RESTful
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring RESTful skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 193 170
Rank change year-on-year -70 -23 -2
Permanent jobs citing RESTful 634 689 1,652
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.65% 1.75%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.29% 7.97% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 476 546 1,241
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £91,063 £85,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,692 8,649 20,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.00% 20.71% 21.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6,345 6,522 15,750
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,146
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,150 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +10.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend

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

RESTful job vacancy trend in the UK

RESTful
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RESTful.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RESTful

RESTful
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RESTful over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for RESTful in the UK

RESTful
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RESTful within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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
England -69 560 £70,000 +7.69% 249
London +5 299 £85,000 +13.33% 94
UK excluding London -106 279 £60,000 - 189
Work from Home -37 260 £70,000 +10.24% 164
North of England -57 106 £63,750 +8.51% 55
South East -88 56 £60,000 +20.00% 51
North West -41 51 £65,000 +8.33% 30
South West -57 44 £53,750 -21.56% 23
Yorkshire -39 37 £62,500 +17.10% 14
Scotland -42 31 £58,565 -16.34% 15
Midlands -67 25 £61,750 +2.92% 23
North East -19 18 £59,500 +19.00% 11
East Midlands -64 15 £63,500 +33.68% 7
Wales -26 12 £45,000 -30.77% 6
West Midlands -44 10 £60,000 -4.00% 16
East of England -64 6 £52,500 -34.38% 15
Northern Ireland -41 1 £62,500 +13.64% 4

