REST Contracts

Representational State Transfer (REST)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 104 102 83
Rank change year-on-year -2 -19 -12
Contract jobs citing REST 903 1,348 2,650
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.07% 2.43% 3.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.80% 10.59% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 908 1,798
10th Percentile £380 £419 £413
25th Percentile £443 £475 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £670 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 27
10th Percentile £27.00 £48.50 £41.65
25th Percentile £34.25 £51.56 £54.38
Median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -21.43% +55.56%
75th Percentile £76.88 £64.00 £76.67
90th Percentile £85.00 £90.00 £78.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 £53.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year +37.67% -23.21% +40.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,217 12,733 23,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.10% 22.93% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,352 9,286 17,244
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 £670
90th Percentile £775 £775 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 153 227
10th Percentile £22.20 £31.60 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £67.18
90th Percentile £74.48 £80.85 £76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +22.22%

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 12 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 12 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 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
England +4 733 £525 -4.55% 323
London +19 446 £525 -12.50% 126
UK excluding London -22 352 £500 -4.76% 220
Work from Home -9 350 £525 - 202
South East -20 85 £581 +5.68% 52
Scotland +28 78 £469 -6.25% 19
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
Northern Ireland +5 12 £575 +35.29% 19
East Midlands +4 8 £488 -9.72% 14
North East +12 4 £480 -28.89% 10
Wales -2 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 45 (4.98%) Confluence
2 33 (3.65%) Apache
3 23 (2.55%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.44%) CMS
5 12 (1.33%) Anypoint
5 12 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.00%) Mule
6 9 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
7 8 (0.89%) OpenStack
7 8 (0.89%) Site Server
8 5 (0.55%) IIS
8 5 (0.55%) JBoss
8 5 (0.55%) Mule ESB
8 5 (0.55%) SAS
9 4 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
9 4 (0.44%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.44%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (0.55%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.66%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.33%) Maximo
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.33%) Shopify
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle iProcurement
8 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 241 (26.69%) Azure
2 239 (26.47%) AWS
3 82 (9.08%) GitHub
4 73 (8.08%) Azure DevOps
5 64 (7.09%) GCP
6 56 (6.20%) Serverless
7 41 (4.54%) OpenShift
8 37 (4.10%) Amazon S3
9 34 (3.77%) SaaS
10 32 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
10 32 (3.54%) Power Platform
11 27 (2.99%) IaaS
11 27 (2.99%) Power Automate
12 24 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
12 24 (2.66%) PowerApps
13 20 (2.21%) Entra ID
13 20 (2.21%) PaaS
14 19 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (2.10%) npm
15 18 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.10%) HTTP
2 11 (1.22%) BGP
2 11 (1.22%) SSH
3 9 (1.00%) MPLS
3 9 (1.00%) VPN
4 8 (0.89%) Ethernet VPN
4 8 (0.89%) Internet
5 7 (0.78%) Radio Access Network
5 7 (0.78%) SAN
6 5 (0.55%) Firewall
7 4 (0.44%) DNS
7 4 (0.44%) VoIP
8 3 (0.33%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.33%) IOS XR
8 3 (0.33%) NAS
8 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.33%) WAN
9 2 (0.22%) FTP
9 2 (0.22%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.22%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (12.74%) PostgreSQL
2 75 (8.31%) NoSQL
3 63 (6.98%) Relational Database
4 59 (6.53%) SQL Server
5 27 (2.99%) MySQL
6 25 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (2.77%) Oracle Database
7 21 (2.33%) MongoDB
8 18 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (1.77%) Snowflake Schema
10 12 (1.33%) GIS
10 12 (1.33%) Power BI
11 11 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
11 11 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.11%) Apache Cassandra
12 10 (1.11%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.89%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 7 (0.78%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 185 (20.49%) Git
2 126 (13.95%) Jenkins
3 125 (13.84%) JIRA
4 70 (7.75%) GitLab
4 70 (7.75%) Selenium
5 66 (7.31%) JUnit
6 64 (7.09%) Cucumber
7 61 (6.76%) Maven
8 35 (3.88%) SonarQube
9 33 (3.65%) REST Assured
10 26 (2.88%) Postman
11 22 (2.44%) Visual Studio
12 21 (2.33%) Gradle
12 21 (2.33%) TeamCity
13 20 (2.21%) JMeter
14 18 (1.99%) Cypress.io
15 16 (1.77%) webpack
16 15 (1.66%) CircleCI
17 14 (1.55%) TestRail
18 13 (1.44%) Bitbucket
General
1 193 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 125 (13.84%) Finance
3 110 (12.18%) Public Sector
4 97 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (5.87%) Banking
6 32 (3.54%) Front Office
7 24 (2.66%) Law
8 19 (2.10%) Retail
9 18 (1.99%) Investment Banking
10 17 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (1.77%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.55%) Back Office
13 13 (1.44%) Police
