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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 422 484
Rank change year-on-year -93 +62 +46
Contract jobs citing Swagger 142 130 111
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.41% 0.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.41% 1.81% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 87 74
10th Percentile £352 £374 £399
25th Percentile £422 £444 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +6.00% -10.11%
75th Percentile £575 £572 £634
90th Percentile £599 £650 £816
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £475 £503
% change year-on-year -9.47% -5.47% -16.25%

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 10,044 7,186 9,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.46% 22.78% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,582 4,863 6,372
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -5.09% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
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 277 146 280
10th Percentile £30.00 £28.29 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £35.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.51 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -6.72%

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 4 July 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 15 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 4 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 -102 110 £476 -10.14% 43
UK excluding London -73 62 £430 -9.47% 30
Work from Home -56 48 £540 +1.12% 16
London -78 46 £550 +3.77% 14
North of England -68 25 £425 -15.00% 10
South East -40 21 £375 -18.92% 10
North West -40 13 £430 -18.87% 6
Yorkshire -48 8 £363 -17.14% 1
South West -27 7 £575 -30.30% 6
Midlands -51 7 £555 +58.88% 1
North East -35 4 £438 -5.35% 3
West Midlands -60 4 £459 - 1
Scotland -13 2 - - 1
East Midlands -15 2 - -
East of England -30 1 - - 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 14 (9.86%) Confluence
2 6 (4.23%) Anypoint
3 5 (3.52%) Appian
4 3 (2.11%) Apache
4 3 (2.11%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.41%) IIS
5 2 (1.41%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.70%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.70%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.70%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (6.34%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.70%) Notion
2 1 (0.70%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (3.52%) SAP MDG
1 5 (3.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.11%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (2.11%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.70%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 62 (43.66%) Azure
2 55 (38.73%) AWS
3 41 (28.87%) GitHub
4 36 (25.35%) GitHub Actions
5 27 (19.01%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (7.75%) GCP
7 10 (7.04%) Amazon ECS
7 10 (7.04%) Serverless
8 9 (6.34%) Apigee
9 8 (5.63%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (5.63%) Boomi
10 7 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (4.93%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (4.93%) Entra ID
11 6 (4.23%) Anthropic Claude
11 6 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (4.23%) Kong
12 5 (3.52%) Azure AI
12 5 (3.52%) Azure API Management
12 5 (3.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.34%) HTTP
2 2 (1.41%) NaaS
2 2 (1.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (32.39%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (17.61%) MongoDB
3 16 (11.27%) NoSQL
4 15 (10.56%) Redis
4 15 (10.56%) Relational Database
5 11 (7.75%) SQL Server
6 8 (5.63%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (3.52%) Pinecone
9 4 (2.82%) DynamoDB
9 4 (2.82%) MySQL
10 3 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (2.11%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (2.11%) Data Lake
10 3 (2.11%) Metadata
11 2 (1.41%) Flink
11 2 (1.41%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (1.41%) InfluxDB
11 2 (1.41%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.41%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 47 (33.10%) Jenkins
2 40 (28.17%) Git
3 33 (23.24%) JIRA
4 26 (18.31%) JUnit
5 24 (16.90%) Postman
6 21 (14.79%) GitLab
6 21 (14.79%) Mockito
7 19 (13.38%) Gradle
8 18 (12.68%) Liquibase
9 10 (7.04%) JMeter
10 8 (5.63%) SpecFlow
11 6 (4.23%) Cucumber
11 6 (4.23%) Flyway
11 6 (4.23%) Selenium
12 5 (3.52%) MLflow
13 4 (2.82%) SonarQube
14 3 (2.11%) Gatling
14 3 (2.11%) git-flow
14 3 (2.11%) Robot Framework
14 3 (2.11%) webpack
General
1 29 (20.42%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.79%) Finance
3 16 (11.27%) Public Sector
4 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (8.45%) Banking
