RESTful
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for RESTful skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RESTful over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 186 148
Rank change year-on-year -18 -38 -26
Contract jobs citing RESTful 511 834 1,674
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.17% 1.40% 1.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.70% 6.01% 6.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 617 1,192
10th Percentile £375 £400 £404
25th Percentile £431 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £606 £700 £650
90th Percentile £710 £800 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 30
10th Percentile £47.70 £62.70 £37.65
25th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +25.00% +50.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £67.80
90th Percentile £87.00 £77.00 £80.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £52.00
% change year-on-year - +53.85% +30.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

RESTful 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 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 8,961 13,886 24,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.56% 23.27% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,218 10,139 17,680
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £661
90th Percentile £769 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 241
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.60 £22.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%

RESTful
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RESTful as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RESTful in the UK

RESTful
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for RESTful in the UK

RESTful
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RESTful over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for RESTful in the UK

RESTful
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for RESTful in the UK

RESTful
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing RESTful over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for RESTful in the UK

RESTful
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RESTful within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England -10 418 £525 -12.50% 301
UK excluding London +55 224 £470 -6.00% 205
London -43 219 £575 -11.54% 117
Work from Home +1 205 £500 -9.09% 265
North of England +56 92 £488 -9.30% 70
North West +62 74 £475 +3.26% 33
Scotland +47 40 £400 -31.91% 22
South East +2 35 £450 -5.76% 47
East of England +18 20 £500 +13.64% 16
Midlands +8 19 £500 -4.76% 25
South West +11 15 £538 +2.38% 18
Yorkshire +7 13 £513 -12.39% 23
West Midlands +18 11 £607 +34.89% 16
East Midlands +13 8 £462 -14.05% 9
North East +23 5 £500 - 17
Wales +6 3 £438 -14.63% 8

