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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 188 143
Rank change year-on-year -6 -45 -16
Contract jobs citing RESTful 500 796 1,721
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.39% 1.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.61% 6.01% 7.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 586 1,217
10th Percentile £368 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £456
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 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 27
10th Percentile £47.70 £62.70 £44.40
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% +46.34%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £67.36
90th Percentile £87.00 £77.00 £75.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% +50.00%

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 8,906 13,255 23,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.94% 23.15% 26.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,185 9,676 17,493
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 144 238
10th Percentile £21.25 £25.75 £22.35
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.71
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.25 £76.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -16 404 £517 -13.83% 378
London -27 233 £564 -13.27% 160
Work from Home +11 201 £500 -7.41% 288
UK excluding London +40 199 £463 -7.50% 272
North of England +39 68 £475 -16.67% 81
North West +35 48 £463 -0.54% 34
Scotland +60 43 £400 -15.79% 22
South East +5 31 £450 -5.76% 62
Midlands +7 22 £500 -4.76% 45
East of England +10 17 £500 +9.29% 18
South West +7 15 £538 - 21
Yorkshire +7 15 £503 -14.10% 29
West Midlands +17 12 £607 +26.13% 34
East Midlands +11 10 £435 -22.90% 11
North East +15 5 £500 -18.37% 19
Wales +11 3 £438 -16.67% 15

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 (3.00%) Confluence
2 10 (2.00%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.80%) Apache
4 7 (1.40%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.20%) CMS
6 3 (0.60%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.60%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.40%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.40%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.40%) Appian
7 2 (0.40%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.40%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.40%) Jadu
7 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.40%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (1.00%) 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 (1.40%) NEC Housing
2 5 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.40%) Shopify
5 1 (0.20%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.20%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.20%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.20%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 215 (43.00%) AWS
2 125 (25.00%) Azure
3 85 (17.00%) GCP
4 38 (7.60%) Serverless
5 34 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (6.40%) GitHub
7 23 (4.60%) Amazon S3
7 23 (4.60%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (3.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (2.60%) npm
10 12 (2.40%) AWS Step Functions
11 9 (1.80%) PaaS
12 8 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (1.60%) Azure Functions
12 8 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (1.60%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 60 (12.00%) HTTP
2 11 (2.20%) Firewall
3 9 (1.80%) SSL
4 7 (1.40%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.20%) BGP
5 6 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.00%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.60%) DHCP
7 3 (0.60%) DNS
7 3 (0.60%) HSRP
7 3 (0.60%) LAN
7 3 (0.60%) MPLS
7 3 (0.60%) Network Security
7 3 (0.60%) OSPF
7 3 (0.60%) SNMP
7 3 (0.60%) VLAN
7 3 (0.60%) VPN
7 3 (0.60%) WAN
7 3 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.80%) NoSQL
2 44 (8.80%) MongoDB
2 44 (8.80%) SQL Server
3 39 (7.80%) Apache Cassandra
4 38 (7.60%) MySQL
5 37 (7.40%) Relational Database
6 33 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (3.00%) DynamoDB
8 10 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.00%) Redis
9 8 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.40%) Power BI
11 5 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.00%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.00%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.60%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 101 (20.20%) Git
2 51 (10.20%) Jenkins
3 30 (6.00%) JIRA
4 20 (4.00%) Mockito
5 17 (3.40%) Android Studio
6 15 (3.00%) webpack
7 14 (2.80%) Maven
7 14 (2.80%) Selenium
8 13 (2.60%) TeamCity
9 12 (2.40%) Bitbucket
9 12 (2.40%) Cucumber
9 12 (2.40%) GitLab
9 12 (2.40%) JUnit
10 11 (2.20%) CircleCI
11 9 (1.80%) Moq
12 8 (1.60%) Cypress.io
12 8 (1.60%) NUnit
12 8 (1.60%) SonarQube
12 8 (1.60%) Visual Studio
13 7 (1.40%) Xcode
General
1 118 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 62 (12.40%) Finance
3 45 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.20%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.80%) Banking
6 15 (3.00%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.40%) Front Office
8 9 (1.80%) Marketing
9 8 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.40%) Retail
11 6 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.00%) Electronics
12 5 (1.00%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.60%) Advertising
