REST Contracts in England

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for REST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited REST over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 113 87
Rank change year-on-year -11 -26 -13
Contract jobs citing REST 684 1,095 2,075
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.88% 2.27% 2.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.14% 9.89% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 805 1,469
10th Percentile £375 £425 £413
25th Percentile £438 £489 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +12.75%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £759 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £523 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.88% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 32
10th Percentile £26.58 £44.00 £46.19
25th Percentile £58.75 £51.94 £49.75
Median hourly rate £74.44 £57.50 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year +29.46% -9.59% +27.20%
75th Percentile £83.13 £77.88 £75.51
90th Percentile £85.00 £90.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £74.44 £56.25 £63.60
% change year-on-year +32.34% -11.56% +41.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

REST is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,485 11,072 18,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.57% 22.98% 26.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,308 8,225 14,183
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £568
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -1.32% +13.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 132 215
10th Percentile £22.50 £26.18 £23.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for REST in England

REST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing REST in England.

Daily rate trend for REST in England

REST
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for REST in England

REST
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing REST in England.

Hourly rate trend for REST in England

REST
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing REST in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for REST in England

REST
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
London +8 412 £525 -8.70% 120
South East -25 87 £563 +2.27% 43
North of England -14 68 £525 -4.55% 62
South West +8 57 £529 -3.82% 22
North West -11 51 £525 -4.55% 34
Midlands +3 18 £488 -9.72% 18
Yorkshire +5 17 £460 -12.38% 23
East of England -2 17 £450 -10.00% 25
West Midlands +7 12 £475 -20.83% 9
East Midlands +8 6 £577 +6.85% 9
North East +11 4 £480 -21.63% 6
REST
UK

