RAML Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring RAML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RAML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 342 466
Rank change year-on-year +45 +124 +133
Contract jobs citing RAML 7 3 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.020% 0.043%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.27% 0.082% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 10
10th Percentile £399 £489 £382
25th Percentile £451 £489 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -21.68% +19.05%
75th Percentile £496 £490 £722
90th Percentile £550 £490 £725
UK median daily rate £459 £500 £613
% change year-on-year -8.25% -18.37% +16.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

RAML 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 with remote or hybrid options 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 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

RAML
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing RAML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

RAML trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing RAML.

RAML daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

RAML
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing RAML over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

RAML daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

RAML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) Anypoint
2 2 (28.57%) Mule
3 1 (14.29%) Confluence
3 1 (14.29%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
1 5 (71.43%) MuleSoft Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) JSON
2 2 (28.57%) OpenAPI
2 2 (28.57%) REST
2 2 (28.57%) SOAP
2 2 (28.57%) Swagger
2 2 (28.57%) XML
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) API Management
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) API Development
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (14.29%) Microservices
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) DataWeave
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) OCP
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) MuleSoft
2 2 (28.57%) Salesforce
3 1 (14.29%) OpenAI