14 3 (0.60%) Back Office
14 3 (0.60%) Law
14 3 (0.60%) Publishing
15 2 (0.40%) Automotive
15 2 (0.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 306 (61.20%) Developer
2 65 (13.00%) Senior
3 46 (9.20%) Scala Developer
4 45 (9.00%) Java Developer
5 43 (8.60%) Software Engineer
6 39 (7.80%) Senior Developer
7 35 (7.00%) Architect
8 29 (5.80%) Software Developer
9 26 (5.20%) Full Stack Developer
9 26 (5.20%) Python Developer
10 24 (4.80%) .NET Developer
11 21 (4.20%) Lead
12 19 (3.80%) C# Developer
13 18 (3.60%) Android Developer
14 16 (3.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 16 (3.20%) React Developer
15 15 (3.00%) Senior Java Developer
16 14 (2.80%) AWS Developer
17 12 (2.40%) Python Engineer
18 11 (2.20%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (16.20%) React
2 79 (15.80%) Kafka
2 79 (15.80%) Node.js
3 72 (14.40%) .NET
4 68 (13.60%) Spring
5 67 (13.40%) CSS
5 67 (13.40%) Web Services
6 65 (13.00%) HTML
7 56 (11.20%) AngularJS
7 56 (11.20%) Spring Boot
8 48 (9.60%) Akka
9 45 (9.00%) SOAP
10 38 (7.60%) JSON
10 38 (7.60%) XML
11 37 (7.40%) OAuth
12 32 (6.40%) .NET Core
13 31 (6.20%) REST
14 23 (4.60%) OpenID
15 22 (4.40%) GraphQL
15 22 (4.40%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.80%) Distributed Systems
2 31 (6.20%) Data Structures
3 30 (6.00%) Mobile App
4 26 (5.20%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.60%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.60%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.40%) Product Ownership
7 15 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.80%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.40%) Distributed Computing
9 7 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.00%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.00%) PKI
11 5 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.00%) Verilog
11 5 (1.00%) VHDL
12 4 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.80%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.40%) Linux
2 30 (6.00%) Android
3 16 (3.20%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.60%) Unix
5 12 (2.40%) Windows
6 8 (1.60%) VMS
7 4 (0.80%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.60%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (39.00%) Agile
2 172 (34.40%) Microservices
3 129 (25.80%) DevOps
4 113 (22.60%) CI/CD
5 95 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (16.00%) TDD
7 73 (14.60%) Software Engineering
7 73 (14.60%) Test Automation
8 67 (13.40%) Unit Testing
9 63 (12.60%) Continuous Integration
10 58 (11.60%) User Experience
11 56 (11.20%) Clean Code
12 51 (10.20%) API Development
12 51 (10.20%) Full Stack Development
13 43 (8.60%) Scrum
14 42 (8.40%) SDLC
15 41 (8.20%) Containerisation
16 40 (8.00%) Machine Learning
16 40 (8.00%) UX Design
17 39 (7.80%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 155 (31.00%) Java
2 145 (29.00%) SQL
3 118 (23.60%) JavaScript
4 117 (23.40%) Python
5 68 (13.60%) C#
6 64 (12.80%) Scala
7 53 (10.60%) TypeScript
8 35 (7.00%) Kotlin
9 21 (4.20%) Go
10 17 (3.40%) C
10 17 (3.40%) C++
11 15 (3.00%) PHP
12 12 (2.40%) PowerShell
12 12 (2.40%) Shell Script
13 10 (2.00%) Swift
14 7 (1.40%) Bash
14 7 (1.40%) Ruby
15 6 (1.20%) Bicep
15 6 (1.20%) PL/SQL
16 5 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 61 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 51 (10.20%) SC Cleared
3 42 (8.40%) Degree
4 30 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.20%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.00%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.00%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.20%) CCNP
9 1 (0.20%) CEH
9 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.20%) CISSP
9 1 (0.20%) GCIA
9 1 (0.20%) GCIH
9 1 (0.20%) GIAC
9 1 (0.20%) GSEC
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.60%) QA
2 19 (3.80%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.40%) GDPR
4 5 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.60%) NCSC
6 3 (0.60%) WCAG
7 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.40%) PSD2
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 104 (20.80%) Docker
2 9 (1.80%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.80%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 5 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.80%) VirtualBox
5 3 (0.60%) vCloud
5 3 (0.60%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.60%) vSphere
6 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 113 (22.60%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.60%) Terraform
3 23 (4.60%) Grafana
4 22 (4.40%) Prometheus
5 21 (4.20%) Ansible
6 9 (1.80%) Consul
7 8 (1.60%) Zipkin
8 6 (1.20%) Kibana
9 3 (0.60%) Autotask
9 3 (0.60%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.60%) Puppet
10 2 (0.40%) logstash
11 1 (0.20%) Anchore
11 1 (0.20%) Argo
11 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.20%) Istio
11 1 (0.20%) Nagios
11 1 (0.20%) Packer
11 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (7.20%) Oracle
2 34 (6.80%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.80%) Google
4 21 (4.20%) Typelevel
5 17 (3.40%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.40%) SAP
7 11 (2.20%) SaltStack
8 10 (2.00%) TIBCO
9 9 (1.80%) IBM
10 8 (1.60%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.40%) NEC
12 6 (1.20%) Cadence
12 6 (1.20%) Cisco
12 6 (1.20%) TOWER Software
13 5 (1.00%) Adobe
13 5 (1.00%) VMware
14 4 (0.80%) Checkmarx
14 4 (0.80%) Genesys
14 4 (0.80%) Sitecore
15 3 (0.60%) Meraki