RESTful
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (2.94%) Confluence
2 9 (1.76%) Apache
3 8 (1.57%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.17%) CMS
5 4 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.59%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.59%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.39%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.39%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.39%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.39%) Jadu
7 2 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.39%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.39%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.20%) CoreMedia CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Drupal
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 14 (2.74%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.37%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.39%) Shopify
4 1 (0.20%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.20%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 235 (45.99%) AWS
2 113 (22.11%) Azure
3 80 (15.66%) GCP
4 39 (7.63%) Serverless
5 34 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (6.65%) GitHub
6 19 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (3.52%) Amazon S3
8 15 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 15 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
8 15 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (2.54%) npm
10 11 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (1.76%) AWS Step Functions
12 9 (1.76%) Azure Functions
13 8 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.57%) PaaS
13 8 (1.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 54 (10.57%) HTTP
2 11 (2.15%) Firewall
3 8 (1.57%) SSL
4 7 (1.37%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.17%) BGP
5 6 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.98%) DNS
6 5 (0.98%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.59%) DHCP
7 3 (0.59%) DMVPN
7 3 (0.59%) HSRP
7 3 (0.59%) LAN
7 3 (0.59%) MPLS
7 3 (0.59%) Network Security
7 3 (0.59%) OSPF
7 3 (0.59%) SNMP
7 3 (0.59%) VPN
7 3 (0.59%) WAN
7 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (16.24%) NoSQL
2 55 (10.76%) MongoDB
3 39 (7.63%) SQL Server
4 38 (7.44%) Apache Cassandra
5 37 (7.24%) MySQL
5 37 (7.24%) Relational Database
6 35 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (2.74%) DynamoDB
8 10 (1.96%) Redis
9 9 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.37%) Power BI
11 5 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.98%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.98%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.59%) Couchbase
12 3 (0.59%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.59%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 95 (18.59%) Git
2 58 (11.35%) Jenkins
3 30 (5.87%) JIRA
4 29 (5.68%) GitLab
5 19 (3.72%) Cucumber
5 19 (3.72%) Mockito
6 17 (3.33%) Android Studio
7 15 (2.94%) TeamCity
7 15 (2.94%) webpack
8 14 (2.74%) JUnit
8 14 (2.74%) Selenium
9 12 (2.35%) Bitbucket
9 12 (2.35%) Maven
10 11 (2.15%) Moq
11 10 (1.96%) NUnit
12 9 (1.76%) Visual Studio
13 8 (1.57%) Cypress.io
14 7 (1.37%) Gatling
14 7 (1.37%) SonarQube
14 7 (1.37%) Xcode
General
1 115 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 58 (11.35%) Finance
3 44 (8.61%) Public Sector
4 40 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.28%) Banking
6 24 (4.70%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.54%) Front Office
8 12 (2.35%) Marketing
9 11 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.57%) Electronics
11 6 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.17%) Retail
12 3 (0.59%) Advertising
12 3 (0.59%) Back Office
12 3 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.59%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.59%) Law
12 3 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.39%) French Language
13 2 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 306 (59.88%) Developer
2 70 (13.70%) Senior
3 50 (9.78%) Java Developer
4 46 (9.00%) Software Engineer
5 41 (8.02%) Senior Developer
6 40 (7.83%) Scala Developer
7 31 (6.07%) Architect
8 26 (5.09%) Software Developer
9 25 (4.89%) Full Stack Developer
10 23 (4.50%) .NET Developer
10 23 (4.50%) Python Developer
11 21 (4.11%) Consultant
12 20 (3.91%) C# Developer
13 19 (3.72%) Android Developer
13 19 (3.72%) Lead
14 16 (3.13%) AWS Developer
14 16 (3.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 15 (2.94%) Senior Java Developer
16 14 (2.74%) Genesys Consultant
17 13 (2.54%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (18.20%) Node.js
2 73 (14.29%) Web Services
3 72 (14.09%) .NET
4 68 (13.31%) Kafka
4 68 (13.31%) React
5 66 (12.92%) Spring
6 57 (11.15%) CSS
7 56 (10.96%) HTML
7 56 (10.96%) Spring Boot
8 54 (10.57%) AngularJS
9 43 (8.41%) SOAP
10 41 (8.02%) Akka
10 41 (8.02%) OAuth
11 39 (7.63%) JSON
12 38 (7.44%) XML
13 33 (6.46%) REST
14 31 (6.07%) OpenID
15 30 (5.87%) .NET Core
16 24 (4.70%) RabbitMQ
17 23 (4.50%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.02%) Distributed Systems
2 27 (5.28%) Data Structures
2 27 (5.28%) Greenfield Project
3 26 (5.09%) Mobile App
4 17 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 16 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 16 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.54%) IVR
8 9 (1.76%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.37%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (0.98%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.98%) PKI
11 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.98%) Verilog
11 5 (0.98%) VHDL
12 4 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.07%) Android
2 30 (5.87%) Linux
3 15 (2.94%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.35%) Windows
5 11 (2.15%) Unix
6 6 (1.17%) VMS
7 4 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.59%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (40.31%) Agile
2 175 (34.25%) Microservices
3 131 (25.64%) CI/CD
4 127 (24.85%) DevOps
5 84 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (14.48%) Software Engineering
7 73 (14.29%) TDD
8 68 (13.31%) Test Automation
9 66 (12.92%) Continuous Integration
10 61 (11.94%) Unit Testing
11 53 (10.37%) Clean Code
12 51 (9.98%) Scrum
13 48 (9.39%) User Experience
14 46 (9.00%) Design Patterns
14 46 (9.00%) Full Stack Development
15 45 (8.81%) API Development
16 42 (8.22%) Computer Science
17 41 (8.02%) Machine Learning
18 38 (7.44%) SDLC
19 37 (7.24%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 166 (32.49%) Java
2 137 (26.81%) SQL
3 114 (22.31%) JavaScript
4 112 (21.92%) Python
5 67 (13.11%) C#
6 57 (11.15%) Scala
7 53 (10.37%) TypeScript
8 37 (7.24%) Kotlin
9 20 (3.91%) Go
10 17 (3.33%) C
10 17 (3.33%) C++
11 16 (3.13%) PowerShell
12 15 (2.94%) PHP
13 10 (1.96%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.76%) Swift
15 8 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (1.37%) Bash
16 7 (1.37%) Ruby
17 6 (1.17%) Bicep
17 6 (1.17%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (13.50%) Security Cleared
2 55 (10.76%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.61%) Degree
4 26 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.78%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.20%) CCNP
10 1 (0.20%) CEH
10 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.20%) CISSP
10 1 (0.20%) GCIA
10 1 (0.20%) GCIH
10 1 (0.20%) GIAC
10 1 (0.20%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.89%) QA
2 20 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.59%) GDPR
4 3 (0.59%) NCSC
4 3 (0.59%) WCAG
5 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.39%) PSD2
6 1 (0.20%) NIST
6 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 99 (19.37%) Docker
2 9 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.57%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 5 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.78%) VirtualBox
6 3 (0.59%) vCloud
6 3 (0.59%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.59%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 101 (19.77%) Kubernetes
2 46 (9.00%) Terraform
3 23 (4.50%) Ansible
4 21 (4.11%) Grafana
5 19 (3.72%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.57%) Consul
7 6 (1.17%) Zipkin
8 5 (0.98%) Kibana
9 3 (0.59%) Autotask
9 3 (0.59%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.59%) Puppet
10 1 (0.20%) Anchore
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Istio
10 1 (0.20%) logstash
10 1 (0.20%) MOM
10 1 (0.20%) Nagios
10 1 (0.20%) Packer
10 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (6.65%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.26%) Oracle
3 19 (3.72%) Google
3 19 (3.72%) Typelevel
4 17 (3.33%) OpenAI
5 15 (2.94%) Genesys
5 15 (2.94%) SAP
6 11 (2.15%) TIBCO
7 10 (1.96%) SaltStack
8 9 (1.76%) IBM
9 7 (1.37%) NEC
10 6 (1.17%) Cadence
10 6 (1.17%) Cisco
10 6 (1.17%) TOWER Software
11 5 (0.98%) Avaya
11 5 (0.98%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.98%) VMware
12 4 (0.78%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.78%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.78%) Sitecore