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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 410 503
Rank change year-on-year -111 +93 +12
Contract jobs citing Swagger 110 113 88
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.39% 0.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.17% 1.72% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 68 60
10th Percentile £350 £421 £384
25th Percentile £363 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £534 £520
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +2.60% -11.11%
75th Percentile £513 £638 £638
90th Percentile £585 £777 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £500 £545
% change year-on-year -19.60% -8.26% -9.17%

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 9,417 6,577 8,964
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.04% 22.63% 20.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,273 4,491 6,268
10th Percentile £358 £363 £334
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 99 176
10th Percentile £35.05 £26.25 £20.49
25th Percentile £52.50 £41.13 £34.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £84.95 £73.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -106 98 £425 -22.02% 22
UK excluding London -75 60 £402 -19.60% 15
London -84 37 £463 -20.43% 10
North of England -54 35 £394 -25.71% 7
Work from Home -43 27 £470 -12.84% 12
North West -25 21 £394 -23.54% 5
Midlands - 11 £470 -
South East -46 10 £475 -19.15% 5
Yorkshire -55 10 £356 -52.50% 2
West Midlands - 8 £469 -
North East - 4 £463 -
Scotland +5 2 - -
Wales -9 2 - -
East Midlands - 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 14 (12.73%) Confluence
2 8 (7.27%) Appian
3 3 (2.73%) Apache
4 2 (1.82%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.82%) IIS
4 2 (1.82%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.91%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.91%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.91%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.91%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (2.73%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.91%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.91%) Notion
2 1 (0.91%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.82%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 42 (38.18%) AWS
2 32 (29.09%) Azure
3 21 (19.09%) GitHub
4 16 (14.55%) Apigee
4 16 (14.55%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (13.64%) GCP
5 15 (13.64%) Serverless
6 11 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (10.00%) Kong
7 9 (8.18%) Anthropic Claude
7 9 (8.18%) Power Automate
8 8 (7.27%) Azure AI
8 8 (7.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (6.36%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (5.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (3.64%) Amazon EventBridge
11 4 (3.64%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 4 (3.64%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.73%) HTTP
2 2 (1.82%) NaaS
2 2 (1.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.45%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 12 (10.91%) Relational Database
4 11 (10.00%) MongoDB
5 9 (8.18%) NoSQL
6 8 (7.27%) Pinecone
7 4 (3.64%) DynamoDB
7 4 (3.64%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (3.64%) MySQL
8 3 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.82%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.82%) Flink
9 2 (1.82%) InfluxDB
9 2 (1.82%) TimescaleDB
10 1 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.91%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.91%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.91%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (19.09%) Jenkins
2 20 (18.18%) Git
3 19 (17.27%) GitLab
3 19 (17.27%) JIRA
4 17 (15.45%) Postman
5 14 (12.73%) Mockito
6 13 (11.82%) JUnit
7 11 (10.00%) Gradle
8 8 (7.27%) MLflow
9 6 (5.45%) Liquibase
9 6 (5.45%) Selenium
10 5 (4.55%) Cucumber
10 5 (4.55%) Maven
11 4 (3.64%) Gatling
11 4 (3.64%) JMeter
11 4 (3.64%) MSTest
12 3 (2.73%) SonarQube
12 3 (2.73%) Spinnaker
13 2 (1.82%) REST Assured
13 2 (1.82%) webpack
General
1 30 (27.27%) Finance
2 22 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (19.09%) Public Sector
3 21 (19.09%) Social Skills
4 9 (8.18%) Banking
5 4 (3.64%) Billing
5 4 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.73%) Law
6 3 (2.73%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.82%) Dutch Language
7 2 (1.82%) French Language
7 2 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.91%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.91%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.91%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (30.91%) Developer
