REST Contracts

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 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 107 100 82
Rank change year-on-year -7 -18 -11
Contract jobs citing REST 881 1,361 2,652
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.05% 2.43% 3.03%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.73% 10.57% 11.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 930 1,786
10th Percentile £375 £419 £413
25th Percentile £440 £479 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £657 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 28
10th Percentile - £48.50 £43.55
25th Percentile £27.00 £51.56 £54.69
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +55.56%
75th Percentile £77.50 £64.00 £76.26
90th Percentile £85.00 £90.00 £78.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.22 £53.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year +34.36% -23.21% +40.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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 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%

REST
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for REST in the UK

REST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for REST in the UK

REST
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing REST over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for REST in the UK

REST
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for REST in the UK

REST
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing REST over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for REST in the UK

REST
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing REST 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 -6 702 £525 -4.55% 312
London +14 424 £525 -9.95% 139
UK excluding London -15 349 £500 -4.76% 196
Work from Home -12 343 £525 - 168
Scotland +29 84 £483 -3.50% 14
South East -29 84 £575 +4.55% 42
North of England -9 70 £525 -4.55% 57
South West +6 61 £508 -7.73% 21
North West -6 52 £525 -4.55% 37
Midlands -2 22 £488 -9.72% 28
East of England -5 20 £423 -15.50% 21
Yorkshire +11 18 £475 -9.52% 17
West Midlands -5 16 £475 -20.83% 13
Northern Ireland +9 11 £575 +35.29% 13
East Midlands +7 6 £577 +6.85% 15
North East +15 4 £480 -28.89% 5
Wales -4 1 - - 4

