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

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 193 144
Rank change year-on-year 0 -49 -18
Contract jobs citing RESTful 516 810 1,708
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.21% 1.41% 1.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.80% 6.05% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 598 1,203
10th Percentile £374 £400 £400
25th Percentile £436 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £611 £700 £650
90th Percentile £713 £800 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -4.52% -0.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 29
10th Percentile £47.70 £62.70 £37.05
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% +30.43%
75th Percentile £85.00 - £67.50
90th Percentile £87.00 £77.00 £78.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +45.45% +37.50%

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 8,899 13,396 23,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.86% 23.24% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,168 9,771 17,471
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 243 157 240
10th Percentile £21.25 £30.45 £22.50
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 £65.60
90th Percentile £74.90 £81.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.36% +29.00% +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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -10 419 £525 -11.02% 305
London -37 227 £570 -12.31% 117
UK excluding London +59 217 £475 -4.52% 209
Work from Home +10 204 £500 -7.41% 258
North of England +52 87 £495 -7.91% 70
North West +63 67 £495 +8.79% 31
Scotland +56 43 £400 -15.79% 19
South East +4 31 £450 -1.10% 37
Midlands +6 20 £504 -4.05% 35
East of England +14 18 £500 +9.29% 15
Yorkshire +9 15 £503 -14.10% 25
South West +8 15 £538 - 21
West Midlands +13 12 £607 +34.89% 24
East Midlands +9 8 £462 -14.05% 11
North East +15 5 £500 - 15
Wales +11 3 £438 -16.67% 9

