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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 398 487
Rank change year-on-year -108 +89 +32
Contract jobs citing Swagger 127 120 98
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.41% 0.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.31% 1.80% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 82 64
10th Percentile £350 £388 £387
25th Percentile £400 £450 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £530 £503
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +5.47% -8.64%
75th Percentile £575 £568 £620
90th Percentile £600 £650 £920
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -19.90% -1.38% -15.50%

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 9,701 6,651 9,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.64% 22.91% 21.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,371 4,552 6,286
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £424 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% -2.27%
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 285 116 259
10th Percentile £31.62 £29.16 £21.95
25th Percentile £52.50 £41.01 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.43
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +29.05% -25.49%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.75 £66.88
90th Percentile £81.15 £81.18 £74.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -89 106 £444 -16.18% 39
UK excluding London -84 54 £401 -19.90% 28
London -75 50 £550 +3.77% 12
Work from Home -53 40 £500 -6.28% 19
North of England -63 29 £401 -22.09% 12
North West -37 17 £401 -24.29% 7
South East -52 14 £375 -18.92% 10
Yorkshire -58 8 £363 -17.14% 1
Midlands -50 7 £555 +58.88% 1
North East -25 4 £438 -7.84% 4
West Midlands - 4 £459 - 1
Scotland -12 2 - -
South West -24 2 - - 2
East Midlands -24 2 - -
East of England -27 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 (10.24%) Confluence
2 8 (6.30%) Appian
3 5 (3.94%) Anypoint
4 3 (2.36%) Apache
4 3 (2.36%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.57%) IIS
5 2 (1.57%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.79%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.79%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (4.72%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.79%) Notion
2 1 (0.79%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (3.15%) SAP MDG
2 4 (3.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.57%) Shopify
4 1 (0.79%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 47 (37.01%) Azure
2 44 (34.65%) AWS
3 26 (20.47%) GitHub
4 20 (15.75%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (14.96%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (9.45%) Serverless
7 10 (7.87%) Apigee
7 10 (7.87%) GCP
8 9 (7.09%) Anthropic Claude
8 9 (7.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (7.09%) Kong
8 9 (7.09%) Power Automate
9 8 (6.30%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (6.30%) Azure AI
10 7 (5.51%) Boomi
11 6 (4.72%) Amazon EventBridge
11 6 (4.72%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (4.72%) Entra ID
12 5 (3.94%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (3.94%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.09%) HTTP
2 2 (1.57%) NaaS
2 2 (1.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (25.98%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (11.81%) SQL Server
3 13 (10.24%) NoSQL
3 13 (10.24%) Relational Database
4 12 (9.45%) MongoDB
5 8 (6.30%) Pinecone
6 6 (4.72%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (3.94%) DynamoDB
7 5 (3.94%) MySQL
8 4 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (3.15%) Redis
9 3 (2.36%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (2.36%) Metadata
10 2 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.57%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.57%) Flink
10 2 (1.57%) InfluxDB
10 2 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.57%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 37 (29.13%) Jenkins
2 27 (21.26%) Git
3 26 (20.47%) JUnit
3 26 (20.47%) Postman
4 24 (18.90%) GitLab
5 21 (16.54%) Gradle
5 21 (16.54%) JIRA
5 21 (16.54%) Mockito
6 18 (14.17%) Liquibase
7 11 (8.66%) JMeter
8 8 (6.30%) MLflow
9 6 (4.72%) Flyway
10 4 (3.15%) Gatling
10 4 (3.15%) SonarQube
11 3 (2.36%) Cucumber
11 3 (2.36%) git-flow
11 3 (2.36%) MSBuild
11 3 (2.36%) Robot Framework
11 3 (2.36%) SpecFlow
11 3 (2.36%) webpack
General
1 31 (24.41%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.90%) Finance
3 18 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.81%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.66%) Banking
6 7 (5.51%) Law
7 6 (4.72%) Billing
7 6 (4.72%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.15%) Publishing