REST
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 48 (5.45%) Confluence
2 35 (3.97%) Apache
3 21 (2.38%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (1.36%) Anypoint
5 12 (1.36%) CMS
6 9 (1.02%) Mule
7 8 (0.91%) Site Server
8 6 (0.68%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.57%) IIS
9 5 (0.57%) JBoss
9 5 (0.57%) Mule ESB
10 4 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
10 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.34%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.34%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (0.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.23%) Trello
3 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.34%) Maximo
4 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.34%) Shopify
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 245 (27.81%) AWS
2 232 (26.33%) Azure
3 82 (9.31%) GitHub
4 69 (7.83%) Azure DevOps
5 64 (7.26%) GCP
6 60 (6.81%) Serverless
7 42 (4.77%) OpenShift
8 40 (4.54%) Amazon S3
9 35 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
10 34 (3.86%) SaaS
11 31 (3.52%) Power Platform
12 28 (3.18%) IaaS
13 26 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (2.84%) Power Automate
15 23 (2.61%) npm
16 22 (2.50%) Entra ID
16 22 (2.50%) PaaS
16 22 (2.50%) PowerApps
17 19 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
17 19 (2.16%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.09%) HTTP
2 12 (1.36%) BGP
3 10 (1.14%) SSH
4 9 (1.02%) Ethernet VPN
4 9 (1.02%) MPLS
4 9 (1.02%) VPN
5 8 (0.91%) Radio Access Network
5 8 (0.91%) SAN
6 6 (0.68%) Firewall
6 6 (0.68%) Internet
7 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.45%) DNS
8 4 (0.45%) NAS
8 4 (0.45%) VoIP
9 3 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.34%) IOS XR
10 2 (0.23%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.23%) SMS
11 1 (0.11%) DHCP
11 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (13.73%) PostgreSQL
2 78 (8.85%) NoSQL
3 61 (6.92%) Relational Database
4 57 (6.47%) SQL Server
5 28 (3.18%) MySQL
6 24 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (2.61%) Oracle Database
8 22 (2.50%) MongoDB
9 19 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (1.82%) Snowflake Schema
11 13 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (1.36%) GIS
12 12 (1.36%) Power BI
13 11 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (1.25%) Apache Cassandra
14 10 (1.14%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.79%) Big Data
15 7 (0.79%) Couchbase
15 7 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.79%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 189 (21.45%) Git
2 133 (15.10%) Jenkins
3 129 (14.64%) JIRA
4 71 (8.06%) JUnit
5 69 (7.83%) Cucumber
6 68 (7.72%) GitLab
7 67 (7.60%) Selenium
8 60 (6.81%) Maven
9 35 (3.97%) REST Assured
9 35 (3.97%) SonarQube
10 31 (3.52%) Postman
11 25 (2.84%) Gradle
12 23 (2.61%) Visual Studio
13 20 (2.27%) TeamCity
13 20 (2.27%) webpack
14 19 (2.16%) Cypress.io
14 19 (2.16%) JMeter
15 16 (1.82%) CircleCI
16 15 (1.70%) TestRail
17 14 (1.59%) Bitbucket
General
1 196 (22.25%) Social Skills
2 120 (13.62%) Finance
3 110 (12.49%) Public Sector
4 98 (11.12%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (5.79%) Banking
6 36 (4.09%) Front Office
7 23 (2.61%) Law
8 18 (2.04%) Retail
9 17 (1.93%) Investment Banking
9 17 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.70%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.48%) Back Office
12 13 (1.48%) Police
13 11 (1.25%) Marketing
14 10 (1.14%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.57%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.45%) Games
17 4 (0.45%) German Language
Job Titles
1 467 (53.01%) Developer
2 149 (16.91%) Java Developer
3 109 (12.37%) Senior
4 95 (10.78%) Architect
5 66 (7.49%) Full Stack Developer
6 63 (7.15%) Java Engineer
7 56 (6.36%) Software Engineer
8 50 (5.68%) Senior Developer
9 31 (3.52%) Angular Developer
10 29 (3.29%) Applications Developer
10 29 (3.29%) Lead
11 27 (3.06%) Python Developer
12 26 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
12 26 (2.95%) Tester
13 24 (2.72%) Java Software Engineer
13 24 (2.72%) Software Developer
14 23 (2.61%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 22 (2.50%) .NET Developer
15 22 (2.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 22 (2.50%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (23.27%) Spring
2 185 (21.00%) Spring Boot
3 158 (17.93%) CSS
4 140 (15.89%) HTML
5 138 (15.66%) SOAP
6 137 (15.55%) React
7 132 (14.98%) JSON
8 113 (12.83%) AngularJS
9 112 (12.71%) Web Services
10 105 (11.92%) .NET
11 100 (11.35%) XML
12 83 (9.42%) Node.js
13 69 (7.83%) GraphQL
14 68 (7.72%) JPA
15 58 (6.58%) Kafka
16 55 (6.24%) Hibernate
17 46 (5.22%) SAML
18 44 (4.99%) Swagger
19 35 (3.97%) OAuth
20 31 (3.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.31%) Data Structures
2 34 (3.86%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.63%) Linux Command Line
4 29 (3.29%) Public Cloud
5 28 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (2.38%) Algorithms
6 21 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (2.16%) Mobile App
8 18 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (1.93%) Virtual Team
10 15 (1.70%) Data Centre
10 15 (1.70%) Reference Data
11 13 (1.48%) Fixed Income
11 13 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.14%) Legacy Code
13 9 (1.02%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.02%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 74 (8.40%) Linux
2 44 (4.99%) Windows
3 26 (2.95%) Unix
4 24 (2.72%) Android
4 24 (2.72%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.25%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) AIX
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (40.52%) Agile
2 236 (26.79%) CI/CD
3 222 (25.20%) DevOps
4 182 (20.66%) Microservices
5 157 (17.82%) Software Engineering
6 148 (16.80%) Test Automation
7 126 (14.30%) TDD
8 116 (13.17%) Scrum
9 109 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
10 103 (11.69%) Full Stack Development
11 101 (11.46%) Continuous Integration
12 89 (10.10%) Unit Testing
13 80 (9.08%) Front End Development
14 78 (8.85%) Design Patterns
15 73 (8.29%) OO
16 65 (7.38%) SDLC
17 62 (7.04%) Migration
18 61 (6.92%) BDD
18 61 (6.92%) Containerisation
19 55 (6.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 352 (39.95%) Java
2 238 (27.01%) JavaScript
3 209 (23.72%) SQL
4 156 (17.71%) Python
5 129 (14.64%) TypeScript
6 113 (12.83%) C#
7 50 (5.68%) PowerShell
8 34 (3.86%) Go
9 33 (3.75%) Kotlin
10 24 (2.72%) C++
11 18 (2.04%) C
11 18 (2.04%) Perl
12 13 (1.48%) Apex Code
12 13 (1.48%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.36%) Bash
13 12 (1.36%) Groovy
14 9 (1.02%) ABAP
14 9 (1.02%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.02%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.02%) Swift
Qualifications
1 183 (20.77%) Security Cleared
2 138 (15.66%) SC Cleared
3 82 (9.31%) Degree
4 46 (5.22%) DV Cleared
5 35 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.25%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.02%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.79%) CISSP
10 4 (0.45%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.45%) PMP
11 3 (0.34%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.23%) HND
13 1 (0.11%) CEH
13 1 (0.11%) CISM
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.95%) QA
2 29 (3.29%) Accessibility
3 27 (3.06%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.25%) WCAG
5 6 (0.68%) GDPR
5 6 (0.68%) ISO 20022
5 6 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (0.57%) SLA
7 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.34%) GRC
8 2 (0.23%) HL7
8 2 (0.23%) MiFID
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) NIST
9 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 166 (18.84%) Docker
2 24 (2.72%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.45%) OpenAM
5 4 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.34%) OpenIDM
6 3 (0.34%) vCloud
6 3 (0.34%) vSphere
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) IAG
7 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 135 (15.32%) Kubernetes
2 77 (8.74%) Terraform
3 69 (7.83%) Ansible
4 38 (4.31%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (2.84%) Grafana
6 17 (1.93%) Podman
7 12 (1.36%) Docker Swarm
8 11 (1.25%) Kibana
9 7 (0.79%) PingFederate
9 7 (0.79%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.68%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.57%) CloudHub
11 5 (0.57%) Puppet
12 4 (0.45%) Argo
12 4 (0.45%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.34%) Autotask
14 2 (0.23%) Istio
14 2 (0.23%) logstash
15 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
15 1 (0.11%) Packer
Vendors
1 83 (9.42%) Microsoft
2 77 (8.74%) Oracle
3 59 (6.70%) Google
4 44 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 43 (4.88%) SAP
6 28 (3.18%) MuleSoft
7 25 (2.84%) Atlassian
8 19 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 18 (2.04%) Splunk
10 17 (1.93%) IBM
11 13 (1.48%) Pega
12 11 (1.25%) CyberArk
13 10 (1.14%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.02%) ESRI
15 8 (0.91%) ForgeRock
15 8 (0.91%) VMware
15 8 (0.91%) WSO2
16 6 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 6 (0.68%) TOWER Software
17 5 (0.57%) Infragistics