RESTful Contracts

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 196 137
Rank change year-on-year +7 -59 -8
Contract jobs citing RESTful 525 754 1,729
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.22% 1.35% 1.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.80% 5.86% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 550 1,219
10th Percentile £363 £399 £390
25th Percentile £425 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £650
90th Percentile £719 £800 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 26
10th Percentile £47.70 £62.70 £43.38
25th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £50.63
Median hourly rate £80.00 £75.00 £62.88
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +19.28% +49.70%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £67.47
90th Percentile £87.00 £77.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year - +26.48% +58.13%

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 9,058 12,870 23,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.04% 22.96% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,281 9,398 17,328
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £669
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 147 222
10th Percentile £21.89 £30.45 £25.05
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.36
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.55 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.43 £65.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year -25.49% +17.65% +22.78%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 0 424 £500 -16.67% 326
London -12 250 £550 -12.00% 142
Work from Home +30 209 £500 -4.76% 207
UK excluding London +40 207 £450 -10.00% 210
North of England +34 67 £463 -18.86% 73
Scotland +53 49 £410 -21.15% 17
North West +41 47 £463 -1.60% 34
South East -5 30 £450 -1.10% 33
Midlands +16 24 £495 -5.71% 37
East of England +7 20 £500 +5.26% 12
South West +8 14 £550 +15.79% 23
Yorkshire +6 14 £469 -19.87% 27
West Midlands +11 12 £607 +34.89% 27
East Midlands +9 12 £430 -27.23% 10
North East +15 6 £500 -18.37% 14
Wales +7 3 £438 -16.67% 10

