Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 96 83
Rank change year-on-year -10 -13 -12
Contract jobs citing REST 893 1,500 2,668
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.06% 2.51% 3.00%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.06% 10.77% 11.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 1,064 1,805
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £438 £469 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £749 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.04% +11.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 20
10th Percentile £26.58 £43.00 £29.73
25th Percentile £58.75 £45.00 £44.95
Median hourly rate £74.44 £53.87 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +38.18% +8.28% +24.38%
75th Percentile £83.13 £65.75 £61.48
90th Percentile £85.00 £90.00 £63.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.44 £47.50 £49.75
% change year-on-year +56.72% -4.52% +35.43%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

REST 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 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 8,876 13,931 24,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.50% 23.29% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 10,182 17,689
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 153 242
10th Percentile £20.91 £31.60 £21.10
25th Percentile £39.98 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £64.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.85 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +32.65% +8.89%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for REST in the UK

REST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST.

Daily rate trend for REST in the UK

REST
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for REST in the UK

REST
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST.

Hourly rate trend for REST in the UK

REST
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing REST over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for REST in the UK

REST
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England -15 697 £525 -4.55% 335
London +8 427 £533 -7.30% 133
UK excluding London -11 350 £500 -4.76% 222
Work from Home -12 347 £500 -4.76% 203
Scotland +21 103 £500 - 16
South East -15 92 £550 +0.55% 47
North of England -10 71 £525 -1.18% 74
North West -16 51 £525 -4.55% 44
South West +11 48 £550 - 22
Yorkshire +14 20 £445 -15.24% 25
Midlands 0 19 £513 -5.09% 23
East of England +3 18 £475 -5.00% 31
West Midlands +12 13 £500 -18.37% 17
East Midlands +13 6 £577 +6.85% 6
North East +20 4 £480 -21.63% 5
Northern Ireland +1 2 £500 +21.21% 6
Wales -14 1 - - 5

