Swagger Contract Job Trends

OpenAPI Swagger
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 430 493
Rank change year-on-year -45 +63 +47
Contract jobs citing Swagger 103 100 97
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.25% 1.42% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 61 65
10th Percentile £350 £457 £375
25th Percentile £359 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +13.64% -5.17%
75th Percentile £500 £688 £663
90th Percentile £575 £825 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -27.05% -3.51% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £52.36
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £76.53
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £76.53

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Swagger 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 8,271 7,066 9,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.41% 21.95% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,488 4,482 6,513
10th Percentile £356 £350 £362
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £770 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 82 165
10th Percentile £32.58 £21.33 £30.33
25th Percentile £45.00 £33.69 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.25 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +1.20% +19.05% -19.23%

Swagger
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Swagger job vacancy trend in the UK

Swagger
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Swagger
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Swagger over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Swagger in the UK

Swagger
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Swagger
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Swagger within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England -48 86 £425 -32.00% 19
London -18 46 £463 -26.00% 9
UK excluding London -63 45 £401 -27.05% 17
Work from Home +4 43 £440 -26.75% 11
North of England -48 16 £358 -29.28% 2
South East -12 11 £488 -11.36% 6
North West -23 10 £358 -15.76%
Midlands -33 10 £469 -14.73%
Wales +5 7 £375 - 3
West Midlands -33 7 £469 -14.73%
Yorkshire -57 5 £350 -45.10% 2
East Midlands - 3 £269 -
Scotland -2 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £475 -