RESTful
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (2.21%) Confluence
2 13 (2.05%) Apache
3 12 (1.89%) Appian
3 12 (1.89%) CMS
4 9 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.95%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.79%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.79%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.47%) WordPress
8 2 (0.32%) CICS
8 2 (0.32%) ColdFusion
8 2 (0.32%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) Mule
8 2 (0.32%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.16%) SAS
9 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (1.10%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.47%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.16%) Sketch
4 1 (0.16%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (2.52%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.95%) Shopify
3 5 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.32%) Magento
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 298 (47.00%) Azure
2 235 (37.07%) AWS
3 96 (15.14%) Serverless
4 94 (14.83%) Azure DevOps
5 85 (13.41%) GCP
6 76 (11.99%) GitHub
7 71 (11.20%) AWS Lambda
8 63 (9.94%) Amazon S3
9 53 (8.36%) SaaS
10 50 (7.89%) Amazon SQS
11 42 (6.62%) GitHub Actions
12 38 (5.99%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (4.73%) Power Platform
14 28 (4.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 26 (4.10%) Azure Service Bus
16 25 (3.94%) Azure Data Factory
16 25 (3.94%) Entra ID
17 24 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
18 23 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
19 21 (3.31%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.10%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.95%) BGP
2 6 (0.95%) HTTP
2 6 (0.95%) VLAN
2 6 (0.95%) VPN
3 4 (0.63%) Intranet
4 2 (0.32%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.32%) Network Security
5 1 (0.16%) AMQP
5 1 (0.16%) DNS
5 1 (0.16%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (19.09%) NoSQL
2 91 (14.35%) PostgreSQL
3 80 (12.62%) SQL Server
4 56 (8.83%) MongoDB
5 55 (8.68%) MySQL
6 44 (6.94%) DynamoDB
7 32 (5.05%) Amazon RDS
8 23 (3.63%) Relational Database
9 21 (3.31%) Power BI
10 20 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (3.15%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (2.37%) BigQuery
12 14 (2.21%) Redis
13 12 (1.89%) DB2
13 12 (1.89%) Pinecone
14 8 (1.26%) Tableau
15 5 (0.79%) Big Data
15 5 (0.79%) NonStop SQL
16 4 (0.63%) MariaDB
17 3 (0.47%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 142 (22.40%) Git
2 64 (10.09%) Jenkins
3 46 (7.26%) JIRA
4 28 (4.42%) GitLab
5 20 (3.15%) Bitbucket
5 20 (3.15%) Postman
6 16 (2.52%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (2.21%) JUnit
7 14 (2.21%) Selenium
8 13 (2.05%) CircleCI
8 13 (2.05%) MLflow
9 12 (1.89%) Gradle
9 12 (1.89%) TeamCity
10 11 (1.74%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.42%) Mockito
12 8 (1.26%) Maven
13 7 (1.10%) Cypress.io
13 7 (1.10%) NUnit
14 6 (0.95%) Storybook
14 6 (0.95%) Vite
General
1 209 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 163 (25.71%) Finance
3 52 (8.20%) Law
4 46 (7.26%) Banking
5 45 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 26 (4.10%) Retail
7 25 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (3.79%) Telecoms
9 23 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.68%) Back Office
11 15 (2.37%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.37%) Health Technology
11 15 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.21%) Publishing
12 14 (2.21%) Tech for Good
13 13 (2.05%) Advertising
14 10 (1.58%) Marketing
15 8 (1.26%) Legal
16 5 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 365 (57.57%) Developer
2 154 (24.29%) Senior
3 95 (14.98%) Software Developer
4 79 (12.46%) Software Engineer
5 68 (10.73%) Lead
5 68 (10.73%) Senior Developer
6 62 (9.78%) .NET Developer
7 57 (8.99%) Full-Stack Developer
8 52 (8.20%) Lead Developer
9 40 (6.31%) React Developer
10 38 (5.99%) Java Developer
11 35 (5.52%) Senior Software Engineer
12 30 (4.73%) Backend Developer
13 29 (4.57%) Python Developer
14 28 (4.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 25 (3.94%) AWS Developer
15 25 (3.94%) iOS Developer
15 25 (3.94%) Java Engineer
16 24 (3.79%) Architect
17 23 (3.63%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (27.44%) React
2 135 (21.29%) .NET
3 102 (16.09%) CSS
4 97 (15.30%) HTML
5 89 (14.04%) Node.js
6 75 (11.83%) Kafka
7 73 (11.51%) REST
8 66 (10.41%) AngularJS
9 63 (9.94%) .NET Core
10 62 (9.78%) Spring
11 61 (9.62%) Vue
12 55 (8.68%) Spring Boot
13 54 (8.52%) ASP.NET
13 54 (8.52%) Django
13 54 (8.52%) OAuth
14 49 (7.73%) Web Services
15 48 (7.57%) Swagger
16 47 (7.41%) JSON
16 47 (7.41%) OpenAPI
17 44 (6.94%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 129 (20.35%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.26%) Mobile App
3 44 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
4 40 (6.31%) Product Ownership
5 38 (5.99%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (5.68%) Data Structures
6 36 (5.68%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (5.05%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (3.47%) Low-Code
9 16 (2.52%) Distributed Architecture
10 15 (2.37%) AI Agents
10 15 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (2.21%) Algorithms
12 13 (2.05%) Blockchain
12 13 (2.05%) Web3
13 7 (1.10%) Blog
13 7 (1.10%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.79%) Legacy Code
14 5 (0.79%) Onboarding
15 4 (0.63%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 56 (8.83%) Android
2 43 (6.78%) Apple iOS
3 17 (2.68%) Linux
4 5 (0.79%) Unix
5 3 (0.47%) Windows
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (53.63%) CI/CD
2 282 (44.48%) Microservices
3 271 (42.74%) Agile
4 244 (38.49%) DevOps
5 173 (27.29%) Software Engineering
6 157 (24.76%) Full-Stack Development
7 152 (23.97%) Containerisation
8 149 (23.50%) Test Automation
9 138 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
10 133 (20.98%) AI
11 111 (17.51%) Scrum
12 106 (16.72%) Computer Science
13 102 (16.09%) Mentoring
14 99 (15.62%) Clean Code
15 94 (14.83%) Event-Driven
16 93 (14.67%) API Integration
16 93 (14.67%) Infrastructure as Code
17 88 (13.88%) User Experience
18 87 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
19 84 (13.25%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 213 (33.60%) SQL
2 198 (31.23%) Python
3 157 (24.76%) Java
4 138 (21.77%) JavaScript
5 121 (19.09%) TypeScript
6 110 (17.35%) C#
7 52 (8.20%) Go
8 44 (6.94%) C++
9 33 (5.21%) Kotlin
10 29 (4.57%) Swift
11 28 (4.42%) PHP
12 24 (3.79%) PL/SQL
13 22 (3.47%) C
14 21 (3.31%) Shell Script
15 16 (2.52%) Bicep
16 7 (1.10%) PowerShell
17 6 (0.95%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
19 3 (0.47%) RPG
20 2 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (14.04%) Degree
2 75 (11.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (5.99%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.15%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.52%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.37%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.89%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (0.79%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.63%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.32%) CISSP
11 2 (0.32%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.16%) OCA
12 1 (0.16%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.62%) QA
2 33 (5.21%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.79%) GDPR
4 19 (3.00%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.42%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.95%) SOC 2
6 6 (0.95%) WCAG
7 4 (0.63%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.47%) PERC
9 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.16%) HL7
9 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.16%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 164 (25.87%) Docker
2 20 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 136 (21.45%) Kubernetes
2 92 (14.51%) Terraform
3 21 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (2.68%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.74%) Ansible
6 4 (0.63%) Grafana
6 4 (0.63%) Kibana
6 4 (0.63%) Rancher
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.32%) MIIS
8 1 (0.16%) logstash
8 1 (0.16%) Nagios
8 1 (0.16%) Plesk
8 1 (0.16%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 77 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.73%) Oracle
3 26 (4.10%) Google
4 15 (2.37%) OpenAI
5 12 (1.89%) Automation Anywhere
5 12 (1.89%) UiPath
6 10 (1.58%) Ab Initio
6 10 (1.58%) SAP
7 9 (1.42%) Apple
7 9 (1.42%) IBM
7 9 (1.42%) Okta
8 7 (1.10%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.95%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.79%) Adobe
10 5 (0.79%) Ericsson
10 5 (0.79%) Foundry
10 5 (0.79%) Mavenir
10 5 (0.79%) Nokia
10 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.63%) Informatica