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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 404 454
Rank change year-on-year -119 +50 +88
Contract jobs citing Swagger 144 143 119
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.44% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.41% 1.93% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 98 76
10th Percentile £349 £361 £413
25th Percentile £425 £414 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £531
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -0.71% -7.61%
75th Percentile £575 £568 £688
90th Percentile £598 £650 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £426 £475 £507
% change year-on-year -10.42% -6.36% -15.46%

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 10,187 7,395 8,699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.27% 22.58% 21.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,644 4,993 5,942
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £632 £638 £666
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 161 250
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.25 £22.73
25th Percentile £45.00 £39.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% +6.04% -13.75%
75th Percentile £74.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.92 £80.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.15
% change year-on-year +13.04% -1.12% -0.75%

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 28 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 28 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 -117 103 £488 -8.02% 35
UK excluding London -86 55 £426 -10.42% 21
Work from Home -68 51 £527 -1.22% 20
London -80 49 £540 +1.89% 15
South East -51 24 £425 -9.44% 6
North of England -78 14 £375 -25.00% 6
Yorkshire -34 9 £375 +3.45% 1
South West -30 7 £575 -30.30% 6
Midlands -50 7 £450 +47.62% 2
West Midlands -49 4 £459 - 2
Scotland -13 3 £368 -13.12%
East Midlands -14 3 £425 +39.34%
North West -57 3 £396 -25.38% 5
North East -43 2 £438 -5.35%
East of England -21 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 10 (6.94%) Confluence
2 9 (6.25%) Anypoint
3 3 (2.08%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.08%) Mule
4 2 (1.39%) Appian
4 2 (1.39%) IIS
4 2 (1.39%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.69%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.69%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.69%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.69%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (6.25%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.69%) Notion
2 1 (0.69%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (3.47%) SAP MDG
1 5 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.08%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.69%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.69%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 73 (50.69%) Azure
2 66 (45.83%) AWS
3 49 (34.03%) GitHub
4 42 (29.17%) GitHub Actions
5 31 (21.53%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (11.81%) GCP
7 13 (9.03%) Azure Service Bus
8 11 (7.64%) Apigee
8 11 (7.64%) Boomi
9 10 (6.94%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (6.25%) Azure API Management
10 9 (6.25%) Entra ID
10 9 (6.25%) Serverless
11 7 (4.86%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (4.86%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (3.47%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (3.47%) iPaaS
13 5 (3.47%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.42%) HTTP
2 2 (1.39%) NaaS
2 2 (1.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (18.75%) MongoDB
3 17 (11.81%) Redis
4 16 (11.11%) NoSQL
5 13 (9.03%) Relational Database
6 10 (6.94%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (4.86%) SQL Server
9 4 (2.78%) DynamoDB
9 4 (2.78%) MySQL
10 3 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (2.08%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (2.08%) Data Lake
10 3 (2.08%) Metadata
10 3 (2.08%) Oracle Database
10 3 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (1.39%) InfluxDB
11 2 (1.39%) Pinecone
11 2 (1.39%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 48 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 43 (29.86%) Git
3 33 (22.92%) JIRA
4 24 (16.67%) Postman
5 23 (15.97%) JUnit
6 19 (13.19%) Gradle
7 18 (12.50%) Liquibase
7 18 (12.50%) Mockito
8 14 (9.72%) GitLab
9 11 (7.64%) SpecFlow
10 10 (6.94%) JMeter
11 6 (4.17%) Cucumber
11 6 (4.17%) Flyway
11 6 (4.17%) Selenium
12 4 (2.78%) Bitbucket
13 3 (2.08%) Gatling
13 3 (2.08%) git-flow
13 3 (2.08%) MSBuild
13 3 (2.08%) Robot Framework
13 3 (2.08%) TeamCity
General
1 23 (15.97%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.81%) Finance
3 14 (9.72%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.25%) Banking