Swagger
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 8 (7.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (6.80%) Oracle Service Bus
2 7 (6.80%) WebLogic
3 6 (5.83%) Confluence
4 3 (2.91%) Appian
5 2 (1.94%) Apache
5 2 (1.94%) Mule
5 2 (1.94%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.97%) CICS
6 1 (0.97%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (7.77%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (1.94%) Endur
2 2 (1.94%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.94%) Shopify
3 1 (0.97%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 34 (33.01%) AWS
2 33 (32.04%) Azure
3 17 (16.50%) GitHub
4 15 (14.56%) GCP
4 15 (14.56%) Serverless
5 13 (12.62%) Apigee
6 11 (10.68%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (8.74%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (7.77%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (6.80%) Azure Functions
10 6 (5.83%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (5.83%) Kong
10 6 (5.83%) Stackdriver
11 5 (4.85%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (4.85%) Azure AKS
11 5 (4.85%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (4.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (4.85%) Azure Storage
11 5 (4.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.94%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.56%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (11.65%) MongoDB
2 12 (11.65%) Oracle Database
3 10 (9.71%) NoSQL
4 9 (8.74%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.77%) Redis
6 5 (4.85%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.91%) MySQL
7 3 (2.91%) Pinecone
8 2 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.94%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.94%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.97%) DB2
9 1 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.97%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.97%) Parquet
9 1 (0.97%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (25.24%) Git
2 21 (20.39%) JIRA
3 20 (19.42%) Postman
4 18 (17.48%) Jenkins
5 13 (12.62%) GitLab
6 12 (11.65%) Mockito
7 9 (8.74%) JUnit
7 9 (8.74%) Selenium
7 9 (8.74%) SonarQube
8 8 (7.77%) REST Assured
9 7 (6.80%) Cucumber
9 7 (6.80%) Maven
10 5 (4.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (4.85%) Bitbucket
10 5 (4.85%) SoapUI
10 5 (4.85%) Subversion
10 5 (4.85%) Xcode
10 5 (4.85%) XCTest
11 4 (3.88%) Cypress.io
11 4 (3.88%) Gradle
General
1 31 (30.10%) Finance
2 25 (24.27%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (23.30%) Social Skills
4 21 (20.39%) Public Sector
5 12 (11.65%) Banking
6 3 (2.91%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.94%) Automotive
7 2 (1.94%) Back Office
7 2 (1.94%) Billing
7 2 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.94%) Dutch Language
7 2 (1.94%) French Language
7 2 (1.94%) Front Office
7 2 (1.94%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.97%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.97%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (33.98%) Developer
2 13 (12.62%) Analyst
2 13 (12.62%) Lead
3 12 (11.65%) Java Developer
3 12 (11.65%) Senior
4 10 (9.71%) Business Analyst
5 9 (8.74%) Consultant
6 8 (7.77%) Java Engineer
6 8 (7.77%) Test Engineer
7 7 (6.80%) Architect
7 7 (6.80%) Oracle Consultant
7 7 (6.80%) Python Developer
7 7 (6.80%) Senior Developer
7 7 (6.80%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (5.83%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (5.83%) Technical Business Analyst
9 5 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (4.85%) Senior Java Developer
9 5 (4.85%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (57.28%) OpenAPI
2 54 (52.43%) REST
3 34 (33.01%) RESTful
4 32 (31.07%) JSON
5 30 (29.13%) OAuth
6 27 (26.21%) SOAP
7 24 (23.30%) XML
8 23 (22.33%) Spring
8 23 (22.33%) Spring Boot
9 19 (18.45%) OAuth2
9 19 (18.45%) React
10 18 (17.48%) Kafka
11 16 (15.53%) Node.js
12 13 (12.62%) .NET
13 12 (11.65%) JWT
14 10 (9.71%) CSS
14 10 (9.71%) HTML
15 9 (8.74%) Spring Cloud
16 8 (7.77%) Web Services
17 7 (6.80%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.65%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.74%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (7.77%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (6.80%) Virtual Team
5 6 (5.83%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.91%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.91%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.94%) Digital Wallet
7 2 (1.94%) Grid Computing
7 2 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.94%) NHS
7 2 (1.94%) TM Forum
8 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.97%) Derivative
8 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.97%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.97%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.83%) Linux
2 5 (4.85%) Unix
3 4 (3.88%) Windows
4 2 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (54.37%) Agile
2 50 (48.54%) CI/CD
3 44 (42.72%) DevOps
3 44 (42.72%) Microservices
4 31 (30.10%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (27.18%) Validation
6 27 (26.21%) API Design
7 22 (21.36%) Containerisation
8 21 (20.39%) Test Automation
9 20 (19.42%) API Management
9 20 (19.42%) SDLC
10 18 (17.48%) Integration Patterns
10 18 (17.48%) Requirements Gathering
11 17 (16.50%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (15.53%) API Testing
12 16 (15.53%) Code Quality
12 16 (15.53%) TDD
13 14 (13.59%) Mentoring
14 13 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (12.62%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 51 (49.51%) SQL
2 41 (39.81%) Java
3 26 (25.24%) Python
4 21 (20.39%) JavaScript
5 15 (14.56%) C#
6 9 (8.74%) PL/SQL
6 9 (8.74%) PowerShell
7 8 (7.77%) TypeScript
8 7 (6.80%) Bash
8 7 (6.80%) Shell Script
9 5 (4.85%) Groovy
10 3 (2.91%) Bicep
10 3 (2.91%) Go
11 1 (0.97%) COBOL
11 1 (0.97%) JCL
11 1 (0.97%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.97%) PHP
11 1 (0.97%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (23.30%) Security Cleared
2 18 (17.48%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.59%) Degree
4 11 (10.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (6.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.88%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.91%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.94%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.77%) WCAG
2 7 (6.80%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.83%) QA
4 5 (4.85%) GDPR
5 4 (3.88%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.91%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.91%) PSD2
7 2 (1.94%) HL7
8 1 (0.97%) EMIR
8 1 (0.97%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.97%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.97%) MiFID
8 1 (0.97%) NIST
System Software
1 37 (35.92%) Docker
2 3 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (33.01%) Kubernetes
2 19 (18.45%) Terraform
3 9 (8.74%) Ansible
4 4 (3.88%) Grafana
5 3 (2.91%) Istio
5 3 (2.91%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.91%) Proxmox
5 3 (2.91%) Rundeck
5 3 (2.91%) Salt
6 2 (1.94%) Argo
6 2 (1.94%) Puppet
7 1 (0.97%) Control-M
7 1 (0.97%) Kibana
7 1 (0.97%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (19.42%) Oracle
2 10 (9.71%) Dynatrace
3 9 (8.74%) MuleSoft
4 8 (7.77%) Splunk
5 6 (5.83%) CA Agile Central
6 5 (4.85%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.88%) Microsoft
8 3 (2.91%) Automation Anywhere
8 3 (2.91%) Checkmarx
8 3 (2.91%) Google
8 3 (2.91%) OpenAI
8 3 (2.91%) UiPath
8 3 (2.91%) VMware
9 2 (1.94%) Charles River
9 2 (1.94%) New Relic
9 2 (1.94%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.97%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.97%) Hitachi
10 1 (0.97%) IBM
10 1 (0.97%) Progress