REST Contracts with Work from Home Options

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 94 81 71
Rank change year-on-year -13 -10 +1
Contract jobs citing REST 334 667 1,442
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.26% 2.71% 3.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.20% 10.71% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 474 965
10th Percentile £400 £413 £413
25th Percentile £456 £460 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £523 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.88% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 20
10th Percentile - £40.25 £48.45
25th Percentile £22.75 £48.13 £49.75
Median hourly rate £23.50 £56.25 £66.08
Median % change year-on-year -58.22% -14.87% +46.83%
75th Percentile £24.25 £60.50 £75.21
90th Percentile - £63.65 £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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and 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 3,629 6,225 12,985
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.52% 25.26% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,545 4,638 9,580
10th Percentile £339 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +12.24%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £645
90th Percentile £800 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 77 124
10th Percentile £24.45 £22.50 £21.30
25th Percentile - £45.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing REST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

REST trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing REST.

REST daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing REST over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

REST daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing REST.

REST hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 17 (5.09%) Confluence
2 9 (2.69%) CMS
3 7 (2.10%) Apache
4 6 (1.80%) Anypoint
4 6 (1.80%) Mule
5 5 (1.50%) Mule ESB
6 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.20%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.90%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.60%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.60%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.60%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.60%) nginx
8 2 (0.60%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.30%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.50%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.20%) Shopify
3 3 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 100 (29.94%) Azure
2 89 (26.65%) AWS
3 32 (9.58%) GitHub
4 29 (8.68%) GCP
5 28 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (6.29%) Serverless
7 16 (4.79%) OpenShift
8 13 (3.89%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.59%) Azure API Management
9 12 (3.59%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (3.59%) PaaS
10 11 (3.29%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
10 11 (3.29%) Azure Stack
11 10 (2.99%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.99%) npm
11 10 (2.99%) Power Platform
11 10 (2.99%) SaaS
11 10 (2.99%) WhatsApp
12 9 (2.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.09%) HTTP
2 5 (1.50%) Firewall
2 5 (1.50%) SAN
2 5 (1.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.90%) BGP
3 3 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (0.90%) IOS XR
3 3 (0.90%) WinSCP
4 2 (0.60%) Internet
5 1 (0.30%) DHCP
5 1 (0.30%) DNS
5 1 (0.30%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.30%) MQTT
5 1 (0.30%) NAS
5 1 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.18%) SQL Server
2 32 (9.58%) NoSQL
3 30 (8.98%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (4.79%) Relational Database
5 11 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.29%) MySQL
5 11 (3.29%) Snowflake Schema
6 9 (2.69%) Apache Cassandra
6 9 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.50%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (1.50%) Couchbase
8 5 (1.50%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.20%) CockroachDB
9 4 (1.20%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.90%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.90%) Redis
10 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.90%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 57 (17.07%) Git
2 50 (14.97%) Jenkins
3 44 (13.17%) JIRA
4 28 (8.38%) GitLab
5 25 (7.49%) Cucumber
5 25 (7.49%) Selenium
6 23 (6.89%) Maven
7 16 (4.79%) SonarQube
8 13 (3.89%) JUnit
8 13 (3.89%) REST Assured
8 13 (3.89%) Visual Studio
9 12 (3.59%) Postman
10 10 (2.99%) JMeter
11 8 (2.40%) webpack
12 6 (1.80%) CircleCI
12 6 (1.80%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.80%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (1.80%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.80%) TestNG
13 5 (1.50%) MSI
General
1 78 (23.35%) Social Skills
2 39 (11.68%) Finance
3 33 (9.88%) Public Sector
4 27 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.89%) Banking
6 10 (2.99%) Law
6 10 (2.99%) Retail
7 9 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.10%) Front Office
8 7 (2.10%) Police
8 7 (2.10%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.50%) Back Office
9 5 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.90%) Marketing
10 3 (0.90%) Publishing
11 2 (0.60%) Legal
11 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.30%) German Language