9 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.57%) Back Office
10 2 (1.57%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.57%) Military
11 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (27.56%) Developer
2 17 (13.39%) Architect
3 15 (11.81%) Java Engineer
3 15 (11.81%) Software Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) Full-Stack Developer
4 11 (8.66%) Lead
4 11 (8.66%) Senior
5 9 (7.09%) Analyst
5 9 (7.09%) Business Analyst
5 9 (7.09%) Integration Architect
5 9 (7.09%) Python Developer
5 9 (7.09%) Tester
6 8 (6.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Automation Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Java Developer
6 8 (6.30%) Java Software Engineer
7 7 (5.51%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Payments Analyst
8 5 (3.94%) Payments Business Analyst
8 5 (3.94%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (75.59%) OpenAPI
2 67 (52.76%) REST
3 42 (33.07%) RESTful
4 37 (29.13%) Kafka
5 34 (26.77%) JSON
6 32 (25.20%) Spring
7 29 (22.83%) OAuth
7 29 (22.83%) Spring Boot
8 27 (21.26%) React
9 25 (19.69%) JWT
10 21 (16.54%) XML
11 18 (14.17%) OAuth2
12 16 (12.60%) Django
12 16 (12.60%) FastAPI
12 16 (12.60%) pytest
13 15 (11.81%) Flask
13 15 (11.81%) Pandas
14 14 (11.02%) NumPy
15 13 (10.24%) SOAP
16 12 (9.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.75%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.66%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (6.30%) Data Structures
3 8 (6.30%) Low-Code
3 8 (6.30%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.72%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.72%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.94%) Digital Wallet
5 5 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.57%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.79%) CMDB
9 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.79%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (67.72%) CI/CD
2 54 (42.52%) Agile
3 48 (37.80%) Test Automation
4 46 (36.22%) DevOps
5 44 (34.65%) Microservices
6 43 (33.86%) Containerisation
7 40 (31.50%) Validation
8 35 (27.56%) Observability
9 31 (24.41%) API Design
10 30 (23.62%) API Development
10 30 (23.62%) TDD
11 28 (22.05%) Event-Driven
12 27 (21.26%) Software Engineering
13 26 (20.47%) Full-Stack Development
14 23 (18.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (17.32%) Deployment Automation
15 22 (17.32%) Integration Patterns
16 21 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
17 19 (14.96%) Requirements Gathering
18 18 (14.17%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 56 (44.09%) Java
2 46 (36.22%) Python
3 45 (35.43%) SQL
4 31 (24.41%) TypeScript
5 16 (12.60%) C#
6 12 (9.45%) PowerShell
7 11 (8.66%) Bash
7 11 (8.66%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.15%) Apex Code
8 4 (3.15%) DataWeave
8 4 (3.15%) Groovy
9 2 (1.57%) C++
9 2 (1.57%) PromQL
9 2 (1.57%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.79%) Bicep
10 1 (0.79%) C
10 1 (0.79%) Go
10 1 (0.79%) Ruby
10 1 (0.79%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 37 (29.13%) Security Cleared
2 32 (25.20%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.24%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (10.24%) Degree
4 11 (8.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.36%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.66%) QA
2 10 (7.87%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.72%) Accessibility
4 5 (3.94%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.94%) PSD2
4 5 (3.94%) WCAG
5 3 (2.36%) ISO 8583
6 2 (1.57%) GDPR
7 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.79%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.79%) NCSC
7 1 (0.79%) NIST
7 1 (0.79%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.79%) SEPA
System Software
1 54 (42.52%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 49 (38.58%) Kubernetes
2 15 (11.81%) Grafana
2 15 (11.81%) Prometheus
3 14 (11.02%) Terraform
4 10 (7.87%) Ansible
5 6 (4.72%) Istio
6 3 (2.36%) Argo
6 3 (2.36%) Consul
6 3 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.57%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (1.57%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.79%) Kibana
Vendors
1 13 (10.24%) MuleSoft
2 12 (9.45%) Salesforce
3 8 (6.30%) Automation Anywhere
3 8 (6.30%) Dynatrace
3 8 (6.30%) OpenAI
3 8 (6.30%) UiPath
4 6 (4.72%) Oracle
5 5 (3.94%) SAP
5 5 (3.94%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.15%) Dell
7 3 (2.36%) Google
7 3 (2.36%) Microsoft
7 3 (2.36%) Splunk
7 3 (2.36%) Veracode
8 2 (1.57%) Amdocs
8 2 (1.57%) Ciena
8 2 (1.57%) Databricks
8 2 (1.57%) New Relic
8 2 (1.57%) Nokia
8 2 (1.57%) Solace