REST Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Representational State Transfer (REST)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring REST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 79 84
Rank change year-on-year +27 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing REST 116 39 17
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.98% 2.48% 1.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.16% 8.80% 4.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 31 14
10th Percentile £372 £358 £383
25th Percentile £406 £392 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £549
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% -8.97% +6.14%
75th Percentile £525 £700 £580
90th Percentile £622 £725 £650
England median daily rate £525 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -8.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Yorkshire

REST 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 in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 718 443 375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 24.61% 28.16% 25.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 284 273
10th Percentile £388 £363 £381
25th Percentile £438 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -7.82%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £590
90th Percentile £638 £675 £654
England median daily rate £535 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.00 - £13.87
Median hourly rate £24.00 - £16.19
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.54%
75th Percentile £35.00 - £63.75
90th Percentile £41.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing REST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

REST job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

REST
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing REST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing REST

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for REST in Yorkshire

REST
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing REST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing REST

REST
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
South Yorkshire +2 71 £475 +5.56% 18
West Yorkshire +8 43 £450 -18.18% 43
North Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
REST
England

REST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (11.21%) Confluence
2 3 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.86%) Apache
4 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.86%) CICS
4 1 (0.86%) CMS
4 1 (0.86%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.86%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.86%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.86%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.86%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.72%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.86%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.72%) Workfront
3 1 (0.86%) Exstream
3 1 (0.86%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 43 (37.07%) Azure
2 36 (31.03%) AWS
3 27 (23.28%) GitHub
4 26 (22.41%) GCP
5 16 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.90%) Power Platform
6 8 (6.90%) Serverless
7 6 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (5.17%) Slack
8 5 (4.31%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.45%) Cloud Run
9 4 (3.45%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.45%) LangSmith
10 3 (2.59%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (1.72%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.72%) Lucidchart
11 2 (1.72%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.72%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.72%) HTTP
2 1 (0.86%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.38%) SQL Server
2 18 (15.52%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (6.90%) Power BI
4 6 (5.17%) Relational Database
5 5 (4.31%) Redis
6 4 (3.45%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.59%) Neo4j
7 3 (2.59%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.72%) MySQL
8 2 (1.72%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.72%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.72%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.86%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.86%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.86%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.86%) Db2
9 1 (0.86%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.86%) Metadata
9 1 (0.86%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 26 (22.41%) JIRA
2 25 (21.55%) Jenkins
3 16 (13.79%) Git
4 9 (7.76%) GitLab
5 5 (4.31%) Cucumber
5 5 (4.31%) JUnit
5 5 (4.31%) Postman
5 5 (4.31%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (3.45%) Bitbucket
6 4 (3.45%) Gatling
6 4 (3.45%) Mockito
6 4 (3.45%) Zephyr
7 3 (2.59%) JMeter
7 3 (2.59%) Maven
7 3 (2.59%) Selenium
8 2 (1.72%) Flyway
8 2 (1.72%) git-flow
8 2 (1.72%) Gradle
8 2 (1.72%) Liquibase
8 2 (1.72%) NeoLoad
General
1 27 (23.28%) Finance
1 27 (23.28%) Social Skills
2 21 (18.10%) Banking
3 14 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.76%) Law
5 7 (6.03%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.31%) Retail
7 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.72%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.72%) Marketing
8 2 (1.72%) Military
9 1 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.86%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (31.90%) Developer
2 22 (18.97%) Senior
3 13 (11.21%) Architect
3 13 (11.21%) Lead
4 11 (9.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 10 (8.62%) Java Developer
5 10 (8.62%) Senior Developer
6 8 (6.90%) .NET Developer
6 8 (6.90%) IAM Developer
7 7 (6.03%) Java Engineer
7 7 (6.03%) Software Engineer
7 7 (6.03%) Technical Architect
8 5 (4.31%) Test Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Backend Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Integration Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Python Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.45%) Test Automation Engineer
10 3 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (20.69%) Kafka
2 23 (19.83%) Spring
3 20 (17.24%) Spring Boot
4 19 (16.38%) React
5 16 (13.79%) .NET
6 13 (11.21%) JSON
7 12 (10.34%) ASP.NET
8 11 (9.48%) RESTful
9 10 (8.62%) .NET Core
9 10 (8.62%) HTML
9 10 (8.62%) SailPoint
9 10 (8.62%) SOAP
10 9 (7.76%) Node.js
10 9 (7.76%) OpenID
11 8 (6.90%) AngularJS
11 8 (6.90%) OAuth
11 8 (6.90%) Web Services
12 7 (6.03%) LDAP
12 7 (6.03%) OAuth2
12 7 (6.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.10%) Cloud Native
2 17 (14.66%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (12.07%) Product Ownership
4 12 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (6.90%) AI Agents
6 6 (5.17%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (5.17%) Onboarding
7 5 (4.31%) Autonomous Agent
7 5 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.59%) Blog
8 3 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.59%) NHS
8 3 (2.59%) PKI
9 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (1.72%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.72%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.86%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.76%) Windows
2 1 (0.86%) Linux
2 1 (0.86%) Unix
2 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.86%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (55.17%) CI/CD
2 48 (41.38%) DevOps
3 43 (37.07%) Agile
4 41 (35.34%) Microservices
5 35 (30.17%) Test Automation
6 33 (28.45%) Event-Driven
7 28 (24.14%) AI
8 24 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
8 24 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (18.97%) Observability
10 21 (18.10%) Software Engineering
11 20 (17.24%) RBAC
12 19 (16.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 18 (15.52%) Validation
14 16 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (12.07%) API Integration
15 14 (12.07%) Code Quality
15 14 (12.07%) Integration Patterns
15 14 (12.07%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 52 (44.83%) Java
2 35 (30.17%) SQL
3 33 (28.45%) Python
4 17 (14.66%) TypeScript
5 15 (12.93%) C#
5 15 (12.93%) JavaScript
6 14 (12.07%) PowerShell
7 8 (6.90%) Kotlin
8 3 (2.59%) ABAP
8 3 (2.59%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.72%) Bash
9 2 (1.72%) Cypher
9 2 (1.72%) PHP
9 2 (1.72%) PromQL
9 2 (1.72%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.72%) VBA
10 1 (0.86%) Bicep
10 1 (0.86%) COBOL
10 1 (0.86%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (5.17%) Degree
2 5 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.59%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.59%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.59%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.72%) MBA
4 2 (1.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.52%) QA
2 3 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.72%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.72%) ISO 20022
3 2 (1.72%) WCAG
4 1 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.86%) GRC
4 1 (0.86%) HL7
4 1 (0.86%) SEPA
System Software
1 25 (21.55%) Docker
2 11 (9.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (23.28%) Kubernetes
2 17 (14.66%) Ansible
3 6 (5.17%) Grafana
4 4 (3.45%) Kustomize
5 3 (2.59%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.72%) Consul
6 2 (1.72%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.86%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.86%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.86%) WMI
Vendors
1 27 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.07%) Google
3 11 (9.48%) ServiceNow
4 6 (5.17%) Centrify
4 6 (5.17%) CyberArk
5 5 (4.31%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.45%) Oracle
6 4 (3.45%) SAP
7 3 (2.59%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.59%) Okta
7 3 (2.59%) Sitecore
7 3 (2.59%) Splunk
8 2 (1.72%) Adobe
8 2 (1.72%) Solace
9 1 (0.86%) Citrix
9 1 (0.86%) Databricks
9 1 (0.86%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.86%) IBM
9 1 (0.86%) OpenText
9 1 (0.86%) Workday