RESTful Contract Job Trends

RESTful
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring RESTful skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 155 179
Rank change year-on-year -27 +24 +27
Contract jobs citing RESTful 791 598 588
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.83% 1.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.67% 8.10% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 428 412
10th Percentile £350 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £565 £566 £612
90th Percentile £650 £675 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +4.40% +1.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 7
10th Percentile £50.93 £48.13 £47.70
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £85.00
90th Percentile £93.25 £59.38 £87.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -31.25% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,319 7,380 9,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.49% 22.60% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,765 4,983 6,312
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £655
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 160 278
10th Percentile £30.00 £29.23 £22.68
25th Percentile £50.00 £38.89 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% +3.18% -14.06%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £72.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £58.30
% change year-on-year +3.17% +8.06% -2.83%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend

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

RESTful job vacancy trend in the UK

RESTful
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

RESTful
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RESTful over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for RESTful in the UK

RESTful
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

RESTful
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing RESTful over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for RESTful in the UK

RESTful
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 July 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
England -30 627 £500 +5.26% 243
London -10 335 £500 -2.72% 114
UK excluding London -51 329 £475 +4.40% 180
Work from Home -15 255 £475 - 144
North of England -40 111 £460 +5.75% 54
South East -33 80 £515 +12.20% 52
North West -36 49 £447 +11.75% 31
Yorkshire -32 45 £500 +12.36% 19
Midlands -59 44 £493 +6.54% 14
Scotland -19 40 £425 -5.03% 20
South West -15 35 £445 -17.21% 13
West Midlands -62 25 £513 +2.50% 9
North East -24 17 £450 -10.00% 4
East Midlands -30 17 £445 +10.70% 5
East of England -23 13 £500 -8.26% 15
Wales -8 11 £475 -7.32% 10

