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.44%) Avaya
8 1 (0.44%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.44%) Confluent
8 1 (0.44%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.44%) IBM
8 1 (0.44%) Okta
8 1 (0.44%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.44%) Typelevel