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

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 98 82
Rank change year-on-year -7 -16 -11
Contract jobs citing REST 878 1,427 2,644
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.06% 2.50% 3.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.86% 10.76% 11.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 991 1,788
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £438 £470 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £545 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% -5.22% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £669
90th Percentile £744 £748 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +13.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 32
10th Percentile £26.58 £45.50 £41.74
25th Percentile £58.75 £51.88 £49.75
Median hourly rate £74.44 £56.25 £62.88
Median % change year-on-year +32.34% -10.54% +39.72%
75th Percentile £83.13 £71.81 £75.39
90th Percentile £85.00 £90.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.44 £57.75 £62.88
% change year-on-year +28.90% -8.15% +25.75%

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 8,901 13,257 23,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.92% 23.22% 26.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,172 9,669 17,311
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 - - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 150 242
10th Percentile £21.25 £29.58 £22.75
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £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 £65.54
90th Percentile £74.80 £81.13 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.50 £50.25
% change year-on-year -26.36% +28.36% +11.67%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 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 -10 691 £525 -4.55% 312
London +9 416 £525 -8.70% 126
UK excluding London -19 345 £500 -4.76% 206
Work from Home -11 341 £515 -1.90% 206
Scotland +28 90 £499 +2.31% 12
South East -25 89 £550 - 43
North of England -15 69 £525 -4.55% 64
South West +15 57 £529 -3.82% 23
North West -9 51 £525 -4.55% 34
Yorkshire +12 18 £445 -15.24% 24
Midlands +6 18 £488 -9.72% 19
East of England -1 17 £450 -10.00% 27
West Midlands -2 12 £475 -20.83% 10
Northern Ireland +8 8 £588 +30.56% 16
East Midlands +10 6 £577 +6.85% 9
North East +12 4 £480 -21.63% 7
Wales -2 1 - - 3

