RESTful Job Trends in the UK excluding London

RESTful
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring RESTful skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 198 156
Rank change year-on-year -80 -42 +20
Permanent jobs citing RESTful 284 415 1,133
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.54% 1.48% 1.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.31% 7.49% 9.21%
Number of salaries quoted 203 296 877
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,839
25th Percentile £48,289 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,125 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +2.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £93,778 £77,586
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

RESTful falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,502 5,540 12,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.49% 19.79% 21.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,451 3,800 9,607
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,340 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RESTful relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

RESTful job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

RESTful
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RESTful.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RESTful

RESTful
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing RESTful in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for RESTful in the UK excluding London

RESTful
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RESTful within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -43 107 £62,500 +8.70% 77
North West -26 57 £65,000 +13.04% 34
South East -69 53 £60,000 +20.00% 48
Scotland -8 47 £62,500 -3.85% 7
South West -43 41 £55,000 -16.98% 21
Yorkshire -28 35 £62,500 +26.26% 25
Midlands -61 21 £63,500 -2.31% 32
North East -13 15 £59,000 +18.00% 19
East Midlands -40 14 £61,750 +2.92% 10
Wales -17 9 £45,000 -30.77% 7
West Midlands -28 7 £67,500 +3.85% 22
East of England -20 5 £52,500 -17.65% 17
Northern Ireland -29 1 £62,500 -
RESTful
UK

