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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 422 494
Rank change year-on-year -88 +72 +27
Contract jobs citing Swagger 101 96 98
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.32% 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.08% 1.40% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 53 66
10th Percentile £350 £457 £374
25th Percentile £363 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £489 £675 £659
90th Percentile £579 £825 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £525 £560
% change year-on-year -23.43% -6.25% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £76.53
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 9,316 6,870 8,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.89% 22.70% 20.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,226 4,505 6,278
10th Percentile £358 £363 £340
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -7.89%
75th Percentile £620 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 87 221
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.88 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.45 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -74 90 £424 -29.38% 31
UK excluding London -70 53 £402 -23.43% 20
London -64 35 £400 -34.69% 12
North of England -41 32 £394 -21.25% 6
Work from Home -30 29 £470 -14.55% 15
North West -19 21 £394 -7.35% 3
Midlands -51 11 £470 -14.64% 2
West Midlands -48 8 £469 -14.73%
South East -41 7 £475 -13.64% 5
Yorkshire -68 7 £363 -51.67% 1
North East - 4 £463 - 2
Wales -2 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - - 2
Scotland +10 1 - -

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 13 (12.87%) Confluence
2 8 (7.92%) Appian
3 3 (2.97%) Apache
4 2 (1.98%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.99%) IIS
5 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.99%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.99%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) CPLEX
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.99%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.99%) Notion
1 1 (0.99%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.98%) Shopify
3 1 (0.99%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 34 (33.66%) AWS
2 32 (31.68%) Azure
3 19 (18.81%) GitHub
4 16 (15.84%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (12.87%) Apigee
5 13 (12.87%) Serverless
6 12 (11.88%) GCP
7 10 (9.90%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (9.90%) Kong
8 9 (8.91%) Anthropic Claude
8 9 (8.91%) Power Automate
9 8 (7.92%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (7.92%) Azure AI
9 8 (7.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (6.93%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (5.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (4.95%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (4.95%) Azure Functions
13 4 (3.96%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (3.96%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.97%) HTTP
2 1 (0.99%) NaaS
2 1 (0.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.86%) SQL Server
2 12 (11.88%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (9.90%) Relational Database
4 9 (8.91%) MongoDB
5 8 (7.92%) Pinecone
6 6 (5.94%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.97%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (2.97%) MySQL
7 3 (2.97%) Redis
8 2 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.98%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.98%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.99%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.99%) Flink
9 1 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.99%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.99%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 20 (19.80%) JIRA
2 18 (17.82%) Git
2 18 (17.82%) Postman
3 16 (15.84%) Jenkins
4 15 (14.85%) GitLab
5 11 (10.89%) Mockito
6 10 (9.90%) JUnit
7 8 (7.92%) MLflow
8 7 (6.93%) Selenium
9 6 (5.94%) Gradle
10 5 (4.95%) Cucumber
10 5 (4.95%) JMeter
10 5 (4.95%) Maven
11 4 (3.96%) MSTest
11 4 (3.96%) SonarQube
12 3 (2.97%) Gatling
12 3 (2.97%) REST Assured
12 3 (2.97%) Spinnaker
13 2 (1.98%) GoCD
13 2 (1.98%) Liquibase
General
1 31 (30.69%) Finance
2 23 (22.77%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (19.80%) Social Skills
4 18 (17.82%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.90%) Banking