6 8 (5.63%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.93%) Law
8 6 (4.23%) Billing
8 6 (4.23%) Publishing
9 5 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.11%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.11%) Military
11 2 (1.41%) Back Office
11 2 (1.41%) Retail
12 1 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (35.92%) Developer
2 22 (15.49%) Architect
3 16 (11.27%) Software Engineer
4 13 (9.15%) Lead
5 12 (8.45%) Java Engineer
5 12 (8.45%) Senior
6 11 (7.75%) Python Developer
7 10 (7.04%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (7.04%) Integration Architect
8 9 (6.34%) Node.js Developer
8 9 (6.34%) Tester
9 8 (5.63%) Java Developer
10 7 (4.93%) Java Software Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (4.23%) Lead Developer
12 5 (3.52%) Azure Developer
12 5 (3.52%) Senior Developer
12 5 (3.52%) Test Automation Engineer
12 5 (3.52%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (76.76%) OpenAPI
2 74 (52.11%) REST
3 51 (35.92%) RESTful
4 37 (26.06%) Kafka
5 33 (23.24%) JSON
6 31 (21.83%) Spring
7 29 (20.42%) Spring Boot
8 28 (19.72%) OAuth
8 28 (19.72%) React
9 23 (16.20%) OAuth2
10 19 (13.38%) JWT
11 17 (11.97%) FastAPI
11 17 (11.97%) Node.js
11 17 (11.97%) XML
12 16 (11.27%) Django
12 16 (11.27%) pytest
13 15 (10.56%) Flask
13 15 (10.56%) Pandas
14 14 (9.86%) NumPy
14 14 (9.86%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 30 (21.13%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.75%) Data Structures
3 9 (6.34%) Algorithms
3 9 (6.34%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.52%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.11%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.11%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.41%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.70%) CMDB
10 1 (0.70%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.70%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.70%) Android
1 1 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (64.08%) CI/CD
2 62 (43.66%) Agile
3 56 (39.44%) Microservices
4 54 (38.03%) Containerisation
5 53 (37.32%) DevOps
6 50 (35.21%) Test Automation
7 38 (26.76%) API Development
8 35 (24.65%) TDD
9 33 (23.24%) Observability
10 30 (21.13%) API Design
11 29 (20.42%) Event-Driven
11 29 (20.42%) Validation
12 28 (19.72%) Software Engineering
13 26 (18.31%) Full-Stack Development
14 24 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (14.79%) Clean Code
15 21 (14.79%) Infrastructure as Code
15 21 (14.79%) Unit Testing
16 20 (14.08%) Deployment Automation
17 18 (12.68%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 56 (39.44%) Java
2 50 (35.21%) Python
3 42 (29.58%) SQL
4 30 (21.13%) TypeScript
5 21 (14.79%) C#
6 13 (9.15%) JavaScript
7 11 (7.75%) PowerShell
8 10 (7.04%) Bash
9 4 (2.82%) Apex Code
9 4 (2.82%) DataWeave
9 4 (2.82%) Go
9 4 (2.82%) Groovy
10 3 (2.11%) Bicep
10 3 (2.11%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.41%) C++
11 2 (1.41%) PromQL
11 2 (1.41%) Rust
11 2 (1.41%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.70%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 48 (33.80%) Security Cleared
2 44 (30.99%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (7.75%) Degree
5 9 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.52%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.86%) QA
2 8 (5.63%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.93%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.82%) WCAG
5 3 (2.11%) NCSC
5 3 (2.11%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.11%) PSD2
6 2 (1.41%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.70%) GDPR
7 1 (0.70%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.70%) NIST
7 1 (0.70%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.70%) SEPA
7 1 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 65 (45.77%) Docker
2 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 61 (42.96%) Kubernetes
2 16 (11.27%) Terraform
3 14 (9.86%) Grafana
3 14 (9.86%) Prometheus
4 11 (7.75%) Ansible
5 5 (3.52%) Istio
6 3 (2.11%) Argo
6 3 (2.11%) Consul
6 3 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.41%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (1.41%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.70%) Kibana
Vendors
1 15 (10.56%) Salesforce
2 14 (9.86%) MuleSoft
3 6 (4.23%) Oracle
3 6 (4.23%) SAP
3 6 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.52%) Automation Anywhere
4 5 (3.52%) Dell
4 5 (3.52%) Dynatrace
4 5 (3.52%) Google
4 5 (3.52%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.52%) OpenAI
4 5 (3.52%) UiPath
5 4 (2.82%) Splunk
6 3 (2.11%) Veracode
7 2 (1.41%) Amdocs
7 2 (1.41%) BiZZdesign
7 2 (1.41%) Ciena
7 2 (1.41%) Databricks
7 2 (1.41%) Nokia
7 2 (1.41%) Solace