RESTful
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 35 (4.42%) Confluence
2 12 (1.52%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.26%) Ethereum
3 10 (1.26%) Hyperledger
4 7 (0.88%) CICS
4 7 (0.88%) CMS
5 5 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.63%) Camunda
5 5 (0.63%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.63%) WebSphere
6 4 (0.51%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.51%) Appian
7 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.38%) Mule
8 2 (0.25%) Apache
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.25%) IIS
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.14%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.38%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.63%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.51%) Quorum
2 4 (0.51%) Ripple
3 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.13%) Maximo
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.13%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.13%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 313 (39.57%) AWS
2 295 (37.29%) Azure
3 154 (19.47%) GitHub
4 112 (14.16%) Serverless
5 110 (13.91%) GCP
5 110 (13.91%) GitHub Actions
6 94 (11.88%) Azure DevOps
7 82 (10.37%) AWS Lambda
8 61 (7.71%) Amazon S3
9 45 (5.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 42 (5.31%) Amazon EC2
11 31 (3.92%) Amazon ECS
12 30 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
12 30 (3.79%) Amazon SQS
13 26 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
14 24 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (2.65%) Entra ID
16 20 (2.53%) Power Platform
17 19 (2.40%) Route 53
18 16 (2.02%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.91%) HTTP
2 5 (0.63%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.51%) MQTT
3 4 (0.51%) Network Security
4 2 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.13%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.13%) 4G
5 1 (0.13%) 5G
5 1 (0.13%) AMQP
5 1 (0.13%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.13%) DNS
5 1 (0.13%) LTE
5 1 (0.13%) NAS
5 1 (0.13%) NFC
5 1 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.13%) SAN
5 1 (0.13%) SNMP
5 1 (0.13%) SSH
5 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (21.87%) PostgreSQL
2 111 (14.03%) NoSQL
3 104 (13.15%) Relational Database
4 76 (9.61%) MongoDB
5 69 (8.72%) SQL Server
6 50 (6.32%) MySQL
7 47 (5.94%) DynamoDB
8 42 (5.31%) Amazon RDS
9 31 (3.92%) Amazon Aurora
10 22 (2.78%) Redis
11 15 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (1.52%) Db2
12 12 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.52%) Power BI
13 10 (1.26%) Geospatial Data
14 9 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (1.14%) Flink
15 6 (0.76%) Metadata
16 5 (0.63%) Big Data
16 5 (0.63%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 208 (26.30%) Git
2 149 (18.84%) Jenkins
3 82 (10.37%) GitLab
4 66 (8.34%) JUnit
5 58 (7.33%) JIRA
6 42 (5.31%) Mockito
7 37 (4.68%) Maven
8 36 (4.55%) Gradle
9 28 (3.54%) SonarQube
10 25 (3.16%) Postman
11 22 (2.78%) Cucumber
12 15 (1.90%) Visual Studio
13 14 (1.77%) Cypress.io
14 13 (1.64%) REST Assured
15 12 (1.52%) DbUnit
15 12 (1.52%) MSTest
15 12 (1.52%) Selenium
15 12 (1.52%) webpack
16 11 (1.39%) fastlane
16 11 (1.39%) jMock
General
1 159 (20.10%) Social Skills
2 138 (17.45%) Finance
3 136 (17.19%) Public Sector
4 86 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (9.73%) Banking
6 30 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.28%) Retail
8 13 (1.64%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.26%) Law
9 10 (1.26%) Legal
9 10 (1.26%) Marketing
10 8 (1.01%) Front Office
10 8 (1.01%) Military
11 7 (0.88%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.88%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.63%) Local Government
13 4 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.51%) Police
13 4 (0.51%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.38%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 512 (64.73%) Developer
2 167 (21.11%) Java Developer
3 150 (18.96%) Senior
4 101 (12.77%) Senior Developer
5 83 (10.49%) Full-Stack Developer
6 67 (8.47%) Python Developer
7 53 (6.70%) .NET Developer
8 51 (6.45%) Architect
8 51 (6.45%) Software Engineer
9 39 (4.93%) Senior Java Developer
10 38 (4.80%) React Developer
11 31 (3.92%) C# Developer
12 30 (3.79%) Backend Developer
13 29 (3.67%) Java Engineer
13 29 (3.67%) Lead
14 28 (3.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 27 (3.41%) Software Developer
16 23 (2.91%) iOS Developer
17 22 (2.78%) AWS Developer
18 18 (2.28%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (27.69%) Spring
2 215 (27.18%) Spring Boot
3 205 (25.92%) REST
4 177 (22.38%) React
5 146 (18.46%) .NET
6 136 (17.19%) Kafka
7 103 (13.02%) Node.js
8 102 (12.90%) CSS
9 97 (12.26%) HTML
10 87 (11.00%) AngularJS
11 68 (8.60%) OAuth
12 65 (8.22%) Web Services
13 55 (6.95%) .NET Core
14 54 (6.83%) Swagger
15 52 (6.57%) JSON
15 52 (6.57%) RabbitMQ
16 51 (6.45%) GraphQL
17 49 (6.19%) HTML5
17 49 (6.19%) OAuth2
18 48 (6.07%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 143 (18.08%) Cloud Native
2 128 (16.18%) Product Ownership
3 113 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
4 41 (5.18%) Mobile App
5 35 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (3.03%) Data Structures
6 24 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.40%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.90%) Algorithms
8 15 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.39%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.39%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.14%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.01%) Hedge funds
12 8 (1.01%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.01%) NHS
13 7 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
13 7 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.69%) Linux
2 30 (3.79%) Apple iOS
3 28 (3.54%) Unix
4 25 (3.16%) Android
5 21 (2.65%) Windows
6 7 (0.88%) zOS
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (63.21%) CI/CD
2 426 (53.86%) Agile
3 412 (52.09%) Microservices
4 331 (41.85%) DevOps
5 238 (30.09%) Containerisation
6 184 (23.26%) Test Automation
7 171 (21.62%) Scrum
8 161 (20.35%) Event-Driven
9 159 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
10 156 (19.72%) Full-Stack Development
11 139 (17.57%) Software Engineering
12 118 (14.92%) API Design
13 116 (14.66%) Code Quality
14 109 (13.78%) Continuous Improvement
15 108 (13.65%) API Development
15 108 (13.65%) Infrastructure as Code
16 103 (13.02%) Clean Code
17 101 (12.77%) TDD
18 90 (11.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 82 (10.37%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 340 (42.98%) Java
2 223 (28.19%) SQL
3 218 (27.56%) Python
4 181 (22.88%) JavaScript
5 164 (20.73%) C#
6 141 (17.83%) TypeScript
7 39 (4.93%) Kotlin
8 28 (3.54%) Shell Script
8 28 (3.54%) Swift
9 27 (3.41%) Go
10 21 (2.65%) Bicep
11 16 (2.02%) Ruby
12 11 (1.39%) Scala
12 11 (1.39%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.26%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.14%) Objective-C
15 8 (1.01%) Rust
16 7 (0.88%) Bash
17 6 (0.76%) Groovy
17 6 (0.76%) JCL
Qualifications
1 195 (24.65%) Security Cleared
2 158 (19.97%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
3 49 (6.19%) Degree
4 38 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.28%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.64%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (1.14%) CCSP
9 9 (1.14%) CEH
9 9 (1.14%) CISM
9 9 (1.14%) CISSP
9 9 (1.14%) OSCP
10 8 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.51%) MBA
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (13.78%) QA
2 96 (12.14%) Accessibility
3 47 (5.94%) WCAG
4 10 (1.26%) NCSC
4 10 (1.26%) NIST
5 9 (1.14%) COBIT
5 9 (1.14%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.88%) GDPR
7 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.51%) HL7
8 4 (0.51%) SLA
9 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) Basel III
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 285 (36.03%) Docker
2 9 (1.14%) Postfix
3 6 (0.76%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.51%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 253 (31.98%) Kubernetes
2 96 (12.14%) Terraform
3 47 (5.94%) Grafana
4 39 (4.93%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.40%) Ansible
6 7 (0.88%) Kibana
7 4 (0.51%) Podman
7 4 (0.51%) Puppet
7 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.38%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.25%) Consul
9 2 (0.25%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.13%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 65 (8.22%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.83%) Oracle
3 34 (4.30%) Google
4 19 (2.40%) Dynatrace
5 16 (2.02%) OpenAI
5 16 (2.02%) Splunk
6 14 (1.77%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.64%) Atlassian
8 12 (1.52%) Adobe
9 11 (1.39%) Jaspersoft
10 10 (1.26%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.26%) New Relic
10 10 (1.26%) Okta
11 8 (1.01%) Apple
11 8 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.01%) Sybase
11 8 (1.01%) Veracode
12 7 (0.88%) Databricks
12 7 (0.88%) SAP
13 5 (0.63%) UiPath