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 54 (6.15%) Confluence
2 38 (4.33%) Apache
3 17 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.25%) Anypoint
5 11 (1.25%) CMS
6 9 (1.03%) Mule
7 8 (0.91%) Site Server
8 6 (0.68%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.57%) IIS
9 5 (0.57%) Mule ESB
10 4 (0.46%) JBoss
10 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.46%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.34%) nginx
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.34%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (0.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
1 6 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.57%) Shopify
3 4 (0.46%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.34%) Maximo
4 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
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
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
1 248 (28.25%) AWS
2 228 (25.97%) Azure
3 77 (8.77%) GitHub
4 68 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
5 62 (7.06%) GCP
6 56 (6.38%) Serverless
7 41 (4.67%) Amazon S3
8 40 (4.56%) OpenShift
9 35 (3.99%) SaaS
10 32 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
11 31 (3.53%) Power Platform
12 26 (2.96%) IaaS
13 25 (2.85%) Amazon SQS
13 25 (2.85%) npm
14 24 (2.73%) Power Automate
15 23 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (2.51%) PowerApps
17 21 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (2.39%) PaaS
18 20 (2.28%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.56%) HTTP
2 15 (1.71%) BGP
3 12 (1.37%) Ethernet VPN
3 12 (1.37%) MPLS
3 12 (1.37%) VPN
4 11 (1.25%) Radio Access Network
5 9 (1.03%) SAN
6 8 (0.91%) SSH
6 8 (0.91%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.57%) Firewall
7 5 (0.57%) NAS
8 4 (0.46%) WinSCP
9 3 (0.34%) 5G
9 3 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.34%) DNS
9 3 (0.34%) Internet
9 3 (0.34%) IOS XR
9 3 (0.34%) VoIP
10 2 (0.23%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.23%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (13.90%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (9.11%) NoSQL
3 60 (6.83%) SQL Server
4 58 (6.61%) Relational Database
5 27 (3.08%) MySQL
6 24 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (2.73%) MongoDB
7 22 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
7 22 (2.51%) Oracle Database
8 16 (1.82%) Snowflake Schema
9 15 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.59%) Power BI
11 12 (1.37%) GIS
12 11 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
12 11 (1.25%) Apache Cassandra
12 11 (1.25%) DynamoDB
13 9 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.80%) Couchbase
14 7 (0.80%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.80%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 195 (22.21%) Git
2 139 (15.83%) Jenkins
3 133 (15.15%) JIRA
4 78 (8.88%) Cucumber
4 78 (8.88%) JUnit
5 73 (8.31%) GitLab
6 68 (7.74%) Selenium
7 56 (6.38%) Maven
8 44 (5.01%) Postman
9 38 (4.33%) SonarQube
10 37 (4.21%) REST Assured
11 26 (2.96%) Gradle
12 25 (2.85%) Visual Studio
13 22 (2.51%) JMeter
13 22 (2.51%) webpack
14 21 (2.39%) TeamCity
15 19 (2.16%) Cypress.io
16 18 (2.05%) TestRail
17 16 (1.82%) CircleCI
18 14 (1.59%) Bitbucket
General
1 212 (24.15%) Social Skills
2 115 (13.10%) Finance
3 109 (12.41%) Public Sector
4 97 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (4.78%) Banking
6 37 (4.21%) Front Office
7 25 (2.85%) Law
8 19 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (1.94%) Retail
10 14 (1.59%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.48%) Back Office
11 13 (1.48%) Police
12 10 (1.14%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.14%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.14%) Marketing
13 9 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.57%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.46%) Games
15 4 (0.46%) Legal
Job Titles
1 455 (51.82%) Developer
2 153 (17.43%) Java Developer
3 108 (12.30%) Senior
4 92 (10.48%) Architect
5 63 (7.18%) Full Stack Developer
6 60 (6.83%) Java Engineer
7 53 (6.04%) Software Engineer
8 52 (5.92%) Senior Developer
9 33 (3.76%) Lead
10 30 (3.42%) Angular Developer
11 28 (3.19%) Applications Developer
12 27 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (2.85%) Python Developer
13 25 (2.85%) SC Cleared Java Developer
13 25 (2.85%) Tester
14 23 (2.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 23 (2.62%) Java Software Engineer
14 23 (2.62%) Software Developer
15 22 (2.51%) .NET Developer
16 21 (2.39%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (23.58%) Spring
2 184 (20.96%) Spring Boot
3 147 (16.74%) CSS
4 143 (16.29%) SOAP
5 135 (15.38%) React
6 132 (15.03%) JSON
7 130 (14.81%) HTML
8 114 (12.98%) Web Services
9 111 (12.64%) .NET
10 106 (12.07%) AngularJS
11 95 (10.82%) XML
12 84 (9.57%) Node.js
13 71 (8.09%) Kafka
14 66 (7.52%) GraphQL
14 66 (7.52%) JPA
15 56 (6.38%) Hibernate
16 46 (5.24%) SAML
17 40 (4.56%) Swagger
18 35 (3.99%) OAuth
19 32 (3.64%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 34 (3.87%) Product Ownership
2 31 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (3.42%) Data Structures
4 29 (3.30%) Public Cloud
5 27 (3.08%) Linux Command Line
6 19 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (2.16%) Mobile App
7 16 (1.82%) Virtual Team
8 15 (1.71%) Algorithms
8 15 (1.71%) Reference Data
9 13 (1.48%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.37%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.14%) Cloud Native
12 9 (1.03%) Legacy Code
12 9 (1.03%) Management Information System
13 8 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.18%) Linux
2 45 (5.13%) Windows
3 25 (2.85%) Apple iOS
4 24 (2.73%) Unix
5 23 (2.62%) Android
6 11 (1.25%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (40.43%) Agile
2 240 (27.33%) CI/CD
3 221 (25.17%) DevOps
4 180 (20.50%) Microservices
5 155 (17.65%) Software Engineering
5 155 (17.65%) Test Automation
6 119 (13.55%) TDD
7 118 (13.44%) Scrum
8 106 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (11.62%) Continuous Integration
10 95 (10.82%) Full Stack Development
11 86 (9.79%) Unit Testing
12 82 (9.34%) Design Patterns
12 82 (9.34%) Front End Development
13 74 (8.43%) OO
14 66 (7.52%) Containerisation
14 66 (7.52%) SDLC
15 63 (7.18%) BDD
16 55 (6.26%) Mentoring
17 54 (6.15%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 354 (40.32%) Java
2 223 (25.40%) JavaScript
3 221 (25.17%) SQL
4 161 (18.34%) Python
5 124 (14.12%) TypeScript
6 122 (13.90%) C#
7 43 (4.90%) PowerShell
8 34 (3.87%) Go
9 27 (3.08%) Kotlin
10 19 (2.16%) Perl
11 16 (1.82%) C
12 15 (1.71%) C++
13 14 (1.59%) T-SQL
14 12 (1.37%) Apex Code
14 12 (1.37%) Bash
14 12 (1.37%) PL/SQL
15 11 (1.25%) Groovy
15 11 (1.25%) Swift
16 9 (1.03%) PHP
16 9 (1.03%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 182 (20.73%) Security Cleared
2 145 (16.51%) SC Cleared
3 81 (9.23%) Degree
4 42 (4.78%) DV Cleared
5 30 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.25%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.91%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.68%) CISSP
10 4 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.46%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.46%) PMP
11 3 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.23%) HND
13 1 (0.11%) CISM
13 1 (0.11%) ISEB
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.09%) QA
2 27 (3.08%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.85%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.25%) WCAG
5 7 (0.80%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (0.68%) GDPR
6 6 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.57%) SLA
8 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.34%) GRC
9 2 (0.23%) HL7
9 2 (0.23%) MiFID
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 177 (20.16%) Docker
2 24 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.80%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.46%) OpenAM
5 4 (0.46%) 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
Systems Management
1 140 (15.95%) Kubernetes
2 83 (9.45%) Terraform
3 71 (8.09%) Ansible
4 35 (3.99%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (2.85%) Grafana
6 17 (1.94%) Podman
7 15 (1.71%) Kibana
8 12 (1.37%) Docker Swarm
9 8 (0.91%) PingFederate
9 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.68%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.57%) CloudHub
11 5 (0.57%) NetBackup
11 5 (0.57%) Puppet
12 4 (0.46%) Argo
12 4 (0.46%) Packer
13 3 (0.34%) Autotask
13 3 (0.34%) Istio
13 3 (0.34%) Kustomize
14 2 (0.23%) logstash
Vendors
1 89 (10.14%) Microsoft
2 80 (9.11%) Oracle
3 57 (6.49%) Google
4 44 (5.01%) Salesforce
4 44 (5.01%) SAP
5 24 (2.73%) MuleSoft
6 22 (2.51%) Atlassian
6 22 (2.51%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.94%) Splunk
8 14 (1.59%) IBM
9 13 (1.48%) Pega
10 11 (1.25%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.14%) CyberArk
12 9 (1.03%) ESRI
13 8 (0.91%) VMware
14 7 (0.80%) ForgeRock
14 7 (0.80%) WSO2
15 6 (0.68%) Ping Identity
15 6 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 6 (0.68%) TOWER Software