6 5 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.97%) Billing
8 2 (1.98%) Dutch Language
8 2 (1.98%) French Language
8 2 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.99%) Back Office
9 1 (0.99%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (32.67%) Developer
2 14 (13.86%) Analyst
3 12 (11.88%) Business Analyst
3 12 (11.88%) Full-Stack Developer
4 11 (10.89%) Java Engineer
5 10 (9.90%) Lead
6 9 (8.91%) Architect
7 8 (7.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 8 (7.92%) Automation Engineer
7 8 (7.92%) Java Developer
8 7 (6.93%) Senior
8 7 (6.93%) Technical Analyst
8 7 (6.93%) Test Engineer
9 6 (5.94%) Software Engineer
9 6 (5.94%) Technical Business Analyst
10 5 (4.95%) Payments Analyst
10 5 (4.95%) Payments Business Analyst
10 5 (4.95%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Python Developer
10 5 (4.95%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (68.32%) OpenAPI
2 59 (58.42%) REST
3 33 (32.67%) RESTful
4 26 (25.74%) JSON
5 22 (21.78%) Spring
6 21 (20.79%) OAuth
7 20 (19.80%) XML
8 19 (18.81%) JWT
9 18 (17.82%) SOAP
9 18 (17.82%) Spring Boot
10 17 (16.83%) React
11 15 (14.85%) Kafka
12 12 (11.88%) Node.js
13 11 (10.89%) .NET
13 11 (10.89%) FastAPI
14 10 (9.90%) Django
14 10 (9.90%) Flask
14 10 (9.90%) pytest
15 9 (8.91%) NumPy
15 9 (8.91%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.87%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (7.92%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (7.92%) Low-Code
3 7 (6.93%) Cloud Native
3 7 (6.93%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.95%) Digital Wallet
5 4 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.98%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.98%) NHS
7 2 (1.98%) TM Forum
8 1 (0.99%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.99%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (58.42%) CI/CD
2 38 (37.62%) Microservices
3 36 (35.64%) Agile
4 31 (30.69%) Validation
5 29 (28.71%) Test Automation
6 28 (27.72%) DevOps
7 26 (25.74%) API Design
8 25 (24.75%) Requirements Gathering
9 24 (23.76%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (22.77%) Containerisation
11 22 (21.78%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (20.79%) Integration Patterns
13 20 (19.80%) API Development
14 19 (18.81%) Full-Stack Development
15 18 (17.82%) API Management
16 16 (15.84%) API Integration
16 16 (15.84%) Infrastructure as Code
17 15 (14.85%) Clean Code
17 15 (14.85%) Data Modelling
17 15 (14.85%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 42 (41.58%) Java
2 34 (33.66%) SQL
3 28 (27.72%) Python
4 13 (12.87%) C#
5 12 (11.88%) TypeScript
6 10 (9.90%) PowerShell
7 9 (8.91%) JavaScript
8 6 (5.94%) Bash
9 4 (3.96%) Apex Code
9 4 (3.96%) Groovy
10 3 (2.97%) Bicep
10 3 (2.97%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.99%) C++
11 1 (0.99%) Go
11 1 (0.99%) PHP
11 1 (0.99%) SOQL
11 1 (0.99%) SOSL
11 1 (0.99%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (21.78%) Security Cleared
2 17 (16.83%) SC Cleared
3 15 (14.85%) Degree
4 13 (12.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (8.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.96%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.98%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.91%) Data Quality
1 9 (8.91%) WCAG
2 6 (5.94%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.94%) GDPR
2 6 (5.94%) PCI DSS
2 6 (5.94%) PSD2
3 3 (2.97%) ISO 8583
3 3 (2.97%) QA
4 2 (1.98%) HL7
5 1 (0.99%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.99%) NCSC
5 1 (0.99%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (34.65%) Docker
2 1 (0.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (35.64%) Kubernetes
2 14 (13.86%) Terraform
3 7 (6.93%) Istio
4 5 (4.95%) Grafana
4 5 (4.95%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.97%) Argo
6 2 (1.98%) Ansible
7 1 (0.99%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.99%) Kibana
7 1 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (11.88%) Salesforce
2 10 (9.90%) Dynatrace
3 8 (7.92%) Automation Anywhere
3 8 (7.92%) OpenAI
3 8 (7.92%) UiPath
4 7 (6.93%) MuleSoft
4 7 (6.93%) Oracle
5 3 (2.97%) Google
5 3 (2.97%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.97%) Veracode
6 2 (1.98%) IBM
6 2 (1.98%) New Relic
7 1 (0.99%) Amdocs
7 1 (0.99%) BT
7 1 (0.99%) Ciena
7 1 (0.99%) Databricks
7 1 (0.99%) DevExpress
7 1 (0.99%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.99%) Splunk
7 1 (0.99%) Telerik