RESTful
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (2.46%) CMS
3 5 (1.76%) Apache
4 3 (1.06%) ColdFusion
5 2 (0.70%) CICS
6 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.35%) Confluence
6 1 (0.35%) IIS
6 1 (0.35%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.35%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Siemens NX
1 1 (0.35%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 25 (8.80%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.70%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.35%) Shopify
3 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 165 (58.10%) Azure
2 111 (39.08%) AWS
3 78 (27.46%) Azure DevOps
4 66 (23.24%) GitHub
5 36 (12.68%) GCP
5 36 (12.68%) GitHub Actions
6 34 (11.97%) Serverless
7 27 (9.51%) AWS Lambda
8 26 (9.15%) Amazon S3
9 25 (8.80%) OCI
10 20 (7.04%) Entra ID
11 19 (6.69%) Power Platform
12 17 (5.99%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (5.99%) Azure AKS
13 16 (5.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (5.63%) Azure Service Bus
14 15 (5.28%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (5.28%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (4.93%) Amazon SQS
15 14 (4.93%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.41%) HTTP
2 2 (0.70%) Intranet
3 1 (0.35%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (22.89%) NoSQL
2 49 (17.25%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (13.38%) SQL Server
4 37 (13.03%) MongoDB
5 31 (10.92%) MySQL
6 27 (9.51%) DynamoDB
7 17 (5.99%) Power BI
8 13 (4.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.87%) Tableau
10 9 (3.17%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.41%) Oracle Database
13 3 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.06%) Redis
14 2 (0.70%) DB2
14 2 (0.70%) Hazelcast
15 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
15 1 (0.35%) InfluxDB
15 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
15 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 74 (26.06%) Git
2 42 (14.79%) Jenkins
3 25 (8.80%) Oracle Forms
4 22 (7.75%) JIRA
5 11 (3.87%) GitLab
6 10 (3.52%) JUnit
7 7 (2.46%) Cypress.io
7 7 (2.46%) Xcode
8 5 (1.76%) Mockito
9 4 (1.41%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.41%) Gradle
9 4 (1.41%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.41%) NUnit
10 3 (1.06%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.06%) Maven
10 3 (1.06%) Selenium
10 3 (1.06%) Storybook
10 3 (1.06%) XCUITest
11 2 (0.70%) fastlane
11 2 (0.70%) REST Assured
General
1 68 (23.94%) Finance
2 62 (21.83%) Social Skills
3 20 (7.04%) Public Sector
4 10 (3.52%) Games
5 8 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.46%) Retail
7 6 (2.11%) Marketing
8 5 (1.76%) Law
9 4 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.06%) Advertising
10 3 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.70%) Electronics
11 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.35%) Automotive
12 1 (0.35%) Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 151 (53.17%) Developer
2 74 (26.06%) Senior
3 55 (19.37%) Software Engineer
4 39 (13.73%) .NET Developer
5 31 (10.92%) Senior Developer
6 29 (10.21%) Software Developer
7 28 (9.86%) Cloud Engineer
8 25 (8.80%) Applications Engineer
8 25 (8.80%) Full-Stack Developer
9 23 (8.10%) iOS Developer
9 23 (8.10%) Senior Software Engineer
10 22 (7.75%) Lead
11 14 (4.93%) Java Developer
11 14 (4.93%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 13 (4.58%) Java Engineer
13 12 (4.23%) Java Software Engineer
14 11 (3.87%) Integration Engineer
14 11 (3.87%) Senior Software Developer
15 10 (3.52%) .NET Software Engineer
16 8 (2.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (31.69%) React
2 87 (30.63%) .NET
3 57 (20.07%) CSS
4 53 (18.66%) HTML
5 47 (16.55%) ASP.NET
6 46 (16.20%) .NET Core
7 39 (13.73%) ASP.NET Core
8 35 (12.32%) AngularJS
9 34 (11.97%) OAuth
10 33 (11.62%) JSON
10 33 (11.62%) OAuth2
11 29 (10.21%) Vue
12 25 (8.80%) Blazor
12 25 (8.80%) SwiftUI
13 24 (8.45%) Node.js
14 22 (7.75%) .NET Framework
14 22 (7.75%) HTML5
15 21 (7.39%) SOAP
15 21 (7.39%) Spring
16 19 (6.69%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 76 (26.76%) Cloud Native
2 40 (14.08%) Mobile App
3 34 (11.97%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (5.28%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (5.28%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.11%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.41%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.41%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.41%) Social Network
8 2 (0.70%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.70%) IoT
8 2 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.70%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.70%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.27%) Apple iOS
2 31 (10.92%) Android
3 9 (3.17%) Linux
4 4 (1.41%) Windows
5 2 (0.70%) Unix
5 2 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (63.38%) CI/CD
2 161 (56.69%) Agile
3 153 (53.87%) DevOps
4 106 (37.32%) Microservices
5 83 (29.23%) Software Engineering
5 83 (29.23%) Test Automation
6 73 (25.70%) Full-Stack Development
7 65 (22.89%) Containerisation
8 57 (20.07%) Coaching
8 57 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (19.72%) API Integration
9 56 (19.72%) Mentoring
10 49 (17.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 47 (16.55%) Scrum
12 45 (15.85%) AI
13 40 (14.08%) Observability
13 40 (14.08%) Root Cause Analysis
14 39 (13.73%) Clean Code
15 38 (13.38%) Asset Management
16 37 (13.03%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 116 (40.85%) SQL
2 92 (32.39%) Java
3 75 (26.41%) JavaScript
4 71 (25.00%) C#
5 60 (21.13%) TypeScript
6 47 (16.55%) Python
7 33 (11.62%) PL/SQL
8 31 (10.92%) Swift
9 26 (9.15%) Shell Script
10 21 (7.39%) Kotlin
11 17 (5.99%) Bicep
12 16 (5.63%) PHP
13 8 (2.82%) Go
14 6 (2.11%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.70%) Groovy
15 2 (0.70%) VB
16 1 (0.35%) Bash
16 1 (0.35%) C
16 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (4.58%) AWS Certification
1 13 (4.58%) Degree
2 11 (3.87%) AWS Certified Developer
2 11 (3.87%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.11%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.06%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.70%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 2 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.35%) OCA
7 1 (0.35%) OCP
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.34%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.28%) GDPR
2 15 (5.28%) QA
3 5 (1.76%) WCAG
4 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (21.13%) Docker
2 19 (6.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) Squid
Systems Management
1 71 (25.00%) Terraform
2 45 (15.85%) Kubernetes
3 28 (9.86%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.76%) Ansible
5 3 (1.06%) Kibana
5 3 (1.06%) Rancher
6 1 (0.35%) Grafana
6 1 (0.35%) MIIS
6 1 (0.35%) Nagios
6 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.32%) Oracle
3 15 (5.28%) Okta
4 13 (4.58%) Ab Initio
5 7 (2.46%) Xamarin
6 6 (2.11%) Google
7 5 (1.76%) Apple
7 5 (1.76%) SAP
8 4 (1.41%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.06%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.06%) Pega
10 2 (0.70%) DevExpress
10 2 (0.70%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.70%) ForgeRock
10 2 (0.70%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.70%) Zend
11 1 (0.35%) IFS
11 1 (0.35%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.35%) SnapLogic
11 1 (0.35%) Veracode