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 (2.91%) Confluence
2 10 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.74%) Apache
4 7 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.16%) CMS
6 3 (0.58%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.58%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.39%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.39%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.39%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.39%) Jadu
7 2 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.39%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.39%) WordPress
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) Appian
8 1 (0.19%) JBoss
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.74%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.36%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.39%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.19%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 234 (45.35%) AWS
2 122 (23.64%) Azure
3 88 (17.05%) GCP
4 39 (7.56%) Serverless
5 35 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (6.20%) GitHub
7 23 (4.46%) Amazon S3
7 23 (4.46%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (2.52%) npm
10 12 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (2.33%) AWS Step Functions
11 9 (1.74%) PaaS
12 8 (1.55%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (1.55%) Azure Functions
12 8 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (1.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 58 (11.24%) HTTP
2 11 (2.13%) Firewall
3 9 (1.74%) SSL
4 7 (1.36%) Kerberos
5 6 (1.16%) BGP
5 6 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.97%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.58%) DHCP
7 3 (0.58%) DNS
7 3 (0.58%) HSRP
7 3 (0.58%) LAN
7 3 (0.58%) MPLS
7 3 (0.58%) Network Security
7 3 (0.58%) OSPF
7 3 (0.58%) SNMP
7 3 (0.58%) VLAN
7 3 (0.58%) VPN
7 3 (0.58%) WAN
7 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.31%) NoSQL
2 58 (11.24%) MongoDB
3 41 (7.95%) SQL Server
4 38 (7.36%) Apache Cassandra
4 38 (7.36%) MySQL
5 35 (6.78%) Relational Database
6 33 (6.40%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (2.71%) DynamoDB
8 10 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.94%) Redis
9 8 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.36%) Power BI
11 5 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.97%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.97%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.78%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.58%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 100 (19.38%) Git
2 53 (10.27%) Jenkins
3 30 (5.81%) JIRA
4 27 (5.23%) GitLab
5 20 (3.88%) Mockito
6 17 (3.29%) Android Studio
7 16 (3.10%) Cucumber
8 15 (2.91%) Selenium
8 15 (2.91%) webpack
9 14 (2.71%) Maven
9 14 (2.71%) TeamCity
10 12 (2.33%) Bitbucket
10 12 (2.33%) JUnit
11 10 (1.94%) CircleCI
11 10 (1.94%) Moq
12 9 (1.74%) NUnit
12 9 (1.74%) Visual Studio
13 8 (1.55%) Cypress.io
13 8 (1.55%) SonarQube
14 7 (1.36%) Xcode
General
1 118 (22.87%) Social Skills
2 60 (11.63%) Finance
3 46 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (7.56%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.20%) Banking
6 18 (3.49%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.52%) Front Office
8 10 (1.94%) Marketing
9 9 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.36%) Retail
11 6 (1.16%) Electronics
11 6 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.58%) Advertising
13 3 (0.58%) Back Office
13 3 (0.58%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.58%) Law
13 3 (0.58%) Publishing
14 2 (0.39%) Automotive
14 2 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 309 (59.88%) Developer
2 72 (13.95%) Senior
3 50 (9.69%) Software Engineer
4 47 (9.11%) Java Developer
5 44 (8.53%) Scala Developer
6 40 (7.75%) Senior Developer
7 34 (6.59%) Architect
8 27 (5.23%) Software Developer
9 26 (5.04%) Python Developer
10 24 (4.65%) .NET Developer
10 24 (4.65%) Full Stack Developer
11 20 (3.88%) C# Developer
11 20 (3.88%) Lead
12 18 (3.49%) Android Developer
13 17 (3.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 16 (3.10%) Consultant
14 16 (3.10%) React Developer
14 16 (3.10%) Senior Java Developer
15 15 (2.91%) Senior Software Engineer
16 13 (2.52%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (17.83%) Node.js
2 76 (14.73%) Kafka
2 76 (14.73%) React
3 72 (13.95%) .NET
4 67 (12.98%) Web Services
5 65 (12.60%) Spring
6 63 (12.21%) CSS
7 61 (11.82%) HTML
8 55 (10.66%) Spring Boot
9 54 (10.47%) AngularJS
10 46 (8.91%) Akka
11 42 (8.14%) SOAP
12 38 (7.36%) JSON
12 38 (7.36%) OAuth
12 38 (7.36%) XML
13 31 (6.01%) .NET Core
13 31 (6.01%) REST
14 24 (4.65%) OpenID
15 23 (4.46%) RabbitMQ
16 22 (4.26%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
2 31 (6.01%) Data Structures
3 30 (5.81%) Mobile App
4 27 (5.23%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.49%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.49%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.29%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.74%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.55%) IVR
10 7 (1.36%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.97%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.97%) PKI
12 5 (0.97%) Verilog
12 5 (0.97%) VHDL
13 4 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.01%) Linux
2 30 (5.81%) Android
3 16 (3.10%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.52%) Unix
5 12 (2.33%) Windows
6 7 (1.36%) VMS
7 4 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.58%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (39.53%) Agile
2 182 (35.27%) Microservices
3 131 (25.39%) CI/CD
4 127 (24.61%) DevOps
5 94 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (15.70%) Software Engineering
7 74 (14.34%) TDD
8 71 (13.76%) Test Automation
9 66 (12.79%) Continuous Integration
9 66 (12.79%) Unit Testing
10 55 (10.66%) Clean Code
10 55 (10.66%) User Experience
11 52 (10.08%) API Development
12 49 (9.50%) Full Stack Development
13 46 (8.91%) Design Patterns
14 44 (8.53%) Scrum
15 42 (8.14%) Containerisation
16 41 (7.95%) SDLC
17 40 (7.75%) Machine Learning
18 38 (7.36%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 161 (31.20%) Java
2 143 (27.71%) SQL
3 119 (23.06%) Python
4 115 (22.29%) JavaScript
5 68 (13.18%) C#
6 62 (12.02%) Scala
7 53 (10.27%) TypeScript
8 35 (6.78%) Kotlin
9 21 (4.07%) Go
10 17 (3.29%) C
10 17 (3.29%) C++
11 15 (2.91%) PHP
12 13 (2.52%) PowerShell
13 12 (2.33%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.94%) Swift
15 7 (1.36%) Bash
15 7 (1.36%) Ruby
16 6 (1.16%) Bicep
16 6 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (1.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (12.60%) Security Cleared
2 51 (9.88%) SC Cleared
3 40 (7.75%) Degree
4 27 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.78%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.78%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.39%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.19%) CCNP
11 1 (0.19%) CEH
11 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.19%) CISSP
11 1 (0.19%) GCIA
11 1 (0.19%) GCIH
11 1 (0.19%) GIAC
11 1 (0.19%) GSEC
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.46%) QA
2 20 (3.88%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.36%) GDPR
4 5 (0.97%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.78%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.58%) NCSC
6 3 (0.58%) WCAG
7 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.39%) PSD2
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 104 (20.16%) Docker
2 9 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.74%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 5 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.78%) VirtualBox
5 3 (0.58%) vCloud
5 3 (0.58%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.58%) vSphere
6 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 110 (21.32%) Kubernetes
2 42 (8.14%) Terraform
3 23 (4.46%) Grafana
4 22 (4.26%) Prometheus
5 21 (4.07%) Ansible
6 9 (1.74%) Consul
7 8 (1.55%) Zipkin
8 6 (1.16%) Kibana
9 3 (0.58%) Autotask
9 3 (0.58%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.58%) Puppet
10 2 (0.39%) logstash
11 1 (0.19%) Anchore
11 1 (0.19%) Argo
11 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.19%) Istio
11 1 (0.19%) MOM
11 1 (0.19%) Nagios
11 1 (0.19%) Packer
11 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (6.98%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.78%) Oracle
3 24 (4.65%) Google
4 20 (3.88%) Typelevel
5 17 (3.29%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.52%) SAP
7 11 (2.13%) SaltStack
8 10 (1.94%) IBM
8 10 (1.94%) TIBCO
9 9 (1.74%) Genesys
10 8 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.36%) NEC
12 6 (1.16%) Cadence
12 6 (1.16%) Cisco
12 6 (1.16%) TOWER Software
13 5 (0.97%) Adobe
13 5 (0.97%) VMware
14 4 (0.78%) Checkmarx
14 4 (0.78%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.78%) Sitecore