REST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (4.97%) Apache
2 32 (4.68%) Confluence
3 17 (2.49%) SharePoint
4 15 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.61%) CMS
6 10 (1.46%) Anypoint
7 9 (1.32%) Mule
8 8 (1.17%) Site Server
9 5 (0.73%) IIS
9 5 (0.73%) Mule ESB
9 5 (0.73%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.58%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.44%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.44%) nginx
12 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
12 2 (0.29%) JBoss
12 2 (0.29%) MQSeries
12 2 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (0.73%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.44%) Maximo
4 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.44%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 183 (26.75%) Azure
2 173 (25.29%) AWS
3 63 (9.21%) GitHub
4 55 (8.04%) GCP
5 52 (7.60%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (6.29%) Serverless
7 30 (4.39%) SaaS
8 27 (3.95%) Amazon S3
8 27 (3.95%) Power Platform
9 24 (3.51%) OpenShift
10 23 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (3.22%) npm
11 22 (3.22%) Power Automate
12 21 (3.07%) IaaS
13 20 (2.92%) PowerApps
14 19 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (2.78%) Entra ID
14 19 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (2.78%) PaaS
15 18 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.82%) HTTP
2 14 (2.05%) BGP
3 11 (1.61%) Ethernet VPN
3 11 (1.61%) MPLS
3 11 (1.61%) VPN
4 10 (1.46%) Radio Access Network
5 8 (1.17%) SSH
6 6 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.73%) SAN
8 4 (0.58%) Firewall
9 3 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.44%) DNS
9 3 (0.44%) Internet
9 3 (0.44%) IOS XR
9 3 (0.44%) VoIP
10 2 (0.29%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.29%) SMS
11 1 (0.15%) AMQP
11 1 (0.15%) NAS
11 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (14.18%) PostgreSQL
2 71 (10.38%) NoSQL
3 56 (8.19%) SQL Server
4 49 (7.16%) Relational Database
5 23 (3.36%) MySQL
6 22 (3.22%) MongoDB
7 14 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
9 11 (1.61%) DynamoDB
9 11 (1.61%) GIS
9 11 (1.61%) Power BI
9 11 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (1.02%) Couchbase
11 7 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.02%) Triplestore
12 5 (0.73%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 150 (21.93%) Git
2 103 (15.06%) Jenkins
3 101 (14.77%) JIRA
4 60 (8.77%) Selenium
5 58 (8.48%) JUnit
6 57 (8.33%) GitLab
7 56 (8.19%) Cucumber
8 34 (4.97%) SonarQube
9 32 (4.68%) Maven
10 31 (4.53%) REST Assured
11 22 (3.22%) Postman
12 21 (3.07%) Gradle
13 20 (2.92%) Visual Studio
14 19 (2.78%) TeamCity
14 19 (2.78%) webpack
15 18 (2.63%) JMeter
16 15 (2.19%) TestRail
17 14 (2.05%) Bitbucket
17 14 (2.05%) CircleCI
17 14 (2.05%) Cypress.io
General
1 149 (21.78%) Social Skills
2 99 (14.47%) Finance
3 90 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 37 (5.41%) Front Office
6 33 (4.82%) Banking
7 24 (3.51%) Law
8 15 (2.19%) Retail
9 13 (1.90%) Police
10 12 (1.75%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.46%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.46%) Marketing
12 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.73%) Back Office
15 4 (0.58%) Aviation
15 4 (0.58%) Games
15 4 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 367 (53.65%) Developer
2 104 (15.20%) Java Developer
3 86 (12.57%) Senior
4 69 (10.09%) Architect
5 55 (8.04%) Full Stack Developer
6 44 (6.43%) Software Engineer
7 42 (6.14%) Java Engineer
8 36 (5.26%) Senior Developer
9 29 (4.24%) Angular Developer
10 27 (3.95%) Applications Developer
11 25 (3.65%) Lead
12 23 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
13 22 (3.22%) .NET Developer
13 22 (3.22%) Python Developer
14 21 (3.07%) C# Developer
14 21 (3.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 21 (3.07%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 20 (2.92%) Senior Software Engineer
16 19 (2.78%) React Developer
17 18 (2.63%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (19.88%) Spring
2 120 (17.54%) CSS
3 115 (16.81%) React
4 113 (16.52%) JSON
5 108 (15.79%) Spring Boot
6 106 (15.50%) HTML
7 99 (14.47%) SOAP
8 98 (14.33%) .NET
9 90 (13.16%) AngularJS
10 87 (12.72%) Web Services
11 82 (11.99%) XML
12 57 (8.33%) GraphQL
13 56 (8.19%) Node.js
14 51 (7.46%) Hibernate
14 51 (7.46%) JPA
15 45 (6.58%) Kafka
16 36 (5.26%) SAML
16 36 (5.26%) Swagger
17 31 (4.53%) HTML5
18 30 (4.39%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.68%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.09%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (3.80%) Data Structures
4 21 (3.07%) Linux Command Line
5 19 (2.78%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.34%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.19%) Algorithms
9 14 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.90%) Reference Data
10 13 (1.90%) Virtual Team
11 12 (1.75%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.32%) Cloud Native
12 9 (1.32%) Legacy Code
13 8 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.02%) Management Information System
14 7 (1.02%) Onboarding
15 6 (0.88%) Client/Server
15 6 (0.88%) IoT
15 6 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.16%) Linux
2 29 (4.24%) Windows
3 23 (3.36%) Apple iOS
4 21 (3.07%) Android
5 18 (2.63%) Unix
6 6 (0.88%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.15%) AIX
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (39.77%) Agile
2 179 (26.17%) CI/CD
2 179 (26.17%) DevOps
3 133 (19.44%) Microservices
4 130 (19.01%) Software Engineering
5 128 (18.71%) Test Automation
6 101 (14.77%) Scrum
7 94 (13.74%) TDD
8 92 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (11.99%) Continuous Integration
10 78 (11.40%) Front End Development
10 78 (11.40%) Unit Testing
11 76 (11.11%) Design Patterns
12 73 (10.67%) Full Stack Development
13 67 (9.80%) OO
14 55 (8.04%) Containerisation
15 53 (7.75%) BDD
15 53 (7.75%) Mentoring
16 47 (6.87%) Web Development
17 43 (6.29%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 259 (37.87%) Java
2 192 (28.07%) JavaScript
3 154 (22.51%) SQL
4 132 (19.30%) Python
5 110 (16.08%) C#
6 102 (14.91%) TypeScript
7 42 (6.14%) PowerShell
8 31 (4.53%) Go
9 25 (3.65%) Kotlin
10 16 (2.34%) C++
11 14 (2.05%) C
12 13 (1.90%) Perl
12 13 (1.90%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.61%) Apex Code
13 11 (1.61%) Groovy
13 11 (1.61%) Swift
14 10 (1.46%) Bash
15 8 (1.17%) Korn
15 8 (1.17%) Rust
16 7 (1.02%) PHP
Qualifications
1 153 (22.37%) Security Cleared
2 130 (19.01%) SC Cleared
3 75 (10.96%) Degree
4 32 (4.68%) DV Cleared
5 30 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.17%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.88%) CISSP
10 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.58%) PMP
11 3 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.29%) HND
13 1 (0.15%) CISM
13 1 (0.15%) ISEB
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.15%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (7.89%) QA
2 25 (3.65%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.46%) WCAG
5 6 (0.88%) GDPR
5 6 (0.88%) ISO 20022
5 6 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.73%) SLA
7 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.44%) GRC
8 2 (0.29%) HL7
8 2 (0.29%) MiFID
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 130 (19.01%) Docker
2 24 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.58%) OpenAM
5 4 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.58%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.44%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.15%) IAG
7 1 (0.15%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 119 (17.40%) Kubernetes
2 69 (10.09%) Terraform
3 64 (9.36%) Ansible
4 29 (4.24%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (2.49%) Podman
6 14 (2.05%) Grafana
7 12 (1.75%) Docker Swarm
8 8 (1.17%) Kibana
8 8 (1.17%) PingFederate
9 5 (0.73%) CloudHub
10 4 (0.58%) Argo
10 4 (0.58%) Packer
10 4 (0.58%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.44%) Istio
11 3 (0.44%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.44%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.29%) logstash
12 2 (0.29%) Puppet
13 1 (0.15%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.15%) rkt
Vendors
1 74 (10.82%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.02%) Google
3 44 (6.43%) Oracle
4 38 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 35 (5.12%) SAP
6 23 (3.36%) MuleSoft
7 15 (2.19%) Splunk
8 12 (1.75%) Atlassian
8 12 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.61%) IBM
9 11 (1.61%) Red Hat
10 10 (1.46%) CyberArk
11 9 (1.32%) ESRI
11 9 (1.32%) Pega
12 7 (1.02%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.88%) Ping Identity
13 6 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 6 (0.88%) WSO2
14 5 (0.73%) Genesys
14 5 (0.73%) VMware