REST Contracts in England

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring REST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited REST over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 120 86
Rank change year-on-year +4 -34 -11
Contract jobs citing REST 733 1,029 2,087
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.95% 2.19% 2.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.35% 9.66% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 734 1,479
10th Percentile £377 £420 £413
25th Percentile £450 £481 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.76% +10.00%
75th Percentile £629 £675 £675
90th Percentile £744 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £521 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -5.21% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 26
10th Percentile £27.00 £47.00 £49.50
25th Percentile £34.25 £51.25 £55.23
Median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -21.43% +85.43%
75th Percentile £76.88 £65.75 £77.09
90th Percentile £85.00 £90.00 £79.25
UK median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +30.91% -21.43% +55.56%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

REST falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,836 10,653 18,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.89% 22.65% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,490 7,931 14,067
10th Percentile £350 £394 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £800 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 136 204
10th Percentile £22.73 £32.88 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £49.75 £65.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +22.07% +17.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £76.89
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 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
London +19 446 £525 -12.50% 121
South East -20 85 £581 +5.68% 51
North of England -8 74 £525 -4.55% 63
South West 0 61 £515 -6.36% 16
North West -8 54 £525 -4.55% 35
Midlands -5 24 £481 -10.88% 31
East of England -4 21 £420 -16.00% 19
Yorkshire +11 20 £475 -8.21% 20
West Midlands 0 16 £475 -20.83% 17
East Midlands +4 8 £488 -9.72% 14
North East +12 4 £480 -28.89% 10
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 33 (4.50%) Apache
2 32 (4.37%) Confluence
3 23 (3.14%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.64%) CMS
5 11 (1.50%) Anypoint
6 9 (1.23%) Mule
7 8 (1.09%) Site Server
8 6 (0.82%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.68%) IIS
9 5 (0.68%) Mule ESB
9 5 (0.68%) SAS
10 4 (0.55%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.41%) JBoss
11 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (0.68%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.82%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.41%) Maximo
5 3 (0.41%) Shopify
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 197 (26.88%) Azure
2 172 (23.47%) AWS
3 67 (9.14%) GitHub
4 57 (7.78%) GCP
5 54 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (5.59%) Serverless
7 30 (4.09%) Power Platform
7 30 (4.09%) SaaS
8 27 (3.68%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.41%) OpenShift
10 24 (3.27%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (3.27%) PowerApps
11 23 (3.14%) Amazon S3
12 22 (3.00%) IaaS
13 20 (2.73%) Entra ID
14 19 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (2.59%) PaaS
15 17 (2.32%) npm
16 16 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
17 15 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.91%) HTTP
2 11 (1.50%) BGP
3 10 (1.36%) SSH
4 8 (1.09%) Ethernet VPN
4 8 (1.09%) Internet
4 8 (1.09%) MPLS
4 8 (1.09%) VPN
5 7 (0.95%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (0.68%) Firewall
6 5 (0.68%) SAN
7 4 (0.55%) DNS
7 4 (0.55%) VoIP
8 3 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.41%) IOS XR
8 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.41%) WAN
9 2 (0.27%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.27%) SMS
10 1 (0.14%) NAS
10 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (9.00%) NoSQL
3 55 (7.50%) SQL Server
4 54 (7.37%) Relational Database
5 22 (3.00%) MySQL
6 19 (2.59%) MongoDB
7 13 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (1.50%) GIS
9 11 (1.50%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (1.36%) Apache Cassandra
10 10 (1.36%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.36%) Power BI
11 7 (0.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 7 (0.95%) Triplestore
12 6 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.82%) Couchbase
12 6 (0.82%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.82%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 157 (21.42%) Git
2 104 (14.19%) Jenkins
2 104 (14.19%) JIRA
3 61 (8.32%) Selenium
4 60 (8.19%) JUnit
5 56 (7.64%) Cucumber
5 56 (7.64%) GitLab
6 37 (5.05%) Maven
7 32 (4.37%) SonarQube
8 30 (4.09%) REST Assured
9 21 (2.86%) Postman
10 20 (2.73%) Gradle
10 20 (2.73%) TeamCity
11 17 (2.32%) JMeter
11 17 (2.32%) Visual Studio
12 14 (1.91%) webpack
13 13 (1.77%) CircleCI
13 13 (1.77%) Cypress.io
14 12 (1.64%) Bitbucket
14 12 (1.64%) TestRail
General
1 154 (21.01%) Social Skills
2 112 (15.28%) Finance
3 90 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (10.50%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.14%) Banking
6 32 (4.37%) Front Office
7 24 (3.27%) Law
8 16 (2.18%) Retail
9 14 (1.91%) Investment Banking
10 13 (1.77%) Police
10 13 (1.77%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.64%) Marketing
12 11 (1.50%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.82%) Back Office
15 6 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.55%) Games
