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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 500 398 497
Rank change year-on-year -102 +99 +47
Contract jobs citing Swagger 129 123 89
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.43% 0.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.35% 1.89% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 82 64
10th Percentile £353 £388 £387
25th Percentile £400 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £530 £506
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +4.74% -8.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £620
90th Percentile £599 £685 £886
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £488 £506
% change year-on-year -12.77% -3.66% -15.67%

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 9,574 6,506 8,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.60% 22.71% 20.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,287 4,465 6,239
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 105 250
10th Percentile £31.03 £28.13 £21.68
25th Percentile £51.25 £39.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £73.00 £68.75 £65.95
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.22 £74.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year - +34.21% -25.49%

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 May 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 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 Swagger within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 -111 108 £464 -12.45% 29
UK excluding London -70 58 £425 -12.77% 19
London -78 48 £540 +1.89% 13
Work from Home -56 44 £500 -6.28% 16
North of England -62 29 £401 -19.75% 6
North West -34 17 £401 -24.29% 5
South East -45 14 £425 -8.22% 8
Midlands -52 11 £469 +34.38% 1
Yorkshire -53 8 £363 -17.14% 1
West Midlands - 8 £469 - 1
North East -26 4 £438 +29.70%
South West -25 2 - - 1
East Midlands -26 2 - -
Scotland -7 1 - -
Wales -15 1 - - 1
East of England -30 1 - - 2

