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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 88 87
Rank change year-on-year +35 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing REST 108 27 17
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.78% 1.77% 1.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.96% 7.09% 4.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 20 12
10th Percentile £378 £343 £378
25th Percentile £408 £360 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £390 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -29.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £520 £500 £598
90th Percentile £600 £528 £650
England median daily rate £520 £492 £525
% change year-on-year +5.69% -6.29% -4.63%

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 722 381 387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 25.28% 24.93% 25.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 246 275
10th Percentile £385 £358 £381
25th Percentile £426 £400 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £587 £550 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £23.00 - -
25th Percentile £39.50 £84.83 £13.87
Median hourly rate £67.50 £91.69 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year -26.38% +466.34% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £98.56 £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £67.47 £54.79 £61.80
% change year-on-year +23.15% -11.35% -4.92%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 +18 66 £493 +28.26% 9
West Yorkshire +11 39 £454 -9.20% 8
North Yorkshire - 2 £413 - 1
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 14 (12.96%) Confluence
2 6 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.78%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.93%) Apache
5 1 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.93%) CICS
5 1 (0.93%) CMS
5 1 (0.93%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.93%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.93%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.93%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 3 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.93%) Exstream
2 1 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 41 (37.96%) Azure
2 33 (30.56%) AWS
3 30 (27.78%) GitHub
4 24 (22.22%) GCP
5 13 (12.04%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (9.26%) Serverless
7 9 (8.33%) Power Platform
8 8 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (6.48%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (6.48%) Entra ID
10 6 (5.56%) Slack
11 5 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (3.70%) Cloud Run
13 3 (2.78%) Azure App Service
13 3 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (2.78%) Figma
13 3 (2.78%) PaaS
13 3 (2.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.85%) HTTP
2 1 (0.93%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.74%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (14.81%) SQL Server
3 8 (7.41%) Power BI
4 6 (5.56%) Relational Database
5 4 (3.70%) Redis
6 3 (2.78%) SAP HANA
7 2 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.85%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.85%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.85%) MySQL
7 2 (1.85%) Neo4j
7 2 (1.85%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.93%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.93%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.93%) Db2
8 1 (0.93%) Metadata
8 1 (0.93%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (25.93%) JIRA
2 27 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 18 (16.67%) Git
4 9 (8.33%) GitLab
5 5 (4.63%) Postman
5 5 (4.63%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (3.70%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.70%) Gatling
6 4 (3.70%) JUnit
6 4 (3.70%) Selenium
6 4 (3.70%) Zephyr
7 3 (2.78%) Bitbucket
7 3 (2.78%) JMeter
7 3 (2.78%) Mockito
8 2 (1.85%) Flyway
8 2 (1.85%) git-flow
8 2 (1.85%) Gradle
8 2 (1.85%) Liquibase
8 2 (1.85%) NeoLoad
8 2 (1.85%) REST Assured
General
1 25 (23.15%) Finance
2 24 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 21 (19.44%) Banking
4 14 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.48%) Law
5 7 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.78%) Retail
7 2 (1.85%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.85%) Military
8 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Private Banking
8 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (35.19%) Developer
2 20 (18.52%) Senior
3 11 (10.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 10 (9.26%) .NET Developer
4 10 (9.26%) Lead
5 9 (8.33%) Architect
6 8 (7.41%) IAM Developer
6 8 (7.41%) Java Developer
6 8 (7.41%) Senior Developer
7 7 (6.48%) Software Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Java Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Technical Architect
8 5 (4.63%) Test Engineer
9 4 (3.70%) Administrator
9 4 (3.70%) Backend Developer
9 4 (3.70%) Python Developer
9 4 (3.70%) React Developer
9 4 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.70%) Test Automation Engineer
10 3 (2.78%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (19.44%) Kafka
2 18 (16.67%) .NET
2 18 (16.67%) React
2 18 (16.67%) Spring
3 15 (13.89%) Spring Boot
4 13 (12.04%) SOAP
5 12 (11.11%) Web Services
6 10 (9.26%) ASP.NET
6 10 (9.26%) HTML
6 10 (9.26%) Node.js
6 10 (9.26%) SailPoint
7 8 (7.41%) .NET Core
7 8 (7.41%) JSON
8 7 (6.48%) AngularJS
8 7 (6.48%) LDAP
8 7 (6.48%) OpenID
8 7 (6.48%) Playwright
8 7 (6.48%) RESTful
9 6 (5.56%) .NET Framework
9 6 (5.56%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.81%) Cloud Native
2 13 (12.04%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (12.04%) Product Ownership
3 9 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (6.48%) AI Agents
4 7 (6.48%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (4.63%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.70%) Autonomous Agent
6 4 (3.70%) NHS
6 4 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.78%) Blog
7 3 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.85%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.93%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Unix
2 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.93%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (49.07%) CI/CD
2 41 (37.96%) Agile
3 38 (35.19%) DevOps
4 33 (30.56%) Microservices
5 29 (26.85%) Test Automation
6 28 (25.93%) Event-Driven
7 23 (21.30%) Full-Stack Development
8 20 (18.52%) AI
9 19 (17.59%) Observability
9 19 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (16.67%) RBAC
11 17 (15.74%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 17 (15.74%) Software Engineering
12 15 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
12 15 (13.89%) Validation
13 12 (11.11%) API Development
13 12 (11.11%) Data Protection
13 12 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
13 12 (11.11%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 46 (42.59%) Java
2 34 (31.48%) SQL
3 30 (27.78%) Python
4 17 (15.74%) C#
5 14 (12.96%) JavaScript
5 14 (12.96%) TypeScript
6 12 (11.11%) PowerShell
7 7 (6.48%) Kotlin
8 3 (2.78%) ABAP
8 3 (2.78%) Bash
8 3 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.85%) Cypher
9 2 (1.85%) PromQL
9 2 (1.85%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.85%) VBA
10 1 (0.93%) COBOL
10 1 (0.93%) Scala
10 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.93%) X++
Qualifications
1 8 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.70%) Degree
4 3 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.96%) QA
2 5 (4.63%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.70%) WCAG
4 3 (2.78%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.85%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.93%) GRC
6 1 (0.93%) HL7
6 1 (0.93%) SEPA
System Software
1 26 (24.07%) Docker
2 11 (10.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (23.15%) Kubernetes
2 19 (17.59%) Ansible
3 6 (5.56%) Grafana
4 3 (2.78%) Kustomize
4 3 (2.78%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.85%) Consul
5 2 (1.85%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.85%) Puppet
5 2 (1.85%) Zipkin
6 1 (0.93%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.93%) OMEGAMON
6 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.93%) WMI
Vendors
1 26 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.04%) Google
3 11 (10.19%) ServiceNow
4 6 (5.56%) Centrify
4 6 (5.56%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.78%) IBM
5 3 (2.78%) Okta
5 3 (2.78%) Oracle
5 3 (2.78%) SAP
5 3 (2.78%) Sitecore
5 3 (2.78%) Splunk
6 2 (1.85%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.85%) Solace
6 2 (1.85%) Veritas
7 1 (0.93%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.93%) Databricks
7 1 (0.93%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.93%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.93%) Workday