2 15 (13.64%) Java Engineer
3 14 (12.73%) Analyst
4 12 (10.91%) Architect
4 12 (10.91%) Business Analyst
5 11 (10.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 11 (10.00%) Software Engineer
6 9 (8.18%) Lead
7 8 (7.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 8 (7.27%) Automation Engineer
8 7 (6.36%) Technical Analyst
8 7 (6.36%) Test Engineer
9 6 (5.45%) Java Software Engineer
9 6 (5.45%) Python Developer
9 6 (5.45%) Senior
9 6 (5.45%) Technical Business Analyst
10 5 (4.55%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 5 (4.55%) Payments Analyst
10 5 (4.55%) Payments Business Analyst
10 5 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (72.73%) OpenAPI
2 61 (55.45%) REST
3 38 (34.55%) RESTful
4 31 (28.18%) JSON
5 26 (23.64%) Spring
6 24 (21.82%) Kafka
6 24 (21.82%) OAuth
7 23 (20.91%) Spring Boot
8 22 (20.00%) JWT
8 22 (20.00%) React
8 22 (20.00%) XML
9 18 (16.36%) SOAP
10 13 (11.82%) Node.js
11 12 (10.91%) .NET
11 12 (10.91%) Django
11 12 (10.91%) FastAPI
11 12 (10.91%) Flask
12 11 (10.00%) NumPy
12 11 (10.00%) Pandas
12 11 (10.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.82%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 8 (7.27%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (7.27%) Low-Code
4 6 (5.45%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.55%) Digital Wallet
6 4 (3.64%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.73%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.73%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.73%) NHS
8 2 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.82%) TM Forum
9 1 (0.91%) CMDB
9 1 (0.91%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.91%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.91%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (58.18%) CI/CD
2 43 (39.09%) Microservices
3 42 (38.18%) Agile
4 33 (30.00%) Validation
5 31 (28.18%) DevOps
6 30 (27.27%) Containerisation
6 30 (27.27%) Test Automation
7 27 (24.55%) API Design
8 24 (21.82%) Requirements Gathering
9 23 (20.91%) API Development
9 23 (20.91%) Full-Stack Development
9 23 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
10 22 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (18.18%) Observability
12 19 (17.27%) Event-Driven
13 18 (16.36%) API Integration
13 18 (16.36%) API Management
14 16 (14.55%) Data Modelling
14 16 (14.55%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 47 (42.73%) Java
2 39 (35.45%) SQL
3 34 (30.91%) Python
4 19 (17.27%) TypeScript
5 13 (11.82%) C#
6 11 (10.00%) JavaScript
7 10 (9.09%) PowerShell
8 7 (6.36%) Bash
9 4 (3.64%) Apex Code
10 3 (2.73%) Bicep
10 3 (2.73%) Groovy
11 2 (1.82%) C++
11 2 (1.82%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.82%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.91%) Go
12 1 (0.91%) PHP
12 1 (0.91%) SOQL
12 1 (0.91%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 30 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 22 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 14 (12.73%) Degree
4 13 (11.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (8.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.64%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.91%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.18%) Data Quality
1 9 (8.18%) WCAG
2 7 (6.36%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.45%) PCI DSS
3 6 (5.45%) PSD2
3 6 (5.45%) QA
4 4 (3.64%) GDPR
5 3 (2.73%) ISO 8583
6 2 (1.82%) HL7
6 2 (1.82%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.82%) NIST
7 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.91%) NCSC
7 1 (0.91%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.91%) SEPA
System Software
1 41 (37.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 39 (35.45%) Kubernetes
2 15 (13.64%) Terraform
3 7 (6.36%) Istio
4 6 (5.45%) Grafana
4 6 (5.45%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.73%) Argo
6 2 (1.82%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.91%) Ansible
7 1 (0.91%) Kibana
Vendors
1 11 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 10 (9.09%) Dynatrace
3 8 (7.27%) Automation Anywhere
3 8 (7.27%) MuleSoft
3 8 (7.27%) OpenAI
3 8 (7.27%) UiPath
4 6 (5.45%) Oracle
5 3 (2.73%) Google
5 3 (2.73%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.73%) Veracode
6 2 (1.82%) Amdocs
6 2 (1.82%) Ciena
6 2 (1.82%) IBM
6 2 (1.82%) New Relic
6 2 (1.82%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.91%) BT
7 1 (0.91%) Databricks
7 1 (0.91%) DevExpress
7 1 (0.91%) SAP
7 1 (0.91%) Telerik