17 4 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 394 (53.75%) Developer
2 109 (14.87%) Java Developer
3 96 (13.10%) Senior
4 87 (11.87%) Architect
5 53 (7.23%) Full Stack Developer
6 48 (6.55%) Software Engineer
7 44 (6.00%) Java Engineer
8 39 (5.32%) Senior Developer
9 28 (3.82%) Applications Developer
10 26 (3.55%) Angular Developer
10 26 (3.55%) Lead
11 25 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
11 25 (3.41%) Python Developer
12 24 (3.27%) Senior Software Engineer
13 21 (2.86%) .NET Developer
13 21 (2.86%) C# Developer
13 21 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (2.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 19 (2.59%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 19 (2.59%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (19.78%) Spring
2 136 (18.55%) CSS
3 122 (16.64%) HTML
4 119 (16.23%) JSON
5 117 (15.96%) Spring Boot
6 113 (15.42%) React
7 105 (14.32%) SOAP
8 96 (13.10%) XML
9 94 (12.82%) AngularJS
10 93 (12.69%) .NET
11 87 (11.87%) Web Services
12 62 (8.46%) GraphQL
13 58 (7.91%) Node.js
14 56 (7.64%) JPA
15 54 (7.37%) Hibernate
16 45 (6.14%) Swagger
17 42 (5.73%) Kafka
18 38 (5.18%) SAML
19 31 (4.23%) HTML5
20 30 (4.09%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.91%) Data Structures
2 31 (4.23%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.55%) Linux Command Line
5 21 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (2.73%) Algorithms
7 17 (2.32%) Mobile App
7 17 (2.32%) Public Cloud
8 14 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.77%) Reference Data
10 12 (1.64%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.64%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.09%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.09%) Legacy Code
11 8 (1.09%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.09%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.95%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.82%) Client/Server
13 6 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 64 (8.73%) Linux
2 37 (5.05%) Windows
3 24 (3.27%) Unix
4 22 (3.00%) Apple iOS
5 21 (2.86%) Android
6 12 (1.64%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.41%) zOS
8 1 (0.14%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (41.20%) Agile
2 181 (24.69%) DevOps
3 179 (24.42%) CI/CD
4 134 (18.28%) Microservices
5 131 (17.87%) Software Engineering
6 124 (16.92%) Test Automation
7 105 (14.32%) TDD
8 102 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
9 101 (13.78%) Scrum
10 86 (11.73%) Continuous Integration
11 85 (11.60%) Unit Testing
12 75 (10.23%) Full Stack Development
13 74 (10.10%) Front End Development
14 71 (9.69%) OO
15 69 (9.41%) Design Patterns
16 55 (7.50%) Web Development
17 54 (7.37%) Mentoring
18 51 (6.96%) BDD
19 50 (6.82%) Containerisation
20 47 (6.41%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 269 (36.70%) Java
2 207 (28.24%) JavaScript
3 156 (21.28%) SQL
4 137 (18.69%) Python
5 104 (14.19%) TypeScript
6 103 (14.05%) C#
7 52 (7.09%) PowerShell
8 29 (3.96%) Go
8 29 (3.96%) Kotlin
9 25 (3.41%) C++
10 17 (2.32%) C
11 14 (1.91%) Perl
11 14 (1.91%) PL/SQL
12 13 (1.77%) Groovy
13 12 (1.64%) Apex Code
13 12 (1.64%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.50%) Bash
15 9 (1.23%) Rust
15 9 (1.23%) Swift
16 8 (1.09%) Korn
Qualifications
1 155 (21.15%) Security Cleared
2 127 (17.33%) SC Cleared
3 77 (10.50%) Degree
4 35 (4.77%) DV Cleared
5 31 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.36%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.23%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.95%) CISSP
9 4 (0.55%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (0.55%) PMP
10 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.27%) HND
12 1 (0.14%) CEH
12 1 (0.14%) CISM
12 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.14%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.96%) QA
2 24 (3.27%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.50%) WCAG
5 6 (0.82%) GDPR
5 6 (0.82%) ISO 20022
5 6 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.68%) SLA
7 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.41%) GRC
8 2 (0.27%) HL7
8 2 (0.27%) MiFID
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) NIST
9 1 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 123 (16.78%) Docker
2 26 (3.55%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.55%) OpenAM
5 4 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.41%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 3 (0.41%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.14%) IAG
7 1 (0.14%) OpenDJ
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 121 (16.51%) Kubernetes
2 65 (8.87%) Ansible
3 63 (8.59%) Terraform
4 32 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (2.32%) Podman
6 13 (1.77%) Grafana
7 12 (1.64%) Docker Swarm
8 7 (0.95%) Kibana
8 7 (0.95%) PingFederate
9 5 (0.68%) CloudHub
10 4 (0.55%) Argo
10 4 (0.55%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.41%) Control-M
11 3 (0.41%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.27%) Istio
12 2 (0.27%) logstash
12 2 (0.27%) Puppet
13 1 (0.14%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.14%) Packer
13 1 (0.14%) rkt
Vendors
1 72 (9.82%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.96%) Oracle
3 49 (6.68%) Google
4 40 (5.46%) Salesforce
5 38 (5.18%) SAP
6 25 (3.41%) MuleSoft
7 19 (2.59%) Splunk
8 17 (2.32%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.91%) Atlassian
9 14 (1.91%) CyberArk
9 14 (1.91%) IBM
10 11 (1.50%) Red Hat
11 9 (1.23%) ESRI
11 9 (1.23%) Pega
12 8 (1.09%) ForgeRock
13 7 (0.95%) VMware
13 7 (0.95%) WSO2
14 6 (0.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 5 (0.68%) New Relic
15 5 (0.68%) Ping Identity