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 (2.86%) Confluence
2 10 (1.90%) Apache Spark
2 10 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.52%) Apache
4 6 (1.14%) CMS
5 5 (0.95%) Appian
6 3 (0.57%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.57%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.38%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.38%) Jadu
7 2 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.38%) WordPress
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) CoreMedia CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.33%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.38%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.19%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 221 (42.10%) AWS
2 137 (26.10%) Azure
3 94 (17.90%) GCP
4 43 (8.19%) Serverless
5 38 (7.24%) GitHub
6 36 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (4.57%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (4.38%) Amazon S3
9 19 (3.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (2.48%) npm
12 12 (2.29%) AWS Step Functions
13 11 (2.10%) PaaS
13 11 (2.10%) Power Platform
14 10 (1.90%) Azure Functions
15 8 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
15 8 (1.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (12.38%) HTTP
2 11 (2.10%) Firewall
3 9 (1.71%) SSL
4 7 (1.33%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.14%) BGP
5 6 (1.14%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.95%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.57%) DHCP
7 3 (0.57%) DNS
7 3 (0.57%) HSRP
7 3 (0.57%) LAN
7 3 (0.57%) MPLS
7 3 (0.57%) Network Security
7 3 (0.57%) OSPF
7 3 (0.57%) SNMP
7 3 (0.57%) VLAN
7 3 (0.57%) VPN
7 3 (0.57%) WAN
7 3 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (15.43%) NoSQL
2 46 (8.76%) SQL Server
3 43 (8.19%) MongoDB
4 41 (7.81%) Apache Cassandra
5 40 (7.62%) MySQL
6 37 (7.05%) Relational Database
7 35 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (2.86%) DynamoDB
9 10 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (1.90%) Power BI
9 10 (1.90%) Redis
10 8 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.95%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.95%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.57%) Big Data
14 3 (0.57%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 106 (20.19%) Git
2 53 (10.10%) Jenkins
3 30 (5.71%) JIRA
4 19 (3.62%) Mockito
5 17 (3.24%) Selenium
6 16 (3.05%) Android Studio
6 16 (3.05%) Maven
7 15 (2.86%) webpack
8 14 (2.67%) JUnit
9 13 (2.48%) Cucumber
9 13 (2.48%) TeamCity
10 12 (2.29%) Bitbucket
10 12 (2.29%) GitLab
10 12 (2.29%) SonarQube
11 11 (2.10%) CircleCI
12 9 (1.71%) Cypress.io
12 9 (1.71%) Moq
13 8 (1.52%) Gradle
13 8 (1.52%) NUnit
13 8 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 126 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 65 (12.38%) Finance
3 53 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.19%) Public Sector
5 36 (6.86%) Banking
6 14 (2.67%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.29%) Front Office
8 9 (1.71%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.33%) Marketing
10 6 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.14%) Retail
11 5 (0.95%) Electronics
11 5 (0.95%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.57%) Advertising
12 3 (0.57%) Back Office
12 3 (0.57%) Law
12 3 (0.57%) Publishing
13 2 (0.38%) Automotive
13 2 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 330 (62.86%) Developer
2 64 (12.19%) Senior
3 51 (9.71%) Scala Developer
4 50 (9.52%) Java Developer
5 42 (8.00%) Software Engineer
6 40 (7.62%) Senior Developer
7 38 (7.24%) Architect
8 32 (6.10%) Software Developer
9 28 (5.33%) Python Developer
10 27 (5.14%) Full Stack Developer
11 26 (4.95%) .NET Developer
12 21 (4.00%) Lead
13 19 (3.62%) C# Developer
13 19 (3.62%) React Developer
14 18 (3.43%) Android Developer
15 17 (3.24%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 15 (2.86%) AWS Developer
17 14 (2.67%) Senior Java Developer
18 12 (2.29%) Angular Developer
18 12 (2.29%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (17.33%) React
2 87 (16.57%) Kafka
3 81 (15.43%) Node.js
4 78 (14.86%) .NET
5 77 (14.67%) Spring
6 74 (14.10%) CSS
7 71 (13.52%) Web Services
8 69 (13.14%) HTML
9 67 (12.76%) Spring Boot
10 60 (11.43%) AngularJS
11 53 (10.10%) Akka
12 51 (9.71%) SOAP
13 40 (7.62%) XML
14 39 (7.43%) JSON
15 35 (6.67%) OAuth
16 34 (6.48%) .NET Core
17 31 (5.90%) REST
18 24 (4.57%) RabbitMQ
19 23 (4.38%) GraphQL
20 22 (4.19%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.76%) Distributed Systems
2 31 (5.90%) Data Structures
3 29 (5.52%) Mobile App
4 26 (4.95%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (3.62%) Product Ownership
6 18 (3.43%) Algorithms
6 18 (3.43%) Cloud Native
7 15 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.33%) Distributed Computing
9 7 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.14%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.95%) PKI
11 5 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.95%) Verilog
11 5 (0.95%) VHDL
12 4 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.29%) Linux
2 29 (5.52%) Android
3 15 (2.86%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.48%) Unix
5 12 (2.29%) Windows
6 8 (1.52%) VMS
7 4 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.57%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (39.81%) Agile
2 181 (34.48%) Microservices
3 143 (27.24%) DevOps
4 119 (22.67%) CI/CD
5 111 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (18.10%) TDD
7 78 (14.86%) Test Automation
8 75 (14.29%) Software Engineering
9 72 (13.71%) Continuous Integration
10 68 (12.95%) Unit Testing
11 58 (11.05%) API Development
11 58 (11.05%) Clean Code
11 58 (11.05%) User Experience
12 50 (9.52%) Full Stack Development
13 47 (8.95%) Containerisation
14 46 (8.76%) Scrum
15 42 (8.00%) Machine Learning
15 42 (8.00%) SDLC
15 42 (8.00%) UX Design
16 41 (7.81%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 163 (31.05%) Java
2 144 (27.43%) SQL
3 129 (24.57%) JavaScript
4 121 (23.05%) Python
5 72 (13.71%) C#
6 68 (12.95%) Scala
7 60 (11.43%) TypeScript
8 34 (6.48%) Kotlin
9 22 (4.19%) Go
10 19 (3.62%) C++
11 17 (3.24%) C
11 17 (3.24%) PowerShell
12 15 (2.86%) PHP
13 14 (2.67%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.71%) Swift
15 7 (1.33%) Bash
15 7 (1.33%) Ruby
16 6 (1.14%) Bicep
16 6 (1.14%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 65 (12.38%) Security Cleared
2 56 (10.67%) SC Cleared
3 41 (7.81%) Degree
4 29 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.52%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.95%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.95%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.38%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.19%) CCNP
9 1 (0.19%) CEH
9 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
9 1 (0.19%) GCIA
9 1 (0.19%) GCIH
9 1 (0.19%) GSEC
9 1 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.19%) QA
2 20 (3.81%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.52%) GDPR
4 5 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.95%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.57%) NCSC
5 3 (0.57%) WCAG
6 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.38%) PSD2
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 108 (20.57%) Docker
2 11 (2.10%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 5 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.76%) VirtualBox
5 3 (0.57%) vCloud
5 3 (0.57%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.57%) vSphere
6 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 123 (23.43%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.33%) Terraform
3 26 (4.95%) Grafana
4 24 (4.57%) Prometheus
5 23 (4.38%) Ansible
6 11 (2.10%) Consul
7 8 (1.52%) Zipkin
8 6 (1.14%) Kibana
9 3 (0.57%) Autotask
9 3 (0.57%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.57%) Puppet
10 2 (0.38%) logstash
11 1 (0.19%) Anchore
11 1 (0.19%) Argo
11 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.19%) Nagios
11 1 (0.19%) Packer
11 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (7.81%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.86%) Oracle
3 26 (4.95%) Google
4 22 (4.19%) Typelevel
5 17 (3.24%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.48%) SaltStack
7 11 (2.10%) IBM
7 11 (2.10%) SAP
8 10 (1.90%) TIBCO
9 8 (1.52%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.33%) NEC
11 6 (1.14%) Cadence
11 6 (1.14%) Checkmarx
11 6 (1.14%) Cisco
11 6 (1.14%) TOWER Software
12 5 (0.95%) OpenText
12 5 (0.95%) Pega
12 5 (0.95%) VMware
13 4 (0.76%) Adobe
13 4 (0.76%) Sitecore