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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 79 87
Rank change year-on-year +22 +8 -2
Contract jobs citing REST 112 38 17
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.89% 2.46% 1.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.77% 8.80% 4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 30 14
10th Percentile £364 £357 £383
25th Percentile £406 £388 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £488 £549
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% -11.16% +7.70%
75th Percentile £521 £669 £580
90th Percentile £600 £703 £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 710 432 377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 24.64% 27.96% 25.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 277 275
10th Percentile £382 £362 £381
25th Percentile £433 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -7.82%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £592
90th Percentile £638 £675 £653
England median daily rate £535 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.00 - £13.87
Median hourly rate £34.50 - £16.19
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.54%
75th Percentile £50.94 - £63.75
90th Percentile £61.63 - -
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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +1 69 £475 +5.44% 15
West Yorkshire +6 41 £450 -18.18% 42
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 12 (10.71%) Confluence
2 3 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.89%) Apache
4 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.89%) CICS
4 1 (0.89%) CMS
4 1 (0.89%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.89%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.89%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.89%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.89%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.89%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.89%) Exstream
2 1 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 42 (37.50%) Azure
2 35 (31.25%) AWS
3 26 (23.21%) GCP
3 26 (23.21%) GitHub
4 15 (13.39%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 8 (7.14%) Serverless
6 6 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (5.36%) Slack
7 5 (4.46%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (3.57%) Cloud Run
8 4 (3.57%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.57%) LangSmith
9 3 (2.68%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (1.79%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.79%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.79%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.79%) HTTP
2 1 (0.89%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.89%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.96%) SQL Server
2 17 (15.18%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (7.14%) Power BI
4 6 (5.36%) Relational Database
5 5 (4.46%) Redis
6 4 (3.57%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.68%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.79%) MySQL
8 2 (1.79%) Neo4j
8 2 (1.79%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.79%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.79%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.89%) Apache Arrow
9 1 (0.89%) Apache Iceberg
9 1 (0.89%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.89%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.89%) Db2
9 1 (0.89%) Metadata
9 1 (0.89%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 25 (22.32%) JIRA
2 24 (21.43%) Jenkins
3 16 (14.29%) Git
4 9 (8.04%) GitLab
5 5 (4.46%) Postman
5 5 (4.46%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (3.57%) Bitbucket
6 4 (3.57%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.57%) Gatling
6 4 (3.57%) JUnit
6 4 (3.57%) Zephyr
7 3 (2.68%) JMeter
7 3 (2.68%) Mockito
7 3 (2.68%) Selenium
8 2 (1.79%) Flyway
8 2 (1.79%) git-flow
8 2 (1.79%) Gradle
8 2 (1.79%) Liquibase
8 2 (1.79%) Maven
8 2 (1.79%) NeoLoad
General
1 27 (24.11%) Finance
2 26 (23.21%) Social Skills
3 21 (18.75%) Banking
4 13 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.04%) Law
6 7 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.46%) Retail
8 3 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.79%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.79%) Military
10 1 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.89%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (32.14%) Developer
2 22 (19.64%) Senior
3 13 (11.61%) Lead
4 11 (9.82%) Architect
4 11 (9.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 10 (8.93%) Senior Developer
6 9 (8.04%) Java Developer
7 8 (7.14%) .NET Developer
7 8 (7.14%) IAM Developer
8 7 (6.25%) Java Engineer
8 7 (6.25%) Software Engineer
8 7 (6.25%) Technical Architect
9 5 (4.46%) Test Engineer
10 4 (3.57%) Backend Developer
10 4 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
10 4 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
10 4 (3.57%) Python Developer
10 4 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.57%) Test Automation Engineer
11 3 (2.68%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (21.43%) Kafka
2 23 (20.54%) Spring
3 20 (17.86%) Spring Boot
4 19 (16.96%) React
5 16 (14.29%) .NET
6 12 (10.71%) ASP.NET
6 12 (10.71%) JSON
7 10 (8.93%) .NET Core
7 10 (8.93%) RESTful
7 10 (8.93%) SailPoint
7 10 (8.93%) SOAP
8 9 (8.04%) HTML
8 9 (8.04%) Node.js
8 9 (8.04%) OpenID
9 8 (7.14%) OAuth
9 8 (7.14%) Web Services
10 7 (6.25%) AngularJS
10 7 (6.25%) LDAP
10 7 (6.25%) OAuth2
10 7 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 17 (15.18%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (12.50%) Product Ownership
4 11 (9.82%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (7.14%) AI Agents
6 6 (5.36%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (5.36%) Onboarding
7 5 (4.46%) Autonomous Agent
7 5 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.68%) Blog
8 3 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.68%) NHS
8 3 (2.68%) PKI
9 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.79%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.79%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (0.89%) Linux
2 1 (0.89%) Unix
2 1 (0.89%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.89%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (55.36%) CI/CD
2 47 (41.96%) DevOps
3 42 (37.50%) Agile
4 40 (35.71%) Microservices
5 34 (30.36%) Test Automation
6 33 (29.46%) Event-Driven
7 25 (22.32%) AI
8 24 (21.43%) Full-Stack Development
8 24 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (19.64%) Observability
10 21 (18.75%) Software Engineering
11 20 (17.86%) RBAC
12 19 (16.96%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 18 (16.07%) Validation
14 16 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (12.50%) Code Quality
15 14 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
15 14 (12.50%) LLM
15 14 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (45.54%) Java
2 35 (31.25%) SQL
3 32 (28.57%) Python
4 17 (15.18%) TypeScript
5 15 (13.39%) C#
6 14 (12.50%) JavaScript
7 13 (11.61%) PowerShell
8 8 (7.14%) Kotlin
9 3 (2.68%) ABAP
9 3 (2.68%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.79%) Cypher
10 2 (1.79%) PHP
10 2 (1.79%) PromQL
10 2 (1.79%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.79%) VBA
11 1 (0.89%) Bash
11 1 (0.89%) Bicep
11 1 (0.89%) COBOL
11 1 (0.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (3.57%) Degree
2 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (2.68%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.07%) QA
2 3 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.79%) ISO 20022
3 2 (1.79%) WCAG
4 1 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.89%) GRC
4 1 (0.89%) HL7
4 1 (0.89%) SEPA
System Software
1 25 (22.32%) Docker
2 11 (9.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (24.11%) Kubernetes
2 16 (14.29%) Ansible
3 6 (5.36%) Grafana
4 4 (3.57%) Kustomize
5 3 (2.68%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.79%) Consul
6 2 (1.79%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.89%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.89%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.89%) WMI
Vendors
1 24 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.50%) Google
3 11 (9.82%) ServiceNow
4 6 (5.36%) Centrify
4 6 (5.36%) CyberArk
5 4 (3.57%) SAP
6 3 (2.68%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.68%) Okta
6 3 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.68%) Sitecore
6 3 (2.68%) Splunk
7 2 (1.79%) Oracle
7 2 (1.79%) Solace
8 1 (0.89%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.89%) Databricks
8 1 (0.89%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.89%) IBM
8 1 (0.89%) OpenText
8 1 (0.89%) Workday