The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited REST over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank - - 38
Contract jobs citing REST 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - 1.379%
As % of the Application Development category - - 4.819%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £190
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £374 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.35% +24.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £32.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+17.82% -19.37%
All Application Development
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
40 48 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.05% 17.65% 28.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 40
Average daily rate £350 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
Average hourly rate - £190.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +300.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
REST
East of England

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing REST across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bedfordshire REST Jobs Demand Trend

REST
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing REST across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire REST Daily Rate Trend

REST
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing REST also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited REST.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) J2ME
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Xcode
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) SQLite
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) iOS SDK
1 1 (100.00%) PhoneGap
1 1 (100.00%) Appcelerator Titanium

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing REST also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited REST. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) J2ME
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) iOS SDK
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Xcode
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) PhoneGap
1 1 (100.00%) Appcelerator Titanium
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google