Job Titles
1 170 (50.90%) Developer
2 47 (14.07%) Senior
3 44 (13.17%) Architect
4 40 (11.98%) Java Developer
5 26 (7.78%) Full Stack Developer
6 24 (7.19%) Senior Developer
6 24 (7.19%) Software Engineer
7 22 (6.59%) Java Engineer
8 14 (4.19%) Java Software Engineer
9 13 (3.89%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 13 (3.89%) Technical Architect
10 12 (3.59%) React Developer
10 12 (3.59%) Software Developer
11 11 (3.29%) Applications Developer
11 11 (3.29%) C# Developer
11 11 (3.29%) Data Architect
11 11 (3.29%) Senior Software Engineer
11 11 (3.29%) Tester
12 10 (2.99%) Consultant
12 10 (2.99%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (18.56%) Spring
2 61 (18.26%) SOAP
3 60 (17.96%) Web Services
4 58 (17.37%) Spring Boot
5 57 (17.07%) JSON
6 55 (16.47%) .NET
7 54 (16.17%) CSS
8 50 (14.97%) HTML
9 43 (12.87%) React
10 42 (12.57%) Node.js
11 40 (11.98%) AngularJS
12 39 (11.68%) GraphQL
13 38 (11.38%) XML
14 24 (7.19%) Kafka
14 24 (7.19%) SAML
15 23 (6.89%) OAuth
16 19 (5.69%) Swagger
17 17 (5.09%) YAML
18 16 (4.79%) ASP.NET
19 15 (4.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.49%) Data Structures
2 11 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.99%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.69%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (2.69%) Reference Data
5 8 (2.40%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.80%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.50%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.50%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.50%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.50%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.50%) Web 2.0
9 4 (1.20%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.20%) Distributed Applications
9 4 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.19%) Linux
2 21 (6.29%) Windows
3 13 (3.89%) Apple iOS
4 12 (3.59%) Android
5 6 (1.80%) Unix
5 6 (1.80%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (36.83%) Agile
2 91 (27.25%) CI/CD
3 81 (24.25%) DevOps
4 68 (20.36%) Microservices
5 63 (18.86%) Software Engineering
6 56 (16.77%) Test Automation
7 39 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (10.78%) TDD
9 34 (10.18%) Design Patterns
9 34 (10.18%) Full Stack Development
10 32 (9.58%) OO
11 28 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (8.08%) Containerisation
12 27 (8.08%) Continuous Integration
12 27 (8.08%) Scrum
13 26 (7.78%) BDD
13 26 (7.78%) Data Modelling
13 26 (7.78%) Web Development
14 25 (7.49%) Configuration Management
15 24 (7.19%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 107 (32.04%) Java
2 97 (29.04%) JavaScript
3 81 (24.25%) SQL
4 58 (17.37%) C#
5 42 (12.57%) Python
6 36 (10.78%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.79%) Go
8 10 (2.99%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.99%) T-SQL
9 8 (2.40%) C
10 5 (1.50%) ABAP
10 5 (1.50%) C++
11 4 (1.20%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.20%) Bash
11 4 (1.20%) Ruby
11 4 (1.20%) Swift
12 3 (0.90%) Bicep
12 3 (0.90%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.90%) Rust
12 3 (0.90%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 61 (18.26%) Security Cleared
2 48 (14.37%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.49%) Degree
4 12 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.40%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.50%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.90%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.30%) CISSP
10 1 (0.30%) ISEB
10 1 (0.30%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.28%) QA
2 13 (3.89%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.59%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.90%) GDPR
4 3 (0.90%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.90%) WCAG
5 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.60%) SLA
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 67 (20.06%) Docker
2 11 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.10%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.90%) vCloud
5 3 (0.90%) vSphere
6 1 (0.30%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.30%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 50 (14.97%) Kubernetes
2 37 (11.08%) Terraform
3 29 (8.68%) Ansible
4 14 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (3.29%) Grafana
6 8 (2.40%) Docker Swarm
6 8 (2.40%) Podman
7 6 (1.80%) Kibana
8 5 (1.50%) CloudHub
8 5 (1.50%) PingFederate
9 4 (1.20%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.20%) Puppet
10 3 (0.90%) Autotask
10 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.60%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.60%) Packer
12 1 (0.30%) Control-M
12 1 (0.30%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.30%) Istio
12 1 (0.30%) logstash
Vendors
1 36 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.19%) Google
3 20 (5.99%) Oracle
4 19 (5.69%) Salesforce
4 19 (5.69%) SAP
5 14 (4.19%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.59%) MuleSoft
7 11 (3.29%) Atlassian
8 8 (2.40%) Pega
9 7 (2.10%) VMware
10 6 (1.80%) Ping Identity
10 6 (1.80%) TOWER Software
11 5 (1.50%) BMC
11 5 (1.50%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.50%) Genesys
11 5 (1.50%) IBM
11 5 (1.50%) Splunk
12 3 (0.90%) Cisco
12 3 (0.90%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.90%) Sitecore