14 12 (1.33%) Marketing
15 11 (1.22%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.66%) Manufacturing
18 4 (0.44%) Games
18 4 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 474 (52.49%) Developer
2 145 (16.06%) Java Developer
3 110 (12.18%) Senior
4 108 (11.96%) Architect
5 65 (7.20%) Full Stack Developer
6 60 (6.64%) Java Engineer
7 55 (6.09%) Software Engineer
8 51 (5.65%) Senior Developer
9 31 (3.43%) Lead
10 29 (3.21%) Angular Developer
10 29 (3.21%) Applications Developer
11 28 (3.10%) DevOps Engineer
11 28 (3.10%) Python Developer
12 27 (2.99%) Tester
13 25 (2.77%) Senior Software Engineer
14 24 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 22 (2.44%) Java Software Engineer
15 22 (2.44%) Software Developer
16 21 (2.33%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (22.59%) Spring
2 178 (19.71%) Spring Boot
3 163 (18.05%) CSS
4 145 (16.06%) HTML
5 143 (15.84%) SOAP
6 139 (15.39%) JSON
7 135 (14.95%) React
8 115 (12.74%) AngularJS
8 115 (12.74%) Web Services
9 111 (12.29%) XML
10 102 (11.30%) .NET
11 81 (8.97%) Node.js
12 69 (7.64%) GraphQL
13 68 (7.53%) JPA
14 56 (6.20%) Hibernate
15 52 (5.76%) Kafka
16 51 (5.65%) Swagger
17 45 (4.98%) SAML
18 34 (3.77%) OAuth
19 32 (3.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 42 (4.65%) Data Structures
2 34 (3.77%) Linux Command Line
3 33 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (3.21%) Public Cloud
5 22 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.33%) Algorithms
7 19 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (1.88%) Data Centre
8 17 (1.88%) Mobile App
9 16 (1.77%) Virtual Team
10 15 (1.66%) Reference Data
11 13 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.33%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.11%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.89%) Cloud Native
14 8 (0.89%) CMDB
14 8 (0.89%) Legacy Code
14 8 (0.89%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 80 (8.86%) Linux
2 51 (5.65%) Windows
3 28 (3.10%) Unix
4 24 (2.66%) Apple iOS
5 23 (2.55%) Android
6 14 (1.55%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.33%) zOS
8 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.11%) AIX
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (40.42%) Agile
2 234 (25.91%) CI/CD
3 224 (24.81%) DevOps
4 178 (19.71%) Microservices
5 151 (16.72%) Software Engineering
6 150 (16.61%) Test Automation
7 127 (14.06%) TDD
8 114 (12.62%) Problem-Solving
8 114 (12.62%) Scrum
9 102 (11.30%) Full Stack Development
10 95 (10.52%) Continuous Integration
10 95 (10.52%) Unit Testing
11 79 (8.75%) Front End Development
12 78 (8.64%) OO
13 76 (8.42%) Design Patterns
14 69 (7.64%) Migration
15 67 (7.42%) SDLC
16 60 (6.64%) Containerisation
17 59 (6.53%) Workflow
18 58 (6.42%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 355 (39.31%) Java
2 241 (26.69%) JavaScript
3 208 (23.03%) SQL
4 158 (17.50%) Python
5 125 (13.84%) TypeScript
6 110 (12.18%) C#
7 54 (5.98%) PowerShell
8 32 (3.54%) Go
9 31 (3.43%) Kotlin
10 27 (2.99%) C++
11 18 (1.99%) C
12 16 (1.77%) Perl
13 15 (1.66%) PL/SQL
14 13 (1.44%) Apex Code
14 13 (1.44%) Groovy
14 13 (1.44%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.33%) Bash
16 10 (1.11%) Shell Script
17 9 (1.00%) ABAP
17 9 (1.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 187 (20.71%) Security Cleared
2 139 (15.39%) SC Cleared
3 82 (9.08%) Degree
4 47 (5.20%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.22%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.00%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.78%) CISSP
10 4 (0.44%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.44%) PMP
11 3 (0.33%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.22%) 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 68 (7.53%) QA
2 29 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 27 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.33%) WCAG
5 6 (0.66%) GDPR
5 6 (0.66%) ISO 20022
5 6 (0.66%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (0.55%) SLA
7 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.33%) GRC
8 2 (0.22%) HL7
8 2 (0.22%) 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
1 161 (17.83%) Docker
2 26 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.78%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.44%) OpenAM
5 4 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.33%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 3 (0.33%) OpenIDM
6 3 (0.33%) vCloud
6 3 (0.33%) vSphere
7 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
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 (14.95%) Kubernetes
2 73 (8.08%) Terraform
3 70 (7.75%) Ansible
4 38 (4.21%) Single Sign-On
5 22 (2.44%) Grafana
6 17 (1.88%) Podman
7 12 (1.33%) Docker Swarm
8 8 (0.89%) Kibana
9 7 (0.78%) PingFederate
10 6 (0.66%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.66%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.55%) CloudHub
11 5 (0.55%) Puppet
12 4 (0.44%) Argo
12 4 (0.44%) Control-M
13 3 (0.33%) Autotask
13 3 (0.33%) NetBackup
14 2 (0.22%) Istio
14 2 (0.22%) logstash
15 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 83 (9.19%) Microsoft
2 82 (9.08%) Oracle
3 59 (6.53%) Google
4 43 (4.76%) Salesforce
4 43 (4.76%) SAP
5 27 (2.99%) MuleSoft
6 26 (2.88%) Atlassian
7 25 (2.77%) ServiceNow
8 20 (2.21%) Splunk
9 17 (1.88%) IBM
10 14 (1.55%) CyberArk
11 13 (1.44%) Pega
12 11 (1.22%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.22%) VMware
13 9 (1.00%) ESRI
14 8 (0.89%) BMC
14 8 (0.89%) ForgeRock
14 8 (0.89%) WSO2
15 6 (0.66%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 6 (0.66%) TOWER Software