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 59 (6.61%) Confluence
2 33 (3.70%) Apache
3 20 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.23%) Anypoint
5 11 (1.23%) CMS
5 11 (1.23%) Site Server
6 9 (1.01%) Mule
6 9 (1.01%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.78%) IIS
8 5 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.56%) Mule ESB
8 5 (0.56%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.45%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.45%) JBoss
9 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.34%) nginx
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.34%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (0.56%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.56%) Shopify
4 4 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.34%) Maximo
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 263 (29.45%) AWS
2 206 (23.07%) Azure
3 68 (7.61%) GitHub
4 67 (7.50%) Serverless
5 59 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (5.60%) Amazon S3
6 50 (5.60%) GCP
7 37 (4.14%) AWS Lambda
7 37 (4.14%) SaaS
8 35 (3.92%) OpenShift
9 29 (3.25%) npm
9 29 (3.25%) Power Platform
10 28 (3.14%) IaaS
11 27 (3.02%) Amazon SQS
11 27 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (2.91%) Power Automate
13 24 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
14 23 (2.58%) PaaS
15 22 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
15 22 (2.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (4.82%) HTTP
2 16 (1.79%) BGP
3 15 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.46%) Ethernet VPN
4 13 (1.46%) MPLS
4 13 (1.46%) VPN
5 12 (1.34%) Radio Access Network
6 9 (1.01%) SAN
6 9 (1.01%) SSL
7 7 (0.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 7 (0.78%) Firewall
7 7 (0.78%) NetScaler
8 6 (0.67%) SSH
9 5 (0.56%) DNS
9 5 (0.56%) NAS
9 5 (0.56%) WinSCP
10 4 (0.45%) Internet
11 3 (0.34%) 5G
11 3 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.34%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (15.01%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (9.52%) NoSQL
3 64 (7.17%) SQL Server
4 61 (6.83%) Relational Database
5 29 (3.25%) MySQL
6 27 (3.02%) MongoDB
7 24 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
9 22 (2.46%) Oracle Database
10 16 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
10 16 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
11 15 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (1.68%) GIS
12 13 (1.46%) Power BI
13 12 (1.34%) Apache Cassandra
13 12 (1.34%) Redis
14 11 (1.23%) DynamoDB
15 10 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
16 8 (0.90%) Couchbase
17 7 (0.78%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 198 (22.17%) Git
2 159 (17.81%) Jenkins
3 137 (15.34%) JIRA
4 82 (9.18%) JUnit
5 78 (8.73%) Cucumber
6 71 (7.95%) GitLab
7 64 (7.17%) Selenium
8 45 (5.04%) Maven
9 42 (4.70%) Postman
10 38 (4.26%) SonarQube
11 37 (4.14%) REST Assured
12 27 (3.02%) webpack
13 26 (2.91%) Gradle
14 23 (2.58%) TeamCity
15 22 (2.46%) Visual Studio
16 21 (2.35%) Cypress.io
16 21 (2.35%) JMeter
17 20 (2.24%) TestRail
18 15 (1.68%) CircleCI
19 13 (1.46%) Robot Framework
General
1 221 (24.75%) Social Skills
2 119 (13.33%) Finance
3 113 (12.65%) Public Sector
4 100 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (5.26%) Banking
6 38 (4.26%) Front Office
7 27 (3.02%) Law
8 19 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.90%) Retail
11 13 (1.46%) Back Office
11 13 (1.46%) Police
11 13 (1.46%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.34%) Marketing
13 9 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.90%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.78%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.67%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 473 (52.97%) Developer
2 153 (17.13%) Java Developer
3 115 (12.88%) Senior
4 96 (10.75%) Architect
5 74 (8.29%) Full Stack Developer
6 58 (6.49%) Senior Developer
7 55 (6.16%) Java Engineer
7 55 (6.16%) Software Engineer
8 36 (4.03%) Lead
9 33 (3.70%) Angular Developer
10 32 (3.58%) Applications Developer
10 32 (3.58%) Python Developer
11 27 (3.02%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 26 (2.91%) .NET Developer
13 25 (2.80%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 24 (2.69%) React Developer
15 23 (2.58%) C# Developer
16 21 (2.35%) Senior Software Engineer
16 21 (2.35%) Software Developer
16 21 (2.35%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (23.07%) Spring
2 184 (20.60%) Spring Boot
3 148 (16.57%) CSS
4 142 (15.90%) SOAP
5 140 (15.68%) React
6 137 (15.34%) HTML
7 133 (14.89%) JSON
8 115 (12.88%) .NET
9 113 (12.65%) Web Services
10 112 (12.54%) AngularJS
11 97 (10.86%) XML
12 91 (10.19%) Node.js
13 74 (8.29%) Kafka
14 70 (7.84%) JPA
15 66 (7.39%) GraphQL
16 60 (6.72%) Hibernate
17 42 (4.70%) SAML
18 41 (4.59%) OAuth
18 41 (4.59%) Swagger
19 39 (4.37%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
1 35 (3.92%) Product Ownership
2 28 (3.14%) Public Cloud
3 27 (3.02%) Data Structures
4 24 (2.69%) Linux Command Line
5 22 (2.46%) Mobile App
6 19 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.68%) Reference Data
9 14 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.46%) Cloud Native
11 12 (1.34%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.34%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.34%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.01%) Legacy Code
13 9 (1.01%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.01%) Wiki
14 8 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.49%) Linux
2 39 (4.37%) Windows
3 28 (3.14%) Unix
4 27 (3.02%) Apple iOS
5 25 (2.80%) Android
6 12 (1.34%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (42.22%) Agile
2 253 (28.33%) CI/CD
3 220 (24.64%) DevOps
4 199 (22.28%) Microservices
5 165 (18.48%) Software Engineering
6 148 (16.57%) Test Automation
7 127 (14.22%) Scrum
8 115 (12.88%) TDD
9 112 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
10 109 (12.21%) Full Stack Development
11 99 (11.09%) Continuous Integration
12 93 (10.41%) Front End Development
13 92 (10.30%) Unit Testing
14 87 (9.74%) Design Patterns
15 73 (8.17%) OO
16 63 (7.05%) MVC
17 62 (6.94%) Containerisation
17 62 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
17 62 (6.94%) SDLC
18 61 (6.83%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 356 (39.87%) Java
2 234 (26.20%) JavaScript
3 218 (24.41%) SQL
4 178 (19.93%) Python
5 129 (14.45%) C#
5 129 (14.45%) TypeScript
6 48 (5.38%) PowerShell
7 30 (3.36%) Go
8 26 (2.91%) Perl
9 24 (2.69%) Kotlin
10 19 (2.13%) Bash
11 17 (1.90%) PHP
12 15 (1.68%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.57%) C++
14 13 (1.46%) C
15 12 (1.34%) Apex Code
15 12 (1.34%) PL/SQL
16 11 (1.23%) Korn
16 11 (1.23%) Ruby
16 11 (1.23%) Swift
Qualifications
1 172 (19.26%) Security Cleared
2 141 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 80 (8.96%) Degree
4 35 (3.92%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.78%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.45%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.45%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.45%) PMP
9 3 (0.34%) CISSP
9 3 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.22%) HND
11 1 (0.11%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.11%) ISEB
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.39%) QA
2 30 (3.36%) Accessibility
3 27 (3.02%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.23%) WCAG
5 9 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (0.67%) GDPR
7 5 (0.56%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.56%) SLA
8 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.34%) GRC
9 2 (0.22%) HL7
9 2 (0.22%) MiFID
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 178 (19.93%) Docker
2 23 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.78%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.45%) OpenAM
4 4 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.34%) OpenIDM
5 3 (0.34%) vCloud
5 3 (0.34%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) IAG
6 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 138 (15.45%) Kubernetes
2 81 (9.07%) Terraform
3 70 (7.84%) Ansible
4 29 (3.25%) Grafana
4 29 (3.25%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.68%) Podman
6 14 (1.57%) Kibana
7 12 (1.34%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (1.01%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.67%) PingFederate
10 5 (0.56%) CloudHub
10 5 (0.56%) NetBackup
10 5 (0.56%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.56%) Puppet
11 4 (0.45%) Argo
11 4 (0.45%) Packer
12 3 (0.34%) Autotask
12 3 (0.34%) Istio
12 3 (0.34%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.22%) logstash
Vendors
1 88 (9.85%) Microsoft
2 77 (8.62%) Oracle
3 48 (5.38%) Google
4 46 (5.15%) Salesforce
5 43 (4.82%) SAP
6 23 (2.58%) MuleSoft
7 21 (2.35%) Atlassian
8 20 (2.24%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.79%) IBM
10 15 (1.68%) Splunk
11 13 (1.46%) Pega
12 12 (1.34%) ESRI
13 11 (1.23%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.78%) CyberArk
14 7 (0.78%) F5
14 7 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 7 (0.78%) VMware
14 7 (0.78%) WSO2
15 6 (0.67%) Optimizely
15 6 (0.67%) TOWER Software