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 (10.08%) Confluence
2 8 (6.20%) Appian
3 5 (3.88%) Anypoint
4 3 (2.33%) Apache
4 3 (2.33%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.55%) IIS
5 2 (1.55%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.78%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.78%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.78%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (3.88%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.78%) Notion
2 1 (0.78%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (3.88%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (3.10%) SAP MDG
2 4 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.55%) Shopify
4 1 (0.78%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 44 (34.11%) Azure
2 43 (33.33%) AWS
3 25 (19.38%) GitHub
4 18 (13.95%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (13.95%) GitHub Actions
5 12 (9.30%) Serverless
6 10 (7.75%) Apigee
6 10 (7.75%) GCP
7 9 (6.98%) Anthropic Claude
7 9 (6.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (6.98%) Kong
7 9 (6.98%) Power Automate
8 8 (6.20%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (6.20%) Azure AI
9 7 (5.43%) Boomi
10 6 (4.65%) Amazon EventBridge
10 6 (4.65%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (3.88%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (3.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.20%) HTTP
2 2 (1.55%) NaaS
2 2 (1.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (24.03%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (11.63%) MongoDB
2 15 (11.63%) SQL Server
3 13 (10.08%) Relational Database
4 12 (9.30%) NoSQL
5 8 (6.20%) Pinecone
6 6 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (3.88%) DynamoDB
7 5 (3.88%) MySQL
8 4 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (3.10%) Redis
9 3 (2.33%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (2.33%) Metadata
10 2 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.55%) Flink
10 2 (1.55%) InfluxDB
10 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.55%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 36 (27.91%) Jenkins
2 27 (20.93%) Git
3 26 (20.16%) Postman
4 25 (19.38%) JUnit
5 23 (17.83%) GitLab
6 22 (17.05%) JIRA
7 20 (15.50%) Gradle
7 20 (15.50%) Mockito
8 17 (13.18%) Liquibase
9 11 (8.53%) JMeter
10 8 (6.20%) MLflow
11 5 (3.88%) Flyway
12 4 (3.10%) Gatling
12 4 (3.10%) SonarQube
13 3 (2.33%) Bitbucket
13 3 (2.33%) Cucumber
13 3 (2.33%) Maven
13 3 (2.33%) MSBuild
13 3 (2.33%) Robot Framework
13 3 (2.33%) webpack
General
1 30 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.60%) Finance
3 17 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (13.18%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.53%) Banking
5 8 (6.20%) Billing
6 7 (5.43%) Law
7 6 (4.65%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.10%) Publishing
9 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.55%) Back Office
10 2 (1.55%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.55%) Military
11 1 (0.78%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.78%) French Language
11 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (27.13%) Developer
2 18 (13.95%) Java Engineer
3 17 (13.18%) Architect
4 15 (11.63%) Software Engineer
5 13 (10.08%) Lead
6 11 (8.53%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (7.75%) Senior
8 9 (6.98%) Analyst
8 9 (6.98%) Business Analyst
8 9 (6.98%) Integration Architect
9 8 (6.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Automation Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Java Developer
9 8 (6.20%) Java Software Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Python Developer
9 8 (6.20%) Tester
10 7 (5.43%) Platform Engineer
11 5 (3.88%) Payments Analyst
11 5 (3.88%) Payments Business Analyst
12 4 (3.10%) Lead Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (73.64%) OpenAPI
2 65 (50.39%) REST
3 43 (33.33%) RESTful
4 35 (27.13%) JSON
4 35 (27.13%) Kafka
4 35 (27.13%) Spring
5 32 (24.81%) Spring Boot
6 28 (21.71%) OAuth
7 27 (20.93%) React
8 24 (18.60%) JWT
9 21 (16.28%) XML
10 17 (13.18%) OAuth2
11 15 (11.63%) Django
11 15 (11.63%) FastAPI
11 15 (11.63%) pytest
12 14 (10.85%) Flask
12 14 (10.85%) Pandas
12 14 (10.85%) SOAP
13 13 (10.08%) Middleware
13 13 (10.08%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.50%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.53%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (6.20%) Low-Code
4 7 (5.43%) Data Structures
4 7 (5.43%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.88%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.88%) Digital Wallet
6 5 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.10%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.55%) TM Forum
10 1 (0.78%) CMDB
10 1 (0.78%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.78%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (65.89%) CI/CD
2 53 (41.09%) Agile
3 47 (36.43%) Microservices
4 46 (35.66%) Test Automation
5 44 (34.11%) DevOps
6 42 (32.56%) Containerisation
7 40 (31.01%) Validation
8 34 (26.36%) Observability
9 30 (23.26%) API Design
10 29 (22.48%) API Development
11 28 (21.71%) TDD
12 27 (20.93%) Event-Driven
13 26 (20.16%) Full-Stack Development
14 25 (19.38%) Software Engineering
15 23 (17.83%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (17.05%) Deployment Automation
17 21 (16.28%) Integration Patterns
17 21 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
18 19 (14.73%) Requirements Gathering
19 18 (13.95%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 59 (45.74%) Java
2 48 (37.21%) SQL
3 44 (34.11%) Python
4 29 (22.48%) TypeScript
5 14 (10.85%) C#
6 12 (9.30%) JavaScript
6 12 (9.30%) PowerShell
7 11 (8.53%) Bash
8 4 (3.10%) Apex Code
8 4 (3.10%) DataWeave
8 4 (3.10%) Groovy
9 2 (1.55%) C++
9 2 (1.55%) PromQL
9 2 (1.55%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.55%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.78%) Bicep
10 1 (0.78%) C
10 1 (0.78%) Go
10 1 (0.78%) SOQL
10 1 (0.78%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 41 (31.78%) Security Cleared
2 35 (27.13%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (10.08%) Degree
4 11 (8.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.55%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.78%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.75%) Data Quality
1 10 (7.75%) QA
2 6 (4.65%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.88%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.88%) PSD2
3 5 (3.88%) WCAG
4 3 (2.33%) ISO 8583
5 2 (1.55%) GDPR
6 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.78%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.78%) NCSC
6 1 (0.78%) NIST
6 1 (0.78%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.78%) SEPA
System Software
1 54 (41.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 53 (41.09%) Kubernetes
2 15 (11.63%) Grafana
2 15 (11.63%) Prometheus
3 14 (10.85%) Terraform
4 10 (7.75%) Ansible
5 6 (4.65%) Istio
6 3 (2.33%) Argo
6 3 (2.33%) Consul
6 3 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.55%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (1.55%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.78%) Kibana
Vendors
1 14 (10.85%) Salesforce
2 13 (10.08%) MuleSoft
3 8 (6.20%) Automation Anywhere
3 8 (6.20%) Dynatrace
3 8 (6.20%) OpenAI
3 8 (6.20%) UiPath
4 6 (4.65%) Oracle
5 5 (3.88%) SAP
5 5 (3.88%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.10%) Dell
7 3 (2.33%) Google
7 3 (2.33%) Splunk
7 3 (2.33%) Veracode
8 2 (1.55%) Amdocs
8 2 (1.55%) Ciena
8 2 (1.55%) Databricks
8 2 (1.55%) New Relic
8 2 (1.55%) Nokia
8 2 (1.55%) Solace
9 1 (0.78%) SimCorp