5 9 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.86%) Billing
6 7 (4.86%) Law
6 7 (4.86%) Publishing
7 5 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.78%) Retail
9 3 (2.08%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.08%) Military
10 2 (1.39%) Back Office
11 1 (0.69%) Automotive
11 1 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (38.19%) Developer
2 26 (18.06%) Architect
3 17 (11.81%) Senior
4 14 (9.72%) Software Engineer
5 13 (9.03%) Python Developer
6 12 (8.33%) Lead
7 11 (7.64%) Integration Architect
8 10 (6.94%) Java Engineer
8 10 (6.94%) Node.js Developer
8 10 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (6.25%) Azure Developer
9 9 (6.25%) Tester
10 8 (5.56%) C# Developer
10 8 (5.56%) Java Developer
10 8 (5.56%) Senior Developer
11 7 (4.86%) Platform Engineer
12 5 (3.47%) Full-Stack Developer
12 5 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
12 5 (3.47%) Test Automation Engineer
12 5 (3.47%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (79.86%) OpenAPI
2 82 (56.94%) REST
3 49 (34.03%) RESTful
4 43 (29.86%) Kafka
5 40 (27.78%) JSON
6 29 (20.14%) OAuth
6 29 (20.14%) React
7 28 (19.44%) Spring Boot
8 27 (18.75%) Spring
9 24 (16.67%) OAuth2
10 21 (14.58%) JWT
10 21 (14.58%) XML
11 19 (13.19%) Node.js
12 18 (12.50%) SOAP
13 17 (11.81%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (11.11%) FastAPI
15 15 (10.42%) .NET
15 15 (10.42%) Jest
16 13 (9.03%) hapi
16 13 (9.03%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 38 (26.39%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.64%) Data Structures
3 9 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 9 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.86%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.08%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.39%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.39%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.39%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.69%) CMDB
10 1 (0.69%) Digital Wallet
10 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.69%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.69%) Android
1 1 (0.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (63.89%) CI/CD
2 63 (43.75%) DevOps
3 61 (42.36%) Agile
4 51 (35.42%) Microservices
5 49 (34.03%) Containerisation
6 44 (30.56%) Test Automation
7 36 (25.00%) Event-Driven
8 34 (23.61%) Observability
9 33 (22.92%) API Development
10 32 (22.22%) TDD
11 30 (20.83%) API Design
12 25 (17.36%) Software Engineering
13 24 (16.67%) Validation
14 22 (15.28%) Infrastructure as Code
15 20 (13.89%) Full-Stack Development
15 20 (13.89%) Integration Patterns
15 20 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
16 18 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
16 18 (12.50%) API Management
17 17 (11.81%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 49 (34.03%) Python
2 45 (31.25%) Java
3 42 (29.17%) SQL
4 30 (20.83%) TypeScript
5 24 (16.67%) C#
6 11 (7.64%) JavaScript
6 11 (7.64%) PowerShell
7 10 (6.94%) Bash
8 7 (4.86%) DataWeave
9 4 (2.78%) Go
9 4 (2.78%) Groovy
10 3 (2.08%) Bicep
10 3 (2.08%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.39%) C++
11 2 (1.39%) PromQL
11 2 (1.39%) Rust
12 1 (0.69%) C
12 1 (0.69%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.69%) Ruby
12 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (31.94%) Security Cleared
2 42 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.33%) Degree
4 10 (6.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.69%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.81%) QA
2 12 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.78%) WCAG
4 3 (2.08%) NCSC
5 2 (1.39%) SLA
6 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.69%) GDPR
6 1 (0.69%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.69%) NIST
6 1 (0.69%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.69%) PSD2
6 1 (0.69%) SEPA
6 1 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 61 (42.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 56 (38.89%) Kubernetes
2 17 (11.81%) Terraform
3 15 (10.42%) Prometheus
4 14 (9.72%) Grafana
5 11 (7.64%) Ansible
6 5 (3.47%) Istio
7 3 (2.08%) Argo
7 3 (2.08%) Consul
8 2 (1.39%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (1.39%) CloudHub
8 2 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.39%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.69%) Kibana
Vendors
1 21 (14.58%) MuleSoft
2 11 (7.64%) Oracle
3 10 (6.94%) Google
3 10 (6.94%) Salesforce
4 7 (4.86%) SAP
5 6 (4.17%) IBM
5 6 (4.17%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.47%) Dell
6 5 (3.47%) Dynatrace
6 5 (3.47%) Splunk
7 3 (2.08%) Informatica
7 3 (2.08%) TIBCO
7 3 (2.08%) WSO2
8 2 (1.39%) Amdocs
8 2 (1.39%) Automation Anywhere
8 2 (1.39%) Ciena
8 2 (1.39%) Nokia
8 2 (1.39%) Solace
8 2 (1.39%) UiPath